Articles about Windows Phone – Page 11 of 12

Microsoft adding more voice to Xbox, Windows Phone, and pretty much everything else

Speech technology from Microsoft’s Tellme group is quickly becoming a bigger part of the company’s products, starting with the upcoming revamps… Read More

Microsoft’s Windows Phone market share falls below 2% — in 6th place behind Samsung Bada

Microsoft suddenly has a new competitive obstacle in its effort to rebound in the smartphone market. And its name is… Read More

Spoof: What happens when Microsoft’s top execs carpool to work together

Following the leak of Microsoft’s recent “Gmail Man” spoof, a new video from the company’s annual sales confab has surfaced… Read More

Windows Phone GM leaving Microsoft, with a rallying cry

Microsoft veteran Charlie Kindel, who led the effort to get independent app developers on board with Windows Phone, is leaving… Read More

Which would you give up first: Sex, coffee, or your phone?

TeleNav, the location-based technology company, is out today with results from a fun survey that demonstrates just how attached many of… Read More

‘Headshot’ Windows Phone project wins contest to exhibit at gdgt live Seattle next week

Last week GeekWire invited members of the Seattle tech community to make a pitch to win a sponsor table at… Read More

Chart: Android commands 39% of U.S. smartphone market

Android devices are landing in the hands of more Americans, according to a new survey by Nielsen. The fast-growing mobile… Read More

Windows Phone ‘Mango’ is ripe, now Microsoft needs to keep it from going bad

Microsoft’s Windows Phone team has completed its well-reviewed “Mango” software update and shipped the code to handset makers and wireless… Read More

Windows Phone 7 customers love their phones (even more than Android customers do)

Sales of Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 have been disappointing, with IDC recently reporting that its market share has dipped to… Read More

Microsoft sued over Windows Phone ads by maker of ‘novelty cellular abuse aids’

Over the years, Microsoft has been subject to plenty of claims that it copies other companies, but this one is… Read More

Mobile stats: Microsoft lost more than half its U.S. market share in past year

The latest numbers from comScore Networks continue to illustrate the challenge facing Microsoft in the mobile market. On a three-month… Read More

Allrecipes ‘Dinner Spinner’ app comes to Windows Phone

Windows Phone continues to bolster its library of apps, and for some reason Microsoft seems to be having more than… Read More

Angry Birds, Mango and more add up to ‘big day’ for Microsoft’s Windows Phone

Sure, people have been playing this game on their iPhones for what seems like eons at this point, but Microsoft’s… Read More

AmazonFresh app debuts on Microsoft’s Windows Phone

AmazonFresh, the online retailer’s grocery delivery service, released a mobile app today, developed on its behalf by digital agency Metia/Seattle.… Read More

With ‘super-confidential’ Windows Phone demo, Elop gets tech blogs to eat carrots

Having spent quite a bit of time talking with and covering Nokia CEO Stephen Elop during his tenure as a… Read More

Windows Phone 7 ‘Mango’: Reviews show Microsoft making progress in mobile

It looks like Gizmodo has found its next favorite phone. And it isn’t from Apple or Google. It’s from Microsoft.… Read More

Microsoft updates SkyDrive, trying to stand out in a cloud

Microsoft plans to roll out a series of updates to its free Windows Live SkyDrive service later today, trying to give the… Read More

Microsoft: Zune HD apps coming to Windows Phone

Microsoft plans to port its internally developed Zune HD apps to Windows Phone 7 in a move that highlights one… Read More

Kinect on Windows: Results from a 1-day coding marathon

In conjunction with its release of a Kinect software development kit for Windows 7 today, Microsoft held a “Code Camp”… Read More

IDC cuts 2011 Windows Phone forecast — still thinks Microsoft will be No. 2 worldwide in 2015

Research firm IDC is out with new projections for the smartphone market, sticking to its prediction that Microsoft’s Windows Phone… Read More

Nokia, struggling against Android, looks to Windows Phone this year

Nokia this morning dropped a bomb with new sales forecasts “substantially below” its previous expectations for the current quarter. The… Read More

Podcast

GeekWire Podcast: Lady Gaga crashes Amazon, iPads in the cockpit, and Ben the PC Guy

This week on the GeekWire Podcast, our guest is Microsoft’s Ben Rudolph, better known as “Ben the PC Guy,” who… Read More

Microsoft’s MSN releases ‘Onit’ app for iPhone, iPad

Microsoft this morning continued its steady pace of app development for Apple’s iOS, as the company’s MSN unit released a… Read More

Windows Phone ‘Mango’: The phone is the app — but can it improve Microsoft’s chances?

Since the beginning, Microsoft’s strategy with Windows Phone has been to create a unified experience across the device — drawing… Read More

500 new Windows Phone features — will Kinect integration be one?

Microsoft will take the wraps off the next version of Windows Phone, code-named “Mango,” during a special event in New… Read More

Data: Windows Phone trails pack in Q1, waiting for a Nokia bump

More than 3.6 million smartphones running Microsoft’s operating system were sold to end users worldwide in the first quarter, according… Read More

Here it is: Verizon’s first Windows Phone, HTC Trophy

Microsoft and Verizon Wireless this morning confirmed plans to release the first Windows Phone for Verizon, the HTC Trophy, online… Read More

Nerd Notes: Angry Birds lands late, DealSpringer pumps up, and Hef sidesteps Jobs

Twitter, Facebook and other online distractions are costing our economy dearly. Here, go spend some time reading a story about… Read More

Excerpt: BBC host grills Bill Gates on Microsoft’s prospects

Well, on a program called “Hard Talk,” it only makes sense that host Stephen Sackur didn’t accept Bill Gates’ standard… Read More

Windows Phone ‘Mango’ update stuffed full of features (List)

Microsoft is packing a ton of stuff into the next Windows Phone version, in areas including business communications, search, games,… Read More