Posts tagged Windows Phone
Windows Phone 7 LEAKED!
May 17th
Posted by Kyle in Windows Phone 7
Ok, I don’t care what mobile carrier or model phone you have at the moment. We ALL know you’ll have a brand new mobile phone in less than two years. According to Fonebak, the largest mobile handset recycling company in the world, United States consumers upgrade their mobile phone every 18 months; and every 15 months for Europeans; and every 9 months for the Japanese (wow). Don’t lie to yourself, you love new technology.
Ok, let us put things into perspective for you and I: the mobile consumer:
First and most importantly, it makes it a lot easier to understand why software leaks like this. It all comes down to the business processes that drives the mobile technology sector. The majority of mobile hardware (like your Nexus One, HD2, Touch Pro, etc.) are manufactured in countries with cheap labor and raw material costs. Yes, I’m referring to China.
For many people, this doesn’t seem logical. Why would Microsoft, a leading US technology company, give foreign companies privileged information about upcoming products? Well, you need to know a bit of history between Microsoft and HTC. Obviously, Microsoft is one of America’s largest technology corporations today. Now, HTC is a wealthy Chinese corporation that manufactures mobile devices for ALL mobile operating systems. Remember, Chinese business practices are much different than America’s or the EU. They don’t necessarily agree to “exclusivity contracts” which are common in the US and EU. So, for HTC to choose to endorse Microsoft’s upcoming Windows Phone 7 project… it is a big deal. HTC shows no ‘favoritism’ between WP7 and Android as long as they believe in their future success. Do you see where this going?
Anyway, back to the leakage. What happened is that somehow a .NBH (ROM update file used by HTC) was extracted from the Mondrian model. [Credible] rumors are saying that the device has the very first build version of Windows Phone 7 (or Windows Mobile 7… whatever). At any rate, do no fret or become anxious for WP7. It’s comin’.
As Americans or Europeans, this is how our global economy works (we minimize costs by outsourcing to China, maximize profits by selling to US and EU, but also maximize consumer satisfaction). In fact, this strategy ultimately drives down the retail costs to end consumers like you and me. But what happens when someone on the inside, like the Chinese manufacturers, leaks vital information about future products?
Well, for starters, people freak out. And for good reason, WP7 is close at hand.
The conclusion here is that HTC will be the first cell phone manufacturer to have the huevos to release Windows Phone 7 into the market. AT&T has has OCD in regards to the iPhone. They just renewed an exclusiviely contract with Apple until 2012. In my opinion, the corporate board of directors should be in a state of self-loathing and hang their heads in shame for this act. It’s one thing to rebuke another competitors product, but Apple and Microsoft seem to be in a state of Total War, with the main goal being majority market-share.
Netflix for Windows Phone 7
Apr 23rd
Posted by Kyle in Windows Phone 7
Vertigo Software is a software solution provider for Microsoft that creates applications for their operating systems. They’re working very closely with Microsoft in order to create applications for their new mobile endeavor, Windows Phone 7. Here’s a sneak peak video at the Netflix app for Windows Phone 7. Please excuse the ‘short’ humor by Scott Stanfield, CEO of Vertigo (notice how no one laughed at his Hannah Montana and tanning joke
). His company is one of Microsoft’s software solution providers for Windows Phone 7. With his army of 30 or so well-trained developers, you can’t expect him to bring you state-of-art mobile applications AND make you laugh.
Enjoy.
Microsoft Rebrands WM7… Again
Apr 3rd
Posted by Kyle in Windows Phone 7

Microsoft decided that Windows Phone 7 Series was stupid after everyone rabbled about it during its announcement. And good riddance, that was a tongue twister. Microsoft has rebranded Windows Phone 7 Series to simply Windows Phone 7. This hasn’t fully been enforced yet, apparently. Their project website still reads the old name. But, on the the plus side at least the title of the page is consistent. Long story short, they officially announced the name change via Twitter:
Tis the season for Series finales. We’ve got one too – dropping the ‘Series’ and keeping the ‘Windows Phone 7.’ Done.

Thank you for remaining logical Microsoft, we knew you could do it.
Waiting on Windows Mobile 7…
Jan 13th

“We’re always working on future versions and have nothing new to announce”. This is what Microsoft has to say about Windows Mobile 7 in an e-mailed statement received at the CES event that happened in early January. The 2010 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas has put many Windows Mobile 7 enthusiasts in a grumpy mood. It’s still unclear whether Microsoft is calling it Windows Mobile 7 or the Windows Phone 7, but many manufacturers (NOT MICROSOFT) are saying that we won’t be seeing the new mobile operating system until 2011. Personally, I still believe the release date is still in the 2010 scope. I think there will be a Windows Phone that runs WM7, just like Google has done by releasing their first and only phone that uses Android, the Nexus One. In other words, Microsoft will most likely follow Google’s step by having a phone manufactured and tailored towards Windows Mobile 7.
“We spoke with representatives from Microsoft, Lenovo, Qualcomm, TI, Nokia, nVidia, HTC and many more and they all had just one message — Windows Mobile 7 is delayed until 2011,” a story posted to BSN’s site said. “We’re now certain that we won’t be seeing Windows Mobile 7 before World Mobile Congress in Barcelona in February 2011.” [bsn]
“If they were going to slip it [past 2010], they would have let us know [but] I don’t know why they’d miss because they know that every minute they miss, they’re losing partners,” Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group. [in]


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