Posts Tagged ‘Microsoft’

MWC: ZuneHD in Europe? Not Likely!

February 17th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: XNA | No Comments »

When Microsoft introduced the ZuneHD, many analysts were disappointed that the Zune HD was limited to the US market. Though Apple is very successful with the iPod Touch, it seems Microsoft will not move.

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MWC: Windows Marketplace Opens Borders

February 17th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: Windows Mobile | No Comments »

On February 18th, Microsoft will open the borders in the Windows Marketplace. This is a great step forward for consumers in non-English territories as till now, Microsoft only allowed them to see apps that were fully localized.

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MWC: Windows Phone 7 Wrap-up

February 15th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: Windows Mobile | No Comments »

For all who that think a Liveblog is a horrible thing to read through, we summarized the keynote about Windows Phone 7 Series in a more logical order in this post (including video’s and other PR materials).

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WMC: Windows Phone Keynote Live @mobilegamesblog

February 15th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: Windows Mobile | No Comments »

Just like most of you, we didn’t go down to the Mobile World Congress. Yet, we do bring you the possibility to watch the keynote live from our website.

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Microsoft’s Project Pink Revealed by FCC

February 15th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Smartphones & Tablets | No Comments »

FCC documents revealed the first official Project Pink phone from Microsoft. It turns out that Sharp is actually building the phones and not HTC. The first Project Pink phone will be known as the Turtle or Sharp PB10ZU.

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Zune Phone Coming!?

January 27th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: XNA, Smartphones & Tablets | No Comments »

It seems there will be a Microsoft Zune phone in the near future. The latest firmware for the Zune media players contains USB drivers which carry ‘phone’ in their naming. Those drivers refer to a Microsoft hardware ID.

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Microsoft Holding Back Windows Marketplace Payments

January 26th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: Windows Mobile | No Comments »

Intomobile has a story about Microsoft holding back the revenue payments from Windows Mobile developers who have published their apps and games on Windows Marketplace.

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Microsoft to build Windows Mobile 6.5.3

January 5th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: Windows Mobile | No Comments »

Again, Microsoft will be extending the life of Windows Mobile 6.5 with the release of version 6.5.3. The biggest change with the new version is the interface which will already come one step closer to Windows Phone 7.

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Microsoft Increases Windows Marketplace Reach

November 17th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: Windows Mobile | No Comments »

As promised, Microsoft has opened up Windows Marketplace to older devices. As of today, consumers with Windows Mobile 6.0 and 6.1 are allowed to start shopping to games and apps.

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Windows Marketplace for Computers

November 16th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: Windows Mobile | No Comments »

Microsoft has launched a web interface for their Windows Phone Marketplace. Though consumers will browse and pay via their browsers, games will not be sideloaded but still installed over the air.