October, 2011

Hotmail Calendar gets Wave 5 M2 upgrade, other Windows Live web services to follow soon?

While browsing Hotmail Calendar today, something caught our sharp eyes as we noticed some very subtle changes to the Windows Live header. But having seen this before in internal Windows Live testing sites, we immediately realised that the service had …

Question and Answer session with the Hotmail team

I recently went to a Hotmail briefing and as many of you know I asked you to send me questions that you want the Hotmail team to answer. Well I asked as many questions as I could (over 20) …

Nokia on the future of Windows Phone: Tango, Apollo and beyond

Windows PhoneLast Wednesday at Nokia World Stephen Elop, CEO of Nokia, finally unveiled to the world the first fruits from the Nokia-Microsoft partnership – the Nokia Lumia 800 and 710. However, to those who had been paying close attention to …

Microsoft’s strategy for updating Hotmail

Yesterday whilst being shown the new, soon to be released features of Hotmail I was told about Microsoft’s strategy for updating the webmail service. The strategy previously has been to release updates in waves however that view has changed slightly …

Lenovo to become new Windows Phone OEM? New “LePhone S2” images leaked

LenovoEarlier this month, Andy Lees, President of the Windows Phone division, mentioned during the AsiaD conference in Hong Kong that new OEMs will be coming onboard with Windows Phone. Reuters also recently suspected that Microsoft could be in talks …

Microsoft to strip out Xbox LIVE from Games hub in emerging markets? [Updated]

Windows Phone TangoAndy Lees, President of the Windows Phone division, announced during the AsiaD conference in Hong Kong earlier this month that Windows Phone will be launching in mainland China in 2012. Earlier this week Nokia also indicated that it plans …

EA to bring big-name games to Nokia Windows Phones

EA MobileWhile Xbox LIVE games on Windows Phones are probably one of the more popular apps on the marketplace, the range of big-name titles do seem pale when compared to what’s available on rival platforms such as Apple’s App Store. In …

Microsoft adding a petabyte of storage to Hotmail a week and other new features

Today I visited some of the Microsoft Hotmail team in London to be shown the new features that are coming soon to the webmail service. The briefing started with Microsoft talking about where Hotmail has come from and where it …

Official Facebook for Windows Phone app to be updated to “Mango” version next week

With Windows Phone 7.5 “Mango” update, Microsoft baked the best of Facebook directly into the OS, bringing features like Facebook Chat and Check-ins in addition to the integrated contact list, social feeds, photo albums and more.  You might argue that …

Some tidbits from the Nokia Lumia specs

NWWP-range-1-jpgA couple things some sharp eyes have noticed in the Nokia Lumia specs, now that they’re out:

  • Microsoft Lync included
  • FLAC Audio support
  • Landscape mode in Picture and People Hubs

WP Sauce noted the Lync and FLAC support.  Currently, …