T-Mobile Sidekick Data Loss Permanent
Following the initial apology posted online from Danger, T-Mobile USA and Microsoft concerning the data interruption suffered by Sidekick users last week, the companies went on to admit that the personal data lost may be non-recoverable. Because Sidekick devices store some of their data, including contacts, calendar entries and photos, on Microsoft servers, the data [...]
Microsoft Releases OneApp
Microsoft has announced the official launch of OneApp, a small application that provides easy access to popular web services for feature phones. With services like Twitter, Windows Live Messenger and Facebook typically only easily available to smartphone users, OneApp reduces data usage by allowing Microsoft servers to handle the most demanding aspects of surfing such [...]
Windows Mobile Marketplace Soon Open to Submissions
Microsoft has announced that their upcoming Windows Mobile Marketplace will open for app submissions starting on July 27. The same announcement, the first since developers were originally given access in May, also outlines Microsoft’s plan to make the Marketplace compatible with versions 6.0 and 6.1 of the mobile operating system by the end of the [...]
Microsoft Developing “Pink” Handset?
While this news remains speculative at best for now, Mary-Jo Foley of ZDNet is reporting that Microsoft is planning to develop and launch a mobile handset of its own with plans already well under way under the guise of the company’s “Pink Project.” Developer Danger, acquired by Microsoft last year, is apparently working on a [...]
