Microsoft – We Want Your Apps!
Microsoft are determined to get more apps out there and today they released three new starter kits for Windows Phone developers. By using these starter kits you can create a real app with the minimum amount of work and customise the results. Here are the three starter kits…Download any and get started with Windows Phone development. Imagine the thrill of becoming your office’s resident Microsoft Word expert because when it comes to the use of Microsoft Word, everyone needs help. Becoming a Ms Word Whiz is important for your productivity because learning the important Word Tips and hacks is a handy skill for you in your daily life. While Microsoft…
Pictomaphone – New Photo Editing App For Windows Phone
Pictomaphone allows you to make adjustments, such as: brightness, contrast, hue, saturation, colorize, grayscale, sepia, negative, colored filter, etc. to your pictures. It also has a few effects: blur, gritty contrast and vignette. This is a free app, so give a try, click here to download.
Bing For iOS And Android – But Not Windows – Bizarre?
Strange but true, Microsoft has launched its Bing mobile app to both Android and IOS marketplaces before launching on their own Windows phone platform. After describing all the greatness about their Bing app, Microsoft it appears have decided that they can’t ignore the iOS and Android popular markets and it seems just wanted to get their app out there and being appreciated before bringing it to Windows. "We’re working to release the same consistent experience for RIM and Windows Phone 7 devices in the future, and will share more details as they become available." – this from a Microsoft representative. iOS Version Free/Download Android Version Free/Download
Android Still Leading The Way In SmartPhone Market Wars
According to the latest report from comScore Inc, out of a surey of more than 30,000 US mobile subscribers, Google Android continued to gain ground in the smartphone market, reaching a whopping 41.8% market share. Apple are second with 27% and RIM comes in for a bronze with a 21.7% share. Meanwhile Microsoft sports a lowly 5.7% and Symbian with 1.9%. OEM Market Share For the three month average period ending in July, 234 million Americans ages 13 and older used mobile devices. Device manufacturer Samsung ranked as the top OEM with 25.5 percent of U.S. mobile subscribers (up 1.0 percentage points), followed by LG with 20.9 percent share and…
What Might Have Happened If Microsoft Had Bought Motorola?
Unless you’ve had your head in the sand over the past 24 hours you would have heard that Google announced they will pay $12.5 billon for Motorola. But what you might not have heard was that Microsoft were also in the running but didn’t offer nearly as much cash. We all know, money talks, and it certainly did the talking for Google who will hold onto 17,000 US patents with as many as 7,500 still pending – this was the big draw for both companies, other than the obvious Android customer base. Redmond Pie have a great sum up today, discussing the where’s and wherefore’s if Microsoft had actually stumped…
Photosynth – iOS App Updated
Photosynth for iOS is the panorama creation app that makes it easy and fun to capture and share interactive panoramas of the places, people, and events that are important to you. Using the latest in computer vision techniques, Photosynth allows you to not only make a panorama from left to right, but also up and down, enabling you to capture a full “sphere”. Once you’ve created a Photosynth you can share it as an interactive panorama experience to Facebook (via the free Photosynth.net service) or as a simple image. You can also publish your panoramas to Bing Maps where millions of people can see your panoramas, both on the a…
Knock Out Nokia N9 – Just Announced
The Nokia N9 has just been announced and sports a wide-angle 28 mm with low light capabilities courtesy of the f2.2 aperture Carl Zeiss lens with a dual LED flash and 8 megapixel sensor, it looks so good. It comes with either 16GB or 64GB of onboard memory and 1GB of RAM all wrapped together in a colored polycarbonate shell. It sports quad-band GSM and penta-band WCDMA radios, Bluetooth 2.1, NFS and GPS. We were expecting this device as Stephen Elop, Chief Executive of Nokia, stated earlier this year that Nokia would unveil its first MeeGo device and it doesn’t disappoint, except that this is running MeeGo and not Mango,…
Microsoft Limits Windows Phone 7 App Approvals
Microsoft have announced from immediate effect that they are limiting the number of app approvals per developer to 20 per day. Developers creating a large number of apps can still submit all of them for certification, but they will be certified at a maximum rate of 20 per day rather than all at once. This change will help Microsoft retain a balance of choice and customer experience by enabling customers to see a broader and more representative assortment of new apps from the developer community when they see “New” apps every day. This is seen as a brave and courageous move by Microsoft and one that will create more variety…
Amazon.com Soliciting iOS Developers To Create Apps For Kindle
Apple Insider is reporting that Amazon.com are actively soliciting iOS developers to create apps for their Kindle device. Specifically, it seems they are seeking out educational app developers. We all know how good the Kindle is as an e-reader and it has become very popular within the educational environments, so in many ways it is no surprise to us that Amazon.com’s move will be successful. They are not trying to compete with Apple and the iPad and this is a good thing. Microsoft have tried but failed in the past to bring iOS developers to their Zune and WP7 platforms, enough to really fluff Apple’s feathers, that is. This Amazon.com…
Nokia And Microsoft Get Loved Up And Not Just For Valentines
Nokia and Microsoft have just announced their new long term plans to partner up as Windows Phone 7 becomes the main operating system on all Nokia’s smart phones – what a wonderful relationship, Microsoft’s software expertise meets Nokia’s hardware expertise. It’s a good idea, but also shows how good Apple are, when they combine the hardware and software together. Bing Less we forget Bing of course, it will now become the main search engine on all Nokia phones too. Nokia Maps will become the main mapping technology. Nokia’s application and content store will become integrated into Microsoft Marketplace. Microsoft will also provide developer tools making it easier for application developers…
