Conflipper has noticed on the Microsoft Answers forum that a KIN moderator mentioned that an update is coming mid-summer which will address most of the original poster’s concerns about replying and retweeting twitter tweets as well as viewing YouTube videos. The moderator’s comment may not apply to all of those issues, but Conflipper seems confident that the update will add the new twitter features as well as the ability to see more than 3 Facebook …
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Zune HD Wins 2 Industrial Design Awards
The Zune HD won Bronze and Gold awards in the Entertainment and Interactive Product Experiences categories of the 2010 IDEA (International Design Awards). Check out what Michelle Berryman, Echo Visualization, LLC, had to say about the Zune HD’s design: “In a category dominated by one major brand, the Zune HD is a real game-changer! It’s a remarkable product that redefines interaction models and creates a new standard for ‘great user experience.’ Everything about this product …
Continue readingWin an HD2 at WindowsPhone.com
Yep, this is yet another contest to win an HTC HD2. This time just sign up at WindowsPhone.com for their news, offers, and updates, and you’ll be entered to win a new HTC HD2 Windows Phone. (via @windowsphone) Originally published on Pocketnow on June 24, 2010. More Deals articles from the Pocketnow archive.
Continue readingVideo: Microsoft Previews Windows Phone 7, Kinect, and More
Last night at a press event in New York City, Vin Rock and I got to preview a bunch of new Microsoft products coming out this year, including some new builds of Windows Phone 7. Being that we’re both fairly well-known celebrities, we got to go in early and check things out while everyone else stood outside in the muggy heat. Take a look at some of our video footage below. There were a couple …
Continue readingAlmost 10,000 Android Apps May Know Everything About You
About 20% of the Android Apps in the Android Marketplace may have total access to your personal information as well as the ability to do things with your phone without your immediate knowledge and permission. Some of the apps were found to have the ability to do things like make calls and send text messages without the mobile user doing anything. For instance, five percent of the apps can place calls to any number and …
Continue readingA Windows Phone 7 Voice Recognition Button Appears
Microsoft still won’t tell us anything about Windows Phone 7’s voice recognition support or what kind of TellMe software integration might be going on in there, but we noticed the Bing app now has a little microphone button on the right side of the input field. The Microsoft representative showing us this phone obviously wasn’t allowed to talk about it, but we’re excited to see that there’s being some work done on the voice/audio interface …
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