Windows Phone: Marketplace passes 40000 and Amazon may join smartphone race

ZDNet (blog) - ‎Nov 18, 2011‎
Summary: Microsoft's Windows Phone still hasn't gained much market share, but the Marketplace continues to grow at a fast pace. Amazon just launch an Android-based tablet and are they now thinking of ...

Will Windows 8 slip until 2013?

Computerworld (blog) - ‎Nov 18, 2011‎
There's been a lot of speculation that Windows 8 may ship earlier than expected --- as early as the middle of June 2012. But now a well-known Microsoft analyst says that Windows 8 devices may not be ready until 2013, which would put a ...

Microsoft Windows 8 delayed?

Times of India - ‎Nov 17, 2011‎
Microsoft's next operating system â€" provisionally known as Windows 8 â€" may not hit the shelves until early 2013. Microsoft's next operating system - provisionally known as Windows 8 - may not hit the shelves until early 2013, one respected ...

Windows Phone shocker: "Mango in ma Durango" rap girls

The Seattle Times (blog) - ‎Nov 17, 2011‎
It's a suburban posse rapping about the Windows Phone -- "sleek on the outside, Microsoft inside." Gizmodo savaged the thing, questioning why anyone would ever utter the words "keep my phone in my back pocket, Powerpoints always on my hip socket. ...

Windows L8?

Reuters Blogs (blog) - ‎Nov 17, 2011‎
Microsoft's next operating system â€" provisionally known as Windows 8 â€" may not hit the shelves until early 2013, one respected company-watcher thinks, giving Apple, Google and Amazon more time to fine-tune their tablet offerings. ...

Why It's Not Too Late for Windows Phone 7

PCWorld - ‎Nov 16, 2011‎
Windows Phone 7 has what it takes to be a serious contender in the smartphone arena. Microsoft has some significant ground to make up, though, in order to compete with platforms like Android and iOS. But, is it too late? ...

Microsoft's offering a $25 app gift card to new Windows Phone users

IntoMobile - ‎Nov 18, 2011‎
If you want a Windows Phone handset, now is the perfect time to buy. The holiday shopping season is about to start and there will be plenty of discounts on handsets. To sweeten the deal, Microsoft is also offering a $25 prepaid App card for every ...

Windows Phone: Microsoft's second act

Bizjournals.com (blog) - ‎Nov 18, 2011‎
It'll get noticed, but it won't get taken home at the end of the evening. The build quality is solid, the brushed aluminum finish hardly screams "cheap Chinese". The designer of this device, however, ain't no Jony Ive. The Titan, the latest Windows ...

Good Deal: Buy a Windows Phone, get a $25 app card

The Verge - ‎Nov 18, 2011‎
If you're looking for a smartphone, now's a good time to consider a Windows Phone â€" there's a host of new options hitting the market, the Mango update is fully rolled out, the marketplace has ...

Windows Phone Marketplace now has more than 40000 apps

SlashGear - ‎Nov 18, 2011‎
Microsoft's Windows Phone Marketplace has now reached more than 40000 apps. It's a new milestone for the company just following its first anniversary in October when it celebrated hitting 35000 apps. The data comes from AllAboutWindowsPhone, ...

Buy a Windows Phone, get $25 worth of apps

Ubergizmo - ‎Nov 18, 2011‎
One of the reasons why quite a number of people are reluctant to try a different operating system when it comes to getting a new phone is due to all the money invested into the current platform. ...

According to Gartner, no Windows Mobile phones were sold in Q2 and Q3 2011 ...

WMPoweruser.com - ‎Nov 18, 2011‎
In an article where the writer basically argues developers should abandon Windows Phone and develop for Android, the Guardian did however reveal a bit of very interesting data. According the the graph released by Gartner, Windows Mobile shipments ...

Windows Phone Marketplace reaches 40000 apps

The Verge - ‎Nov 18, 2011‎
According to All About Windows Phone, Microsoft's Windows Phone Marketplace has gone from a few thousand apps to a milestone 40000 in just over a year. In terms of raw numbers, this leaves it well ...

Video (and warning): Windows Phone fangirls rap their devotion

TechFlash (blog) - ‎Nov 18, 2011‎
Connect with TechFlash on our Facebook page for all the latest technology news headlines and commentary, plus information and access to special events, photos from events, promotions and more. by Aislyn Greene on Friday, November 18, 2011, ...

This week at Microsoft: SOPA, Qualcomm, and terrible rap

The Next Web (blog) - ‎Nov 18, 2011‎
What a week! What intrigue! What excitement! What a mess, if you really want to get into it. Often writing about Microsoft can be a bit desultory, but not this week. Not at all. I have a rap video to share along with a moral slap. You just wait. ...

Microsoft gifting $25 worth of apps to Windows Phone buyers

Mobile Burn - ‎Nov 18, 2011‎
Microsoft has announced a new promotion that gives new Windows Phone 7.5 smartphone buyers a gift card that can be used to purchase $25 worth of apps. The company says the promo makes it easy to start a new app collection, or replace apps that have ...

Nokia to launch Windows tablet mid-2012

Nagaland Post - ‎Nov 18, 2011‎
Cellphone maker Nokia plans to launch a tablet that runs on Microsoft's Windows operating system in the summer of 2012, the head of Nokia France told Les Echos newspaper in an interview published on Wednesday. Nokia has said using Microsoft Windows 8 ...

Windows 8 might be late

V3.co.uk (blog) - ‎Nov 18, 2011‎
The analyst, Michael Cherry of Directions on Microsoft, said that the inevitable delay between the OS being released to manufacturing (RTM) and when vendors will have it ready-loaded on new machines could easily push availability of Windows 8 into ...

New Windows of opportunity in phone OS: Microsoft

Sun.Star - ‎Nov 18, 2011‎
DESPITE the popularity of other brands that first introduced smartphones to the market, officials of Microsoft, makers of the Windows Phone operating system, believe the response to their product has been positive. ...

Five Companies That Dropped The Ball This Week

CRN - ‎Nov 18, 2011‎
Microsoft's share of the smartphone market with Windows Phone dropped from 2.7 percent in last year's Q3 to 1.5 percent in this year's Q3, Gartner said in a research report issued this week. This obviously isn't great news for ...

Windows 8 Tablet by Nokia to Land in June 2012?

Waleg.com - ‎Nov 18, 2011‎
There have been speculations in the past that Nokia will also join the tablet market with the new Windows 8 operating system. Well now it's been confirmed! Courtesy of Nokia France head Paul Amsellem! He said to French newspaper Les Echos, ...

How to secure a smartphone

PC Advisor - ‎Nov 18, 2011‎
Antivirus is one thing, but much more important is to make sure you can remotely locate, lock and wipe your smartphone. What do you look for in a mobile phone? As well as the ability to make calls - and no-one ...

Nokia's Window To Success?

Light Reading India - ‎Nov 18, 2011‎
2:00 PM -- Nokia Corp. (NYSE: NOK) is a prime example of a big name company with a significant market share that rested on its laurels and failed to innovate. Now, in a bid to regain its lost glory and counter the challenge of Google (Nasdaq: GOOG)'s ...

Windows Phone female rap video causes severe pain

Know Your Mobile (blog) - ‎Nov 18, 2011‎
Sometimes a video comes along that's so bad you contemplate hypnotherapy, the use of bleach in the eyes or some sort of very painful surgery to try and forgot the ordeal. This video is one of those. Created by a group of girls with lyrics sent in by ...

35% of IT professionals planning to develop on Windows Phone 7

WMPoweruser.com - ‎Nov 17, 2011‎
In further evidence that Windows Phone 7 is establishing itself as the 3rd ecosystem, a recent IBM survey of around 4000 IT professionals in their DeveloperWorks program were planning to develop or deploy applications for Windows Phone 7, ...

Watch Some Girls Rap About Windows Phone 7

Gizmodo Australia - ‎Nov 17, 2011‎
This morning I watched a video compilation of botflies being pulled out of bleeding human flesh. Compared to this “Windows Phone 7 Fangirls Video”, the botfly footage is like butter and candy. This internet deserves destruction. Now. ...

White Girls Rapping about Windows Phone 7 Is Worse than Your Parents Having Sex

Gizmodo - ‎Nov 17, 2011‎
This morning I watched a video compilation of botfliesâ€"parasitic, skin-burrowing larvaeâ€"being pulled out of bleeding human flesh. Compared to this "Windows Phone 7 Fangirls Video," the botfly footage is like butter and candy. ...

Does Windows Phone 7 still have time?

Mobile Computing News - ‎Nov 17, 2011‎
By Dean • Nov 17th, 2011 • Category: Industry News Windows Phone 7 has stuttered, and some believe that iOS and, in particular, Android are too far off in the distance for Microsoft's mobile OS platform to catch up. Some disagree, and think that the ...

Nokia Lost Smartphone Leadership - Analyst Blog

Stock Markets Review - ‎Nov 17, 2011‎
Nokia Corp. (NOK), the beleaguered mobile handset developer, lost another jewel from its crown. According to a recent Gartner report, Nokia conceded its leadership position in the global smartphone market in the third quarter of fiscal 2011. ...

Mary Jo Foley appears at VANTUG

Examiner.com - ‎Nov 17, 2011‎
Mary Jo Foley is a prominent journalist in the world of tech - her All About Microsoft blog on ZDNet.com has thousands of readers. She appeared this evening at a meeting of the Microsoft user group that I'm a member of - the Vancouver Technology User ...

 

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