We told you about Paul Thurrott’s early mentions about a possible Zune rebrand, and then in a post titled “Questions Remain in the wake of a Microsoft / Nokia Partnership”, Thurrott drops more hints:
…And what about Zune?
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Twitter coming to Windows Phone: what about Windows Live?
Today at MWC, one of the announcements about new features coming for the “Mango” release of Windows Phone later this year is integration of Twitter into the “People” Hub. Currently, while there is a Twitter app for Windows Phone, Twitter, …
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Steve Ballmer just walked off the stage at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, after delivering a bit of news, most of it known to some degree already, about upcoming advances for Windows Phone.
After pinning down the early “NoDo”, or …
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The Nokia Press Briefing in Barcelona isn’t being broadcast live, but Steven Elop and Jo Harlow, Senior Vice President Marketing Nokia Mobile Phones, have been on stage, and of course news of the Microsoft / Nokia partnership dominates. Elop said, …
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If you remember, last year’s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona featured the unveiling of Windows Phone 7. What will happen this year? We just added a TweetBlender Twitter search for the hashtags #mwc and #mwc2011 in our sidebar so you …
Nokia / Microsoft: Where’s Zune?
In their press materials for the big announcement on Friday, Nokia and Microsoft featured a number of their brands in a collage of goodness about the partnership:
However one brand is conspicuously missing from the equation: Zune. It doesn’t …
Messenger Connect’s application contacts feature discontinued
Dare Obasanjo posted a quick notice on the Windows Live Developers Blog announcing that the "Application Contacts" feature in Messenger Connect will be discontinued in six month’s time due to low user usage. For those who doesn’t know, the application …
Bullet Points, the sequel: Next morning thoughts on Microsoft-Nokia
- Well one thing is for sure, the US stock market isn’t too happy with Nokia’s decision to go Windows Phone. After hours trading late last night showed NOK off some 7 points, and the stock is currently down 14.71%, to
The Top 10 Bullet Points on Microsoft-Nokia
As it’s the middle of the night here in Seattle, we’ll leave you for the night with a quick recap of the highlights of this momentous announcement by Nokia and Microsoft that they are forming a strategic partnership which will …
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