No Windows Phone 7 Update For Some UsersInformationWeek - Paul McDougall - 24 Feb, 2011Samsung phones prove incompatible with patch, which also caused headaches for users of other phones powered by Microsoft's new mobile OS. By Paul McDougall , InformationWeek Microsoft has suspended an update for its Windows Phone 7 software for phones ... |
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Windows Phone 7 Update Glitch Hit 10 Percent of Recipients, Samsung Phones RemovedPC Magazine - Chloe Albanesius - 24 Feb, 2011Microsoft on Wednesday confirmed that it suspended its first Windows Phone 7 update for Samsung phones amidst a glitch that affected about 10 percent of those who received the update. "We've identified a technical issue with the ... |
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Windows Phone 7 update FAIL: Restoration error C101002E 81080080Computerworld (blog) - Richi Jennings - 24 Feb, 2011Did your Samsung phone get bricked by Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 update? Some did and some didn't. Here's the full story and a potential solution to update error 81080080 and restoration error C101002E. By Richi Jennings. February 24, 2011. ... |
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Windows Phone 7 update fails for 10 percent of usersZDNet UK (blog) - David Meyer - 24 Feb, 2011Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 update has failed for around one in 10 users who have tried to install it, the company has said. In a blog post on Wednesday, Microsoft spokeperson Michael Stroh wrote ... |
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Microsoft defends Windows Phone 7 update failureTelegraph.co.uk - Christopher Williams - 24 Feb, 2011Microsoft has defended itself against criticism after a smartphone software update crashed handsets and made some unusable. By Christopher Williams, Technology Correspondent 12:44PM GMT 24 Feb 2011 The problems are estimated to have affected tens of ... |
Microsoft update failed 1 in 10BBC News - 24 Feb, 2011Microsoft has revealed that 1 in 10 users who tried to install a software update on their Windows mobile experienced problems. The company had previously said that only a "small number" of handsets were affected. Owners have reported a range of issues ... |
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Windows 7 Service Pack 1 (SP1)Techtree.com - 24 Feb, 2011Microsoft released the first official service pack for Windows 7 on February 22, 2011. This is an important update that includes previously released security, performance, and stability updates for Windows 7. SP1 also includes new improvements to ... |
10 Must-Have Windows Phone 7 Apps for BusinessPCWorld - Brent Rose - 24 Feb, 2011Windows Phone 7 is the new kid on the block among smartphone OSs--odd, considering that tech veteran Microsoft made it. A quick look at WP7's top apps shows that Microsoft has initially marketed the OS toward consumers. ... |
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Microsoft: 90 percent of Windows Phones updating successfullyCNET (blog) - Josh Lowensohn - 24 Feb, 2011Microsoft has provided more detail into the number of phones that are having problems with a software update it began to roll out at the beginning of the week. Speaking to ZDNet about reports that some phones were becoming unusable ... |
Windows Phone 7 Glitch: A Stumble Microsoft Can't AffordPCWorld - Jeff Bertolucci - 24 Feb, 2011When you're a bit player in the ultra-competitive mobile phone market, you can't afford to make a lot of mistakes. But that's what Microsoft did this week when it delivered a buggy software update of its ... |
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When system updates go bad, the platform owns the problemZDNet (blog) - James Kendrick - 24 Feb, 2011The nature of the computing ecosystem guarantees that those faced with problems caused by software updates will not find any company stepping up to get the problem resolved quickly. ... |
Windows Phone 7 update causing problems â€" before real updateSeattle Post Intelligencer (blog) - 24 Feb, 2011An update to Windows Phone 7 that Microsoft rolled out Monday to prepare devices for a bigger update in March is causing some problems, the company acknowledged today. After WP7 users started applying the update, reports started popping up online that ... |
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Security to Ward Off Crime on PhonesNew York Times - Riva Richmond - 24 Feb, 2011Criminals still prefer PCs for stealing personal data, bank and credit card account numbers as well as for running frauds. However, most PC attacks focus on Microsoft's decade-old Windows XP operating system, which is slowly being ... |
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Microsoft Stumbles With First Windows Phone 7 UpdateWall Street Journal (blog) - Michael Hickins - 24 Feb, 2011Microsoft has confirmed reports that an update that went out to new Windows Phone 7 handsets on Monday has a glitch affecting some handsets manufactured by Samsung. A Microsoft spokeswoman told Digits that the upgrade still appears ... |
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Recommended: Windows Phone 7 software update bricks some phonesmsnbc.com - Suzanne Choney - 24 Feb, 2011Facebook, iPhone, Twitter and Wii. Technology evolves at the speed of light. Msnbc.com's tech reporters and editors look at the gadgets, games and innovations changing our world. By Suzanne Choney Windows Phone 7, Microsoft's new operating system for ... |
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Have stories of bricked phone put you off buying a WP7 handset?ZDNet (blog) - Adrian Kingsley-Hughes - 24 Feb, 2011The first update to Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 platform has left some Samsung owners with bricked handsets. Has this hiccup, happening so early on in the Windows Phone lifecycle, ... |
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Microsoft botches Windows Phone 7 update --- is this phone jinxed?Computerworld (blog) - 24 Feb, 2011Microsoft just can't seem to get Windows Phone 7 right --- this time it's botched a minor update to Samsung phones that "brick" the devices so that they're useless. Then it compounded the error by apparently not pulling the update after it said it had. ... |
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Microsoft Releases Windows 7 SP1InformationWeek - Mathew J. Schwartz - 24 Feb, 2011Service Pack 1 for Windows 7 and Windows 2008 R2 bundles all bug fixes to date, but includes few new features. By Mathew J. Schwartz , InformationWeek Microsoft on Tuesday released Service Pack 1 for Windows 7 and Windows 2008 R2. ... |
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Microsoft withdraws first Windows Phone 7 software update after it crashes ...Daily Mail - Daniel Bates - 24 Feb, 2011Microsoft has been forced to pull the first update for its Windows Phone 7 system after it crashed handsets. Owners found their mobiles turned off or failed to start up at all after they had downloaded the programme. ... |
Microsoft's Windows Phone 7: When bad things happen to good phonesZDNet (blog) - Mary Jo Foley - 24 Feb, 2011Microsoft really needed to hit a home run with WP7 to make a comeback in smartphones. So far, I'd say they've fallen short of what's needed. What do you think, WP7 users and potential buyers? ... |
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Report: Microsoft Halts Windows Phone 7 Update on Samsung Phones After GlitchPC Magazine - Chloe Albanesius - 24 Feb, 2011A minor Windows Phone 7 update that started rolling out this week is apparently bricking certain handsets, reportedly prompting Microsoft to pull the update for Samsung devices. Users took to Microsoft's Windows Phone forum Tuesday ... |
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Microsoft's Windows 7 Service Pack 1 does... somethingWashington Post - Rob Pegoraro - 24 Feb, 2011Microsoft shipped the most important update yet to Windows 7 yesterday--or so you'd conclude from the Redmond, Wash., company's home-page promotion of this Service Pack 1 patch. Its name would suggest the same; Microsoft ranks Service ... |
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UPDATE + FIX: Microsoft halts distribution of WP7 update to SamsungZDNet (blog) - Adrian Kingsley-Hughes - 24 Feb, 2011Microsoft has halted distribution of the first Windows Phone 7 update to Samsung devices following complaints that the update left some handsets in a 'bricked' state. Adrian Kingsley-Hughes is ... |
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Microsoft Windows Phone 7 update crashes smartphonesTelegraph.co.uk - Christopher Williams - 24 Feb, 2011Microsoft has been forced to withdraw an update to its Windows Phone 7 operating system after it crashed users' phones. By Christopher Williams, Technology Correspondent 3:36PM GMT 23 Feb 2011 The update, the firm's first for Windows Phone 7, ... |
Windows Phone 7 Software Update Breaks Certain HandsetsTIME - Doug Aamoth - 24 Feb, 2011There's a big software update coming for Microsoft's new Windows Phone 7 devices next month but the company's rolling out some sort of minor pre-update in order to grease the wheels, so to speak. ... |
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Microsoft update 'kills' mobilesBBC News - Feb 23, 2011Microsoft has withdrawn a software update for its Windows Phone system after it made some handsets unusable. The problem appears to have affected a small number of mobiles made by Samsung. Owners reported their phones crashing, and in some cases ... |
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After Glitch, Microsoft Pulls Phone 7 Update for SamsungPCWorld - Jeremy Kirk - Feb 23, 2011Microsoft has pulled a software update for Samsung phones running its Windows Phone 7 OS after it caused problems with those devices, according to the company. "We have identified a technical issue with the Windows Phone update ... |
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This Isn't The Update You Are Looking ForInformationWeek (blog) - Ed Hansberry - Feb 23, 2011So what is in the update? Well, this is pretty much just an update to allow future updates to happen, namely the so-called NoDo update that will be here in early March. Similar to the Zune update earlier in February, this only makes minor changes to ... |
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Microsoft Windows 7 Service Pack 1 is availableInquirer - Chris Martin - Feb 23, 2011SERVICE PACK 1 (SP1) for Windows 7 and Windows 2008 R2 is now available for users to download from Microsoft's Download Centre. The first service pack for Microsoft's latest operating system has been in pipeline for over a year and is ... |
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Microsoft posts advice for Windows Phone 7 update problemsInquirer - Rob Coppinger - Feb 23, 2011FUMBLING SOFTWARE HOUSE Microsoft has listed and explained the meaning of the many error codes that Windows Phone 7 users are getting when they try to load the first update. The first Windows Phone 7 update does not add any new ... |
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