Tomorrow, Microsoft is widely expected to unveil Windows Phones 7 Series at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. This is going to be a very important day for Microsoft as "7" will definitely be a make or break point for the giant in mobile. Up til now, Microsoft has no real response to the competition. Windows [...]
ComScore reported that Apple iPhone ownership has surpassed Windows Mobile ownership for the first time in the US, despite Microsoft having many more years of being in the mobile space.
But is anyone really surprised? Both sales and browser usage of iPhone, BlackBerry and Android devices have long surpassed WinMo. As users ditch their old devices [...]
Did you think Microsoft stopped making phones? Rest assured that the Redmond giant is still very committed to the game. It’s just too important not to play.
In fact, the big M is hitting a milestone today with its launch of Windows Mobile 6.5. Read on to find out what’s new in this release.
Look what we got here – our very Windows 7 Launch Party Box. Did you get yours yet?
As part of the global Windows 7 launch campaign, Microsoft has asked users to apply to host launch parties. Thousands have been selected to be hosts, and we were lucky to be one of them.
The party [...]
Last week, Microsoft and Nokia jointly announced that it will make Microsoft’s Office mobile suite of software to work on Nokia phones. The agreement includes:
Mobile versions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote.
Mobile version of Office Communicator
Mobile access to intranet and extranet built with SharePoint
Enterprise device management with Microsoft System Center.
So what does this mean?
CNET Published a highly positive review of the upcoming Zune HD device from Microsoft yesterday. We, at SkratchBoard.com, has also had a couple of minutes of hands-on with the device, and we came away heartbroken.
Why?
Google’s Developer conference has wrapped up yesterday. We have been busy attending the sessions, chatting with people and playing with our new phone.
Here are the conference highlights:
4000+ attendees attended the event at Moscone Center in San Francisco.
Google’s big message at the conference is that web is the new platform (we have heard that before), and [...]
In console gaming, there was a rule of thumb that says whichever gaming console sells over the 10 million units mark first, that gaming console will eventually win out.
In the smartphone market, we think whoever can get car manufacturers to integrate custom accessories to work with their smartphones will win the war. Car manufacturers are [...]
Microsoft has unleashed a slew of arsenals this week at Mobile World Congress. Just a quick recap of the various announcements made on Monday:
Windows Mobile 6.5. Pictures of WM6.5 have been circulating around for a while now, but Mr. Ballmer officially announced it earlier this week. Except phones with WM6.5 by the end of the [...]
MobileMe is Apple’s online service that let’s you sync your calendar, contacts and email across your iPhone, PCs and Macs. The service is targeted at consumers, because most business users will already have Microsoft Exchange to do all this for them. Apple charges users $99/year for this service, and here is why you don’t need [...]
