Hotmail now pushing via ActiveSync to iPhone?

Our good buddy George Ponder over at sibling site WMExperts tells us Microsoft Windows Live Hotmail, officially slated to get ActiveSync support sometime this summer, might just be already up and running:

Liveside.net is reporting some users are having success in syncing their Hotmail accounts through ActiveSync. Through trial and error, the server address has been identified as m.hotmail.com, SSL should be enabled, and you leave the domain blank. Obviously you enter in your username and password accordingly.

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Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 Nearing Final Build

According to Cnet, Microsoft expects to finish development of Windows Phone 7 within “a few weeks.” Windows Phone 7 is due to launch by the holiday shopping season, and Microsoft’s carrier and handset partners need the code well in …(follow link to read)

Skype Clarifies Position on Client for Windows Phone 7

A recent report indicated that Skype has no plans to develop a VoIP application for Microsoft’s upcoming Windows Phone 7 platform. When asked to confirm this information, Skype said that its position on future platform support — and specifically …(follow link to read)

HTC Gets Permission to Use Microsoft Tech in Android Phones

Today HTC announced that Microsoft has given it permission to use some of its intellectual property in HTC handsets that use the Android platform rather than Microsoft’s Windows Mobile platform. The terms of the deal were not disclosed, but …(follow link to read)

Windows Phone 7 Series No Longer

Official Windows Phone twitter account @windowsphone says that Microsoft is removing “Series,” now simply Windows Phone 7.

No Cut and Paste in Windows Phone 7 Series. So is it a Smartphone?

Today at MIX10 Microsoft told our sibling site WMExperts that there would be no cut, copy, and paste in Windows Phone 7 Series, which follows on the news of an Apple iPhone-style closed app market and lack of 3rd party multitasking. When the original iPhone 2G debuted in 2007 without cut, copy, and paste, multitasking, and most importantly a third-party app platform, it led certain editors-in-chief who shall remain nameless (though not pictured-less) wondered — and not unjustifiably — if ..read more

Windows Phone 7 Won’t Support MicroSD Cards, Multitasking

More details about Windows Phone 7 shared by Microsoft reveal that the new operating system will not support user-replaceable memory cards. Charlie Kindel, who is in charge of Microsoft’s Windows Phone developer strategy, said that the company will work …(follow link to read)

Microsoft Offers Developers Windows Phone 7 Tools

At the MIX10 conference in Las Vegas, Microsoft today offered developers the first tools to develop applications for the upcoming Windows Phone 7 Series platform. Foremost among these, developers will use Silverlight for rich Internet applications and the XNA …(follow link to read)

SPE at Microsoft MIX10 for Windows Phone 7 Series — The Competition!

I had the chance to talk to Microsoft’s Loke Uei about Windows Phone 7 Series at GDC last week and he was cagey and super-secretive about the version running on his pre-production unit. He did, however, promise more would be revealed at MIX 10 this week in Las Vegas. Well, our very own editor-in-chief, Dieter Bohn, is at the show right now to seek it out. He’ll be covering the keynote live at 9am PT, 12pm ET over at WMExperts.com.

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Windows Phone 7 Series Needs 800×480, HTC HD2 Users Still Hoping

Microsoft proclaimed the Windows Phone 7 Series and thought that it will become the next generation mobile dais with unbelievable multimedia, gaming, and social media integration competences. We’ve seen a specimen of the mobile OS and we were awestruck. Why? Because Microsoft has beaten Apple and the consumer interface of the WP7S looks amazing. The (Read More)

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