Mobile

Why Did Microsoft Really Give Free Phones To Employees?

Microsoft’s employees can tell you now: there ain’t no such thing as a free Windows Phone 7. So what’s the deal with Steve Ballmer’s vassals getting free Windows Phone 7 handsets? According to an official letter, there are two important reasons.


July 15, 2010
Mobile

Microsoft COO Knows A Lemon When He Sees One

In his keynote speech at Microsoft’s Worldwide Partner Conference, company COO Kevin Turner said that Apple’s new iPhone, beset by antenna issues, “might be their Vista”. Self-deprecation suits you well, Microsoft!


July 13, 2010
Software

Windows Phone Live To Offer Remote Wipe For Free

Every Windows Phone 7 user will get access to a free site called Windows Phone Live. It’ll be a portal to your phone in the cloud, a place to do everything from viewing uploaded media to remote wiping your phone.


March 16, 2010
Software

Surprise: Windows Phone 7 Has Native DivX Support

This is an unexpected treat: Windows Phone 7′s SDK came out today, and apparently it includes DivX support up through DivX6. That means no DivX7, but it’s still a lot more than you can find on the iPhone.


February 28, 2010
Mobile

Microsoft Employee Shows Off Prototype Windows Phone 7 Series Smartphone From LG

Aaron Woodman, the director of consumer experiences for Microsoft’s mobile division, was a guest on today’s Engadget Show, and he had a nice surprise for everyone: a prototype of LG’s Windows Phone 7 Series phone.


February 18, 2010
Gaming

Windows Phone 7 Could Allow For PlayStation Integration

What do you do if you really want a Windows Phone 7 handset but prefer PlayStation to Xbox 360? Microsoft may end up catering for you too, with a senior product manager on the mobile division musing on the possibility.


February 15, 2010
Software

All But Confirmed: No Flash In Windows Mobile 7 (At Least At First)

A scoop of sorts over at Phone Scoop (and verified elsewhere this evening) confirms that Windows Mobile 7 will not support flash at launch& – which is officially launching tomorrow during the MWC- but will eventually support it, sometime.


January 12, 2010
Gaming

Xbox Live Games Coming To (Possibly Only Windows) Mobile Phones

How do you take a great idea like Xbox Live games coming to mobile phones and ruin it? By only bringing those games to Windows Mobile phones, which may be what Microsoft has planned.


December 19, 2009
Mobile

Leak: Windows Phone Ads Could Debut At CES 2010

Whoops! These photos of ad agency Crispin Porter’s Job Manager shows dates for Windows Phone ad campaigns as going “live” January 4th and 8th.


December 2, 2009
Mobile

HTC Touch.B Surfaces, Dismisses Rome Codename

Moonlighting under the Touch.B name, more details on HTC’s Rome handset have been unearthed in France, including some dishy photos which show the two-tone phone properly for the first time. My, the family resemblance is strong.