Over at PC World we hear Microsoft and Verizon defend the pricing plan for the KIN series of social networking phones, but we also learn that Microsoft plans to merge the KIN family with Windows Phone 7 devices in the future. “Over the longer term, we’ll be merging platforms and having downloadable apps,” said Greg Sullivan, senior product manager with Microsoft’s mobile communications unit. On the other hand, he still implies a distinct separation: “If …
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Windows Phone 7 Supports PowerPoint Live Broadcasts
UPDATE: Now with video via WindowsPhone7PR. If you’re watching the Office 2010 launch you may have noticed a cool demo of Windows Phone 7 and Office 2010. It turns out, when some one is doing a live broadcast from PowerPoint 2010, you can actually watch it on a Windows Phone 7 simply by clicking the link in your email. Now that’s an extremely cool feature! Originally published on Pocketnow on May 12, 2010. More Software …
Continue readingOffice Mobile 2010 Coming in June, er.. Right Now!
UPDATE: It turns out, Office Mobile 2010 had been released a couple hours after we posted this. Get it now for free in the Windows Phone Marketplace! At the Microsoft Business launch in NYC, Microsoft announced that Office Mobile 2010 is available via Windows Phone Marketplace as a free download for all Windows Mobile 6.5 phones with a previous version of Office Mobile. For more info, see Augusto Valdez’s blog post. Unfortunately we don’t see …
Continue readingMy 3G is Faster Than Your 4G
Later tonight we’ll get to see the new Sprint HTC EVO 4G phone, which would be the first one in the States that’s capable of connecting to Sprint’s 4G WIMAX network. Everyone is all a buzz about 4G networks since they promise faster broadband wireless speeds and all that. But what’s the real deal with WiMAX? First of all, the current specification tops out at 40 Mbps, but in order to get anywhere close to …
Continue readingVideo: Bing Navigation in Action
A new Bing for Windows Mobile application was released this morning and now we’ve had the chance to test it out on the road. The big new feature is full voice-prompt text-to-speech navigation. Yes it tells you the names of the roads you should turn on and even tells you which side of the street your destination is on (sometimes). The full-screen large graphic of your next turn is a welcome feature, but mainly we’re …
Continue readingBing for Windows Mobile Now Has Real Navigation Features!
Wow! Bing for Windows Mobile was updated this morning (to version 5.1) with some great new features. Turn by Turn voice prompting navigation is probably the big one. Oh, and it’s free of course. Does that make up for Bing’s removal of all the cool features from Live Search Mobile? Well, they’ve also finally brought back the ability to load contact addresses from your address book. Hurray! If you’ve got the Bing Beta on your …
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