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Microsoft vs. iPhone: 'Big Windows Phone' Event In New York City Highlights ...

Huffington Post - 9 Nov, 2011
As Apple skews its iPhone 4S commercials toward proud parents and suburban breadwinners, Microsoft on Monday unveiled in New York City's Herald Square a much different advertising strategy, unofficially dubbed "The Big-Ass Windows Phone. ...

Microsoft Builds Giant Windows Phone 7.5 Smartphone

PCWorld (blog) - 9 Nov, 2011
By IDG News Service, PCWorld Nov 8, 2011 4:45 PM Microsoft installed a gigantic Windows Phone in New York's Herald Square Monday to mark the debut of Windows Phone 7.5 devices on store shelves. Receive the latest reviews, how-to's, news, and more. ...

Windows Phone: It's Make Or Break Time

InformationWeek - 9 Nov, 2011
Microsoft put a six-story Windows phone in one of the world's busiest intersections and filled it with rock bands, dancers, and zombies to make a statement. But time grows short to convince phone users. By Paul McDougall InformationWeek The deals are ...

Hands on -- Can the Nokia Lumia 800 save Windows Phone 7?

Computerworld (blog) - 9 Nov, 2011
Microsoft is counting on Nokia to help save the struggling Windows Phone 7, and the recently released Lumia 800 is Nokia's Windows Phone 7 standard bearer. I took a quick look at the Lumia 800, and here's what I found. ...

Samsung marketing executive exits to head up Windows Phone team

Inquirer - 9 Nov, 2011
By Kate O'Flaherty According to BGR, Samsung's VP of consumer and enterprise services, Gavin Kim is taking on the role of general manager of the Windows Phone team. Kim told BGR he would set the future direction for the Windows Phone platform and ...

Microsoft erects a six-storey Windows Phone in New York City

Inquirer - 9 Nov, 2011
SMARTPHONE UNDERACHIEVER Microsoft seems to think the best way to promote its latest crop of Windows Phones in the US is to build a six-storey mock up of the real thing. Microsoft's Windows Phone 7.5 (WP7.5) Mango was the catalyst for ...

Review: Windows Phone 7.5 Mango is appealing

IBNLive.com - 9 Nov, 2011
The first of the Nokia Windows Phone Mango devices will hit the Indian markets very soon and we thought it was the time to take a closer look at the operating system that the struggling mobile phone giant was betting so much on. ...

Spotify App Lands on Windows Phone 7

PCWorld - 9 Nov, 2011
Spotify recently announced a new mobile application for Windows Phone 7 users, more than a year after the music streaming service first said it would bring its service to Microsoft's newest mobile OS. ...

Nokia Lumia 800 and N9; same form factor, different audience

ZDNet (blog) - 9 Nov, 2011
Summary: The Lumia 800 is available outside the US, but there are several of us here that are getting the chance to use them and test them out. I tested out the Nokia N9 MeeGo device a few weeks ago and ...

Apps Rush: Spotify for Windows Phone, MapMatcher London, Cupple and more

The Guardian (blog) - 9 Nov, 2011
Streaming music service Spotify has a new app tailor-made for Microsoft's Windows Phone OS. It includes the elements from other platforms, including Facebook social features. Specific to this version is the ability to pin individual playlists to the ...

Unlock your Windows Phone for full access to developer utilities

ZDNet (blog) - 9 Nov, 2011
Summary: Microsoft does not give consumers the ability to capture screenshots in Windows Phone, but now you can easily unlock your device for development purposes. I purchased my HD7 and Dell Venue Pro ...

Windows Phone poaches top Samsung executive

Telegraph.co.uk - 9 Nov, 2011
A senior Samsung executive has left the Korean giant to play a key role in shaping Microsoft's Windows Phone platform. By Matt Warman, Consumer Technology Editor Samsung's vice president of consumer and enterprise services, Gavin Kim, will be General ...

Spotify tunes into Windows Phone Mango

ZDNet UK (blog) - 9 Nov, 2011
Blogging on the inner workings of business tech including, but not limited to, business intelligence (BI), analytics, enterprise software, desktop and portable hardware, IT in education, open-source p… ...

Windows Phone 7

CNET (blog) - ‎Nov 7, 2011‎
It's been a couple of weeks now since we first glimpsed the Nokia Lumia 800, one of the first two of Nokia's brave new Windows Phone world, just after it was announced at Nokia World. This phone had promise: a 3.7-inch WVGA AMOLED screen, ...

Key Samsung Exec Jumps Ship to Lead Windows Phone Team

PC Magazine - ‎Nov 7, 2011‎
In jumping ship from Samsung to Microsoft, Gavin Kim is leaving a growing mobile powerhouse for a company that has lofty expectations in the mobile space but still everything to prove. Kim, formerly Samsung's vice president of consumer ...

Samsung Focus Flash: $50 on AT&T, runs Windows Phone Mango

Los Angeles Times - ‎Nov 7, 2011‎
Samsung and Microsoft announced the Focus Flash, a $50 smartphone running Windows Phone 7.5 (aka Mango) on Monday at an event in New York. On paper, the Focus Flash looks pretty good for such a low price (which you'll get if you sign up for a two-year ...

Dialed In #198: Too many Verizon superphones!

CNET (blog) - ‎Nov 7, 2011‎
Is there such thing as too much of a good thing? Verizon comes out swinging with superphones galore, we take a look at the next generation of Windows Phone handsets, and we have a good ...

Microsoft unveils $50 smartphone Samsung Focus Flash

USA Today - ‎Nov 7, 2011‎
To mark the launch of its new smartphones, Microsoft constructed a 6-story Windows Phone in the middle of New York's Herald Square. To mark the launch of its new smartphones, Microsoft constructed a 6-story Windows Phone in ...

Microsoft: mobile getting better, no numbers yet

Reuters Blogs (blog) - ‎Nov 7, 2011‎
Microsoft made a big deal of the launch of three US phones running its Windows Phone 7.5 software, the latest upgrade to Windows Phone 7, which represents a complete overhaul of the Microsoft mobile phone software. They built a giant model of a phone ...

Microsoft Erects Giant Windows Phone Pop-Up in NYC

PC Magazine - ‎Nov 7, 2011‎
Microsoft hosted a hugeâ€"literallyâ€"Windows Phone party on Monday in a tourist-heavy corner of New York City. It was clear this was an enormous social media push to get the word out on Microsoft's year-old Windows Phone platform, ...

Samsung Mobile Exec Joins Windows Phone Team

PCWorld - ‎Nov 7, 2011‎
Gavin Kim, a high-ranking executive in Samsung's mobile group, has left for Microsoft to help it build the fledgling Windows Phone 7 product line. Microsoft has named Kim general manager, Windows Phone product management, ...

Microsoft to 'align' Windows Phone, Future Windows OSes

PCWorld - ‎Nov 7, 2011‎
Microsoft, which on Monday held an event in New York to mark the US launch of smartphones running its latest Windows Phone 7.5 OS, said it is taking steps to "align" the smartphone OS with its future tablet and PC OSes. ...

Microsoft launches several new 'Mango' phones but still no word on Verizon's ...

ZDNet (blog) - ‎Nov 7, 2011‎
Summary: Microsoft and its partners launched new Windows Phone Mango optimized phones on AT&T and T-Mobile at an event in New York City. There's still no new word on any new WPs on Verizon. ...

Windows Phone Herald Sq NYC

YouTube - ‎Nov 7, 2011‎
Microsoft spends big bucks on their Windows Phone Event - unveiling a 4-story "Windows Phone" device. But, everyone's shot is ruined.

Microsoft gives Phone 7 Mango jailbreak its blessing

Register - ‎Nov 7, 2011‎
Microsoft has shifted its stance on the jailbreaking of its Phone 7 operating system, and seems to be embracing â€" rather than trying to crush â€" such developments. Redmond has had an ongoing feud with the developers at ChevronWP7 ever since the group ...

Windows Phone Presents Far East Movement

YouTube - ‎Nov 7, 2011‎
See more at http://on.fb.me/wpnycM. Far East Movement performs at the Big Windows Phone in Herald Square in New York.

Microsoft Redials Windows Phone Sales Pitch

InformationWeek - ‎Nov 7, 2011‎
Expect the focus to be on the device, not the OS, as handset makers like Samsung, HTC, and Nokia play a bigger role in selling Windows Phone devices. By Paul McDougall InformationWeek A year ago, Microsoft launched Windows Phone 7 with considerable ...

Wanted: Exec, jumper cables to shock U.S. Windows Phone to life

CNET (blog) - ‎Nov 7, 2011‎
Nokia's recently unveiled Windows Phone smartphones may not be ready for the US yet, but that hasn't stopped the company from laying the necessary foundation. The Finnish mobile-phone ...

Hands On With the Weirdest, Wildest Windows Phone

PC Magazine - ‎Nov 7, 2011‎
Move over, Nokia Lumia 800. The wackiest Windows Phone around sports a 13.2-megapixel camera, it's waterproof, and it comes in magenta and chartreuse. I got some hands-on time with this Japanese marvel at a Windows Phone event today. ...

Microsoft builds a giant Windows Phone at NYC's Herald Square

Seattle Post Intelligencer (blog) - ‎Nov 7, 2011‎
If you're not Apple and can't drum up huge anticipation for a new smartphone simply because it's a new smartphone, you've gotta resort to more drastic measures â€" like building a ginormous phone in the middle of New York City's Herald Square. ...

 

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