No official list of Windows Phone 7 device makers

We reported last Friday that there would be 5 hardware partners with Windows Phone 7 handsets ready at launch. Turns out later that day Microsoft “turned back” on what was said.

"Microsoft has not made an official announcement on …

By Sunshine in Mobile
July 26th, 2010 at 10:08 pm

Loose lips sink ships

This week it’s TechReady at Microsoft in Seattle, a semi-annual event (this is TechReady 11) where Microsoft product teams show off their new stuff internally, a kind of a top secret product fair.

Microsoft employee and blogger M3 Sweatt, (Chief …

By Kip Kniskern in News
July 26th, 2010 at 7:06 pm

Hotmail Wave 4 Conversation View: gone missing (updated: it’s back)

For those of you lucky enough to have Hotmail Wave 4, apparently one of the new features – Conversation View, has been at least temporarily disabled.  MVP Vasudev tweeted about it:

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By Kip Kniskern in News
July 24th, 2010 at 8:16 pm

Speech recognition in Windows Phone 7

Microsoft acquired TellMe back in March 2007, and the speech recognition features that came with it have been finding their way into a number of Microsoft products, from Windows 7 to the Bing for Mobile app, and soon, of …

By Kip Kniskern in Mobile
July 24th, 2010 at 5:05 pm

5 Hardware partners have Windows Phone 7 handsets available at launch

Greg Sullivan, senior product manager for Microsoft, told Pocket-lint that Dell, Asus, LG, HTC, and Samsung will have Windows Phone 7 handsets available at the launch later this year.

That’s (at least) five launch handsets, some of which, Microsoft has …

By Sunshine in Mobile
July 23rd, 2010 at 12:35 pm

Bing Homepage Visual Search Gallery

On the Bing homepage you can take a look at the previous 7 days worth of homepage images by clicking the arrows. But what if you want to view images from further back?

Starting today, there is something for that…

By Sunshine in Bing
July 22nd, 2010 at 10:45 pm

Windows Phone 7 and Windows Live Calendar: What you can and can’t do

calendarsSo many developers have gotten their hands on one of the Windows Phone 7s given out by Microsoft, and our friend Paul Thurrott is one of them. While Thurrott is writing his new book on WP7, he’s been updating his …

By damaster in Mobile
July 22nd, 2010 at 1:37 pm

Microsoft Employees to get a Windows Phone 7

Not only developers are getting a free Windows Phone 7, the 90,000 Microsoft employees world-wide probably will too! Only, unlike the developers who are receiving their devices as we speak, they will receive their Windows Phone 7 devices when …

By Sunshine in Mobile
July 22nd, 2010 at 11:25 am

Facebook stories on a Bing Map

Today, Facebook launched a new application, dubbed Facebook Stories, to highlight shared stories about people who have reconnected with friends and family via Facebook. As a part of the application, Bing Maps powers the location data for published stories. …

By Sunshine in Bing
July 21st, 2010 at 9:53 pm

Windows Live users get free mobile web access in Germany

My eye just caught the following news item:

Jul 21, 2010 (DMEUROPE via COMTEX) — Microsoft Germany has announced a new exclusive service for Windows Live users enabling free mobile internet access. With immediate effect, members of the Windows

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By Sunshine in News
July 21st, 2010 at 5:43 pm
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