Mango Timing Unclear For Current Windows Phone Users

InformationWeek (blog) - Ed Hansberry - 22 Sep, 2011
Speculation was swarming around a September 15 release date, but Microsoft VP Joe Belfiore killed that notion when he tweeted that day that the company wasn't quite ready to pull the trigger. Just a week later, the official Microsoft Windows Phone Blog ...

Microsoft and Nokia show off an app converter tool

Inquirer - Kate O'Flaherty - 22 Sep, 2011
By Kate O'Flaherty SOFTWARE DEVELOPER Microsoft and Finnish phone maker Nokia are showing off an app converter tool that converts from Symbian to Windows Phone. The move to try to make it easier for Nokia Symbian developers to learn Windows Phone was ...

All quiet on the smartphone front

ZDNet (blog) - James Kendrick - 22 Sep, 2011
Summary: The smartphone space is still growing, but we aren't seeing a lot of innovation. The phones today are pretty much the same as they've been for a while. We need something to shake things up. ...

Microsoft will roll out Windows Phone 7.5 Mango in two weeks

Inquirer - Lawrence Latif - 22 Sep, 2011
SMARTPHONE DEVELOPER Microsoft has announced that its Windows Phone 7.5 update, codenamed Mango, will be released within two weeks. Microsoft's Windows Phone Mango update, which has been oscillating between being numbered as version ...

Mango coming within 2 weeks to Windows phones

Times of India - 22 Sep, 2011
NEW DELHI: In a blog post, Microsoft has said that Windows Phone 7.5 aka Mango will be rolled out to consumers across the world within two weeks. The update is expected to add several crucial features like multi-tasking to Windows Phone 7 devices that ...

Microsoft readies Mango update for Windows Phones

ZDNet UK (blog) - David Meyer - 22 Sep, 2011
Microsoft will start rolling out the Windows Phone 7.5 'Mango' update in the next couple of weeks, the software giant said on Wednesday. Although the first smartphones to come with Mango preinstalled are ...

'Mango' update to Windows Phone ready to roll out, says Microsoft

The Guardian - 22 Sep, 2011
Microsoft is to start rolling out "Mango", its next-generation update to the Windows Phone mobile software, in "a week or two" for existing handsets in customers' hands. The timing means that Microsoft has hit its internal October deadline for the ...

Microsoft: Mango arrives in two weeks

Register - 22 Sep, 2011
Microsoft will begin rolling out the Mango upgrade to its Phone 7 platform within the next couple of weeks, according to a senior staffer. Brandon Watson, director for Windows Phone 7, used his Twitter account to broadcast the news that the upgrade ...

Windows Phone Mango update coming 'in the next week or two'

Seattle Post Intelligencer (blog) - 22 Sep, 2011
Microsoft will start rolling out the first big update to Windows Phone 7 “in the next week or two,” the company said today. Actually, to be perfectly clear, the update " known as “Mango” " will mark the arrival of Windows Phone 7.5. ...

Windows Phone Mango Release Date: Very Soon, According To Microsoft Exec

Huffington Post - 22 Sep, 2011
Windows Mango is the follow-up to the Windows Phone 7 OS, and the interface and many of the newest features will look familiar to those who have seen the "Metro View" on the new Windows 8 desktop and tablet operating system. Among the new features on ...

Windows Phone 7 'Mango' to Arrive Within Two Weeks

PCWorld (blog) - Jeff Bertolucci - 22 Sep, 2011
Microsoft will begin delivering the new version of Windows Phone 7, code-named Mango, to its customers within the next two weeks, the company announced Wednesday. "For months, we and dozens of our ...

Nearly half of smart-phone users considering Windows Phone, firm says

Seattle Post Intelligencer (blog) - 22 Sep, 2011
While 44 percent of current smart-phone owners are considering Windows Phone 7 for their next device, half of consumers don't even know about Microsoft's newest mobile platform, NPD Group says. It seems Microsoft and its wireless partners haven't been ...

Windows Phone 7 'Mango' Update Coming in 1-2 Weeks

PC Magazine - Sara Yin - 22 Sep, 2011
Microsoft has announced that it will begin upgrading users to Windows Phone 7.5, aka Mango, in a week or two. "Boom...no more rumors. Mango to start rolling out on #windowsphone in just a week or two," tweeted Windows Phone director Brandon ...

Windows Phone Mango to roll out in next week or two, Microsoft says

The Seattle Times - Janet I. Tu - ‎Sep 21, 2011‎
Windows Phone 7.5, generally referred to by its codename "Mango," is set to roll out in the next week or two, according to a post on the official Windows Phone blog today. At that time, the blog says, "we'll also refresh the Where's My Phone Update? ...

Windows Phone Mango rolls out early as next week

CNET (blog) - Jessica Dolcourt - ‎Sep 21, 2011‎
Taking rumors and speculation about the timing of Windows Phone 7.5 Mango in its own hands, Microsoft announced today that the update to the bold new mobile operating system will hit "in the next week or two." The word comes from Eric Hautala, ...

Microsoft to begin pushing Mango phone update to users in 'a week or two'

ZDNet (blog) - Mary Jo Foley - ‎Sep 21, 2011‎
Summary: Microsoft will begin pushing the Windows Phone Mango operating system update to existing Windows Phone users in another week or two, officials said on September 21. Microsoft is the one that ...

Report: Apple iPhone 5 launches Oct. 4, plus WinMango news

The Seattle Times (blog) - Brier Dudley - ‎Sep 21, 2011‎
Apple's iPhone 5 will make its public debut at a company event Oct. 4, according to an All Things D report. That's nearly in sync with the Oct. 7 event that Sprint is holding in New York, where it's expected to announce that it will carry Apple's new ...

Nokia developers can map Qt apps to Windows Phone

ZDNet (blog) - Matthew Miller - ‎Sep 21, 2011‎
Summary: Nokia will soon be launching Windows Phone Mango devices and in a recent post on the Microsoft developer blog the team provides resources for getting apps into Windows Phone Marketplace. ...

Buying RIM would be a terrible idea for Microsoft

Financial Post (blog) - Matt Rosoff - ‎Sep 21, 2011‎
RIM's market share has been collapsing for some time. Now, absolute number of shipments are declining. Why buy a platform that's already fading away on its own? Hardware has lower margins than software and Microsoft has typically avoided ...

Microsoft emits WinPhone seduction pack

Register - Bill Ray - ‎Sep 21, 2011‎
Microsoft has provided a selection of guides showing how easy it can be to code for Windows Phone, including API maps and help with porting existing Qt applications. The free tool pack follows similar efforts to ...

Android still hot but many eyeing Windows Phone 7

CNET (blog) - Lance Whitney - ‎Sep 21, 2011‎
Android is still the No. 1 choice of current and future smartphone owners, but Windows Phone 7 has been kicking up more interest among prospective phone buyers, says a report released yesterday by NPD Group. Among all smartphone operating systems, ...

Consumers are eyeing Windows Phone 7

Inquirer - Kate O'Flaherty - ‎Sep 21, 2011‎
By Kate O'Flaherty CATCH-UP MOBILE DEVELOPER Microsoft's unpopular mobile operating system (OS) Windows Phone 7 (WP7) is being eyed up by consumers despite its failure to take off, a report says. According to Connected Intelligence, Android is the most ...

Why Microsoft is more like Apple: @JoeMarini

Computerworld (blog) - Richi Jennings - ‎Sep 21, 2011‎
Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) has accepted the resignation of a fairly-senior manager who "leaked" information via Twitter. Joe Marini, a Principal Program Manager on Windows Phone, is out after tweeting ...

Windows Phone manager leaks WP7 secrets via Twitter

GMANews.TV - ‎Sep 21, 2011‎
A key program manager of Microsoft's Windows Phone left his post after making news for tweeting his impressions of a Nokia device running Microsoft's Windows Phone 7. Tech site Geekwire reported a Microsoft spokeswoman who confirmed Joe Marini, ...

Nokia tweet costs Microsoft exec his job

Times of India - ‎Sep 21, 2011‎
Here's another proof of perils of social media. A tweet about a forthcoming Nokia phone cost a Microsoft employee his job. Joe Marini, a Windows Phone principal program manager, has reportedly left the company after being told that he violated ...

Did Tweets About a Nokia Phone Lead to Microsoft Employee's Ouster?

PC Magazine - Damon Poeter - ‎Sep 20, 2011‎
Is former Microsoft employee Joe Marini the latest Twitter casualty? The software giant isn't saying why the one-time principal program manager for the Windows Phone Web platform is no longer employed by Redmond, but a series of tweets ...

Microsoft employee's phone tweet leads to ouster

ZDNet Asia - Leslie Katz - ‎Sep 20, 2011‎
Joe Marini, a principal program manager on the Windows Phone team, has stepped down after tweeting about an unreleased Nokia device in violation of company policy, reports say. ...

Windows Phone 7, Day 19: Diving Into the Office Hub

PCWorld (blog) - Tony Bradley - ‎Sep 20, 2011‎
Today I am continuing the conversation from Day 18 about productivity on the go with a "Mango" smartphone. The Office Hub in Windows Phone 7 sets the device apart from the competition as a platform for mobile productivity. ...

Microsoft employee who tweeted about unreleased Nokia phone no longer with company

The Seattle Times - Janet I. Tu - ‎Sep 20, 2011‎
Is this a cautionary tale about imprudent/company-policy-violating tweeting, or about a company's overreaction to such? Joe Marini, a principal program manager for the web platform on Windows Phone, who tweeted about an unreleased Nokia phone a few ...

Microsoft exec departs after tweet about Nokia phone

Register - ‎Sep 20, 2011‎
A Microsoft manager has left the company after tweeting a less-than-raving review of a forthcoming Nokia handset running the Windows Phone OS. Joe Marini, until recently a principal program manager for web activities on Redmond's smartphone operating ...

 

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