04/20/2011
IDG News Service – San Francisco Bureau
IDG News Service – Microsoft on Tuesday started rolling out software updates to users of select Windows Phone 7 models including Samsung’s Focus and LG’s Quantum, following more than a month of delays.
Microsoft and AT&T are still testing updates for the HTC Surround, the last phone model that [...]
02/16/2011
Computerworld
Two of the most important players in the mobile industry, Verizon and Motorola, have essentially called Windows Phone 7 a failure, with a Verizon exec going so far as saying that the Nokia deal won’t help the struggling smartphone platform. This is clearly not what Microsoft hoped for when it launched Windows Phone 7 to [...]
14/2011
FierceWireless
LG Electronics thinks Microsoft’s (NASDAQ:MSFT) Windows Phone 7 is a great fit for a certain part of the smartphone market–but the company has been underwhelmed by the response to the platform so far, a senior LG marketing executive said.
“From an industry perspective we had a high expectation, but from a consumer point of view [...]
01/11/2011
Telegraph.co.uk
The news that Windows Phone 7 is occasionally dumping massive amounts of data over the air will come as a major annoyance to users. If it takes them over their download caps, many could be in for serious financial penalties from their network providers. And it could seriously compromise customers trust in the operating system. [...]
02/16/2010
Barron’s
Microsoft (MSFT) on Monday unveiled Windows Phone 7, the company’s much-anticipated new operating system software for mobile devices. The company launched the new software today in Barcelona at Mobile World Congress, the industry’s big trade show.
The company said manufacturing partners have started building devices based on the phones; the first devices based on Win [...]
