Most of the Windows Phone users are already updated to version 7.5 of the firmware. However, for those who haven’t update to the version yet, Microsoft has now made it essential that they must update to 7.5 if they wish to access the Marketplace. Starting today, such users who haven’t updated yet won’t be able to access the Marketplace.
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has hinted about the company’s ambitious sales plans of Windows 8. According to him, there will be 500 million Windows 8 users by end of 2013. However, analysts expect Windows 8 to flop and PC sales to suffer.
Microsoft seems to be expanding its built-in Windows 8 apps for the upcoming Release Preview. According to WinUnleaked.tk, Windows 8 Release Preview, to be released on the first week of June, will include News, Sports, and Travel Metro style apps. The site (registration required) has already posted screenshots and information about the Release Preview build over the last few days.
We recently reported that the firmware of Samsung Galaxy S III was recently leaked, letting developers make use of the S Voice APK. S Voice is the voice-based assistant that is part of Galaxy S III. However, Samsung has been quick in responding to this and has worked it out with Vlingo, the service which is powering S Voice. And as a result, anyone not using Galaxy S III can no longer make use of the feature.
Samsung has been touting its TouchWiz Nature UX in Galaxy S III as something which will be bringing the users a lot of new features. As it turns out now, the firmware for the device has somehow leaked which essentially means that the developers now have access to the firmware and are experimenting around with it. For instance, it has been found that the voice-recognition assistant in S III, S Voice, works on a number of other Android devices.
While Motorola holds some very lucrative patents for the tech industry, it is still not immune to allegations of patent infringement itself. Now, Microsoft has been able to score a victory against Motorola over alleged patent infringement in some of its devices. As a result, ITC has banned the devices in question from entering U.S.
According to Microsoft executives, Windows Phone has gained traction in the Chinese market over iPhone. After just two months of launch in the Chinese market, Windows Phone has acquired 7% of the market. This is a tad higher than the 6% market share hold by iPhone.
If you are an ex-iPhone user and using an Android based phone now, you have noticed that your former phone’s ear-buds aren’t compatible with your new phone. A person named Buddhra has posted up a DIY method with instructions that can convert your iPhone earphones to work with certain Android devices.
After getting a lot of complaints about Firefox not working properly, Mozilla has come up with a simple solution. Mozilla has developed a new feature into the Firefox called ‘Reset Firefox’. It gives you the ability to reset the browser settings retaining your personal data. The new feature is available in Firefox beta for Windows, Mac and the Linux platforms.
Parents controls are a matter of critical importance to parents around the globe in a world that is fast growing digital. In such a world, it is impossible to keep the kids away from computer and internet. However, such an access should come with some limitations and that is where the role of parental controls come in. It now seems that Microsoft, too, take this seriously.
Microsoft’s Windows Phone platform is slowly gaining traction on the shoulders of Nokia’s Lumia smartphones. And both Nokia and Microsoft seem committed to make it a success. To this end, Microsoft has been working on the next iteration of its mobile operating system, Windows Phone. Now, an Israeli publication has claimed that it will launch this next version by the end of 2012.
Recently KDDI has revealed the new Fujitsu Arrows Z ISW13F smartphone details. From Las Vegas to Barcelona, everybody have waited to see Fujitsu’s quad-core Tegra 3 smartphone and finally it has been shown on in Tokyo at AU’s summer launch event. The phone is a quintessential champion of connectivity and supports CDMA, GSM / GPRS and UMTS, even WiMAX.
Microsoft’s Windows Phone platform is slowly gaining traction in the smartphone market. However, one of the chief problems with the platform is that it is not yet fully equipped with apps, as much as iOS or Android platforms are. To date, Windows Phone platform has a mere 80,000 apps. The good thing is that Windows Phone is slowly improving on this front too. For instance, the eminent professional social network, LinkedIn, has now released its Windows Phone app.
Octopus Keyboard is a new gesture based predictive keyboard app specially designed for the owners of jailbreaked iPhones. The keyboard is inspired by the newly unveiled BlackBerry 10 virtual keyboard. The app is being developed by Mario Hros and it is still in the alpha stages.
Samsung Galaxy S III set to release on 29th May in Europe, but it’s manual is already available online. Here we have the download link freely available below.
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