“Non-Microsoft technologies” to blame for Danger/Sidekick failure, Microsoft says

After more than a week of silence on what caused the Sidekick outage with Danger, the Los Angeles Times today quotes Microsoft spokesperson Tonya Klause, not really explaining what happened, but definitely distancing Microsoft ... Read more »

New Bing Mobile app for China (WL Messenger, too)

While we can have all kinds of fun with numbers about search market share in the US, there’s no getting around the fact that Google dominates.  However in China, the search market landscape is ... Read more »

Yes Microsoft is to blame for Sidekick (they own it): was it an open source software failure?

The story had been brewing for a week or more: TMobile Sidekick users started reporting that their information stored online: email, contacts, calendar, etc., were inaccessible starting around a week ago Friday.  TMobile acknowledged ... Read more »

Windows Phones, My Phone And A Sneak Preview Of Bing For Mobile

Yesterday we told you about Windows Mobile Marketplace going live. Today we can tell you more about which Windows Phones will use Windows Mobile 6.5 and some more about My Phone. First the phones. ... Read more »

Windows Live for Windows Mobile updated

With today’s announcements around the release of Windows Phone (Windows Mobile 6.5) comes not only an updated MyPhone, but upgrades to both the mobile client and web experience for Windows Live for Windows Mobile.  ... Read more »

Windows Mobile Marketplace is live (for WM 6.5): new Windows Live for Windows Mobile

Our friend Picturepan2 is hard at work (even on his birthday!), and has screenshots of Windows Mobile Marketplace in action: The Marketplace is only available now for Windows Mobile 6.5 phones (one of which ... Read more »

m.LiveSide.net on MoFuse Premium: Mo Betta

We’ve been using MoFuse to power our mobile experience for about a year now, and have been very pleased with the service.  Basically MoFuse takes our RSS feed, optimizes it for mobile on a ... Read more »

Another LiveSide poll, do you check tech news on mobile?

While we’re working through getting our new mobile experience at m.liveside.net (not done yet, but getting there) together, we thought it might make a good topic for a poll.  Thanks for responding to our first poll, ... Read more »

Windows Mobile 6.5 Phones Coming To A Store Near You On Oct. 6

Microsoft announced today that Windows Mobile 6.5 phones will be widely available at retail stores worldwide on Oct. 6, 2009. The new phones will be offered by the following phone makers and mobile operators: ... Read more »

Race To Market Developer Challenge

Are you a (Windows Live Mobile) developer? Now is the time to submit your applications to the Windows Marketplace for Mobile. Not only will your app be one of the first available in the ... Read more »