Why Windows Handset 7 Had to be a Fresh Start

The novel Handset Series 7 platform from Microsoft is getting a lot of praise at the tick, with only two belongings being identified as glitches: the name of the platform, which will likely be overshadowed by the names of the handsets anyhow, and the fact that existing phone users can’t upgrade to the new operating system. The (Read More)

More Microsoft Zune Phone / Windows 7 Handset Niceties

Novel information seems to have surfaced newly on Microsoft’s Pink Project, which is seemingly rumored to create the “Zune phone,” in equivalent to the Windows Phone 7 Series. Conferring to appleinsider.com, original but fuzzy pictures of the Pink Handsets have allegedly seeped on Gizmodo. A new report from Reuters, has recommended that Microsoft will in fact (Read More)

Verizon to Score Microsoft’s ‘Pink’ Phones by Summer

According to an unnamed source cited by Reuters, Verizon Wireless plans to sell two new devices from Microsoft that are not Windows Phone 7 handsets. Reuters’ source says that the two new phones are being developed under the code …(follow link to read)

Bluetooth SIG Says 4.0 Spec to Reach Handsets by Year’s End

Today the Bluetooth Special Interest Group gave the first glimpse of the Bluetooth 4.0 specification’s roadmap, and said that it expects devices to ship with Bluetooth 4.0 by the end of the year. The Bluetooth 4.0 spec is designed …(follow link to read)

Google Gifts Android with Gesture-Based Search

Google recently enabled a Labs experimental feature for Android handsets that allows users to perform searches by drawing gestures on the display. According to Google, Gesture Search lets users find a contact, an application, a bookmark, or a music …(follow link to read)

ZTE Voices Support for Nuance’s Speech Tech

Today ZTE announced that it has agreed to ship Nuance VSuite and Nuance Vocalizer on ZTE handsets moving forward. The software will add voice control and text-to-speech for text message readout and command confirmation to ZTE phones. ZTE said …(follow link to read)

Microsoft rejigs its handset software into electronic butler

In Barcelona, Microsoft’s Joe Belfiore spoke of getting past “the PC metaphor of icons” on handsets. Microsoft’s novel smartphone software, Windows Phone 7 Series, turns a handset into something similar to an electronic butler that stabs to anticipate the user’s desires. It automatically taps into the carrier’s data network to pick up appointments, photos and (Read More)

Sprint Offering Credits for Recycled Phones

Today Sprint announced an expansion of its Buy Back cell phone recycling program. Sprint will now accept up to three handsets per line of service and offer account credit. Sprint says that over 900 phones are eligible for the …(follow link to read)

HTC HD Mini, Legend and Craving proclaimed at MWC

HTC unraveled three innovative handsets at the world’s largest mobile expo this week. Linking in HTC’s extensive portfolio are WinMo motorized HD Mini and Android motorized Legend and Desire. As the name suggests, HD Mini assertions to give the same HD2 know-how in a slighter chassis. While the HD Mini is not motorized by the commanding (Read More)

Motorola Will BLUR the Line Between Phones and Cable Boxes

Motorola co-CEO Sanjay Jha, speaking to the Wall Street Journal, said today that Motorola’s cable set-top boxes will get more social networking features in the future, including the company’s MOTOBLUR interface, currently in use on Motorola’s Android-based handsets, like …(follow link to read)

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