Archive for the ‘Platforms: Windows Mobile’ Category

Windows Phone 7 Premieres in Europe

August 2nd, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: Windows Mobile, Smartphones & Tablets | No Comments »

Microsoft COO Kevin Turner has announced that the first Windows Phone 7 devices will premiere in the European Market in October. Traditionally, Microsoft products will enter the US market first.

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Microsoft Registers 200.000 WiPo 7 SDK Downloads

July 16th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: Windows Mobile | No Comments »

According to Microsoft’s Brandon Watson, their new Windows Phone 7 SDK has been downloaded 200.000 times. These downloads took place even before the SDK hat hit Beta stage.

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Microsoft NL Speaks About Windows Phone 7 Launch

July 14th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: Windows Mobile | No Comments »

Maarten Sonneveld, Business Group Lead Mobile Communications at Microsoft Netherlands has announced that Microsoft NL regrets the unavailability of the Marketplace in The Netherlands.

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First Launch Details Windows Phone 7

July 14th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: Windows Mobile | No Comments »

Microsoft has confirmed the first launch details in regards to their Windows Phone 7 devices. The initial set of phones will support 5 major languages; English, French, Italian, German and Spanish.

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Windows Phone 7, More Revelations

June 2nd, 2010 by Roelof Posted in Platforms: Silverlight, Platforms: Windows Mobile, Platforms: XNA | 20 Comments »

Today, we visited the Windows Phone 7 Event in Maarssen (NL). Though we heard a lot of details we (or others) already wrote about, there are several revelations in this article you might not have heard about before…

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MU: Microsoft, The Windows Phone 7 Experience

May 21st, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Events & Conferences, Platforms: Windows Mobile | No Comments »

Matthijs Hoekstra from Microsoft explains that Microsoft is ready for a new start with the new Windows Phone 7 platform. He noted that a ‘next’ version for Windows Mobile was dropped for Windows Phone 7.

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T-Mobile Launches SoftwareLoad in the UK

April 14th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Distribution, Platforms: BlackBerry, Platforms: PalmOS, Platforms: Symbian, Platforms: Windows Mobile | No Comments »

T-Mobile has announced the launch of Softwareload.co.uk. The UK is the second market for T-Mobile to launch the mobile offering as it first needed to prove itself in the German market.

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Windows Phone 7 Series Name Change

April 6th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: Windows Mobile | No Comments »

When even Microsoft’s own employees start making jokes about a product name, you know it was a bad choice. In this case, the company decided to shorten Windows Phone 7 Series.

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Changewave: iPhone Most Popular OS in the US

April 6th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS, Platforms: BlackBerry, Platforms: iOS, Platforms: WebOS, Platforms: Windows Mobile, Research & Stats | No Comments »

Changewave has sent out a survey to over 4.000 consumers to ask them which phone they own and which smartphone platform they like to own next. Though Android support is growing fast, iPhone is still first.

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AE10: Centralizing the User Experience

March 25th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS, Platforms: Windows Mobile, Smartphones & Tablets | No Comments »

The biggest sponsor behind the Android Experience was HTC. No wonder they took the stage to discuss where they are heading with Android, how it matches up with Windows Mobile and centralizing the User Experience.