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Ah, the Microsoft Kin One and Two. Probably a pair of the most confusing dumb or smart phones ever made. And that’s part of the problem. Was it a dumb phone? According to Verizon and Microsoft, Kin One and Two surfed the web and did HTML e-mail, so therefore the Kin One and Two were…
In a batch of leaked discussion documents from Microsoft mostly about Windows 8, there was mention of a new Windows Store, which on top of desktop software could very well be a new platform for selling Windows Phone apps. The slides, which are almost completely high-level, conceptual, and a far cry from any kind of…
If you’re dying to get your social networking on the go, you’ll be happy to know that Verizon Wireless is dropping the price of the Microsoft Kin phones. I still don’t think this will be enough to make these handsets a success, though. The turtle-like Kin One will now cost $29, down from about $50…
If you’re one of the few owners of the Microsoft Kin phones, you’ll be happy to know that a software update should be coming this summer. Over on Microsoft’s forum, a user complained about a few bugs and software quibbles. In particular, that user said the handset has the tendency to shut off and they…
We in the tech press often get boggled down in the narrative that the future of computing will boil down to Apple versus Google but old Microsoft wants to set the record straight on where it stands. In a blog post that also doubles as a muscle-flexing session, the software giant threw out a few…
If you’re jazzed about Microsoft’s upcoming Windows Phone 7 operating system, I hope you like ads because the new platform will be serving these like there’s no tomorrow, according to a Microsoft exec. While speaking at an advertising festival, Microsoft’s general manager for strategy and business development, Kostas Mallios, talked about how the platform will…
We were at Microsoft’s soiree in New York City last night and caught a deeper glimpse at Windows Phone 7. The yet unreleased mobile operating system doesn’t look like the most intuitive platform out there, but it’s still in the works and getting cleaned up. Microsoft was careful to tell us that the OS was…
Adobe has announced that after a series of betas, the mobile version of their Flash player is production-ready and now available to partners. Android gets a lot of attention in the press release, confirming that the Flash player will be baked right into 2.2 (a.k.a. Froyo), but BlackBerry, webOS, Windows Phone, Linux Mobile, MeeGo, and…
After seeing Windows Phone 7 Series in Barcelona earlier this year, and then rejoicing at the decision to simply rename the operating system Windows Phone 7, we’ve all but lost much of the enthusiasm we once had when Steve Ballmer was in front of us, on stage, kicking ass and taking names. Since we first…
If you were wondering what some of the applications will look like for Microsoft’s upcoming Windows Phone 7, you can rest assured that these programs can be spectacular looking. Developer Matt Hidinger is showing off his bus-tracking app for Windows Phone 7 and it looks like a great way to keep up with public transportation…