Category Archives: Microsoft
First app from Nokia/Microsoft alliance
Rating: Microsoft Communicator Mobile is Skype IM rival
The first fruits of co-operation between two unlikely bedmates – Microsoft and Nokia, has arrived in the shape of Microsoft Communicator Mobile. The good news is that it is free. The bad news is that it seems to run on hardly any Nokia handsets. Continue reading
Microsoft hopes to battle social networking chaos
Rating: New version of Messenger available across multiple mobile phone platforms
Never one to miss a trick, Microsoft is hoping to draw people back into its fold with a new version of its Messenger product previewed in Brazil. And it has no hesitation in saying the new Messenger will run on iPhone. Continue reading
Would you steal Microsofts Kin?
It’s been a great month so far for making jokes at the expense of massive mobile companies. InMobi took an inspired shot at Apple after iAds was launched, inverting an ad that Apple itself had placed in 1981. And today has seen an even better one, this time aimed at the new Kin series of phones from Microsoft. Continue reading
Mobile barcodes hit Entertainment Weekly, from Microsoft Tag
Next Fridays issue of Entertainment Weekly will have something a little different in it. The magazine is publishing 2d barcodes from Microsoft in the magazine, to give movie fans a way to see previews of upcoming movies. Continue reading
T-Mobile’s iPhone tactics suck
Interesting move from T-Mobile yesterday – it has announced that if you trade in your iPhone, it will give you a discount of between 100 and 350 dollars on a new HTC HD2. Is it worth it? Continue reading
Time to share Microsoft’s Pink mobile phones
Microsoft is taking a leaf out of Apple and Google’s advertising playbook with “Project Pink”. Back in March, stories spread about a pre-April launch of a new range of high-end feature phones from Microsoft. And now Microsoft is trying to be all mysterious with a “media event” announced for the 12th of this month (sound familiar?) Continue reading
Mobile apps will drive tablet sector
Rating: IMS Rsearch that Android will do wel as well as Apple
There’s an obvious gap in the market for predicting just how the tablet sector will pan out, but IMS Research has managed to come out with the understatement of the year. “Apple is expected gain significant share of the tablets market, with strong pre-orders for iPad tablets and millions projected to ship in 2010.” Crickey, you’d have thought Apple had invented the sector. Continue reading
Microsoft updates its My Phone backup service
Rating: Still only applies to Windows Mobile 6.0 and above
Whilst Microsoft’s My Phone app has recently been chosen as a finalist for the GSMA 2010 Best Mobile Internet Service, it is still restricted to a narrow band of Windows Mobile 6.0 and above handsets. Nevertheless, the company has now introduced an updated version, v1.6, which it claims is based on user feedback. A bit like Windows 7, really. Continue reading
Microsoft pushes Silverlight to mobile developers
Rating:Claims for its exsiting usage exaggerated
Whoah! Microsoft is making a massive push to displace Adobe’s Flash in the mobile world by getting really heavy on its own alternative – Silverlight. The company’s claim that Silverlight is already loaded on 60 per cent of all internet devices worldwide needs to be taken with a massive pinch of salt. Continue reading
Mobile apps store report from Visiongain
Rating: Bit of an Android/iPhone and North American bias
An interesting report has just been finalised by Vgtelecoms (part of Visiongain), entitled ‘Mobile Applications Market 2010-2015′. The report seems to be somewhat biased towards Apple’s iTunes App Store but the list of companies covered appears to compensate for that. Continue reading
Motorola + Android + Bing: is Microsoft jumping ship?
There are two pieces of news going around at the moment that would make you wonder if Microsoft is thinking about moving away from Windows Mobile. First, reports indicate that not only is Windows Mobile haemorrhaging market share, but Android is picking it up. Second, Microsoft has forged a deal with born-again Motorola to put its search and mapping functions onto Motorola Android devices. Continue reading
Microsoft might be doing something right on mobile: converged gaming and “Project Pink”
2010 is looking up for Microsoft so far – on mobile, anyway. WinMo 7 actually got a pretty good reception, which is a far cry from the scorn that is now commonly heaped on the entire “version 6″ family. In the last few days, Microsoft has finally revealed it’s long anticipated work converged gaming – and we’ve got this “Project Pink” business to look at as well. Continue reading
Updated data zapping for Windows Mobile
Rating: Delete that sensitive data via SMS
Given the bad publicity stemming from the accidental loss of sensitive data, British software developer, Aiko Solutions, has released a new version of its SecuWipe app. The app is aimed at Windows phones and Windows CE terminals. Continue reading
Windows Phone puts spotlight on Flash support
Rating: Microsoft can’t do it but we can
The decision to leave support for Adobe’s Flash out of Windows Phone 7 caused a big stir at MWC 2010. Which is why other players such as ST-Ericsson, Marvell and the Limo Foundation are trumpeting their ability to support Flash. Continue reading
