Introducing Unified Update Platform (UUP)
By Bill Karagounis / Director of Program Management, Windows Insider Program & OS Fundamentals
We’ve updated over 400 million devices running Windows 10 to date and release new builds to Windows Insiders nearly every week. That is pretty incredible...
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There is a very deeply buried setting that allows you to turn the default vibration setting off for the navigation keys on Windows 10 Mobile devices.
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I'm an iPhone user. I've always loved the way WP looks though - the live tiles are the perfect solution to the problem of having a boring grid of icons (iPhone) and the absolute mess of non standard widgets (Android).
But i'm still an iPhone user. I long for the day I can actually buy a...
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We’re releasing Build 10052 of the Windows 10 Technical Preview for phones to the Fast ring today. This build is a minor update from the Link Removed with several of the top issues affecting Insiders fixed. There are no new features in this build, but it should be much more usable...
Everyone who uses or keeps an eye on the Windows Phone world knows that Microsoft released the first technical preview of Windows 10 on phones last week.
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There have been a lot of positive reviews of the upcoming Windows Phone 7 OS release, code named "Mango." This release is a big one. It contains over 500 new features, is full of improvements - from the core OS to the performance of UI scrolling - and "Mango" puts the user in control of almost...
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CEBU, Philippines - Microsoft Philippines geared up to bring the Windows Phone 7 mobile operating system to the Philippine market in the form of two new devices, the LG Optimus 7 and the HTC 7 Mozart.
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Based on what Microsoft has shown so far, the Windows 8 tablet interface (or "tailored UI" in Microsoftese) will look and work a lot like Windows Phone 7.
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We'll start this week with Windows Phone Mango, Microsoft's mobile OS update that will come out later this year. Developers can start creating apps for it this week.
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NTT DoCoMo reveals the Fujitsu LOOX F-07C, which is capable of using Symbian OS or Windows 7 on a 4-inch touch screen. It's not as painful as you think.
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Samsung's Bada appeals to those who don't want a smartphone, by offering a little less than Windows Phone 7
Oh, the irony -- Microsoft has spent $600 gazillion to market its Windows Phone 7 devices and is paying $1 billion to Nokia to get the foundering phone maker to adopt the low-capability...
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As we saw with the Windows 8 welcome screen, Microsoft is taking cues from its mobile OS Windows Phone 7 in the design of its next big desktop OS.
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Android’s open-source approach to mobile operating systems had enabled Google (Link Removed) to spread its platform far and wide, at a relatively rapid pace. But the now-established OS faces another challenge in maintaining security for apps and user access. After dozens of Market apps were...
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Netbook pioneer Asustek Computer unveiled four new tablet devices on Tuesday, including the 10.1-inch touchscreen Eee Pad Slider with the latest version of Google's Android mobile OS, Honeycomb, and the 12-inch touchscreen Eee Slate E121, which has Microsoft's Windows 7 OS.
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Nokia and Microsoft are reportedly discussing an alliance that would lead to Nokia-branded smartphones running the Windows Phone 7 mobile operating system. The claim comes from respected Russian tech blogger Eldar Murtazin, the man behind many of the smartphone leaks you see today.
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