Microsoft issued a statement on Monday in response to last week’s lawsuit, denying that it illegally collects location data from its Windows Phone 7 users. The mobile operating system allegedly sends user location data to Microsoft’s inference.location.live.net site even if they say no when prompted. Microsoft said it’s investigating the claims in the complaint and […]
Predictions by analysts that Windows Phone would crest 20 percent by 2015 are not only realistic but cautious, Windows Phone marketing lead Achim Berg said in an interview late Thursday. He expected to go beyond that as a combination of new hardware partners and greater publicity garnered attention. While not giving an estimate to Bloomberg, […]
Navigon will soon release an all-new version of its navigation apps for iPhone and Android that now feature user-selected download of the specific regions users want, keeping downloads faster and avoiding wasted storage space. The leaner, lighter maps also load faster and zoom in quicker, and can be optionally or automatically updated every quarter. The […]
Microsoft faced a lawsuit on Wednesday accusing it of violating privacy in Windows Phone 7. The federal Seattle suit claims that the phone’s camera app marks the location over GPS even after the owner switches the feature off. The user, Rebecca Cousineau, further accused Microsoft of false testimony when it wrote Congress claiming that it […]
Microsoft on Wednesday posted a 2.0 overhaul to the free Windows Phone 7 Connector for Mac. The update arrives just in time to support the first wave of Mango phones. Among the additions for the new mobile OS are the ability to visit the Windows Phone Marketplace for these devices and to transfer custom ringtones. […]
KDDI confirmed talk an early ship date and moved up the launch of the Toshiba-Fujitsu IS12T to a month earlier. The very first Windows Phone 7 Mango phone should be in Japan on August 25. It’s expected to sit at about $253 on contract. The design will be a mix of lower- and higher-end features. […]
Android made up more than half of smartphones shipped in the US during the spring, according to new NPD data. Google accounted for 52 percent of sales in the period. None of that was at Apple’s expense, however, as Apple kept gaining share and reached 29 percent in the same period. All of the gains […]
Microsoft today announced a new social location sharing application for Windows Phone 7 called called We’re In. Microsoft says that We’re In can be used to organize activities and/or events, and allow the participants to see exactly where everyone is. Rather than checking into locations, users send an invite to a select group (We’re In […]
Microsoft’s Windows Phone lead Joe Belfiore posted a Twitter update early Friday downplaying the possibility of Mango releasing September 1. He cast the claims as “just a rumor” and thus not to take them seriously. He stopped short, however, of denying the claim outright. The Mango update will be available at some point in September […]
Despite the significant marketing efforts Nokia has put behind its MeeGo flagship handset, the N9, the company appears to be shrinking its launch plans to include fewer countries. After admitting that there is no intention to bring the N9 to the US or the UK, the company has told MobiFlip the device will not be […]
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