Microsoft’s Craig Mundie last week said that Siri was nothing special, and Microsoft’s own voice capabilities have been around for over a year. Why have Siri become so popular whereas many may not even have heard of ‘TellMe’? The answer according to Microsoft is ‘good marketing’.
If you’re a Nokia fan, you’ll be pleased to hear Pocketnow have revealed leaked ads of what seems like the first of Windows Phone 7 powered the Nokia smartphones soon to be launched later this month. According to the ad, the Nokia 800 is equipped with an 8-megapixel camera, although other specifications are still unknown.
As you all know, Nokia has partnered with Microsoft and have signed a contract for using Windows Phone 7 OS on all of its upcoming smartphones. Well, there have been a lot of noise over that for some time now and finally Microsoft has announced details of the upcoming first Windows Phone 7 powered Nokia Smartphone.
Google Docs might be a great set of office tools, but Microsoft is preparing its own cloud office solution called Microsoft Office 365. As you might know, Microsoft Office 365 has been in limited beta for some time, and now it is finally available for public testing.
Not a while ago, we wrote about a new app that could make text input a lot simpler and faster on your cellphone. In case you don’t remember, that app is called SnapKeys 2i, and today we have some additional information about it.
Microsoft WP7s have been a little bit behind the game with this but the video below certainly shows that its in the works and its multitasking support looks pretty decent too.
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New upcoming phone from HTC is called HD3 and it will run on the Windows Phone 7 operating system. As for the hardware specifications, there’s a 4.5-inch AMOLED display that supports 1200×800 pixel resolution. Besides AMOLED display, this phone features powerful dual core processor that works on 1.5 GHz and 1 GB of RAM that will be enough for the daily running of most of your applications.
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