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OK so I know this is not cell phone news – but this does impact us in the mobile world. Skype is to be bought out by Microsoft. This news comes after rumors yesterday of Skype taking offers. The total cost of the Skype buyout is $8.5 billion dollars.
There are many GEEKsters out there looking for some numbers from MS to help them make a decision on their next smartphone. Judging by some of the numbers released by MS, things are moving in the right direction. The number of developers downloading the needed tools to develop apps are great considering this is a new platform. Read more…
We have always heard that “No news is good news” right? Well we have not heard a lot about the Microsoft Kin Studio – if you remember right PPCGeeks, this was the software that the Kin One and Kin Two on Big Red had.
Microsoft is rumored to be adding a newly popular feature in Windows Phone 7, and that is Near Field Communication, or NFC. It will supposedly ship on smartphones later this year, which means the software/OS part could be part of the Mango update. Nokia said that it would be implementing NFC on most of its smartphones in 2011, so this could be a push by the Nokia-Microsoft partnership. Read more…
The technology group Ovum is predicting that by 2016 Android will drive the smartphone market growth by double. The predictions see Android owning 38% of the market, Apple owning 17.5 and Blackberry holding 16.5%.
Apple is facing major supply issues with the new iPad 2, with some customers having to wait 4 to 5 weeks for delivery. Apple has had shortage issues in the past with the second generation iPhone 3G for more than a month and up to 3 weeks on the Iphone 4 according to reports from NPD Group.
We’ve heard rumors about the Windows Phone 7 NoDo update for a while now; Actually ever since its launch. Microsoft has had their fair share of problems with their pre-NoDo update, especially with Samsung phones. Now, according to their official French blog, the NoDo update will be delivered in the 2nd half of March through the Zune software. Since its already March 9th, that could be as early as next week, or closer to the end of the month.
Seeing how saturated the market is with netbook’s and tablet’s these days, we want to know what you think. Are there too many options available that make your decision harder when deciding what to purchase? Or do you feel like you should have several choices available?
Either way, the decision’s not always easy for everyone so this article will help those who are currently shopping for one and aren’t sure what to do.
Were you among the several Samsung Windows Phone 7 users with complaints about the first update Microsoft sent your device? Were you one of the users who never got the update to go through? If so, the complaints have been heard and the problems are being solved.
Microsoft is currently resending the February update to Samsung phones as well as continuing to send the update to other Windows Phone models. If you haven’t received the second update yet, be patient. It’s on a certain schedule to hit all devices soon. Keep your eyes open for the update notification.
Sources say Google is claiming that Microsoft is stealing their search abilities and have had little influence on people’s search habits. It seems while Bing is growing, Yahoo and Google are both down a few percent as you can see in the chart above.
Either way, it doesn’t look like many Google users are bothered by any of this because each of the services are still being used. Let us know what you think after you see the statistics inside!
While we don’t have an visual confirmation of this, lets just say it makes sense. We’re getting a report that the Dell Venue Pro is already shipping with the NoDo update on board, ready for some copy-n-paste action—at least in India (did I just burst your bubble?) Sorry – Read on though it sounds promising!
Microsoft has filed for a trademark for the look and feel of Windows Phone 7 home screen and the live tiles it contains. Microsoft goes on to write about the look and feel of the UI that it requests Trademarks for. With the UI appearing on Android, and iPhones is this a smart move? Tell us PPCGeeks is it worth the hassle?
Nokia has promised low-cost Windows Phone 7 samrtphones “very quickly”, addressing concerns that the Microsoft OS would drive up prices of the Finnish company’s smartphone range. Nokia CEO Stephen Elop confirmed that “we have become convinced that we can do that very quickly” having revealed that one of Microsoft’s key messages throughout negotiations was that Windows Phone could readily hit “a very low price point.” Only thing is what is “Very low Cost”?
Our geeks asked for it, well some of them, and now they’ve gotten what they asked for. Nokia announced this morning they have a new partnership that will make Windows Phone 7 become Nokia’s primary platform for higher end devices.
So I was privileged to have the chance of a lifetime; a 2 week special time with the HTC Surround – AT&T Windows Phone 7 Device. In this review I will break the phone down in Pro’s and Con’s, rate both the hardware and software and then give my personal opinion about the device. I hope that during your reading you feel enlightened enough to at least try a Windows Phone 7 Device, especially the HTC Surround.
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