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Today Verizon Wireless confirmed that it has pulled the plug on the Microsoft KIN ONE and KIN TWO social networking phones. The ONE and TWO are already missing from Verizon’s website, though KIN accessories remain on sale and Verizon has said that Microsoft will continue to run the KIN servers required to keep the phones in service. Microsoft disbanded its KIN development group two weeks ago and moved its members into the Windows Phone 7 smartphone development group.
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Microsoft Windows Phone 7 smartphones to offer only Bing search by default
Written by admin on Friday, July 30, 2010 | No Comments
Categories: News Tags: default, Microsoft, offer, phone, search, smartphones, Windows
In an interview with Pocket-Lint, Microsoft’s Greg Sullivan said that the upcoming Windows Phone 7 smartphone platform would use only Bing for search, due to its heavy integration. Sullivan added that other search providers should be able to offer search apps for WP7 phone in the future. This comes as no real surprise and is little different from what Google has done with Android.
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During an interview conducted by Pocket-Lint, Microsoft’s Greg Sullivan confirmed that Samsung, LG, HTC, ASUS, and Dell will all be rolling out Windows Phone 7 based smartphones when the platform makes its retail debut later this year in time for the holiday shopping season.
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As part of its quarterly earnings report yesterday, Microsoft noted that the failed KIN line of phones added to its total cost of revenue. While not singled out as a line item, the KIN’s contribution to costs could be as high as $240 million.
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Microsoft licenses ARM’s processor architecture
Written by admin on Tuesday, July 27, 2010 | No Comments
Categories: News Tags: architecture, ARM's, licenses, Microsoft, processor
On Friday ARM, the designer behind most of the world’s cell phone and smartphone processors, announced that it has penned a new ARM Architecture licensing agreement with Microsoft. This will allow Microsoft to potentially design its own ARM compatible chipsets, much in the same way that Apple and Qualcomm did with their A4 and Snapdragon processors.
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