Alcatel-Lucent, Cisco Systems, EMC Corporation, Microsoft, NetApp, Nokia Siemens Networks, PLDT/Smart, Rackspace, REACH, Telenor, and Verizon, today announced they have formed Asia Cloud Computing Association (Asia Cloud), an open collaboration forum based in the Asia Pacific region.
The non-profit, vendor-neutral organization will address regional issues and challenges to adoption of cloud computing in Asia including privacy and security concerns, compliance and regulatory mandates, licensing models, service levels, and other market risks.
The research firm IDC estimates that the market for cloud computing in Asia outside Japan will grow to around US$1.3 billion this year and will continue to expand at a rate of approximately 40 percent a year until 2014 (Source: IDC, 2010), whereas in Japan, currently the second largest IT market globally, the cloud computing market is expected to grow to US$29.2 billion in 2015 (Source: Japan�s Internal Affairs and Communications Ministry 2010). However, security concerns, data storage regulations, low penetration of bandwidth in some countries, and government policies oriented to traditional computing models are inhibiting market growth.
�Cloud adoption in the Asia Pacific region has yet to reach its full potential. The regulatory landscape and varying market maturity levels have fragmented the adoption of cloud computing in the region,� noted Asia Cloud chairman and REACH chief information officer, Sundi Balu. �Organizations in Asia have voiced several concerns, particularly around security, service levels, and regulatory positions. There is a strong sense of urgency to have these concerns resolved by an open industry collaboration focused on the actual market realities and conditions in Asia. With Asia Cloud as a platform, key stakeholders can collaborate on issues specific to Asia and enable faster and more efficient adoption of cloud computing.�
The organization will evaluate global cloud standards produced by other industry associations and determine which can be adapted or advocated regionally. Initial working groups include those for public policy and regulatory issues, security, taxonomy, and carrier-grade applications. Anticipated deliverables for 2011 include best practices, a cloud-readiness index, development of a taxonomy, and the establishment of formal relationships with other organizations in cloud computing.
�Cloud computing will play a fundamental role in re-shaping how telecommunications service providers offer applications to end users and how their internal systems are implemented,� said Mike Murphy, initiator of the Carrier-Grade Cloud Computing Working Group and head of Technology APAC, Nokia Siemens Networks. �Asia Cloud Computing Association is a great vehicle for industry leaders to direct that re-shaping in a consistent manner.�
Asia Cloud welcomes computing service, hardware, and software providers, end users, and government/policy, research/academic organizations to join the effort. More information about Asia Cloud and a membership prospectus are available at www.asiacloud.org.
About Asia Cloud
Asia Cloud Computing Association fosters collaboration and innovation in Asia to drive adoption of cloud computing regionally. Asia Cloud�s outreach efforts extend to policy and regulation, security, best practices, and market education. For more information, visit www.asiacloud.org.
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Saturday, November 13, 2010
LG OWNERS TO GET FREE ACCESS TO POPULAR WINDOWS PHONE 7 APPLICATIONS
LG Electronics (LG) and Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) announced that they are teaming up to provide customers with a free selection of quality applications for LG customers with Windows Phone 7 handsets. LG and Microsoft will subsidize a revolving portfolio of hand-picked applications, providing free access to quality applications that take advantage of the unique features and design of Windows Phone 7.
LG and Microsoft will offer Windows Phone 7 applications across popular categories � including social connectivity, gaming and helpful utilities� ensuring that customers have access to the applications they value most. Ten free applications with a value of more than USD 30 will be given away every 60 days. LG�s Windows Phone 7 customers can download these applications for free (for a period of 60 days) via LG Application Store, which will be accessible directly from LG Windows Phone 7 models.
Selected Windows Phone application developers will be provided with exclusive marketing opportunities and resources to promote their applications with LG. Developers of selected applications will benefit from promotional support through LG�s marketing presence and Microsoft�s Windows Phone Marketplace. LG will promote the new applications through in-store sales events and on the LG Mobile Global Facebook page (http://on.fb.me/bltMvp), creating a larger market for developers and bringing them closer to their audiences.
�When we pledged early last year to support Microsoft�s smartphone strategy, we knew we were making a decision that had the potential to generate ripples in the ecosystem,� said Chang Ma, Vice President of Mobile Communications (MC) Marketing Strategy Team. �Microsoft�s commitment to the developer community is well known and respected in the industry, and we look forward to seeing this partnership with Microsoft lead to greater things.�
�We built the new Windows Phone Marketplace to create new business opportunities for developers and partners alike,� said Brandon Watson, director for Windows Phone at Microsoft. �This collaboration with LG creates a win-win situation for consumers and developers and will further showcase the variety of quality games and applications available on Windows Phone 7.�
What�s more, LG will also be offering its Windows Phone 7 customers free access to even more applications developed directly by the company. These applications will also be available from the LG Application Store and will span social networking services, such as Type n Walk and Voice SNS, as well as practical tools like Subway AR.
LG and Microsoft�s developer program will kick off in November. For more information, please visit www.facebook.com/LGMobileHQ.
LG and Microsoft will offer Windows Phone 7 applications across popular categories � including social connectivity, gaming and helpful utilities� ensuring that customers have access to the applications they value most. Ten free applications with a value of more than USD 30 will be given away every 60 days. LG�s Windows Phone 7 customers can download these applications for free (for a period of 60 days) via LG Application Store, which will be accessible directly from LG Windows Phone 7 models.
Selected Windows Phone application developers will be provided with exclusive marketing opportunities and resources to promote their applications with LG. Developers of selected applications will benefit from promotional support through LG�s marketing presence and Microsoft�s Windows Phone Marketplace. LG will promote the new applications through in-store sales events and on the LG Mobile Global Facebook page (http://on.fb.me/bltMvp), creating a larger market for developers and bringing them closer to their audiences.
�When we pledged early last year to support Microsoft�s smartphone strategy, we knew we were making a decision that had the potential to generate ripples in the ecosystem,� said Chang Ma, Vice President of Mobile Communications (MC) Marketing Strategy Team. �Microsoft�s commitment to the developer community is well known and respected in the industry, and we look forward to seeing this partnership with Microsoft lead to greater things.�
�We built the new Windows Phone Marketplace to create new business opportunities for developers and partners alike,� said Brandon Watson, director for Windows Phone at Microsoft. �This collaboration with LG creates a win-win situation for consumers and developers and will further showcase the variety of quality games and applications available on Windows Phone 7.�
What�s more, LG will also be offering its Windows Phone 7 customers free access to even more applications developed directly by the company. These applications will also be available from the LG Application Store and will span social networking services, such as Type n Walk and Voice SNS, as well as practical tools like Subway AR.
LG and Microsoft�s developer program will kick off in November. For more information, please visit www.facebook.com/LGMobileHQ.
Friday, November 12, 2010
Motorola Mobility Files Patent Infringement Complaints Against Microsoft
LIBERTYVILLE, Ill. � Motorola, Inc. (NYSE: MOT) announced that its subsidiary, Motorola Mobility, Inc. has filed complaints against Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) with the U.S. District Courts for the Southern District of Florida and the Western District of Wisconsin alleging infringement of sixteen patents by Microsoft�s PC and Server software, Windows mobile software and Xbox products.
The Motorola patents directed to PC and Server software relate to Windows OS, digital video coding, email technology including Exchange, Messenger and Outlook, Windows Live instant messaging and object oriented software architecture. The Motorola patents directed to Windows mobile software relate to Windows Marketplace, Bing maps and object oriented software architecture. The Motorola patents directed to Xbox relate to digital video coding, WiFi technology, and graphical passwords. Motorola Mobility has requested that Microsoft cease using Motorola's patented technology and provide compensation for Microsoft's past infringement.
Kirk Dailey, corporate vice president of intellectual property at Motorola Mobility, said, �Motorola�s R&D and intellectual property are of great importance to the Company and are renowned worldwide. We are committed to protecting the interests of our shareholders, customers and other stakeholders and are bringing this action against Microsoft in order to halt its infringement of key Motorola patents. Motorola has invested billions of dollars in R&D to create a deep and broad intellectual property portfolio and we will continue to do what is necessary to protect our proprietary technology.�
Mr. Dailey noted that Microsoft also has filed separate patent infringement litigation against Motorola. �It is unfortunate,� he said, �that Microsoft has chosen the litigation path rather than entering into comprehensive licensing negotiations, as Motorola has mutually beneficial licensing relationships with the great majority of technology companies industry-wide.�
The Motorola patents directed to PC and Server software relate to Windows OS, digital video coding, email technology including Exchange, Messenger and Outlook, Windows Live instant messaging and object oriented software architecture. The Motorola patents directed to Windows mobile software relate to Windows Marketplace, Bing maps and object oriented software architecture. The Motorola patents directed to Xbox relate to digital video coding, WiFi technology, and graphical passwords. Motorola Mobility has requested that Microsoft cease using Motorola's patented technology and provide compensation for Microsoft's past infringement.
Kirk Dailey, corporate vice president of intellectual property at Motorola Mobility, said, �Motorola�s R&D and intellectual property are of great importance to the Company and are renowned worldwide. We are committed to protecting the interests of our shareholders, customers and other stakeholders and are bringing this action against Microsoft in order to halt its infringement of key Motorola patents. Motorola has invested billions of dollars in R&D to create a deep and broad intellectual property portfolio and we will continue to do what is necessary to protect our proprietary technology.�
Mr. Dailey noted that Microsoft also has filed separate patent infringement litigation against Motorola. �It is unfortunate,� he said, �that Microsoft has chosen the litigation path rather than entering into comprehensive licensing negotiations, as Motorola has mutually beneficial licensing relationships with the great majority of technology companies industry-wide.�
Tuesday, November 9, 2010
Suited and booted: business smarts for Nokia smartphones
GLOBAL � As a part of its ongoing strategic alliance with Microsoft, Nokia today announced an update on the deployment of Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync on Nokia smartphones. The solution, which allows mobile users direct access to email accounts on Microsoft Exchange servers, is now available through more than 550 different operators worldwide ?including America Movil, Orange, Telecom Italia, Telefonica, TeliaSonera, T-Mobile and Vodafone.
Corporate customers are attracted to the Nokia solution because it can offer substantially lower Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) compared to competing services. This is because businesses don�t need additional servers and middleware to support the service and are able to choose between a wider range of data tariffs.
JCDecaux, for example, Europe�s biggest outdoor advertising agency, used to have just 14 per cent of its employees with access to mobile email and calendaring. Today, thanks to the Nokia/Microsoft solution, TCO has been lowered, while access is up to 100 per cent, and employees can be much more responsive to customers and each other while they�re out and about.
OnMobile is ?India�s largest white label data and value-added services company for mobile, landline and media service providers. In the six months since moving to Mail for Exchange to give its engineers mobile email, the company has reported ?substantial time savings, a 20 per cent increase in projects completed on time and a 30 per cent decrease in travel expenses.
?Mail for Exchange comes preinstalled on the latest Nokia smartphones. As a downloadable client, it�s available for many other S60 3rd and 5th edition devices from Ovi Store, including all Eseries and Nseries devices. ?
Corporate customers are attracted to the Nokia solution because it can offer substantially lower Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) compared to competing services. This is because businesses don�t need additional servers and middleware to support the service and are able to choose between a wider range of data tariffs.
JCDecaux, for example, Europe�s biggest outdoor advertising agency, used to have just 14 per cent of its employees with access to mobile email and calendaring. Today, thanks to the Nokia/Microsoft solution, TCO has been lowered, while access is up to 100 per cent, and employees can be much more responsive to customers and each other while they�re out and about.
OnMobile is ?India�s largest white label data and value-added services company for mobile, landline and media service providers. In the six months since moving to Mail for Exchange to give its engineers mobile email, the company has reported ?substantial time savings, a 20 per cent increase in projects completed on time and a 30 per cent decrease in travel expenses.
?Mail for Exchange comes preinstalled on the latest Nokia smartphones. As a downloadable client, it�s available for many other S60 3rd and 5th edition devices from Ovi Store, including all Eseries and Nseries devices. ?
Nokia-Microsoft� Exchange ActiveSync� direct access email boosting global businesses
Nokia business smartphones, maps and apps enhance the enterprise experience.
Espoo, Finland - Nokia gave an update on the deployment of Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync for Nokia smartphones that shows it is gaining substantial traction among the world's biggest operators and enterprises.
The solution - which delivers direct, secure access to email and personal information via organizations' Microsoft Exchange servers - is now available for Nokia smartphones on more than 550 operator networks worldwide. These operators include America Movil, Orange, Telecom Italia, Telefonica, TeliaSonera, T-Mobile and Vodafone. And recently, the solution has undergone large-scale deployment at leading enterprises such as JCDecaux and OnMobile, which have been attracted to its dramatically improved efficiency and significantly lower cost compared to rival solutions.
Through joint activities targeted at enterprises, Nokia and operators are bringing operational efficiencies and substantial savings in total cost of ownership (TCO) for IT decision makers, when compared to other solutions.
At JCDecaux, Europe's largest outdoor advertising company, just 14 percent of its mobile users in the UK had access to mobile email and calendar functions. The company was looking to extend that functionality to more of its workforce, in a way that was cheaper than the existing solution and without issues such as managing additional servers. JCDecaux chose Nokia's solution, which - in combination with attractive data tariffs from Vodafone Global Enterprise - led to a reduction in TCO, increased the company's responsiveness to customers and raised mobile email access for company mobile users to 100 percent.
OnMobile, India's largest white label data and value-added services company for mobile, landline and media service providers, was able to speed up processes, cut response time and save money by introducing Nokia's solution. Also, given that part of its workforce was already using Nokia smartphones, it was easy to set up Mail for Exchange without extra cost. In addition, monthly mobile data charges were substantially lower for the Nokia solution, and this encouraged users of a rival solution to switch. In the six months following the deployment, OnMobile reported substantial time savings for engineers, a 20 percent increase in projects completed on time and a 30 percent decrease in travel expenses.
"IT directors are being pressured to deploy business mobility solutions such as email, IM and intranet access for more employees, but without the high costs they have had to spend on additional middleware, licenses and maintenance," said Ilari Nurmi, the head of marketing for Nokia's portfolio of Eseries business smartphones.
The solution enables employees to connect directly to the corporate mail server with their Nokia smartphone without the need for additional servers, and is fast becoming the solution of choice for businesses. In addition to accessing email, employees also enjoy direct access to corporate instant messaging through Microsoft� Communicator Mobile, which was the first new application to be delivered by the two companies as part of their strategic alliance announced last year.
"Nokia is doing more than any other handset company to help businesses go mobile. Microsoft will design and develop mobile productivity, communication and collaboration solutions, and we will jointly bring them to market - giving our smartphones the edge over the competition," Nurmi continued.
The Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync solution is supported by a wide range of Nokia smartphones available with different designs and prices, covering the entire business user market. In the first half of 2010, more than 12 million Nokia Eseries business smartphones were shipped, representing a growth of more than 50 percent compared to the first half of 2009. Nokia's line-up of business smartphones is to be strengthened by the arrival of the Nokia E7, equipped with a full keyboard and 4-inch touchscreen featuring Nokia ClearBlack technology for improved outdoor visibility.
In addition to access to corporate email and infrastructure, Nokia smartphone users also enjoy access to maps, navigation, download apps and access other services through Ovi. The popularity of Business category apps in the Ovi Store, such as Worldmate, F-Secure Anti-Theft for Mobile, Boingo and Bloomberg, has significantly increased with some of the top downloading countries including France, Germany, India, Saudi Arabia, the UAE and the UK.
About Nokia
At Nokia, we are committed to connecting people. We combine advanced technology with personalized services that enable people to stay close to what matters to them. Every day, more than 1.3 billion people connect to one another with a Nokia device - from mobile phones to advanced smartphones and high-performance mobile computers. Today, Nokia is integrating its devices with innovative services through Ovi (www.ovi.com), including music, maps, apps, email and more. Nokia's NAVTEQ is a leader in comprehensive digital mapping and navigation services, while Nokia Siemens Networks provides equipment, services and solutions for communications networks globally.
Espoo, Finland - Nokia gave an update on the deployment of Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync for Nokia smartphones that shows it is gaining substantial traction among the world's biggest operators and enterprises.
The solution - which delivers direct, secure access to email and personal information via organizations' Microsoft Exchange servers - is now available for Nokia smartphones on more than 550 operator networks worldwide. These operators include America Movil, Orange, Telecom Italia, Telefonica, TeliaSonera, T-Mobile and Vodafone. And recently, the solution has undergone large-scale deployment at leading enterprises such as JCDecaux and OnMobile, which have been attracted to its dramatically improved efficiency and significantly lower cost compared to rival solutions.
Through joint activities targeted at enterprises, Nokia and operators are bringing operational efficiencies and substantial savings in total cost of ownership (TCO) for IT decision makers, when compared to other solutions.
At JCDecaux, Europe's largest outdoor advertising company, just 14 percent of its mobile users in the UK had access to mobile email and calendar functions. The company was looking to extend that functionality to more of its workforce, in a way that was cheaper than the existing solution and without issues such as managing additional servers. JCDecaux chose Nokia's solution, which - in combination with attractive data tariffs from Vodafone Global Enterprise - led to a reduction in TCO, increased the company's responsiveness to customers and raised mobile email access for company mobile users to 100 percent.
OnMobile, India's largest white label data and value-added services company for mobile, landline and media service providers, was able to speed up processes, cut response time and save money by introducing Nokia's solution. Also, given that part of its workforce was already using Nokia smartphones, it was easy to set up Mail for Exchange without extra cost. In addition, monthly mobile data charges were substantially lower for the Nokia solution, and this encouraged users of a rival solution to switch. In the six months following the deployment, OnMobile reported substantial time savings for engineers, a 20 percent increase in projects completed on time and a 30 percent decrease in travel expenses.
"IT directors are being pressured to deploy business mobility solutions such as email, IM and intranet access for more employees, but without the high costs they have had to spend on additional middleware, licenses and maintenance," said Ilari Nurmi, the head of marketing for Nokia's portfolio of Eseries business smartphones.
The solution enables employees to connect directly to the corporate mail server with their Nokia smartphone without the need for additional servers, and is fast becoming the solution of choice for businesses. In addition to accessing email, employees also enjoy direct access to corporate instant messaging through Microsoft� Communicator Mobile, which was the first new application to be delivered by the two companies as part of their strategic alliance announced last year.
"Nokia is doing more than any other handset company to help businesses go mobile. Microsoft will design and develop mobile productivity, communication and collaboration solutions, and we will jointly bring them to market - giving our smartphones the edge over the competition," Nurmi continued.
The Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync solution is supported by a wide range of Nokia smartphones available with different designs and prices, covering the entire business user market. In the first half of 2010, more than 12 million Nokia Eseries business smartphones were shipped, representing a growth of more than 50 percent compared to the first half of 2009. Nokia's line-up of business smartphones is to be strengthened by the arrival of the Nokia E7, equipped with a full keyboard and 4-inch touchscreen featuring Nokia ClearBlack technology for improved outdoor visibility.
In addition to access to corporate email and infrastructure, Nokia smartphone users also enjoy access to maps, navigation, download apps and access other services through Ovi. The popularity of Business category apps in the Ovi Store, such as Worldmate, F-Secure Anti-Theft for Mobile, Boingo and Bloomberg, has significantly increased with some of the top downloading countries including France, Germany, India, Saudi Arabia, the UAE and the UK.
About Nokia
At Nokia, we are committed to connecting people. We combine advanced technology with personalized services that enable people to stay close to what matters to them. Every day, more than 1.3 billion people connect to one another with a Nokia device - from mobile phones to advanced smartphones and high-performance mobile computers. Today, Nokia is integrating its devices with innovative services through Ovi (www.ovi.com), including music, maps, apps, email and more. Nokia's NAVTEQ is a leader in comprehensive digital mapping and navigation services, while Nokia Siemens Networks provides equipment, services and solutions for communications networks globally.
Saturday, September 4, 2010
The company Of microsoft does develop renovation for Zune HD?
While from Apple and Samsung constantly comes the official and unofficial information about the fact that they plan or achieve renovation of their rules of [mediapleerov], the company Of microsoft sufficiently has long ago supplied no information relative to its model Of zune HD. With the fact that the production of the last version of this device long ago took place sufficiently. And this is how it became known from the unofficial sources, the engineers of company deal with the development of the fact that can become the successor of [mediapleera] Of microsoft.
Unfortunately, practically no information relative to the fact that this will be, until there is. To the larger degree is important the very fact that Microsoft it does not leave the attempts to fill the specific niche on the market for multimedia devices. It communicates, that as the basis of construction will be assumed the processor ARM Of cortex. In this case it is worthwhile to note that many solutions accepted for [pleera] Of zune HD found a use in the operating system Windows Of phone 7 and, correspondingly, in [smartfonakh] on its basis. Will to assume that be the opposite effect, as a result which in [pleere] from Microsoft can appear the solutions similar to the analogous in [smartfonakh] on the basis of its operating system.
Unfortunately, practically no information relative to the fact that this will be, until there is. To the larger degree is important the very fact that Microsoft it does not leave the attempts to fill the specific niche on the market for multimedia devices. It communicates, that as the basis of construction will be assumed the processor ARM Of cortex. In this case it is worthwhile to note that many solutions accepted for [pleera] Of zune HD found a use in the operating system Windows Of phone 7 and, correspondingly, in [smartfonakh] on its basis. Will to assume that be the opposite effect, as a result which in [pleere] from Microsoft can appear the solutions similar to the analogous in [smartfonakh] on the basis of its operating system.
Windows Of phone 7 it reached stage RTM and it was ready to installation to the devices
In [bloge] Windows Of team Of blog appeared the communication, that the operating system Windows Of phone 7 reached the stage of readiness RTM (release to of manufacturing). According to the developers, this is sequential large landmark on the threshold of official [reliza] of the final version of new platform. Actually, the work of the command Of microsoft on the first version Windows Of phone 7 is finished, and are now narrower other companies, which carry out the production of mobile devices, they will conduct its introduction in the owl equipment.
Developers also noted that new OS Windows Of phone 7 was tested by the most thorough means of all mobile platforms Of microsoft. According to them, daily 10 000 devices passed tests, is carried out more than half million hours of active use, the automated tests under laboratory conditions, collaboration with the developers [po] and so on. And here now finally Windows Of phone 7 it is practically ready. In all likelihood, communicators under control of this OS approximately in the month will begin to be let out.
Developers also noted that new OS Windows Of phone 7 was tested by the most thorough means of all mobile platforms Of microsoft. According to them, daily 10 000 devices passed tests, is carried out more than half million hours of active use, the automated tests under laboratory conditions, collaboration with the developers [po] and so on. And here now finally Windows Of phone 7 it is practically ready. In all likelihood, communicators under control of this OS approximately in the month will begin to be let out.
Thursday, September 2, 2010
Windows Phone 7 � Released To Manufacturing
Today is the day that the Windows Phone team has been driving towards, and we�re very excited to say that we�ve reached the biggest milestone for our internal team � the release to manufacturing (RTM) of Windows Phone 7! While the final integration of Windows Phone 7 with our partners� hardware, software, and networks is underway, the work of our internal engineering team is largely complete.
Windows Phone 7 is the most thoroughly tested mobile platform Microsoft has ever released. We had nearly ten thousand devices running automated tests daily, over a half million hours of active self-hosting use, over three and a half million hours of stress test passes, and eight and a half million hours of fully automated test passes. We�ve had thousands of independent software vendors and early adopters testing our software and giving us great feedback. We are ready.
I last posted on this blog when we reached the Technical Preview milestone, and we�ve received some great feedback since then which we�ve been able to respond to and improve the smart design throughout the OS. For example, folks loved the Facebook integration in the People Hub, but they also wanted ways to filter their contacts so only the Facebook friends they really know will show up in their contact list � we�ve added support for that. We�ve also made it easy to �like� a post right from the People Hub, or quickly post a message to someone�s Facebook wall directly.
This has been one of the most incredible product development efforts I�ve ever been a part of. Today�s milestone is exciting not just because of what we�ll deliver to customers later this year, but how it sets us up for success over the long term in the mobile space� we�re really just getting started.
We reached today�s milestone because of the tremendous efforts of the entire team including our partners, early adopters, and independent software developers providing feedback. I want to send a huge THANK YOU to this extended team� we couldn�t have done it without you!
Windows Phone 7 is the most thoroughly tested mobile platform Microsoft has ever released. We had nearly ten thousand devices running automated tests daily, over a half million hours of active self-hosting use, over three and a half million hours of stress test passes, and eight and a half million hours of fully automated test passes. We�ve had thousands of independent software vendors and early adopters testing our software and giving us great feedback. We are ready.
I last posted on this blog when we reached the Technical Preview milestone, and we�ve received some great feedback since then which we�ve been able to respond to and improve the smart design throughout the OS. For example, folks loved the Facebook integration in the People Hub, but they also wanted ways to filter their contacts so only the Facebook friends they really know will show up in their contact list � we�ve added support for that. We�ve also made it easy to �like� a post right from the People Hub, or quickly post a message to someone�s Facebook wall directly.
This has been one of the most incredible product development efforts I�ve ever been a part of. Today�s milestone is exciting not just because of what we�ll deliver to customers later this year, but how it sets us up for success over the long term in the mobile space� we�re really just getting started.
We reached today�s milestone because of the tremendous efforts of the entire team including our partners, early adopters, and independent software developers providing feedback. I want to send a huge THANK YOU to this extended team� we couldn�t have done it without you!
Monday, August 30, 2010
Bing for Mobile comes to your Verizon Android
Today we are happy to announce the first official Bing for Mobile Android App available to Verizon customers. You can now download the free Bing App from your Verizon Wireless Android phones� Marketplace.
The app homepage features the Bing image of the day, complete with clickable hotspots that you can explore and discover related trivia. Did you miss one of the latest images? Don�t worry; you can still swipe through up to 7 days� worth of Bing images.
Are you a visual person? Try the image search feature that has endless scrolling results (Tip: this also works for any search result). Then easily swipe through image previews and click straight through to the image host site.
Now, do you see the mic option on the homepage? Our investment in voice search continues in our Android App and works great for searches like map locations as well as web search. This works especially well when looking for �Instant answers� which give you quick and relevant answers for things like movies, stock quotes, flight status and local listings.
Just say �movies,� for a quick result of movie listings, theaters and show times nearby, or say the flight information you are looking for, we will show you the departure, arrival, and other relevant information such as traffic, weather, news, and hotels details.
Voice search is also great when it comes to your local business listings. Give it a try, even something complex, hold the phone to your ear and speak, or press the mic button�it�s that simple.
The Android app also has a pretty smooth mapping feature. First, Bing will automatically find your current location. You can then easily discover new places by category such as restaurants, banks, theaters and you can choose whether you want walking or driving directions. Swipe through each step of your directions, and check out how fast the map pans and zooms. For times when you only have one hand free and can�t pinch, there is the handy zoom-out button.
There are a bunch of other features we�d love to tell you about, like local listing reviews, ratings and news. But rather than drone on about them, just download the app from your Android�s Marketplace, give it a spin and let us know what you think.
Andy Chu � Bing for Mobile
The app homepage features the Bing image of the day, complete with clickable hotspots that you can explore and discover related trivia. Did you miss one of the latest images? Don�t worry; you can still swipe through up to 7 days� worth of Bing images.
Are you a visual person? Try the image search feature that has endless scrolling results (Tip: this also works for any search result). Then easily swipe through image previews and click straight through to the image host site.
Now, do you see the mic option on the homepage? Our investment in voice search continues in our Android App and works great for searches like map locations as well as web search. This works especially well when looking for �Instant answers� which give you quick and relevant answers for things like movies, stock quotes, flight status and local listings.
Just say �movies,� for a quick result of movie listings, theaters and show times nearby, or say the flight information you are looking for, we will show you the departure, arrival, and other relevant information such as traffic, weather, news, and hotels details.
Voice search is also great when it comes to your local business listings. Give it a try, even something complex, hold the phone to your ear and speak, or press the mic button�it�s that simple.
The Android app also has a pretty smooth mapping feature. First, Bing will automatically find your current location. You can then easily discover new places by category such as restaurants, banks, theaters and you can choose whether you want walking or driving directions. Swipe through each step of your directions, and check out how fast the map pans and zooms. For times when you only have one hand free and can�t pinch, there is the handy zoom-out button.
There are a bunch of other features we�d love to tell you about, like local listing reviews, ratings and news. But rather than drone on about them, just download the app from your Android�s Marketplace, give it a spin and let us know what you think.
Andy Chu � Bing for Mobile
Sunday, August 29, 2010
Windows Phone 7 Photography Features
More smartphone news and reviews: http://is.gd/eIj3l In this video we talk about some of the digital photography features of Windows Phone 7. For example, you can start the camera just by a press and hold of the camera button, even when the phone is off. The Pictures hub pulls in images from not only your phone, but from Facebook.
Windows Phone 7 Startup Speed Test
For more smarpthone news and reviews: http://bit.ly/4xfN5g Here's a look at how fast Windows Phone 7 starts up compared to iPhone, Android, and Windows Mobile. This is not final hardware or software
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Xbox LIVE and Windows Phone
Check out previews of the new games coming with Xbox LIVE on Windows Phone 7. Always be in the game with Xbox LIVE on your Windows Phone 7.
Zune Home Android launcher
Phil takes a look at the Zune Home Android launcher replacement, making your phone look a bit like the Zune and Windows Phone 7 UIs.
Windows Phone 7 Jump Start Training
Today we are publishing the first in our training content led by our MVPs. Rob Miles and Andy Wigley led an incredibly well received live training course about a month ago, focused on getting developers trained up on building amazing applications and games for Windows Phone 7.
We recognize that providing as much technical content as we can for the full range of developers is what developers deserve. While we plan on having more live training sessions in the coming weeks and months, we are also committed to making that content available as quickly as possible to as many developers as possible. Since this round of content is based on Beta Windows Phone Developer Tools, we will not be localizing it. For our non-English speaking developers, we will be providing localized training once we have released the final developer tools.
Andy and Rob provide a good bit of humor along with their incredible depth of knowledge on the topic of building apps and games for Windows Phone 7. We think they have covered a fair amount ground, but if there are topics you feel we need to cover more in depth, don't hesitate to let us know.
There are 12 sessions in total, each about :50 minutes in length. Think of this as a semester's worth of class time to help you in your quest to be an awesome Windows Phone 7 developer. It's self-paced, and both Rob and Andy are pretty approachable. Head on over to their blogs if you want to get more plugged into what they are doing.
Here are the sessions, and a link to their course material. UPDATED: Here's a link to the Zune subscription link. Also a link to the iTunes subscription.
Windows Phone 7 Jump Start (Session 1 of 12): Introduction
A quick tour of Windows Phone 7 and how you write programs for it. We take a look at the platform capabilities and the software development options. We also offer you a chance to win a prize that is almost certainly not a private jet.
Windows Phone 7 Jump Start (Session 2 of 12): Building a Silverlight Application, Part 1
Building an application from scratch. How you can take a simple idea for a program and build the user interface, followed by the program behaviors that sit behind it. We take a look at databinding on Windows Phone and how best to structure your application to make best use of it.
Windows Phone 7 Jump Start (Session 3 of 12): Building a Silverlight Application, Part 2
Making more complex applications. You also get an overview of how the built in controls work, and how to tailor the user input to match your requirements. We also take a look at page navigation within a multi-form Silverlight application on the phone and how to use the navigation inputs for best effect.
Windows Phone 7 Jump Start (Session 4 of 12): Building Games for the Windows Phone 7 Platform
Using Silverlight as a platform for game creation. We show how to get a draw/update behavior into your Silverlight games and give you a fully worked game to chew on. We also illustrate how a Silverlight game can leverage the XNA libraries to add sound effects to a game.
Windows Phone 7 Jump Start (Session 5 of 12): Building XNA Games for the Windows Phone 7 Platform, Part 1
Getting Started with XNA on Windows Phone. We talk about what makes the Windows Phone such a good platform for XNA development and how you create XNA games for it. We take a look at how games can manage the orientation of a phone and give you some tips on getting the best performance. Then we move on to take a look at the accelerometer input and how to make games that use this.
Windows Phone 7 Jump Start (Session 6 of 12): Building XNA Games for the Windows Phone 7 Platform, Part 2
Using the Windows Phone platform features in your XNA games. We continue with our look at Windows Phone features that make the platform so interesting to game developers. We cover the use of the touch screen, sound creation and finally give you some coverage of how to access the Zune media content in the device. Then we round off with a little look at how you can get text input from users by means of the Guide support in XNA.
Windows Phone 7 Jump Start (Session 7 of 12): Advanced Application Development, Part 1
Application Lifecycle. A look at the execution model on the phone, and how to create solutions that give a great user experience in the face of phone calls, termination and even total shutdown of the device itself. We show how to respond to messages to make your application give the appearance of being "always on" and the data persistence facilities that you will need to make this work.
Windows Phone 7 Jump Start (Session 8 of 12): Advanced Application Development, Part 2
Launchers and Choosers plus Using Isolated Storage. In this session we take a look at "Launchers and Choosers", how your application can use the built in phone behaviors to place calls, take pictures and select contacts, making it part of how the phone works. We also show how your application can store data in its own isolated storage on the phone device.
Windows Phone 7 Jump Start (Session 9 of 12): Advanced Application Development, Part 3
Storing Data and Using the Network. In this session we look at the connectedness of Windows Phone and how you can make this work for you. We demonstrate connected applications and how the notification service is used to allow external systems to give your application a wake-up call.
Windows Phone 7 Jump Start (Session 10 of 12): Marketing Your Windows Phone 7 Application
Using Windows Marketplace. In this session we explain how to join the Marketplace and get your applications out there. We take a look at how your solutions are packaged and deployed and how you go about registering a device for development and then using that with Visual Studio 2010 to test your applications.
Windows Phone 7 Jump Start (Session 11 of 12): Working with Media
Using XNA in 3D and with Media. In this session we take a quick look at how the Windows Phone works as an excellent platform for 3D games in XNA. We also explore how an XNA game can make use of the media stored in the phone, including photographs taken by the user and media loaded onto it from Zune.
Windows Phone 7 Jump Start (Session 12 of 12): Final Silverlight Topics and Wrap-Up
Taking Silverlight to the max. We start with a look at the Application bar, a crucial component in Windows Phone applications. We then move on to the Expression Blend tool, and how to create compelling user experiences with it. Finally we round off the session by showing how easy it is to use the map services in your phone and demonstrate some of the really cool navigation tools that are coming.
Here are the bios for our fearless session leaders.
Rob Miles
Rob Miles is a lecturer and Microsoft MVP based at Hull University in the UK. He teaches Programming, Software Engineering, Embedded Development and students. He has been working with XNA since before it was released and has been a big fan of Windows Phone 7 ever since he found out he could run his XNA and Silverlight programs on it. He writes a regular blog on programming and other forms of wit at www.robmiles.com and can be found on twitter with the unsurprising name of RobMiles.
Andy Wigley
Andy Wigley is a device application development MVP and co-founder of UK-based mobile consultancy firm, Appa Mundi. He is the co-author of a number of Microsoft Press books, including the Mobile Development Handbook and the .NET Compact Framework Core Reference and is a regular speaker at major conferences such as Tech Ed. He lives in the mountains of Snowdonia, North Wales where a strong mobile phone signal is a total luxury which has helped him to hone his skills developing offline mobile apps. You can read his blog, and those of his Appamundi colleagues at http://mobileworld.appamundi.com/blogs.
We recognize that providing as much technical content as we can for the full range of developers is what developers deserve. While we plan on having more live training sessions in the coming weeks and months, we are also committed to making that content available as quickly as possible to as many developers as possible. Since this round of content is based on Beta Windows Phone Developer Tools, we will not be localizing it. For our non-English speaking developers, we will be providing localized training once we have released the final developer tools.
Andy and Rob provide a good bit of humor along with their incredible depth of knowledge on the topic of building apps and games for Windows Phone 7. We think they have covered a fair amount ground, but if there are topics you feel we need to cover more in depth, don't hesitate to let us know.
There are 12 sessions in total, each about :50 minutes in length. Think of this as a semester's worth of class time to help you in your quest to be an awesome Windows Phone 7 developer. It's self-paced, and both Rob and Andy are pretty approachable. Head on over to their blogs if you want to get more plugged into what they are doing.
Here are the sessions, and a link to their course material. UPDATED: Here's a link to the Zune subscription link. Also a link to the iTunes subscription.
Windows Phone 7 Jump Start (Session 1 of 12): Introduction
A quick tour of Windows Phone 7 and how you write programs for it. We take a look at the platform capabilities and the software development options. We also offer you a chance to win a prize that is almost certainly not a private jet.
Windows Phone 7 Jump Start (Session 2 of 12): Building a Silverlight Application, Part 1
Building an application from scratch. How you can take a simple idea for a program and build the user interface, followed by the program behaviors that sit behind it. We take a look at databinding on Windows Phone and how best to structure your application to make best use of it.
Windows Phone 7 Jump Start (Session 3 of 12): Building a Silverlight Application, Part 2
Making more complex applications. You also get an overview of how the built in controls work, and how to tailor the user input to match your requirements. We also take a look at page navigation within a multi-form Silverlight application on the phone and how to use the navigation inputs for best effect.
Windows Phone 7 Jump Start (Session 4 of 12): Building Games for the Windows Phone 7 Platform
Using Silverlight as a platform for game creation. We show how to get a draw/update behavior into your Silverlight games and give you a fully worked game to chew on. We also illustrate how a Silverlight game can leverage the XNA libraries to add sound effects to a game.
Windows Phone 7 Jump Start (Session 5 of 12): Building XNA Games for the Windows Phone 7 Platform, Part 1
Getting Started with XNA on Windows Phone. We talk about what makes the Windows Phone such a good platform for XNA development and how you create XNA games for it. We take a look at how games can manage the orientation of a phone and give you some tips on getting the best performance. Then we move on to take a look at the accelerometer input and how to make games that use this.
Windows Phone 7 Jump Start (Session 6 of 12): Building XNA Games for the Windows Phone 7 Platform, Part 2
Using the Windows Phone platform features in your XNA games. We continue with our look at Windows Phone features that make the platform so interesting to game developers. We cover the use of the touch screen, sound creation and finally give you some coverage of how to access the Zune media content in the device. Then we round off with a little look at how you can get text input from users by means of the Guide support in XNA.
Windows Phone 7 Jump Start (Session 7 of 12): Advanced Application Development, Part 1
Application Lifecycle. A look at the execution model on the phone, and how to create solutions that give a great user experience in the face of phone calls, termination and even total shutdown of the device itself. We show how to respond to messages to make your application give the appearance of being "always on" and the data persistence facilities that you will need to make this work.
Windows Phone 7 Jump Start (Session 8 of 12): Advanced Application Development, Part 2
Launchers and Choosers plus Using Isolated Storage. In this session we take a look at "Launchers and Choosers", how your application can use the built in phone behaviors to place calls, take pictures and select contacts, making it part of how the phone works. We also show how your application can store data in its own isolated storage on the phone device.
Windows Phone 7 Jump Start (Session 9 of 12): Advanced Application Development, Part 3
Storing Data and Using the Network. In this session we look at the connectedness of Windows Phone and how you can make this work for you. We demonstrate connected applications and how the notification service is used to allow external systems to give your application a wake-up call.
Windows Phone 7 Jump Start (Session 10 of 12): Marketing Your Windows Phone 7 Application
Using Windows Marketplace. In this session we explain how to join the Marketplace and get your applications out there. We take a look at how your solutions are packaged and deployed and how you go about registering a device for development and then using that with Visual Studio 2010 to test your applications.
Windows Phone 7 Jump Start (Session 11 of 12): Working with Media
Using XNA in 3D and with Media. In this session we take a quick look at how the Windows Phone works as an excellent platform for 3D games in XNA. We also explore how an XNA game can make use of the media stored in the phone, including photographs taken by the user and media loaded onto it from Zune.
Windows Phone 7 Jump Start (Session 12 of 12): Final Silverlight Topics and Wrap-Up
Taking Silverlight to the max. We start with a look at the Application bar, a crucial component in Windows Phone applications. We then move on to the Expression Blend tool, and how to create compelling user experiences with it. Finally we round off the session by showing how easy it is to use the map services in your phone and demonstrate some of the really cool navigation tools that are coming.
Here are the bios for our fearless session leaders.
Rob Miles
Rob Miles is a lecturer and Microsoft MVP based at Hull University in the UK. He teaches Programming, Software Engineering, Embedded Development and students. He has been working with XNA since before it was released and has been a big fan of Windows Phone 7 ever since he found out he could run his XNA and Silverlight programs on it. He writes a regular blog on programming and other forms of wit at www.robmiles.com and can be found on twitter with the unsurprising name of RobMiles.
Andy Wigley
Andy Wigley is a device application development MVP and co-founder of UK-based mobile consultancy firm, Appa Mundi. He is the co-author of a number of Microsoft Press books, including the Mobile Development Handbook and the .NET Compact Framework Core Reference and is a regular speaker at major conferences such as Tech Ed. He lives in the mountains of Snowdonia, North Wales where a strong mobile phone signal is a total luxury which has helped him to hone his skills developing offline mobile apps. You can read his blog, and those of his Appamundi colleagues at http://mobileworld.appamundi.com/blogs.
Exclusive: Windows Phone 7 Browser Comparison
For more smartphone news and reviews: http://pocketnow.com Please note that this video was filmed with non-final WP7 hardware and software. In this video we compare the internet experience of Windows Phone 7 (on the LG Panther) with Android and iPhone
Wednesday, August 18, 2010
Is announced the first wave of the games Of xbox LIVE for Windows Of phone 7
On the play exhibition of gamescom largest in Europe 2010 corporations Of microsoft presented the first rule of games for the mobile platform Windows Of phone 7, which will be neglected to the new-year holidays.
The games Of xbox LIVE on Windows Of phone 7 will be specially selected from many most widely known designations, popular in the mobile industry, industry RS and cantilever play developments, which will make it possible to make the best mobile games even more captivating. Mobile games on Windows Of phone 7 will acquire the strong sides Of xbox LIVE: play association, ratings, achievements of players, and much other will be now accessibly for those, who love to play in motion.
Windows Of phone 7 will also obtain the support Of microsoft Of game Of studios (MGS), which will ensure platform with the play projects of its own development, and also with other interesting products for the cell phone. For the worshippers Of xbox 360 this nothing else but the new life of legendary projects on Windows Of phone 7, such as �Halo: Waypoint� and �Crackdown 2�.
The starting rule of games includes projects with the support Of xbox LIVE from such studios as Gameloft, Konami, Namco Of bandai, PopCap and OF THQ, including �Bejeweled LIVE� (PopCap), �Guitar Of hero 5� (Glu Of mobile), �The Of harvest� (MGS), �max and the Of magic Of marker� (Press Of play), �Crackdown 2: Project Of sunburst� (MGS).
The additional projects, entering the starting rule, will be announced for the duration entire of the period, which precedes the starting Windows Of phone 7, which takes place on the new-year holidays. After Windows Of phone 7 will be neglected, the catalog of games with the support Of xbox LIVE will be supplemented each week.
Windows Of phone 7 with the service Of xbox LIVE possesses these functions:
[Avatary]. You enter into the already created profile Of xbox LIVE together with your [avatarom], or create new, if you still do not have profile Of xbox LIVE and its avatar.
Friends. Part from your friends into Xbox LIVE wherever you not were. Compare achievements, battle with the rivals in the dear games and you follow the fact, who in the network and in that they play on their RS, consoles and telephones.
Access to the games. Examine and start all your games from the united center. You find, try and buy new games in the divisions Of marketplace and Games.
Achievements. Earn, examine and track your achievements, be compared with the ratings Of xbox LIVE and increase your Gamerscore both on Windows Of phone 7 and by Xbox360 - each time, when you play into the game with the support Of xbox LIVE.
Communications. Associate with all your friends into Xbox LIVE with the aid of the service of the communications Of xbox LIVE.
[Multipleer]. Invite your friends and play with them on other telephones Windows Of phone 7 or RS with the aid of the system of step-by-step collective game on the network.
Spotlight. You will obtain access to the channels Of xbox LIVE Of spotlight, where it is possible to learn everything about the newest games, the news of the peace Of xbox LIVE, to obtain useful advice, to learn to new methods and much other.
The games Of xbox LIVE on Windows Of phone 7 will be specially selected from many most widely known designations, popular in the mobile industry, industry RS and cantilever play developments, which will make it possible to make the best mobile games even more captivating. Mobile games on Windows Of phone 7 will acquire the strong sides Of xbox LIVE: play association, ratings, achievements of players, and much other will be now accessibly for those, who love to play in motion.
Windows Of phone 7 will also obtain the support Of microsoft Of game Of studios (MGS), which will ensure platform with the play projects of its own development, and also with other interesting products for the cell phone. For the worshippers Of xbox 360 this nothing else but the new life of legendary projects on Windows Of phone 7, such as �Halo: Waypoint� and �Crackdown 2�.
The starting rule of games includes projects with the support Of xbox LIVE from such studios as Gameloft, Konami, Namco Of bandai, PopCap and OF THQ, including �Bejeweled LIVE� (PopCap), �Guitar Of hero 5� (Glu Of mobile), �The Of harvest� (MGS), �max and the Of magic Of marker� (Press Of play), �Crackdown 2: Project Of sunburst� (MGS).
The additional projects, entering the starting rule, will be announced for the duration entire of the period, which precedes the starting Windows Of phone 7, which takes place on the new-year holidays. After Windows Of phone 7 will be neglected, the catalog of games with the support Of xbox LIVE will be supplemented each week.
Windows Of phone 7 with the service Of xbox LIVE possesses these functions:
[Avatary]. You enter into the already created profile Of xbox LIVE together with your [avatarom], or create new, if you still do not have profile Of xbox LIVE and its avatar.
Friends. Part from your friends into Xbox LIVE wherever you not were. Compare achievements, battle with the rivals in the dear games and you follow the fact, who in the network and in that they play on their RS, consoles and telephones.
Access to the games. Examine and start all your games from the united center. You find, try and buy new games in the divisions Of marketplace and Games.
Achievements. Earn, examine and track your achievements, be compared with the ratings Of xbox LIVE and increase your Gamerscore both on Windows Of phone 7 and by Xbox360 - each time, when you play into the game with the support Of xbox LIVE.
Communications. Associate with all your friends into Xbox LIVE with the aid of the service of the communications Of xbox LIVE.
[Multipleer]. Invite your friends and play with them on other telephones Windows Of phone 7 or RS with the aid of the system of step-by-step collective game on the network.
Spotlight. You will obtain access to the channels Of xbox LIVE Of spotlight, where it is possible to learn everything about the newest games, the news of the peace Of xbox LIVE, to obtain useful advice, to learn to new methods and much other.
Monday, August 16, 2010
Windows Phone 7 preview
We take a close look at the forthcoming Windows Phone 7 operating system, due out by the end of the year.
Monday, August 9, 2010
Microsoft showed the prototype of device from the project Of menlo
Microsoft Of research published information about the mysterious project by the name Of menlo. In effect nothing there was nothing known to the present moment about it, but now appeared the first details. The company Of microsoft demonstrated the mobile device, connected with the project Of menlo. It is more precise, this is the prototype, which can so not receive commercial propagation. Device is equipped with the 4,1- one inch capacitive sensory display, whose permission composes 800x480 of points, works apparatus on the base Windows Of embedded CE 6.0 R2.
Device is equipped with the accelerometer Of bosch BMA150 and with the digital sensor of the pressure Of bosch BMP085. And on it will be tested the navigation application by the name Of greenfield, it uses given sensors. It is assumed that Menlo - this not device itself, the negative experience with the models Of kin the company Of microsoft to, apparently, repeat is not intended. This development is the program platform, which maximally uses possibilities of sensors, and this prototype - this simply demonstration.
Device is equipped with the accelerometer Of bosch BMA150 and with the digital sensor of the pressure Of bosch BMP085. And on it will be tested the navigation application by the name Of greenfield, it uses given sensors. It is assumed that Menlo - this not device itself, the negative experience with the models Of kin the company Of microsoft to, apparently, repeat is not intended. This development is the program platform, which maximally uses possibilities of sensors, and this prototype - this simply demonstration.
Microsoft Research shows off a prototype 'Menlo' mobile phone
For the past few months, I�ve been trying to piece together what Microsoft codename �Menlo� is. My tipsters described it as a project by Microsoft Researchers to investigate new operating system possibilities in the mobile space.
One of the research papers I mentioned in my original blog post about Menlo has now been published. (Thanks to reader Charon of Ma-Config.com for the tip about the paper�s availability.)
Lo and behold, there�s more in that paper, entitled �User Experiences with Activity-Based Navigation on Mobile Devices,� about Menlo. From that paper:
�Menlo is a prototype mobile device with a capacitive touch screen (4.1? diagonal, 800�480) running Microsoft Windows Embedded CE 6.0 R2 which incorporates a Bosch BMA150 3-axis accelerometer and Bosch BMP085 digital pressure sensor (barometer).�
(Microsoft included an image of a Menlo device in the paper, which I�ve included at right.)
Running on top of the Menlo platform is a new Microsoft Research Silverlight application codenamed �Greenfield,� which is a sensor-centric program allowing users to retrace their footsteps when seeking to find their cars.
Galen Hunt, the Microsoft researcher in charge of the cross-divisional Menlo project, mentioned in his LinkedIn profile that he �negotiated production of custom phone prototypes, designed and implemented major kernel and OS components, implemented runtime and compiler features, and wrote code for demo� as part of his Menlo work.
(Hunt also is the leader of Microsoft�s Singularity project. Singularity is a microkernel operating system which Microsoft Research has made available for license. Singularity also was/is the heart of Microsoft�s Midori distributed operating system incubation project.)
I mentioned in my original blog post a few of the other Microsoft researchers working on Menlo. The new paper on Greenfield/Menlo lists some others, including a couple of user-interface specialists and senosr researchers. Amy Karlson, who is listed as one of the authors of the paper, also is working on Microsoft Research�s �Courier.� (No, no the cancelled dual-screen Courier; the Courier phone-based file exchange system that is one of the projects of MSR�s Cross-Device User Experience team. This team is focused on understanding how to make PC-phone experiences more seamless.)
So what to make of all this? I don�t think Microsoft is going to build its own Menlo phone. (Been there, done that with the failed Kin.) I do think the Menlo team is continuing to focus on a new mobile operating system � not just the existing Windows Embedded Compact-based ones � that will work on a variety of processors.
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One of the research papers I mentioned in my original blog post about Menlo has now been published. (Thanks to reader Charon of Ma-Config.com for the tip about the paper�s availability.)
Lo and behold, there�s more in that paper, entitled �User Experiences with Activity-Based Navigation on Mobile Devices,� about Menlo. From that paper:
�Menlo is a prototype mobile device with a capacitive touch screen (4.1? diagonal, 800�480) running Microsoft Windows Embedded CE 6.0 R2 which incorporates a Bosch BMA150 3-axis accelerometer and Bosch BMP085 digital pressure sensor (barometer).�
(Microsoft included an image of a Menlo device in the paper, which I�ve included at right.)
Running on top of the Menlo platform is a new Microsoft Research Silverlight application codenamed �Greenfield,� which is a sensor-centric program allowing users to retrace their footsteps when seeking to find their cars.
Galen Hunt, the Microsoft researcher in charge of the cross-divisional Menlo project, mentioned in his LinkedIn profile that he �negotiated production of custom phone prototypes, designed and implemented major kernel and OS components, implemented runtime and compiler features, and wrote code for demo� as part of his Menlo work.
(Hunt also is the leader of Microsoft�s Singularity project. Singularity is a microkernel operating system which Microsoft Research has made available for license. Singularity also was/is the heart of Microsoft�s Midori distributed operating system incubation project.)
I mentioned in my original blog post a few of the other Microsoft researchers working on Menlo. The new paper on Greenfield/Menlo lists some others, including a couple of user-interface specialists and senosr researchers. Amy Karlson, who is listed as one of the authors of the paper, also is working on Microsoft Research�s �Courier.� (No, no the cancelled dual-screen Courier; the Courier phone-based file exchange system that is one of the projects of MSR�s Cross-Device User Experience team. This team is focused on understanding how to make PC-phone experiences more seamless.)
So what to make of all this? I don�t think Microsoft is going to build its own Menlo phone. (Been there, done that with the failed Kin.) I do think the Menlo team is continuing to focus on a new mobile operating system � not just the existing Windows Embedded Compact-based ones � that will work on a variety of processors.
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