CTIA Keynote Preview

On April 2…. yes April 2nd ,Robert Bach will take to the stage and make the day 2 keynote at CTIA’s 2009 trade show. He is president of the Entertainment & Devices, a group ... Read more »

An introduction to Ryan Rea

Hello LiveSide! My name is Ryan RC Rea, I’m the newest blogger here at Liveside I will be covering Zune & Windows Mobile, as well the rest of Windows Live. I’m as excited as ... Read more »

Zune coming to Windows Mobile, but not until WM7: report

WMPowerUser is reporting today that they’ve heard that Zune is coming to Windows Mobile, but not in 6.5.  According to them, Zune for Windows Mobile won’t be coming until Windows 7, but that it ... Read more »

Windows Mobile 6.5 RTM speculation heats up

Mobile phone site Uberphones is reporting that Windows Mobile 6.5 is now available for Microsoft FTEs (full time equivalents), and both they and Neowin are taking that to mean that a Windows Mobile 6.5 ... Read more »

MSN Music Downloads (UK) to close in March: “exciting new service” (Zune?) coming in May

MSN Music stopped selling music downloads in the US in November 2006, but they have remained available through MSN UK, with the service run by Nokia.  Now, however, that service is set to close ... Read more »

Zune to offer exclusive free video content: Variety

Variety is reporting tonight that Microsoft “has created a shingle that will produce a slate of video programming exclusively for the portable device”, and that the Zune shows will be ad supported and free ... Read more »

2009: The Year Ahead – Mobile

Lots of changes in mobile in the past year, unfortunately not many of them related to Microsoft.  Yes, Windows Live for Mobile offers some real advantages for Windows Mobile phones, but the iPhone turned ... Read more »

Free Zune? You Must Be Joking…?

Well, I’m not, so there . It appears that MSN are giving away a Zune in a sweepstakes over at http://homepage.msn.com/zune. So what do you have to do to be eligible for Microsoft’s MP3 ... Read more »