More eye candy for Microsoft fans as another Windows Phone 7 prototype has been spotted in the wild. Under the camera lens this time is a modest looking unit from Samsung. This gem is reportedly owned by Matjaz Sircelj, a Technical Community Manager at Microsoft and is presumably one of the many WP7 handsets that will fall…
Leak: Photos: HTC Mozart [Ummm, why does this look exactly like the HTC Schubert?]
Several days ago I showed you a video of what I thought was the HTC Schubert. Now there are some more images, provided by Twitter user @Xmoo, hitting the net that suggest Schubert might actually be Mozart. To quote Red Forman from “That 70’s Show”, I could give a rat’s ass about what the code…
HTC Spark could be Windows Phone 7 device
Well, it looks like some specs have leaked out regarding an upcoming Windows Phone 7, as the spec sheet leaked out for the supposed HTC Spark. As you can see from the pic above, the HTC Spark is supposed to be a Microsoft Windows Phone 7 device that has a 1 GHz processor, a 3.7-inch…
Microsoft assembling a team of engineers for a new Mobile Gaming Studio
Microsoft is assembling a new Mobile Gaming Studio and is hiring software engineers to fill these newly created positions. This information comes from a recent job listing posted on Microsoft’s website that is looking for developers who are excited about games, connected entertainment, and Windows Phone 7. According to the listing, the new Mobile Studio…
LG: We want to ship 6 million smartphones this year, 70% will run Android
LG, which I’ve always thought of as Samsung’s little brother, constantly trying to get attention, but succumbing to the limits that come with adolescence, has recently said that they want to ship 6 million smartphones this year. This figure comes from a Senior Executive who spoke to The Korea Times and wishes to remain unnamed.…
Samsung and LG turn to academia for help in improving their mobile device user experience
Samsung and LG, two companies that represent the rapid evolution of South Korea’s once agrarian society into a world leading technopolis, have a slight problem when it comes to making software for mobile phones. To put it bluntly, they simply have no design skills what so ever. It’s to be expected of a people who…
Wireless market penetration reaches 100% in the US
Chetan Sharma looked at state of the wireless industry in Q2 2010 and calculated that overall US subscription penetration has reached 95%. This figure surpasses 100%, if you remove those customers that are five years old and younger from this equation. Overall, the wireless industry is booming; growing 6% in Q2 2010 alone and 22%…
Microsoft prepping a Mediaroom application for Windows Phone 7
Microsoft’s Mediaroom application may be coming to its Windows Phone 7 handsets, according to a Voluntary Product Accessibility Template (VPAT) that appeared on Microsoft’s accessibility website. The document reveals the existence of the aptly named “Microsoft Mediaroom Client for Windows Phone 7 v1.0”. Though the application is not detailed within the document, we need only look at the…
Microsoft Research unveils a prototype of its Windows CE-powered Menlo mobile device
Microsoft Research made public several new research papers that shed some light on a project with the codename of Menlo. This top secret project was rumored to be an attempt by Microsoft to develop a novel operating system for mobile devices and these newly published documents confirm this assumption, in part. According to the publicly available…
Sneak peak at Windows Phone 7 apps includes Yelp, YouTube
The pieces are starting to fall into place for the upcoming Microsoft Windows Phone 7 and we just got a sneak at what will fill up the Windows Marketplace for Mobile. On Twitter, a Microsoft employee showed off a few Windows Phone 7 testing apps and names and this includes the usual suspects like YouTube…