Microsoft shocked to find interest in Windows Phone 7

Release Date 23 Aug, 2011 in Apple Insider

 
   

HTC reportedly launching Windows Phone devices in Sept

ZDNet Asia - Larry Dignan - 23 Aug, 2011
HTC has Windows Phone 7 devices on the runway. These devices could be a good diversification tool as HTC largely rides with Android. HTC is reportedly going to launch devices with the latest ...

Microsoft opens the Windows Phone Mango app floodgates

ZDNet (blog) - Mary Jo Foley - 23 Aug, 2011
Summary: The Windows Phone Mango app marketplace is open for business, as of August 22. Microsoft also has made available to developers a near-final test build of its Mango SDK today, as well. ...

HP TouchPad developers: Microsoft wants you for Windows Phone 7

Los Angeles Times - 23 Aug, 2011
The HP TouchPad is enjoying a level of popularity it never had until it was discontinued and then dropped to $99 in price. But Microsoft is hoping that, despite a sudden boom in the number of TouchPad users, it will be able to draft developers who made ...

WebOS death may breathe life into Windows Phone 7 --- 1000 WebOS developers ...

Computerworld (blog) - 23 Aug, 2011
Microsoft wasted no time in capitalizing on the death of HP's WebOS --- the company has already reached out to WebOS developers, and 1000 of them have so far expressed interest in developing for Windows Phone 7. That could be a key part of breathing ...

What we learned from Molly Wood's Windows Phone 7 challenge

CBS News - 23 Aug, 2011
(CBS) - Molly Wood, executive editor at CNET, has been through a lot - of cell phones, that is. She has tried the original Motorola Droid, the Samsung Fascinate and the Droid X. Sadly, after updating her Android with Gingerbread, which introduced a ...

Windows Phone Could be Cheaper Than Google's Android

Forbes - 23 Aug, 2011
I'm a Fellow at the Adam Smith Institute in London, a writer here and there on this and that and strangely, one of the global experts on the metal scandium, one of the rare earths. An odd thing to be but someone does have to be such and in this flavour ...

Microsoft pursues webOS devs, offers free phones

Computerworld - Gregg Keizer - 23 Aug, 2011
Computerworld - Taking advantage of Hewlett-Packard's departure from the tablet and smartphone market, Microsoft has offered webOS developers free phones, tools and training to create apps for its Windows Phone 7 platform. ...

Microsoft Wooing WebOS Developers With Free Phones And Training

Washington Post - 23 Aug, 2011
By TechCrunch.com, In the aftermath of HP's decision to axe all WebOS products, the question for many a developer is “what's next?” While I'm sure a few WebOS diehards will continue to work on the platform (and hopefully create some great new apps for ...

Windows Phone may be cheaper than Android - Inq boss

Register - Andrew Orlowski - 23 Aug, 2011
Google's proposed acquisition of Motorola has obliged one operator to look more closely at Windows Mobile. So says Inq boss Frank Meehan, who runs the Hutchison-owned handset company. ...

Microsoft says WP7 Mango is ready, delay is from manufacturers' end

Moneycontrol.com - 23 Aug, 2011
Windows Phone 7 Mango is good to go, according to Microsoft. Apparently, it's the device manufacturers that are delaying the launch. Peter Wissinger, Microsoft's Director of Mobile Business in the Nordic countries released an official statement in ...

Microsoft: Windows Phone Mango Is Done, Manufacturers Just Need To Release It

Washington Post - ‎Aug 20, 2011‎
By TechCrunch.com, Well, this is something new. Here in the tech world, we hear about delay after delay " but very rarely does a company step out and say: “Hey! We're ahead of schedule!” Today, Microsoft was that company, and the product was Windows ...

HTC London Event to Unveil Two New Windows Phones

Windows 7 News - 23 Aug, 2011
By Jason on August 23, 2011 in Mobile, Smartphones, Windows Phone 7 | Comments { 0 } HTC has announced, via their Facebook page, that they will be holding an event on September 1st to show the world what's next. At the time the invitation was posted ...

Windows Phone SDK RC 7.1 Now Available As Mango App Submission Process Opens

WMPoweruser.com - 23 Aug, 2011
As expected Microsoft today delivered the final bits of Windows Phone SDK 7.1 aka Release Candidate. You can download them here. If you have previous versions of SDK either beta 1 or beta 2, uninstall it completely before installing this new version. ...

Microsoft offers free phones and training to webOS devs

TechSpot - Jose Vilches - 23 Aug, 2011
Hot on the heels of HP's decision to scrap work on webOS devices, Microsoft is taking the opportunity to get some stranded webOS developers interested in its platform by giving them "what they need to be successful. ...

HTC launching two Windows Phone Mango devices Sept. 1

VentureBeat - Sean Ludwig - 23 Aug, 2011
Mobile manufacturer HTC will reportedly launch two new Windows Phone devices equipped with Mango, the first huge update to the Windows Phone 7 mobile operating system, at an event on Sept. 1. HTC declined to comment for this story, saying it does “not ...

Rumor: HTC's September 1st Press event to only feature WP7 Devices

Digitaltrends.com - 23 Aug, 2011
HTC's September 1 press even will focus solely on WP7 devices, several will be announced only limited information is know about the devices in question. Seeing as HTC is one of the most popular Android phone makers it made sense to assume that during ...

Microsoft Looks To Cash-in On WebOS Demise

Gadget Helpline (blog) - 23 Aug, 2011
After the demise of the HP Touchpad last week it has emerged that Microsoft it striking while the iron is hot and are trying to woo WebOS devs to come and make apps for it's own Windows Phone 7. This has caused several electrical retailers' sites to ...

Microsoft moves to snap up abandoned WebOS developers

PCR-online.biz - Mat Bettinson - 23 Aug, 2011
Microsoft has stepped in to snap up developers cut adrift as HP axed WebOS hardware devices, offering mobile app developers free Windows Phone 7 devices , tools and training. Microsoft Windows Phone 7 chief ...

Microsoft reaches out to WebOS developers

SmartCompany.com.au - Patrick Stafford - 23 Aug, 2011
Microsoft is reaching out to WebOS developers who have no avenue to publish their programs after HP has discontinued the software. The announcement comes after HP said it would be discontinuing the TouchPad tablet as well, erasing another iPad ...

Microsoft Smartly Poaching webOS Devs Over To Windows Platform

OnlyGizmos (blog) - 23 Aug, 2011
It was only last Friday that Mr. Brandon Watson of Windows Phone had reached out to webOS developers via a tweet, stating that Microsoft will be more than happy to have them on board and work with them. We ignored the above presuming that there would ...

WebOS developers flocking to Windows Phone

TechRadar UK - Chris Smith - 23 Aug, 2011
Over 500 app developers for HP's doomed webOS platform are preparing to take their talents to Windows Phone, following a Twitter invite from Microsoft. After HP would permanently ended production of Pre phones and TouchPad tablets, ...

HTC Windows Phone Mango handsets (Omega, Eterninty) to be announced on September 1

Unwired View - 23 Aug, 2011
By Florin on 22 Aug 11 Just like Samsung, HTC is getting ready to unveil some new products on the very first day of September. While Samsung will likely announce new Bada and / or Android handsets, HTC seems to be readying new Windows Phone Mango ...

Microsoft Lures webOS Developers to Windows Mobile OS Platform with Free ...

TMC Net - Ashok Bindra - 23 Aug, 2011
In a conference call last week, Hewlett-Packard (News - Alert) provided financial results for the third quarter. Concurrently, the company also announced plans to discontinue making hardware running its webOS operating systems, ...

Microsoft Woos webOS's Devs Over to Windows Phone 7

NBC Bay Area (blog) - 23 Aug, 2011
Up until last week, there were five major mobile operating systems: Android, iOS, Windows Phone 7, BlackBerry and webOS. With the wounding of webOS, there are now four. The two top players being Android and iOS. And Microsoft wants at least the bronze ...

Microsoft offers webOS developers a new home, on Windows Phone 7

SDTimes.com (blog) - Victoria Reitano - 23 Aug, 2011
Microsoft's director, Brandon Watson, tweeted an invitation to all webOS developers on Friday and immediately received over 500 emails, according WPCentral. Watson, it seems, is quite excited about porting ...

Microsoft shocked to find interest in Windows Phone 7

Apple Insider - Daniel Eran Dilger - 23 Aug, 2011
After Microsoft's head of Windows Phone 7 offered free phones and training to any published webOS developers, he reported being "caught a bit flatfooted" to find 500 people interested in actually taking him up on the offer. ...

Microsoft Recruits WebOS Developers

Mobiledia - Joe Arico - 23 Aug, 2011
Microsoft is making an effort to lure away WebOS developers from their unfinished projects, as the company looks to capitalize on the abandoned operating system. The Redmond, Wash.-based company's senior director ...

Microsoft Proposes WebOS Developers to Switch Sides.

X-bit Labs - Anton Shilov - 23 Aug, 2011
Even though unofficially, but Microsoft Corp. is looking forward to attract developers of applications for webOS into development of software for Windows Phone 7 operating system. The company is willing to provide tools, free phones and ...

Microsoft offers refuge for webOS developers

IntoMobile - Marc Flores - 23 Aug, 2011
Are you a webOS developer wondering what your future holds because your platform was recently announced as dead? Microsoft will save the day! The software giant is looking to pick up webOS developers who are looking for a new home and platform by ...

Where Do WebOS Devs Go From Here?

TechNewsWorld - Richard Adhikari - 23 Aug, 2011
HP's decision last week to halt development of webOS hardware has put the future of the mobile OS in jeopardy. WebOS app developers have begun sizing up alternative platforms like Android and iOS. Meanwhile, Microsoft is actively ...

 

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