BlueVia, Telefonica’s global developer platform has taken yet another step forward today. They’ve partnered with Microsoft to integrate BlueVia’s SDK directly into the Microsoft .NET Framework, Silverlight and Microsoft Visual Studio 2010. Over 6 million folk develop with these Microsoft tools so now network integration for almost any application is just a click-away. This is [...]
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WP7: “Are you done yet”? Good series of ads from Microsoft
The chaps over at WPCentral picked up this video highlighting a new series of Windows Phone 7 video ads coming soon from Microsoft. The ads are particularly smart. They highlight some of the smart features of the operating system that help you get stuff done quickly. Complete with on-screen stopwatch. Believe it or not, WP7 [...]
Microsoft’s $100 billion Nokia acquisition: Absolutely unbelievable! [April Fool, 2010]
How prescient was my post last year for April Fools Day? It had the headline: Microsoft’s $100 billion Nokia acquisition: Absolutely unbelievable! It ruffled a few feathers during the morning of the 1st of April. The story was slightly believable. You know, you could imagine Microsoft buying Nokia. But it’d have been a big gamble. And [...]
Google’s reaction to Nokia & Microsoft: “Turkeys”
Google’s Vice President of Engineering, Vic Gundotra is not at all impressed with news that Nokia and Microsoft are aiming to work together. Not at all. Vic published this tweet with the hash-tag #feb11: So, Nokia’s definitely not doing business with Google Android in the short term then, eh? Depending on the configuration of the [...]
Come on Nokia, set the market alight!
Well it’s going to be an interesting Friday. I was absolutely delighted to hear from one hugely respected source that Nokia will announce Windows Phone 7 support on Friday. Yesteday, a whole load of other sources confirmed the same. The precise nature of the Windows Phone 7 announcement is unclear at the moment. Are we [...]
Finally Nokia is getting attention from the West
It’s nice to see Nokia sentiment from the Western media temporarily switched to positive. Or at least almost-positive. You’ll have no doubt been tracking the various different opinions zooming around the marketplace (Nokia must do Android, Nokia must do Microsoft, Nokia must hold fast with Symbian & MeeGo). It’s good to see the company getting [...]
Microsoft sells 1.5 million Windows Phones in 6 weeks: Nice!
Congratulations all round to the team at Microsoft’s Windows Phone team. As I suspected, the consumer has reacted warmly to the platform’s simplicity, nice looking handsets and keen pricing. It’s not everyone’s cup of tea, but it’s certainly winning legions of admirers. Wherever I took the Samsung Omnia 7 or HTC HD7, it drew many-a-glance. [...]
Microsoft’s London Windows Phone launch: Stylish, upbeat, confident
I’ve just arrived back from the swish Microsoft Windows Phone party held tonight in London. Goodness me there’s a buzz about the company. The excitement was demonstrable and the beautiful people were out in force for the event. “Are there a lot of famous people here, then?” I asked, scanning the crowd and recognising nobody. [...]
Oh dear… Microsoft Windows Phone 7 is labelled a ‘disaster’
What is up with Microsoft at the moment? Recently a good colleague of mine — who used to work there — pointed out that Microsoft will simply drop a billion each time to try and get their mobile strategy correct. If initial reports of the Windows Phone 7 system are to be believed, it looks [...]
Microsoft Kin: 503 units sold = huge screw up
I haven’t done much on the Microsoft Kin as it’s been focused around a small segment in North America, but goodness me, it seems they’ve hit the wall rather badly if these ‘well placed tips’ are to be believed: Claims that Microsoft may have sold just 500 Kin phones before the end may have been [...]
Visual Studio to enable iPhone app development on Windows?
Gizmodo is reporting that analyst Trip Chowdhry reckons Microsoft’s Steve Ballmer will be on stage with Steve Jobs briefly at the WWDC Apple Keynote next month. Why? Well, Trip reckons that he’ll be there to talk Visual Studio: What will Ballmer be evangelizing about during Apple’s big iPhone 4 reveal? Err, Visual Studio 2010, according [...]
Microsoft’s $100 billion Nokia acquisition: Absolutely unbelievable! [April Fool!]
Note: It’s gone midday now in London so I want to point out that this story is an April Fool! Steve Ballmer of Microsoft got up on stage at 7am this morning in London to announce that they intend acquiring Nokia for $100 billion in a mixture of cash and equity — a substantial premium [...]
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