Posts tagged with microsoft
Microsoft To Offer Tellme
Posted on: Posted on April 29, 2009 6:24 PM
Microsoft and its subsidiary, Tellme, are gearing up to launch an embedded out-of-the-box platform which will be available for free to carriers and handset manufacturers. Tellme is a voice recognition application for Windows Mobile 6.5 which allows users to use speech commands to search the web, send messages and even make calls. Sprint’s Samsung Instinct which already have Tellme’s software bundled have seen an amazing 82% adoption of search queries (by voice). Will all our future phones use voice commands instead of the traditional keypad input?
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Microsoft Pink For Verizon
Posted on: Posted on April 29, 2009 9:38 AM
Verizon looks like it’s getting a fair bit of attention lately, which the company certainly won’t mind. Aside from the rumor of new Apple devices that should be arriving on the carrier, there is still the rumor about a Microsoft phone project, codenamed “Pink”. Of course, Pink is most likely a codename for the software layer, as Microsoft has often taken the time to dispute any claims that it is planning to release a Microsoft branded phone. Will this Pink feature be available on Verizon? Most likely, the question is more of a “when”, rather than “if”.
Microsoft Vine To Save Us All?
Posted on: Posted on April 28, 2009 11:07 AM
Microsoft has reportedly begun a private beat on an interesting service called Microsoft Vine. The goal of Microsoft Vine will be to keep you, your friends and family in the know in the case of a natural disaster. Vine will also offer status updates from Twitter, Facebook and other social networks. Will Microsoft Vine save you in the event of a natural disaster? Find out more information on the service if you’re interested.
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Microsoft Office for iPhone?
Posted on: Posted on April 3, 2009 9:53 AM
It seems that Stephen Elop, President of Microsoft’s Business Division has an eye on Apple’s iPhone. But rather than make an enemy of the iPhone (which it probably already is), he’s looking to get Microsoft Office on the iPhone. He didn’t mention exactly when the software would be hitting the iPhone, he did tease and say “not yet, keep watching”. We’ll watch and wait of course, but that doesn’t mean that we’re just going to sit back and ignore perfectly good competitors like Documents To Go and QuickOffice.
Tags: apple, iphone, microsoft,
AT&T Choses Microsoft PlayReady
Posted on: Posted on March 31, 2009 10:32 AM
AT&T and Microsoft have announced that AT&T has chosen Microsoft’s PlayReady content access and protection technology in order to enable next-generation entertainment services for its mobile and in-home offerings. Microsoft has confirmed that it intends to add support for PlayReady into its Microsoft Mediaroom IPTV software platform, giving access to PlayReady content via AT&T U-verse and TV set-top boxes.
Microsoft To Speed Up Windows Mobile Development
Posted on: Posted on March 5, 2009 8:05 AM
Microsoft has a history of taking its time to release its software, as evidenced by Windows Vista, Windows Mobile and Internet Explorer. That being said, Microsoft must certainly be feeling the heat from the competition of Apple’s iPhone and Google’s Android platform as CEO Steve Ballmer has said that the company will gear up to get Windows Mobile products and updates to the market sooner. The net update for Windows Mobile, which is Windows Mobile 6.5, is already slated to be in the market by the end of 2009, and Windows Mobile 7 should be available around 2010.
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LG And Microsoft Work Together
Posted on: Posted on February 17, 2009 9:28 AM
LG has committed itself to increase its volume of Windows-powered devices in 2009 and has announced that it will oust more than 50 Windows-powered phones in the following years. Part of the deal with Microsoft is that LG will make Windows its primary operating system on phones that they manufacture. LG plans to release 26 Windows phones by 2012. The latest version of Microsoft’s mobile operating system will be known as Windows instead of the usual Windows Mobile. The first LG device to support the new operating system will be the LG-GM730, which will ship with Windows Mobile 6.1, and have the option to be upgraded to Windows in the second half of 2009.
Microsoft MyPhone Goes Official At MWC
Posted on: Posted on February 10, 2009 9:38 AM
Microsoft might have mucked up on the MyPhone beta page a short while ago though everything’s been sorted out, and by the looks of it, what was previously known as “Skybox” will be officially called “MyPhone” in the future. There is an invite-only beta which should be going on at MWC, so keep an eye out for further information on MyPhone, and we’ll keep you posted.
Tags: microsoft, mwc 2009, myphone,
Microsoft Skybox Renamed As My Phone
Posted on: Posted on February 6, 2009 9:36 AM
Microsoft’s phone-to-cloud solution has a beta sign-up site all ready, though it’s surprisingly called “My Phone”, even though the domain states www.getskybox.com. This syncing service promises to make transferring contacts, appointments, tasks, photos, videos, documents etc between Windows Mobile 6 and above devices less painful, after all, we’ve all been through the trouble of migrating our data between phones. The service is currently free, though there isn’t any promise that it will be free forever. Users can expect to be offered 200MB of online storage. Surprisingly, the beta site is down at time of writing, overwhelming response perhaps?
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Is A Microsoft Smartphone Coming Soon?
Posted on: Posted on February 6, 2009 8:46 AM
Do you believe in rumors? Well, you might want to. The latest word on the street is that Microsoft is looking to introduce a Microsoft-branded smartphone in the second-half of 2009. Obviously a Microsoft phone will have tight integration between the hardware and software (which we hope is Windows Mobile 6.5 at least). There isn’t any official confirmation on such a device just yet, but considering that Microsoft does have a PC hardware division, it’s not that hard to imagine it coming up with its own phone.
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Microsoft Wants Your Phone
Posted on: Posted on January 30, 2009 9:42 AM
Microsoft has patented something that looks quite interesting. We’re talking about what Microsoft calls a “Smart interface system for mobile communications devices”, which is supposed to allow you to dock your smartphone to this special cradle, which can connect to a network, external hard drive, keyboard and mouse, and not to mention a LCD display. This kind of development really doesn’t come as too much of a surprise to anyone, as a lot of the smartphones that we’re using today have more processing power than desktops did several years back. The device will supposedly have its own processor, memory and embedded OS, though if it already has all that, why it would it need your phone? Still, it’s something that is certainly worth looking into.
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