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Archive for January, 2011



Windows Phone 7 Share Lags Windows Mobile: NPD Group

Monday 31 January 2011 @ 11:27 pm
Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 lagged behind its older Windows Mobile platform for the fourth quarter 2010, according to new data from the NPD Group.

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Yahoo Mail tied to Windows Phone 7 data slurp

Monday 31 January 2011 @ 8:01 pm
That mysterious phantom data problem affecting some Windows Phone 7 users is now being tied to Yahoo's mail servers sending chubby code over the air.

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Windows Phone 7’s Live Tiles Come to iPhone

Monday 31 January 2011 @ 6:06 pm
A recent mod brings the look of a Windows Phone 7 smartphone to the iPhone, with live tiles included--if you have a jailbroken device, that is.

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Android Rocks, Windows Phone 7 Rolls (Slowly)

Monday 31 January 2011 @ 5:27 pm
The Android mobile operating system thoroughly dominates the U.S. consumer smartphone market, while Microsoft's new Windows Phone 7 OS is off to a slow start, according to a new survey by market researcher The NPD Group. And while Apple's share of the consumer market is falling, the iPhone will likely get a boost once Verizon Wireless starts offering the top-selling handset in February.

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Windows Phone 7 update coming Feb. 7?

Monday 31 January 2011 @ 5:03 pm
The first expected Windows Phone 7 firmware update is due to be released next Monday, if you believe some English language tech Web sites, which are reporting on rumors from French tech Web sites, which appear to be based on even earlier rumors from English language Web sites.

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NPD: Windows Phone 7 Has ‘Slow Start,’ Nabs 2 Percent of Market

Monday 31 January 2011 @ 4:23 pm
After its first few months in the market, Microsoft's revamped Windows Phone 7 OS held on to 2 percent of the U.S. smartphone OS market, according to data from NPD Group. Android, meanwhile, continued its dominance with 53 percent.

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Microsoft Still Waiting for Liftoff with Windows Phone 7

Monday 31 January 2011 @ 3:01 pm
Independent market research firms are now confirming what Microsoft Corp. hinted at last week: the company’s new Windows Phone 7 software didn’t fly off shelves after debuting over the holidays.

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NPD: Windows Phone 7 off to a slow start

Monday 31 January 2011 @ 2:43 pm
Microsoft's new smartphone platform nabbed 2 percent of smartphone sales during the last three months of 2010, according to an NPD study. Surprisingly, its predecessor did better.

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Windows Phone 7 gets 2% US share on launch, iPhone 4 on top

Monday 31 January 2011 @ 2:37 pm
Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 had just two percent of the US market in its first quarter on sale, new NPD data uncovered. A decision to ship in mid-quarter at the height of competition between Apple and Google left it with the same fall market share as HP's webOS. The share left it with less market share than the outgoing Windows Mobile's three percent and the entire platform having dropped two ...

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NPD: Windows Phone 7 Off to a Slow Start, While Android Continues to Gain

Monday 31 January 2011 @ 1:36 pm
Microsoft's new Windows Phone 7 operating system got "off to a slow start," according to market researcher NPD, with phones based on the software accounting for just two percent of U.S. consumer smartphone sales in the fourth quarter.

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