Reminder: GOOG-411 Ends Today, Update Friends & Family Numbers
As previously reported, Google’s 411 service (aka GOOG-411) will be discontinued after today. We recommend that you switch to 800-BING-411 as it now allows for call routing, and the same tricks that GOOG-411 offered for making free calls. For those unaware, you could place 800-GOOG-411 as one of your Friends & Family (myFaves, etc) numbers, […]
ViewSonic Announces ViewPad 7 and ViewPad 10 Tablets
Electronics manufacturer ViewSonic has officially announced the forthcoming launch of its first tablet products in the ViewPad 7 Android tablet and the ViewPad 10 Windows 7/Android dual-boot tablet. The ViewPad 7 features a 7-inch WVGA resolution touch display with Android 2.2, cellular radio with HSPA support, a 3.0 megapixel rear camera, a 0.3-megapixel (VGA) front […]
T-Mobile Confirms HTC HD7 Variant for November
T-Mobile has announced its own variant of the HD7 launching in time for the holiday season by mid-November. The device features a 4.3-inch display, 1GHz Snapdragon processor, Wi-Fi radio, Bluetooth, GPS, 5.0 megapixel autofocus camera with 720p video capture and 16GB of internal storage. Pricing has yet to be confirmed.
Microsoft Confirms Windows Phone 7 Copy/Paste for Next Year in Update
Microsoft has confirmed during its keynote that it will roll out an update for all Windows Phone 7 devices launched this year which will enable copy/paste of text across applications beginning early next year. The functionality was initially excised from the operating system, but the uproar resulting from its exclusion led to the company to […]
AT&T Opens Windows Phone 7 Portal
AT&T has opened up a dedicated portal for its Windows Phone 7 lineup in the HTC Surround, Samsung Focus and LG Quantum. The Surround features Yamaha speakers in a sliding bodyshell with 16GB of onboard storage, the Focus features a 4-inch Super AMOLED display, and the Quantum’s features a 5 megapixel camera.
Microsoft October 11th Windows Phone 7 Event with T-Mobile Confirmed
Microsoft’s Developer Events portal has confirmed the long rumored October 11th Windows Phone 7 launch event at Microsoft’s New York Technology Center. With the usual keynotes from Microsoft executives confirmed, demonstrations of applications and hardware will be provided by T-Mobile representatives during the event, a marked change from the long expected and rumored AT&T presence, […]
Microsoft: No Tethering in Windows Phone 7
After weeks of conflicting statements, Microsoft has confirmed that tethering support will not be included in the forthcoming release of Windows Phone 7. The latest confirmation follows a previous statement from Brandon Watson, Microsoft’s Director of Windows Phone 7 made during the This Week in Tech podcast this week inferring that tethering support was included […]
Microsoft: No More Mobile Hardware Development
In an unsurprising move and confirming just how far the failure of the Kin hardware initiative reached into Microsoft, Mobile Communications Business CFO Tivanka Ellawala has confirmed that the software giant will instead focus solely on Windows Phone 7 instead of developing mobile hardware. Speaking to investors in San Francisco, Ellawala stated that “We are […]
Microsoft: Windows Phone 7 GSM-Only Until 1H 2011
Not long after Verizon’s confirmation that it would not carry Windows Phone 7 devices this year earlier today, Senior Product Manager Greg Sullivan has confirmed to CNET that Windows Phone 7 is currently GSM-only until the first half of next year due to hardware development timeframe constraints and the compressed launch timeframe for Windows Phone […]
Verizon: No Windows Phone 7 Devices This Year
Speaking to Bloomberg BusinessWeek, Verizon representative Brenda Raney has confirmed that the carrier will not initially offer devices based on Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 operating system in October, with no plans to launch such devices at any point during the remainder of the year. The carrier does plan support the new platform in 2011 and […]