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14-year long Windows Phone MVP joins HTC as community manager

7 years

Jason Dunn, a Canadian who owns several websites devoted to Windows Phone, Android, Apple, etc, including the famous PocketPCThoughts, has just announced that he is moving to USA and joining HTC: come October 1st, I’ll be a ...

Mini-Microsoft anonymous blogger spills the beans about Microsoft Windows Phone strategy

by Edward

7 years

He calls himself “mini-Microsoft” (from “mini-me” in Austin Powers), he is mid-level manager at Microsoft, and he blogs anonymously about Microsoft stuff. In his latest revealing post he mentions some inter...

Systematic error of Marketplace for Windows Phone: the b00b error

by Edward

7 years

It would be funny if it wouldn’t be sad… Myself and several other people (judging from comments on various blogs and Facebook) have a problem: trying to download TouchDevelop app from Microsoft but always getting the e...

Sirius XM Buddy for Windows Phone 7 – app review

by Edward

7 years

The bottom line: This app works without the need to pay additional Premium fee, but it’s unofficial, so it may stop working any time after purchase. Before discussing the app, let me introduce you to Sirius XM! USA is a terr...

TouchDevelop v2.2 for Windows Phone released, now with events

by Edward

7 years

Microsoft has just released update 2.2 of TouchDevelop app for hobby developers. It brings such improvements like handling of events (e.g. when device is shaken, a method is called), a tutorial mode (many people complained that le...

Windows 8 – successor to Windows 7 – will run Windows Phone 7 apps

by Edward

7 years

It’s not official confirmation from Microsoft but Nvidia’s CEO, Jen-Hsun Huang, is claiming so: he believes that apps written for Windows Phone 7 will run on Windows 8, which is an operating system designed for both PC...

IFA 2011 : Navigon sat nav for Windows Phone 7.5 hands-on

by Edward

7 years

While at IFA 2011 I was playing with Navigon for Windows Phone – a TomTom-like off-line GPS turn-by-turn navigation app. Navigon was available in 2 versions – with maps of whole Europe and with maps of USA: It was runn...

IFA 2011 : HTC stand – part 1 of 2 – photos and commentary

by Edward

7 years

In part 2 of this report, after uploading and processing several GB of HD video, you will be able to see in actionÂ what was going on at HTC stand at IFA 2011, including demonstration of HTC Titan and HTC Radar and their feature...

IFA 2011 : Samsung not showing any Windows Phone 7 handsets

by Edward

7 years

At IFA 2011 Samsung is present at various stands with mini-stands of Samsung, but their biggest stand Â is in hall 20 where there is huge, majestic show presented by the company.Â I was in that hall with majestic Samsung expos...

IFA 2011 : Microsoft stand + Windows Phone general situation

by Edward

7 years

So, I am now reporting to you live from IFA 2011 trade show: Let me tell you general situation about Windows Phone at IFA 2011, but first let’s take a short look at Microsoft stand at IFA, which is placed outdoors in so call...

IFA 2011 : No TomTom for Windows Phone 7

by Edward

7 years

I dropped by to, rather big, TomTom stand at IFA 2011 trade show (such local tiny German trade show that happens to be bigger than US American CES) and there a press relations guy from TomTom company, named aptly, I am not kidding...

Kinect – missed marketing opportunity for Windows Phone

by Edward

7 years

I have just scored another achievement in Fruit Ninja Kinect and I have realized how big marketing opportunity Microsoft is missing! So, the other day I was in a shop searching for VGA cable for my Xbox, and I have noticed demo un...

TouchStudio renamed to TouchDevelop, released in version 2.0

by Edward

7 years

Microsoft has renamed TouchStudio to TouchDevelop and released many new features, including "publishing scripts to the cloud" at TouchDevelop.com (such kind-of marketplace/app-store for scripts). What is TouchDevelop? It...

Update policy of smartphones (Summer 2011)

by Edward

7 years

Even if you are hard core fan of Windows Phone, it may be useful to know update situation with other operating systems, if not for anything else, then as a comparison with your phone or just to have something to discuss with owner...

Dell Venue Pro now available for 199 Euro without contract!

by Edward

7 years

If you are Nokia hater like me, but you would like to get decent Windows Phone 7 device, then you can get one if you live or visit Germany: The phone has slide-out QWERTY keyboard (or QWERTZ to be precise as it is German version) ...

Editorial: Downfall of HTC

by Edward

7 years

Below we have a guest Editorial from Edward last of MSMobiles.com, who is providing us with some insight from his more than 10 years working with and writing about the Windows Mobile and Windows Phone ecosystem. Today he is sharin...

Nokia’s road to Redmond

by Edward

8 years

I am writing this article by touch-typing on my iPad with keyboard dock and near me lies my iPhone but until recently I was running a blog and podcast about Windows phones known as “msmobiles.com”. Until recently I was...

HTC press conference at Mobile World Congress 2010 – HTC’s kaizen

by Edward

9 years

We gave up one-on-one briefing with Microsoft to be in this press conference. Did it pay off? What is the spirit at HTC after big announcement of Microsoft regarding Windows Phone 7 Series?

Mobile World Congress 2010 – the media centre

by Edward

9 years

So you were wondering how is life of a reporter here in Barcelona at Mobile World Congress 2010? Well, this story is not related to Windows Phone but it may be of interest to you, particularly if you are pondering to get press acc...

Interview with Microsoft cancelled – no point

by Edward

9 years

Unfortunately, due to the fact that at the same time HTC press conference is taking place (stay tuned, we will bring you photos and video from it!), we were forced to cancel our one-on-one interview with Microsoft. Note also, that...