The official SkyDrive application for Windows Phone is here, and from my days of using this thing I have to say that I am impressed, and a little disappointed all at the same time. The app is pretty smooth when navigating around, the only time I came across any form of jittering is when the app is loading document and picture thumbnails, and to me that is understandable and not a deal breaker.
Nokia’s relationship with Microsoft appears as if it will go well beyond Windows Phone and into the realm of Windows 8. According to Paul Amsellem, head of Nokia France, the first Nokia tablet with Windows 8 is gearing towards a June 2012 launch. This wouldn’t be the first time Nokia jumped into Windows stream, the company first did so back in 2009 with the release of the Nokia Booklet 3G which went on to become a major flop despite it being a good product.
Steve Ballmer is not a happy man today folks. With the slow or better yet, nonexistence sales of Windows Phone, Ballmer is only entitled to half of his bonus pay. In a good year, Ballmer would have gotten a 200% bonus of his regular pay, however, this year, he will have to settle with 100% which isn’t considerably a bad thing. On the flip side, we believe this is showing what is going on inside Microsoft, Ballmer is slowly losing his grip and desperately needs to get Windows Phone off to a flying start next year.
Rejoice, Windows Phone 7.5 Mango is now being pushed out to 98% of all handsets. The long awaited updated is now here, ready and waiting for public consumption, so fire up Zune on your Windows desktop and check for updates.
Ah man, how many education related application am I going to play around with this week. This one however, is not for children, so get your brains prepared for some advance high level stuff, it won’t be a walk in the park.
After the downright complete failure of the Motorola XOOM 10.1 inch Android tablet which launched earlier this year, Motorola shove its head under a rock in shame, only to be caught working on a new 7-inch XOOM tablet slated for God knows when.
Just as we reported last night, Microsoft dug in deep and bought Skype for a massive $8.5 billion, that is more than doubling the cost eBay sold it for back in 2009, it goes to show how important this acquisition was and Microsoft determination to keep Skype away from Google.
If you were one of the users who simply got tired of waiting for the official release of the update for your Windows Phone 7, then you might have chosen to surf the internet, download the update, and install it onto your device. Unofficially.
If you did this then you’re out of luck. In a blog post, Microsoft says that you won’t be able to receive future updates, all because you installed the unofficial one on your phone.
Nokia, the company that is still trying to save face and market share after years of being blind to the truth that they need to change strategy, is now planning to step into the game of tablets like everyone else. The question is, will the Finnish giant find any success in the space, or will the company continues to fall. (more…)
