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Shijaz Abdulla on 23.03.2011 at 05:57
Microsoft has released an update for Windows Phone 7, and below is a (long) summary of what’s included in the latest update as per the Windows Phone website:
OS version: 7.0.7390.0
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Copy & paste. You asked for it—now it’s here. Just tap a word and drag the arrows to copy and paste it on your phone. You can copy text from emails, text messages, web pages, and Office Mobile documents, and paste it anywhere you can type. To learn more, see Copy & paste.
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Faster apps and games. Nobody likes to wait. That’s why we’ve whittled down the time it takes for apps and games to start up and resume. It’s all part of our focus on getting you to the things you love, easier and faster.
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Better Marketplace search. We’ve streamlined Marketplace search to make it easier to find specific apps, games, or music. Press the Search button in the Apps or Games section of Marketplace and you’ll see only apps or games in the results. Press Search in the Music section of Marketplace to search just the music catalog.
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Other Marketplace improvements. We’ve improved the stability of Marketplace while you download apps. We’ve also improved the experience of downloading apps larger than 20 megabytes, upgrading from trial apps to paid apps, using a credit card with an address outside the United States, sharing links to apps via email, sorting Xbox LIVE games by release date, and creating an Xbox LIVE account from within the Games Hub.
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Wi-Fi improvements. We now display your phone’s Media Access Control (MAC) address in Settings. (You might need this info if you try to connect to a Wi-Fi network that uses MAC address filtering. To learn more, see Connect to a Wi-Fi network.) We’ve also removed the limit on the number of Wi-Fi profiles that you can store and reduced the time it takes to start your phone if you’ve stored lots of Wi-Fi profiles.
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Outlook improvements. We’ve improved the experience of viewing iPhone photo attachments you receive from a non-Exchange-based email account (such as a Google Mail, Hotmail, or Yahoo! Mail account), using the Global Address List (GAL) when connecting to Exchange Server 2003 using Exchange ActiveSync, and working with email display names that contain brackets (for example, "David Alexander [Contoso]").
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Messaging improvements. We’ve improved the experience of receiving Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS) messages if your phone uses a PIN-locked SIM.
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Facebook integration. We’ve improved the experience of syncing Facebook accounts.
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Camera improvements. We’ve improved the stability of switching between camera and video modes.
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Audio improvements. We’ve improved the experience of using a Bluetooth headset to make calls when you’re playing music or videos.
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Other performance improvements. This month’s update also includes software from several phone manufacturers that improves the performance of specific models. Naturally, if you don’t have one of the affected models, we won’t install this portion of the update on your phone.
[above information obtained from the Windows Phone website]
Windows Phone 7 is a remarkable breakthrough in Microsoft’s foray to the smartphone space. I’ve been using an HTC HD7 which runs Windows Phone 7 for a few weeks now and I am already in love with it. I especially like the blazing performance and responsiveness of the phone, the integration with social media and bringing all that I care about right here on my phone, and above all – the intuitively re-designed interface. For those of you who haven’t seen Windows Phone 7 yet, and have only seen previous versions of Windows Mobile – be informed, this is nothing like what you saw before.
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Shijaz Abdulla on 11.02.2011 at 18:17
Nokia and Microsoft announced today in London announced plans to form a broad strategic partnership that would use their complementary strengths and expertise to create a new global mobile ecosystem.
The strategic partnership in a nutshell:
- Nokia to adopt Windows Phone 7 as its principal smartphone strategy, and help drive the future of Windows Phone 7.
- Bing to empower Nokia’s search services. Microsoft adCenter to provide search advertising services on Nokia’s phones.
- Both companies plan to combine assets and develop innovative mobile products on an unprecedented scale.
- Nokia maps to be integrated with Bing
- Microsoft development tools to be used to build solutions on Nokia Windows Phone 7 devices
- Nokia’s content & app store to be integrated with Windows Phone marketplace.
See the official press release.
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Shijaz Abdulla on 03.01.2011 at 01:41
Teacher: Johny, why are you late?
Student: Sorry ma’am, my alarm didn’t go off.
Teacher: What a lame excuse young man?! And why didn’t it go off.
Student: I don’t know ma’am — the alarm on my $299 clock.. er.. cellphone didn’t go off!
Teacher: !!!
Why Apple, were you not anticipating 2011 when you designed the iPhone?
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Shijaz Abdulla on 14.10.2010 at 09:23
Steven Guggenheimer
Corporate Vice President Original Equipment Manufacturer Microsoft
Steven “Guggs” Guggenheimer returns to Dubai and Gitex to present an update on Microsoft Innovation and how that equals Opportunity for you.
Steven will share Microsoft software innovations for phones, slates, netbooks, laptop PCs, gaming PCs, television, servers and the Cloud.
As corporate vice president of the Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) Division at Microsoft Corp., Steve Guggenheimer oversees worldwide sales, marketing and licensing of pre-installed Windows operating systems on mobile and embedded devices, personal computers, and servers produced by OEMs and system builders.
The other main focus of Mr Guggenheimer’s key note address will be Windows Phone 7, and how it is changing Microsoft’s game play in the mobile space. He will explain why Windows Phone 7 is a different kind of phone, designed to bring together what people care about most, the key differentiator being the user interface. He will talk about the “glance-and-go experience” and how it has been designed to do more in less steps, getting everything you love, easier and faster.
You are cordially invited to attend this Microsoft Exclusive Premiere Event at GITEX Technology Week 2010!
Date: Monday, 18 October 2010
Time: 2:00PM
Venue: Dubai World Trade Center, Sheikh Maktoum Hall
Exclusive Cocktail Reception
Join us for a cocktail reception prior to the keynote session and get the chance to engage with Microsoft and fellow experts from the industry.
Date: Monday, 18 October 2010
Time: 1:00PM – 2:00PM
Venue: Dubai World Trade Center, Sheikh Maktoum Hall
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Shijaz Abdulla on 15.04.2010 at 16:46
Tickets start at AED 50 and more information can be found at www.yasmarinacircuit.ae
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Shijaz Abdulla on 13.04.2010 at 14:43
Across the Windows Phone family of products, Microsoft’s intention is to bring together everything that’s important to our customers. This vision guided our strategy for Windows Phone 7 and is now being brought to life for a new audience with today’s announcement of KIN. The result is two experiences that share the same underlying philosophy and design, but were created for two purposes – two kinds of audiences.
While Windows Phone 7 is a multipurpose phone for a broad set of consumers, KIN is for a generation of people that live to be connected to their friends and their family. They get their news through Facebook and Twitter, and they can’t bear to be cut off from their friends. They connect, express and relate through technology, and this generation needs a phone to help them share their life moment to moment.
KIN delivers breakthroughs throughout the product such as the Loop, the Spot, and the Studio:
- KIN Loop – The Loop is filled with your favorite people and the things you love – on your home screen, in real time. You tell KIN who and what is important, and it delivers the latest updates from your favorite people and places.
- KIN Spot – The Spot is the new way to share. Share almost anything – photos, texts, web pages – to almost anyone by simply dragging them to a “spot” on your phone. Since the Spot is always on your screen you don’t have to worry about opening new applications – it’s easy.
- KIN Studio –The KIN Studio is your KIN phone on the web. Everything you create on your phone – messages, contacts, photos, videos – is also stored in the cloud and accessible from any web browser. The content that’s important to you is automatically backed up to your own secure website and presented in a beautiful, visual timeline to make it easy to view and share with friends. And with all the storage you’ll need, there’s almost no limit on what you can keep.
- The KIN Camera – KIN takes amazing photos, even in low light. One click upload makes it easy to share your pictures, and because they’re backed up automatically to the KIN Studio, you can look at them online, in full size, whenever you want. Only KIN makes sure all your photos and video clips are stored online without taking up precious memory on your phone.
Visit – www.kin.com
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Shijaz Abdulla on 06.01.2010 at 07:13
As soon as I got my hands on Windows Mobile 6.5, I decided to test the text message (SMS) integration feature in Exchange Server 2010 Unified Messaging. This feature basically allow SMS text messages on your phone to be synchronized back to the Exchange Server where they can be easily searched and archived.
You can set up your Windows Phone to synchronize text messages in the Activesync options:
The feature also allows you to compose and send SMS text messages from Outlook or Outlook Web App. Let’s take a closer look:
You now have your voicemail, email, fax, SMS text messages, missed call alerts, missed conversations, all in one convenient location – your Outlook inbox. This is the power of Unified Messaging. 
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Shijaz Abdulla on 07.10.2009 at 15:36
Windows Phone, the next generation Windows Mobile was released worldwide yesterday. While the previous versions of Windows Mobile were focused on business applications, the new focus is on Work AND Play.
The new Windows phone will keep you connected to your business e-mail, calendar and contacts, as well as help you stay in touch with friends and family with voice, messaging, photo and video sharing, and social networking. Key new features for Windows phone include:
- New touch user experience
- Hi-tech browser – lets you view pages just as you would view them on a PC – and lets you do the same things that you could do on a PC!
- Support for Exchange Server 2010 and integrated Windows Live Mail client
- Microsoft MyPhone – a new service that lets you do automatic backups and online access to your phone contacts, calendar, SMS messages, photos, favorites, etc. The premium option of MyPhone also helps you find, lock or erase a lost/stolen Windows Phone device.
A word on upgrades:
Certain models running Windows Mobile 6.1 can be upgraded to Windows Mobile 6.5. For an up-to-date list of devices that can be upgraded, see the Windows Phone website.
