Speaking at the Japanese Microsoft Developers Forum, Microsoft’s CEO confirmed that the next Windows Phone update, codenamed Mango , will add “over 500 new features” to the mobile operating system. The Redmond based company has an event scheduled for Tuesday, May 24th in New York City, during which it will unveil the new update ( again ) and discuss its features in greater detail . . . → Read More: Ballmer: Windows Phone ‘Mango’ release to deliver more than 500 new features
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 Wanted to know how the eventual, inevitable implementation of app multitasking on Windows Phone 7 will look? Well, wonder no longer: it’s cards, which seems to be the way a lot of guys are going after webOS showed how to do it right a couple years back . . . → Read More: Windows Phone 7′s multitasking uses zoomed-out cards to check on your apps  We’ve just barely begun to get ready with Steve Ballmer’s keynote at MWC 2011 , yet the company’s Twitter and press feeds just scooped its main man. . . . → Read More: Microsoft shows off WP7′s future with multitasking, Twitter integration, and IE9, all coming this year  Though he wouldn’t give an exact date, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer whittled down the availability window for the company’s first big update to Windows Phone 7 at his keynote address to the crowds gathered at Mobile World Congress today. The latest message is that it’ll be available in “early March,” which puts us precious few weeks away — more or less on track with what we’d been anticipating — bringing support for CDMA radios, copy and paste, and performance improvements. Hopefully that clears the way for the 7 Pro on Sprint, eh . . . → Read More: Windows Phone 7 update with copy and paste, CDMA support coming in ‘early March’  Yesterday was so jam-packed full of action, it’s hard to believe this year’s Mobile World Congress convention in Barcelona officially started today. The show runs through Thursday, in fact, and promises to bring us awesome mobile news from start to finish. . . . → Read More: Live from Steve Ballmer’s MWC keynote!  Woo! Developers! Yeah! Synergy! Steve Ballmer is sure to bring his characteristic enthusiasm to another MWC keynote, though this one should be quite a bit different from the same presentation this time last year . Microsoft is no longer just talking about Windows Phone 7, it’s shipping it all around the world, and now it has a major new partner in the form of the world’s foremost smartphone seller, Nokia. . . . → Read More: Live from Steve Ballmer’s MWC 2011 keynote!  The Steve show just ended with both Elop and Ballmer hosting a very informative media Q&A following the reveal of Nokia’s plan to use Windows Phone 7 as its “primary smartphone platform.” Here are the highlights: No specific announcement for when we’ll see the first Nokia Windows Phone. Ballmer mentioned that the engineering teams have spent a lot of time together already. Elop also confirmed that Nokia is a Finnish company and always will be — they will not be moving to Silicon Valley or anywhere else. . . . → Read More: Nokia Q&A reveals more MeeGo details and tablet plans — says Android ‘risk of commodification was very high’  Ladies and gentlemen, it’s official. In a press release today, Microsoft and Nokia announced “plans to form a broad strategic partnership that would use their complementary strengths and expertise to create a new global mobile ecosystem.” This partnership will see Nokia, the world’s largest phone manufacturer, adopt Windows Phone as its “principle smartphone strategy” and the two companies will collaborate on marketing, search, maps, and development. “Today, developers, operators and consumers want compelling mobile products, which include not only the device, but the software, services, applications and customer support that make a great experience,” said Stephen Elop, Nokia President and CEO. . . . → Read More: Official: Nokia to adopt Windows Phone as smartphone operating system [live video] |
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