Posts Tagged ‘windows’
Windows Phone 7 Irish launch round-up »
Microsoft has officially unveiled its new phone OS - Windows Phone 7 - with three handsets (compared to 10 in the US) running the platform to be available in Ireland in time for Christmas. All three devices have a lot in common - not least because of Microsoft's strict rules about minimum specifications. For example all three run on a 1GHz ...Read On »
HTC HD7 coming to O2 in Ireland »
HTC have announced that their HD7 smartphone - which runs on the new Windows Phone 7 OS - will be available exclusively on the O2 network in Ireland. The handset - which is a follow-up to the behemoth that was the HD2 - will be the company's first to run on the new Microsoft platform and is part of a deal with the network that also covers ...Read On »
Windows Phone 7 to launch today »
The new phone operating system from Microsoft - imaginatively named Windows Phone 7 - is to be unveiled today in a number of launch events around the world. The main event will take place in New York at 2:30pm Irish time, with an event in Dublin due to start later this evening. A number of handsets will be showcased as part of the launch, ...Read On »
Internet Explorer usage drops below 50% »
Microsoft's Internet Explorer (IE) has fallen below 50% market-share according to Irish stat firm StatCounter. Usage of the browser has been on the decline in recent years but this is the first time less than half of all surfers used the iconic software. According to StatCounter the market share of IE was down to 49.87% in September, down ...Read On »
Microsoft confirm 11th Oct launch of Windows Phone 7 »
Following a vague invite late last week Microsoft has confirmed that its event on 11th Oct will be to launch Windows Phone 7. The Dublin event will start at 6pm local time, meaning it will actually be 2 hours ahead of the New York launch due for the same day (though a few hours behind London's). Windows Phone 7 is the latest phone operating ...Read On »
Opinion: What is the point of Samsung’s Bada? »
With Samsung committing to an Android future what is the point of keeping its own open source OS alive?, asks Adam Maguire. Just less than a year ago Samsung announced Bada OS, its own open source operating system that would challenge the growing dominance of Android and iOS. It made a lot of noise about the new software at the time, ...Read On »
Microsoft open app challenge for WinMo7 »
Microsoft has announced an app challenge to try to entice developers to the Windows Phone 7 platform. The new OS is due out in Ireland in the months ahead and this competition is an attempt to give its app store as much Irish content as possible at launch. There are four prizes on offer to developers of what is deemed the best app in each ...Read On »
First Windows Phone 7 games revealed »
Microsoft has unveiled details of the first games for the new Windows Phone 7 operating system at this week's Gamescom 2010 conference in Germany. The OS's gaming credentials are based around Microsoft's own Xbox Live infrastructure, with over 60 titles being made available for it in its early stages. The most notable of these titles ...Read On »
Opinion: Kin’s demise a warning for Nokia »
Microsoft's attempt to juggle two mobile platforms - the Kin and Windows Mobile - failed this week with the merging of the former into the latter. The sooner Nokia realises it needs to do the same the better says Adam Maguire. When Microsoft unveiled the Kin in April of this year a lot of people asked how it fit into the upcoming launch of ...Read On »
The Kin is dead, long live the… er… »
Unveiled in April and on sale in the US for just six week, it appears the Microsoft Kin is no more. Separate to regular Windows Mobile phones the Kin brand was intended to be a platform of social media-centric handsets, with Kin One and Kin Two being the first out the blocks. Its genesis is in the Sidekick, a popular series of handsets ...Read On »
