Don Dodge joins Google
Don Dodge was one of the high profile individuals who was fired by Microsoft during one of their routine lay-offs.
He has now become the latest Google employee with a long history at Microsoft!
Dodge spoke about his new home in a blog post:
Thanks Microsoft, I’m going to Google! Vic Gundotra at Google [...]
Windows Mobile continues to lose market share
Microsoft is struggling in the smartphone market. Their Windows Mobile platform is no longer a strong player with rivals gaining market share.
The latest report by Gartner reveals that Windows Mobile had a market share of just around 7.9 percent in the third quarter of the year.
This [...]
Samsung bada mobile platform introduced!
Just when we thought that we had more than enough mobile platforms…
Samsung has announced the launch of their own bada mobile platform that would cater to their range of mobile devices and smartphones.
This new platform would arrive in the market sometime next month.
The company said that this [...]
Samsung Jack users can upgrade to Windows Mobile 6.5
Samsung has announced that users of their Samsung Jack smartphone can now upgrade their devices to Windows Mobile 6.5 mobile platform.
Users get access to Windows Mobile 6.5 standard edition which comes with some new enhancements and features.
Some of the new features include:
Windows Marketplace for [...]
HTC HD2 powered with Windows Mobile 6.5 coming to USA next year
HTC HD2 is coming to the US market next year.
This new smartphone from HTC would feature a 4.3-inch capacitive touch screen.
It comes with Windows Mobile 6.5 platform and is powered with the Qualcomm’s new 1GHz Snapdragon mobile processor.
This smartphone is available [...]
Microsoft My Phone out of beta with some premium features
Microsoft has finally taken out their My Phone service from the beta testing phase.
It also now features some new services which are paid only.
Microsoft My Phone is similar to Apple MobileMe service. It enables a user of Windows Mobile smartphone to backup their [...]
Microsoft could launch two smartphones next year
Industry sources say that the software giant could launch two smartphone models next year based on the much talked about Project Pink.
The company already has a pretty strong base for these smartphones in Zune HD.
Microsoft has denied several times that they are working on self branded [...]
HTC Imagio coming to Verizon next month
Verizon Wireless is one of the major mobile service providers in the US market which lacks a great smartphone in their line-up.
That is all set to change next month as the company is going to launch HTC Imagio on their network.
HTC Imagio comes powered with Windows [...]
Palm discards Windows Mobile for webOS
Palm has announced that they are not going to develop any more smartphones powered by Windows Mobile.
The company recently launched the Pre phone based on their new mobile platform named webOS.
Palm said that all of their future offerings would be based on webOS.
The company added that they have [...]
Samsung Omnia Pro B7330 announced
South Korean smartphone maker Samsung has announced a new mobile Omnia Pro B7330.
Samsung Omnia Pro B7330 is basically an updated edition of their existing model Omnia Pro B7320.
It features a 320 x 320 display and support HSUPA.
The company added that they are going to load their entire range of [...]
