While PC World considers Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 to be late to the smartphone game, classic Windows Mobile is still in 3rd place in the market behind RIM and Apple. This article points out that the big reason that headline-grabbing Android and iPhone devices haven’t dominated the market is because of their lack-luster business support. If you’re a corporate user, chances are that Windows Phone 7 might be exactly what you need to surpass both …
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Video: OneNote 2010 Syncing
Microsoft OneNote’s Windows Live Skydrive syncing feature became available and fully functional yesterday, so now you can finally sync your notebooks to the cloud for free. We’ll show you how that works in the below video, but what about Windows Mobile? We’ll also try to get that to sync. It turns out OneNote Mobile 2010 on Windows Mobile 6.x doesn’t sync so well with OneNote 2010 on the desktop. It only syncs one notebook and …
Continue readingWindows Phone 7: A New Kind of Phone
Windows Phone Connection has posted a video from TechEd 2010 that shows some interesting video re-enactments of some of the going-ons inside Microsoft as well as a lot of the approach and design ideas that went into developing Windows Phone 7. The video is about an hour long and consists mostly of PowerPoint slides with voice over, but you’ll also see staged re-creations of the discussions that supposedly happened when Terry was called in by …
Continue readingWin an HD2, a Trip to LA, and More!
T-Mobile USA has an HTC HD2 Big Win Sweepstakes going on now. There’s some pretty nice prizes to win and all you have to do is fill out a form online to enter. You could win: 1.VIP TRIP TO L.A. FOR FOUR 2.Free Gogo® Inflight Internet for a year 3.HTC HD2 4.TV series DVD Box Set 5.Feature film DVD Click here to enter the sweepstakes. If one entry is not enough for you, you can …
Continue readingLatest TechEd Windows Phone 7 Build
Long Zheng has taken some photos of the latest Windows Phone 7 builds showing up at TechEd 2010. You’ll notice a few minor changes, such as smaller type on the lock screen in order to accomodate longer dates as well as some new icons in the live tiles to go along with the Metro theme a little better. Long Zheng also notes that the builds appear to be very responsive and complete, implying a release …
Continue readingA Year of Inspiration – Tribute to J Allard’s Team
As you know, J. Allard has announced his retirement from Microsoft’s Entertainment and Devices Division even though there was a lot of creativity and innovation that’s come out of that team lately. Here’s an interesting look at said team that gives some insight into the creative workflow that has spawned products such as Zune, Xbox, and Windows Phone 7. (via Facebook) Originally published on Pocketnow on June 8, 2010. More Smartphone News articles from the …
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