Nokia to use Symbian and Windows together for long time

Reuters - Tarmo Virki, Carol Bishopric - 26 Mar, 2011
HELSINKI, March 25 (Reuters) - Nokia (NOK1V.HE) said it will continue to sell smartphones using its legacy Symbian software for a long time after its first phones using Microsoft's (MSFT.O) Windows go on sale. Symbian is due to be replaced by ...

Top 5 Windows Phone 7 Phones

infoSync World - Mike Perlman - 26 Mar, 2011
Microsoft may have the smallest market share next to Android, RIM, and iOS, but that doesn't mean the latest crop of Windows Phone 7 phones are totally bogus. They just accommodate a specific type of userâ€"the ...

Stop the Presses! Windows Phone 7 Update!

PC Magazine - John C. Dvorak - ‎Mar 24, 2011‎
Microsoft is really pushing the Windows Phone 7 update, even though it has very few users. It should get used to this small user base, because it will see again with its cloud initiative. By John C. Dvorak Now you can call me a page view troll, ...

Windows Phone 7 update now trackable

Los Angeles Times - ‎Mar 24, 2011‎
Microsoft is doing some advance work that is currying customer satisfaction -- by launching a "Where's my phone update?" site for Windows Phone 7 users who are eagerly awaiting the newest software upgrades. With an update for its mobile operating ...

Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 update process in one word: Fail

Seattle Post Intelligencer (blog) - ‎Mar 24, 2011‎
Microsoft continues to epically bungle its first major update to Windows Phone 7, the mobile operating system that â€" in theory â€" is supposed to bring Microsoft back into the smart-phone race. On Wednesday, Microsoft published a blog post that attempted ...

Microsoft's Windows Phone Update "Schedule" Is Useless (MSFT)

San Francisco Chronicle - Matt Rosoff - ‎Mar 24, 2011‎
Microsoft had some problems getting its first Windows Phone update out the door, and customers were angry. For its second update, which adds copy and paste and a bunch of other improvements, Microsoft is giving anxious customers a chart that tells them ...

Microsoft to Windows Phone owners: 'We can't guarantee anything'

ZDNet (blog) - Adrian Kingsley-Hughes - ‎Mar 24, 2011‎
Prior to the release of Windows Phone 7, Microsoft made a lot of noises about things like updates that sounded to many like guarantees. Noises such as Microsoft would be handling the updates and ...

Windows Phone 7 Copy & Paste Update Ready

InformationWeek - Paul McDougall - ‎Mar 24, 2011‎
Microsoft is ready to introduce the first major software update for Windows Phone 7â€"a patch that adds copy & paste capabilities and several other features to the smartphone platform. According to Microsoft's Web site, ...

Microsoft is rolling out WP7 updates to SIM-free phones first

Inquirer - Lawrence Latif - ‎Mar 24, 2011‎
SOFTWARE DEVELOPER Microsoft has said that its 'copy and paste' Windows Phone 7 (WP7) update is only being sent to those who got their devices SIM-free. Microsoft's Eric Hautala revealed that phones that are "open market", ...

Microsoft Web Site Keeps Tabs on Windows Phone 7 Updates

PC Magazine - Chloe Albanesius - ‎Mar 24, 2011‎
Microsoft on Wednesday set up a Web site intended to tell people when their Windows Phone 7 devices will get the "cut and paste" update. The site, titled "Where's my phone udpate?", provides information on international and US ...

Windows Phone 7 update resource debuts

CNET (blog) - Don Reisinger - ‎Mar 24, 2011‎
Windows Phone 7 owners now have a resource that provides them with basic information on when their devices will receive their next update. The appropriately named "Where's my phone update?" Web page lists six available Windows Phone 7 ...

Microsoft Windows Phone 7 "NoDo" update ready... ish

Computerworld (blog) - Richi Jennings - ‎Mar 24, 2011‎
Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 update -- "NoDo" -- is ready to download, with cut&paste, multitasking, and more. Or, at least, it would be if your carrier had made it available yet. "Where's my phone update? ...

Microsoft Website Helps Users Track Windows Phone Update

PCWorld - ‎Mar 24, 2011‎
By Mikael Ricknäs, IDG News Microsoft has put up a website that allows owners of Windows Phone 7-based smartphones to find out when they will be offered the copy and paste update, the company said in a blog post on Wednesday. ...

Windows Phone 7 update to roll out next week

The Guardian - ‎Mar 24, 2011‎
Windows Phone 7 owners in the UK will have to wait until next week to update their handsets with Microsoft's "NoDo" (no doughnuts) software version which adds cut and paste and other features. UK networks have told the Guardian that they will be ...

Is one Windows Phone 7 just like another?

ZDNet UK (blog) - Simon Bisson, Mary Branscombe - ‎Mar 24, 2011‎
Microsoft set a very firm spec for Windows Phone 7 and the user interface is the same on all devices. There's only one handset so far with a keyboard (the Dell Venue Pro, soon to be followed by ...

Thanks Microsoft, this WP7 update status resource is just what I needed

ZDNet (blog) - Matthew Miller - ‎Mar 23, 2011‎
Microsoft is still be trying to figure out how to get mobile right, but they took a big step today in providing an online status resource for their WP7 updates. Matthew Miller started using a Pilot 1000 in ...

Windows Phone 7 update brings copy-paste

NDTV.com - Sameer Mitha - ‎Mar 23, 2011‎
Microsoft has released the first major update for its Windows Phone 7 platform. The update called NoDo brings the much needed and anticipated copy-paste feature to the platform. Other improvements via the update include better app performance, ...

New Windows Phone 7 app: 'Steve Ballmer Jokes'

Seattle Post Intelligencer (blog) - ‎Mar 23, 2011‎
Microsoft wants people to make as many Windows Phone 7 apps as possible. “We don't have any restrictions on how many fart apps,” Todd Brix, senior director of the Windows Phone marketplace, said in September. “We'll let the consumers determine that. ...

Microsoft begins copy-paste update for Windows Phone 7

Seattle Post Intelligencer (blog) - ‎Mar 23, 2011‎
Microsoft has started rolling out the first major update to Windows Phone 7, the company confirmed today, despite a setback last month when an incremental update caused problems for 10 percent of users. Two weeks ago, Microsoft said it had delayed the ...

Nokia says talks over job cuts to begin end of April

Economic Times - ‎Mar 23, 2011‎
HELSINKI: The world's leading mobile phone maker Nokia said Wednesday negotiations with unions over upcoming job cuts would begin at the end of April. "We don't have an exact starting date, but we are planning to begin talks at the end of April, ...

Windows Phone 7 Copy and Paste: Hands On

PC Magazine - Alex Colon - ‎Mar 23, 2011‎
We test out the new copy and paste function for Windows Phone 7 and compare it to other mobile operating systems. By Alex Colon Microsoft on Tuesday began to roll out Windows Phone 7 update 7.0.7390.0, which finally includes the long-awaited copy and ...

Windows Phone Wednesday: Over 11000 apps, NoDo, and two new devices

ZDNet (blog) - Matthew Miller - ‎Mar 23, 2011‎
The Windows Phone Marketplace continues to take off with the NoDo update rolling out and two new Windows Phone 7 devices announced for the US market. Matthew Miller started using a Pilot 1000 in 1997 and ...

Nokia stalls painful job cut talks to end of April

Reuters - Tarmo Virki, Jussi Rosendahl - ‎Mar 23, 2011‎
Nokia's staff are seen at their stand at the GSMA Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, February 19, 2009. By Tarmo Virki and Jussi Rosendahl HELSINKI (Reuters) - Nokia won't begin difficult talks with staff on deep job cuts it plans following a tie-up ...

Windows Phone 7 gets cut'n'paste, other tweaks in update

Register - Bill Ray - ‎Mar 23, 2011‎
Vid Windows Phone 7 users can finally cut and paste text, thanks to the "NoDo" update which is gradually being rolled out now. The long-awaited update improves searching in the Windows Marketplace, ...

Microsoft Slowly Rolls Out Windows Phone 7 'Cut and Paste' Update

PC Magazine - Chloe Albanesius - ‎Mar 23, 2011‎
Microsoft on Tuesday slowly started rolling out its next Windows Phone 7 update, which, among other things, will bring cut and paste functionality to the mobile operating system. WinRumors reports that the update, dubbed build 7390, ...

Nokia prepares to negotiate over job cuts

ZDNet UK - David Meyer - ‎Mar 23, 2011‎
Nokia will start negotiations over job cuts with employees and union representatives in April, the company has said. "We have communicated to employee representatives and employees that we ...

Windows Phone 7 Update Adds Copy and Paste Functionality

PCWorld - Daniel Ionescu - ‎Mar 23, 2011‎
Microsoft is finally pushing out a software update for Windows Phone 7 devices dubbed NoDo, which brings copy and paste functionality among other minor improvements. Microsoft's revamped mobile OS has ...

Microsoft Patches Windows Phone 7 with NoDo Update

Techtree.com - Nachiket Mhatre - ‎Mar 22, 2011‎
After some serious issues with the Windows Phone 7 (WP7) pre-update, Microsoft seems to be pulling its socks together with a first proper update. The update intends to address some of the niggling complaints our resident cellphone experts had with the ...

Talking through a period of ambiguity

Arab News - Molouk Y. Ba-Isa - ‎Mar 22, 2011‎
Nokia's new flagship device: Tilt the 4- inch touch display on the E7 to reveal a full QWERTY keyboard. It comes with 16 GB on-board flash memory. Take high-resolution photos and shoot HD video with the 8-megapixel camera and dual LED flash. ...

Windows Phone 7 update rolls out, slowly

CNET (blog) - Jay Greene - ‎Mar 22, 2011‎
Microsoft wanted to take some extra time to release the latest Windows Phone 7 update to iron out problems of a February update that rendered some Samsung phones temporarily unusable. Problems solved, mostly, Microsoft says. ...

 

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