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Motorola Files Suit Against Microsoft

Friday, 12 November 2010 11:42 Written by Chris 0 Comments

Motorola subsidiary Motorola Mobility has officially filed a lawsuit against Windows-maker Microsoft for patent infringement.

The case was filed with the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida and the Western District of Wisconsin with the accompanying statement claiming infringement on Motorola’s PC and Server software products within Microsoft’s Windows Mobile and Xbox products.

This lawsuit is simply a follow-up to Microsoft’s original suit which claim infringements by Motorola where that company’s Android-powered smartphones were concerned. With Microsoft’s original filing coming directly on the heels of Motorola’s decision to not produce Windows Phone 7 devices, the entire affair stinks of tit-for-tat tactics and sour grapes but that’s for the courts to decide.

Windows Phone 7 Coming Soon

Tuesday, 03 August 2010 11:33 Written by Chris 0 Comments

The highly anticipated Windows Phone 7 mobile operating system is coming closer to release and Microsoft’s chief operating officer, Kevin Turner, has revealed some specifics as far as that release is concerned.

In a presentation given to mobile phone manufacturing representitives, Turner said that Windows Phone 7 would be available in European markets in October, with North American users seeing the release in November. The excitement at Microsoft over the release is apparent, with Turner stating that Windows Phone 7 would put the company “back in the game,” referring to the general world smartphone market.

Windows Phone 7 Site, Features

Wednesday, 14 July 2010 09:57 Written by Chris 0 Comments

Microsoft has unveiled new details concerning their upcoming Windows Phone 7 mobile operating system, revealing several new features.

The announced features include the ability to directly connect and sync with Zune software on your PC via WiFi, keeping your music, movies and photos easily synced between multiple devices. The announcement also included details of the Windows Phone 7 official site, bring a wide range of options to phone owners including the ability to publish content such as pictures and videos to the web and sync files such as contacts and OneNotes with other devices.

The standout feature revealed in this press release is called Find Your Phone, a nifty set of options on the web site that will allow you locate your phone on a map via GPS when it’s missing as well as remotely lock it against use and wipe its data.

T-Mobile Sidekick Data Loss Permanent

Tuesday, 13 October 2009 15:31 Written by Chris 0 Comments

T-Mobile SidekickFollowing the initial apology posted online from Danger, T-Mobile USA and Microsoft concerning the data interruption suffered by Sidekick users last week, the companies went on to admit that the personal data lost may be non-recoverable. Because Sidekick devices store some of their data, including contacts, calendar entries and photos, on Microsoft servers, the data loss resulted immediately when those servers failed.

The latest news concerning this story came yesterday as T-Mobile pulled their entire lineup of Sidekick devices from both retails stores and the provider’s online shopping area. A final statement followed from T-Mobile last night, stating that the company was “hopeful” that at least some data could be recovered.

All Sidekick users on the T-Mobile network will receive one month of free data service and a $100 customer appreciation card will be offered to those whose data cannot be recovered; the gift card is usable for any T-Mobile product or service, including monthly bills.

None of the companies have yet published numbers indicating how wide-spread the data loss was. Whether this pulling of the Sidekick line from T-Mobile’s lineup is permanent also remains to be seen.

Microsoft Releases OneApp

Tuesday, 25 August 2009 20:08 Written by Chris 0 Comments

MicrosoftMicrosoft has announced the official launch of OneApp, a small application that provides easy access to popular web services for feature phones. With services like Twitter, Windows Live Messenger and Facebook typically only easily available to smartphone users, OneApp reduces data usage by allowing Microsoft servers to handle the most demanding aspects of surfing such service sites.

OneApp itself weighs in at only 150KB with each service addon requiring an addition 30KB, allowing low-spec feature phones to take advantage of a robust application without the typical space requirements. OneApp will also allow developers to easily build small applications around it, providing instant compatibility across a range of phones.

Microsoft also says that OneApp support will make it easier for developers to build applications for feature phones, since an app need only be developed once for OneApp and it will then run on a very wide variety of phones as a result.

The first carrier to offer OneApp to its customers will be Blue Label Telecom in South Africa as it rolls out the service to its “Mibli” service subscribers next month.

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