Want to transfer Android apps to a Windows Phone? Microsoft would like to help
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It’s emerged that Microsoft has applied for a patent on a service that enables applications from rival platforms such as Android and iOS to be migrated to Windows Phone.
The service would at first suggest similar Microsoft endorsed applications to the ones Android and iPhone users have on their phone. If there are none – [...]
Nokia’s Last Stand
Peter Kirwan profiles Nokia’s executive leadership for Wired. The bottom line seems simple and obvious: Nokia’s fate is tied to that of Windows Phone.
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Nokia Lumia 900 is the "best smartphone ever" according to…..Siri
Eh?
Ask Apple’s speech recognition software Siri, what the best smartphone ever is, the answer would surely be its own champion handset the iPhone 4S right??
Wrong! According to Siri the answer is actually the Nokia Lumia 900, well at the time of writing at least. Go on, try it for yourselves.
Siri’s answers are actually based on [...]
Samsung launches new Windows Phone in the shape of the Omnia M
It’s not just about Android you know
Proving that it still very much has its fingers in the Windows Phone pie, Samsung has unveiled the latest addition to its Omnia range.?
The Samsung Omnia M runs on Windows Phone 7.5 Mango and sports a 4-inch Super AMOLED display and 1GHz processor.?
In terms of design, there’s nothing revolutionary [...]
White Nokia Lumia 900 available to buy from Phones 4u now
Early arrival for flagship phone
The Nokia Lumia 900 in white has begun arriving at Phones 4u, a week before it officially said it would be stocking the phone.
One of Pocket-lint’s eagle-eyed readers noticed that the pre-order page on the retailer’s website had been removed and replaced with a banner saying the phone wouldn’t actually be [...]
Paul Thurrott: ‘Is Time Running Out for Windows Phone?’
Paul Thurrott:
I’m as concerned, in a way, with what is very clearly yet another
do-over. Yes, Windows Phone 8 will retain the Windows Phone name,
and yes, it will run “legacy” Windows Phone 7.x apps, those apps
that were written in Silverlight or the game-centric XNA APIs. But
with Silverlight and XNA both silently cancelled deep within
Microsoft’s ever-reimagined corporate [...]
Smoked by Windows Phone by the Numbers
Speaking of Windows Phone, Microsoft’s Ben Rudolph has an update on their “Smoked by Windows Phone” campaign. It occurs to me that Rudolph is to Windows Phone today what Guy Kawasaki was to the Mac back in the mid-’90s: a likable human face for a likable underdog platform.
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Samsung Focus 2 brings 4G speeds to Windows Phone
Focus S successor due 20 May
The Samsung Focus 2 looks to undercut the Windows Phone competition with its AT&T $49.99/month contract deal.
Samsung’s first 4G LTE Windows Phone promises super-fast speeds wrapped up in a slender body. The model is just shy of 11cm long, weighs an ultra-light 121g and comes dressed in a white finish. [...]
Windows Live is dead: Long live Microsoft account
Microsoft cleans up branding
Microsoft is making a lot of noise about its cloud services in the run up to the launch of Windows 8. Today the computing giant announced a change it will be rolling out over the next few months in branding for its cloud services.?
Windows Live and your Windows Live ID provides access [...]
Pebble smartwatch adds Runkeeper app support
Run faster
Runkeeper has teamed up with overnight Kickstarter success stars Pebble, to offer a Runkeeper app for the watch when it comes out.
In a move that will see it go head to head with the Nike+ GPS Sports Watch, users of the Runkeeper service that get the Pebble watch will be able to sync the [...]
