Did a bombing Windows Mobile keep HTC’s sales flat?
Wait. Did HTC's chief financial officer, Hui-Ming Cheng, say Tuesday that the Taiwanese phone maker's shipments were disappointing last year because of Microsoft's Windows Mobile operating system?
View ArticleNew Windows Phone operating system coming Monday
Josep Lago/AFP/Getty ImagesMicrosoft CEO Steve Ballmer speaks during a news conference at last year's Mobile World Congress on Feb. 16, 2009, in Barcelona, Spain. Click to enlarge Microsoft is ready to...
View ArticleWindows Phone 7 Series coming by holidays with new look
With its next generation of its mobile operating system, Microsoft seems to have taken one concept to heart:
View ArticleMicrosoft: New Windows Phone OS is ‘fundamental shift’
Listening to Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer and other Microsofties talk Monday, it's clear the company is ready to distance itself from Windows Mobile and the yawning connotations that have gone along...
View ArticleWindows Phone vs. iPhone – its the control, stupid!
What makes today's most popular smartphone so successful? Apple has control over both software and hardware, and has strict regulations for third-party apps.
View ArticleWindows Phone 6 Starter Edition going to emerging markets
The Microsoft rebranding engine is at full steam today.
View ArticleMicrosoft keeps pushing Windows Mobile 6.5, but who cares?
Microsoft on Tuesday pointed to five new smartphones running Windows Mobile 6.5 and continued talking up its WinMo platform. From the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, the company announced...
View ArticleGoogle Android driving Sony’s smartphone re-emergence
The Associated Press reports: Sony Ericsson, a big but struggling maker of phones internationally, wants to be more than a bit player in the U.S. It plans to get there by giving U.S. consumers what...
View ArticleMicrosoft ignored for Mobile World Congress awards
Need more proof Microsoft is nowhere near the cutting edge of the mobile industry? At the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona today, the software superpower was conspicuously missing from the...
View ArticleWindows Phone 7 update coming in March
Microsoft will release an update to its Windows Phone 7 smart-phone software in March, including the addition of copy-paste and improved application performance, the company said today. Additionally,...
View ArticleVideo: How Microsoft will integrate Windows Phone and Kinect
OK, check this out: Microsoft today showed a proof-of-concept video that has Windows Phone 7 integrating with Xbox Kinect. “The technology shown in the video is real and is an example of the types of...
View ArticleNokia CEO under gun to justify Microsoft switch
The Associated Press reports: “Investors have panned his shake-up strategy and employees are rankled. Now, Nokia Corp.’s Stephen Elop, the first non-Finn to lead the world’s largest maker of phones, is...
View ArticleNokia shareholder revolt on Windows Phone 7 was a hoax
Hoax of the week: A group of nine Nokia shareholders have, after one day, abandoned their effort to oust new CEO Stephen Elop and minimize a new partnership with Microsoft to make Windows Phone 7 the...
View ArticleVerizon exec: We don’t need Windows Phone 7 – or Nokia
Verizon Wireless, the nation’s largest mobile carrier, is satisfied with its three smart-phone platforms and doesn’t need Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7, the company’s chief technology officer said...
View ArticleC’mon, traders, where’s the Nokia-Microsoft love?
Nokia stock plummeted in the aftermath of the smart-phone company's partnership announcement with Microsoft. But why? Haven't traders been pushing for a change?
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