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No next of Kin. Microsoft rolls Kin team into Windows Phone 7

About two months ago Microsoft and Verizon launched Kin. A month ago Microsoft defended the pricing of Kin which, while quite affordable at $100 or less, required a monthly fee equal to high end smart phones despite being more equal to Sidekicks. At the same time they announced that the Kin will eventually be merged with Windows Phone 7. At that time it was pretty obvious that the Kin will not have a long or bright future. A few days ago, they dropped the handset pricing to $29 and $49 and not only was the writing on the wall, it was carved. With laser. In big bold letters.

Windows Phone 7, new age of advertisement

Windows phone 7 which will be launched by Microsoft mentioned will be a qualified engine advertising publishers. This was stated by Kostas Mallios, General Manager of Strategy and Business Development of Microsoft in his presentation at the Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival in France.

Windows Phone 7 who was said to be launched next October will carry the push notification system that allows advertisers to deliver ads directly to the home screen phone. In other words, the owners of your Windows Phone 7 will accept such ads when receiving an SMS or email push.

There are two main methods that enable advertisers to send ads to the home screen devices Windows Phone 7.

First is the Tiles. Home screen on your Windows Phone 7 is composed of such small square icon called Tiles. Since Tiles is not the icon, then any tiles can be filled with applications such as games, application specific product or brand names and any applications that users want. Not just advertising a product, through the application makers Tiles can also display a notification when the latest application update available.

In addition, the second method is Toast. Using Toast the advertisers may display pop-up ads on the home screen. Unlike the first method, the ads are displayed while the application brand or product is not installed on the Tiles. As long as users install applications on the device brand or product they are, even when the application is not running, the advertisers still be able to send ads to mobile phones.

Windows Phone 7 offer an easy way for advertisers to reach their target market. To find out more detail about the ads system in Windows Phone 7, This is good news for advertisers but bad news for user..I think... :) but you can see the video below:

[via wmpoweruser]

Sony Ericsson Jolie: a Win Phone 7 phone

Seems like more as leaked than rumor, Sony Ericsson is set to join Windows Phone 7 bandwagon by creating a phone codenamed Jolie. The known specs of Jolie are 1GHz (or more) processor, sliding keyboard, and 4 inch capacitive touchscreen, similar to X10, but with multitouch support.

Windows Phone 7 sold cheaper for Indian market

We're no stranger to hear that India has always been a focus for low-end market, few phone maker to target their products in cheaper versions for this region, we often hear this because it may be no stranger to us.

Recently, Microsoft also has plans to produce devices with a system loaded with WindowsPhone 7 but with a cheaper price, so that statement said by Sudeep Bharati, as the Director of Developer Tools for Visual Studio Team Microsoft India.

According to Bharati, the handset will incorporate many features in common with what is owned by the brother of the "big" to him, but OEMs will have fewer requirements for the form factor of the handset, screen size and memory. In fact, perhaps this device will only require 128MB of RAM on each device to obtain official certification as a tool of Windows Phone 7

This was deliberately done to Microsoft because they sure, not all users need all the features that are, in fact some users actually even reduce their operating system so that more powerful for their device or improve the operating system by selecting only certain features. With the advent of this version of the device it will be easier for Microsoft to acquire lower middle market, because this market is the greatest segment.

[via WMPower User]

There will be no more 'Series', just Windows Phone 7

Finally! Well.. it's not that Windows Phone 7 Series is a bad name, it's just.. the name is too long, and the 'Series' part? it'll only raise a lot of questions like, the standard one - 'what's the series stands for?' or 'is there going to be a 'series' of Windows Phone 7..err..Series? (see how weird that is?)'. But that stops now, as today, @windowsphone has tweeted that Microsoft is dropping the 'Series' and keeping the 'Windows Phone 7'. 

Windows Phone 7 Series ported to HTC HD2

It's a pretty disappointing news when Microsoft has confirmed that the HTC HD2 would not receive an update to Windows Phone 7 Series, their reason? the HTC HD2's hardware specification doesn't comply with Microsoft's hardware standards for Windows Phone 7 Series. It's not technical stuffs like the processor clock or display size or even camera resolution, no, it's because the HTC HD2 doesn't have the dedicated hardware button for Bing and system-wide search.

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No copy/paste on Windows Phone 7

Big name developer partners are set to boost Windows Phone Marketplace

Today at MIX10, Microsoft just announced a list of developer partners for Windows Phone 7 series. Among them are the big boys of mobile apps developer like, EA Mobile, Fandango, Foursquare, Larva Labs, Microsoft Games Studios, Seesmic and Shazam. Engadget got a couple of screenshots of the upcoming apps, and I've got to say, those apps looks really good!

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Finally, Windows Phone 7 will support Flash Player 10.1

Adobe and Microsoft have worked together to bring Flash Player 10.1 to Internet Explorer Mobile on Windows Phone 7, said Mike Chambers, product manager for developer relations for the Flash Platform at Adobe. Previously we've heard that Google will support the Flash v10.1 for Android devices while the new Windows Phone 7 will support Flash in December 2010.

[via wmns.mobi]

Microsoft showcases cross-platform game on Xbox, Windows and Windows Phone 7

When we talk about mobile gaming device, our brain will definitely think about Sony PSP, Nintendo DSi and of course the Apple iPhone/iPod touch. Seeing how mobile gaming industry has grown in the past couple of years, it seems that Microsoft couldn't help them self to join the party. Eric Rudder, Microsoft's Senior Vice President of Technical Strategy was recently showcased the potential to unify your favorite games across all of your Microsoft-themed devices. He demoed a single Indiana Jones game that can run on Windows, Xbox 360 and also the Windows Phone 7 series devices.