WinInfo Short Takes: Week of March 1, 2010

Release Date ‎Feb 26, 2010‎ in Windows IT Pro

As competition heats up, Microsoft's Windows Mobile seeks to protect turf Manila Bulletin - Melvin G. Calimag - ‎Feb 26, 2010‎ Although it is still not showing signs of panic even with the growing number of smartphones flooding the market, software giant ...
Microsoft and the Windows Phone 7 noise machine Register - Mary-Jo Foley, Gavin Clarke - ‎Feb 26, 2010‎ Radio Reg Critics of the company and Web 2.0 fashionistas frequently assert that Microsoft is no longer "relevant," in an era of Google and open source. ...
Palm's Woes Are All About Image PC World - Ian Paul - ‎Feb 26, 2010‎ The strange thing about Palm's predicament is that it has a really good product in the Palm Pre. I have several friends who own a Pre, and when I ask them ...
Mister Softee's Revenge CNN (blog) - Jon Fortt - ‎Feb 26, 2010‎ Don't look now, but the year's most buzz-worthy tech company might be Microsoft. Microsoft's comeback began with Bing search last year, and CEO Steve ...
	LG's Windows Phone 7 Handset in September Techtree.com - Steve Ballmer - ‎Feb 25, 2010‎ After the announcement of Windows Phone 7 at the Mobile World Congress 2010, we all wanted to know when the first Windows Phone 7 would arrive. ...
Microsoft to lock down Windows Phone 7 to three chassis Seattle Post Intelligencer (blog) - ‎Feb 24, 2010‎ We know that Microsoft is getting more stringent on its hardware specs for the upcoming Windows Phone 7 Series devices. The software superpower is changing ...
TECH CHRONICLES Apple's boosts smart-phone market share San Francisco Chronicle - ‎Feb 24, 2010‎ Apple's share of the smart-phone market jumped to 14.4 percent in 2009, overtaking Microsoft's Windows Mobile to become the third-top smart-phone operating ...
Windows Phone is dying ZDNet UK - ‎Feb 24, 2010‎ There's a clear pattern with each survey that comes out. Android and iPhone rise, while Microsoft's Windows Phone loses market share. ...
Details On Windows Phone 7 Hardware InformationWeek (blog) - Ed Hansberry - ‎Feb 23, 2010‎ For a few years, early Pocket PC/Windows Mobile phones all had basically the same form factor. A 320x240 screen and maybe a keyboard was about it. ...
Best Products Of MWC 2010: The Hottest New Tech From The Mobile World Congress ... Huffington Post (blog) - ‎Feb 23, 2010‎ The Mobile World congress--the world's largest exhibition of mobile tech--wrapped up in Barcelona last week. The hottest new technology, from Microsoft's ...
Microsoft might buy RIM Inquirer - Nick Farrell - ‎Feb 23, 2010‎ THE RUMOUR MILL has come up with a Hell on Earth conspiracy theory claiming that Microsoft is about to buy RIM or Nokia. ...
Smart phones oust PCs from top of tech food chain Business Mirror - ‎Feb 23, 2010‎ SAN JOSE, California�"The era of the PC's dominance is officially over. We have crossed over into the age of mobile computing. This transition has been ...
Microsoft To Buy Cell Phone Maker? InformationWeek (blog) - Ed Hansberry - ‎Feb 22, 2010‎ This Reuters article suggests that Microsoft needs to by RIM or possibly Nokia to stay in the game. The reason is two-fold. First of all, Windows Mobile is ...
	MWC 2010: Mobile World Congress 2010: The year of software CNET (blog) - Bonnie Cha - ‎Feb 22, 2010‎ Despite returning to a dreary, cold day here in New York, it's nice be back home here in the States. It's hard to believe that only a week ago ...
Microsoft Chief's Battle Plan: Vaporize Google's Cloud PC World - Neil McAllister - ‎Feb 22, 2010‎ It can't be easy being Ray Ozzie. Microsoft's chief software architect is just 18 months into the job as Bill Gates' handpicked successor, yet depending on ...
The Mobile Gadgeteer ZDNet (blog) - Joel Evans - ‎Feb 22, 2010‎ Last week we saw the unveiling of Windows Phone 7 Series. Since the unveiling, people have been weighing in on both the positives and negatives associated ...
	Windows Phone Starter Edition Coolest Gadget Reviews - ‎Feb 27, 2010‎ by Mike on February 27, 2010 Microsoft's (NASDAQ:MSFT) big announcement at the Mobile World Congress was their new mobile operating system called Windows ...
	Windows Mobile 6.5 Downgraded to Windows Phone Starter Edition PhoneReport - Meraj Chhaya - ‎Feb 27, 2010‎ REDMOND, USA - Instead of letting Windows Mobile 6.5 die in order to promote its latest Windows Phone 7 Series, Microsoft has decided to rename it to ...
	Windows Phone 7 Series Metro UI for Windows Mobile 6.5.x Redmond Pie - Taimur Asad - ‎Feb 27, 2010‎ Jaxbot at XDA-Developers forums is working hard on a Windows Phone 7 Series theme to bring the Metro UI over to Windows ...
	Microsoft's Windows Mobile Becoming Windows Phone 6 Starter Hot Hardware - Ray Willington - ‎Feb 26, 2010‎ It's really stunning how fast Microsoft's Windows Mobile 6.5 rushed to the back of everyone's memory. It already feels like a pipe dream, and yet, ...
Windows Phone Starter: Windows Mobile Sucks-Slightly-More-Than-6.5 (Sorry ... Gizmodo Australia - Matt Buchanan - ‎Feb 26, 2010‎ Microsoft's not being real forthcoming about what exactly Windows Phone Starter is. But! ...
	Microsoft gives more details on Windows Phone Starter Edition IntoMobile (blog) - ‎Feb 26, 2010‎ During an interview with ZDNet, Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) gave some more details about Windows Phone Starter Edition and it could be a good choice for handset ...
	No Flash for Windows Mobile 6.5 UberGizmo (blog) - ‎Feb 26, 2010‎ If you happen to use a smartphone running on the Windows Mobile 6.5 operating system, then this isn't good news for you - it seems that Adobe has indicated ...
Entelligence: Windows Phone 7 Series Pricemo.com (blog) - ‎Feb 26, 2010‎ Entelligence is a column by technology strategist and author Michael Gartenberg, a man whose desire for a delicious cup of coffee and a quality New York ...
Windows Mobile 6.5 to be renamed Windows Mobiel Starter Edition MobileWhack.com - ‎Feb 26, 2010‎ Did you think Microsoft was just going to scrap Windows Mobile 6.5 all together when Windows Phone 7 Series was released? If you thought that, ...
Phones using Microsoft's new enterprise mobility platform could come out this year Visage Mobile (blog) - ‎Feb 26, 2010‎ While Microsoft's roll-out of the long-awaited Windows Phone 7 smartphone OS at this month's Mobile World Congress in Barcelona drew a great deal of ...
Windows Phone Starter to tackle developing world phones Electronista (blog) - ‎Feb 26, 2010‎ The continuation of Windows Mobile 6, Windows Phone Classic, will have an extra low-end version kept alive for the developing world, ...
Windows Mobile 6.5 to be Known as Windows Phone Starter Edition [You Can Call ... TFTS (blog) - ‎Feb 26, 2010‎ Just last week Microsoft launched its latest mobile platform, the Windows Phone 7 Series. Following the official announcement at MWC 2010 we heard that the ...
Windows Phone Starter Edition Details Gadget Venue (blog) - ‎Feb 26, 2010‎ by Matthew on February 26, 2010 Microsoft [MSFT] have provided more details on their Windows Phone Starter Edition operating system that was first announced ...
Confirmed: Windows Mobile 6.5 to become Windows Phone Starter Edition Pricemo.com (blog) - ‎Feb 26, 2010‎ Windows Phone 7 Series might have been the big news out of Mobile World Congress this year, but it looks like Windows Mobile 6.5 will live on as the basis ...