I’m no more excited about Windows Phone 7. I WANT THIS PHONE DAMMIT!
Microsoft LiveStream — project for Microsoft Surface from Stimulant shows Windows can be used for Touch devices.
See your foursquare check-ins on Bing Maps or Google Maps.
In the US, Microsoft has brought back Family Pack which is three Windows 7 Home Premium Upgrade licenses for as low as $149. Sometime back I had asked why Microsoft India doesn’t have something similar in India, the response was underwhelming. Anyhoo… today, Abhishek Baxi shared on twitter that Microsoft Office 2010 Home and Student edition is now available at Rs. 2,999.
Direct Experience Platform for Windows will start the PC in reduced functionality mode to function more as a consumer device for specific purposes than as a full fledged PC.
Clearing the misconceptions regarding multi-tasking in Windows Phone 7 and comparing it to Apple’s iOS4.
A few months back Razer co-founder Min-Liang Tan visited Mumbai and showed us a few of his company’s products, he was particularly proud of the Razer Mamba. The Mamba was small in size and had two modes of operation – wired and wireless. Not two different products, but the same mouse could switch between the wired and wireless mouse mode on the fly.
Microsoft has applied to patent a touch gesture known as rubber band gesture.
Patent application from Microsoft shows an alternative layout of a touch keyboard that does not require a stylus.
A new series of Office 2010 ads from Microsoft that has kids showing off the new features.
Office Labs showed Microsoft’s vision for the future, translucent gadgets without tactile buttons and dynamic interfaces. Office Labs GM Chris Pratley then demoed one of the technologies shown in the video.
In a recent patent application Microsoft has applied to patent a device (remote) with dynamic controls depending on which side is facing up. This is done based on which side the effect of gravity is observed.
According to an interesting patent application I came across, Microsoft plans to save its users health records so that it can customize the gaming experience accordingly.
There have been several instances where continuous gaming has adversely affected physical and mental state of an individual. The patent application gives an idea about how Microsoft plans to address this issue. Microsoft talks about obesity and how it has plagued the US, Microsoft intends to make gamers undertake assignments and tasks according to their health records.
Here’s a flow chart that details how the system is intended to work:
As I said in the last post, Microsoft plans to use the Windows Phone 7 strategy for the tablet segment as well. For the tablets, Microsoft might define the hardware specifications like in the case of WP7. The leaked documents give us a rough idea of the requirements:
As a consumer I believe that companies should share with customers what their plans for the future are so that I can make an informed decision but that doesn’t happen unless some guy leaks a huge bunch of internal documents for us to feed on.
A few weeks back I had written about a patent that showed Microsoft’s intent to bring Kinect’s body sensing technology to Windows. Someone, somewhere leaked a few internal Windows team slides that made it to the Internet. Martin at Microsoft Journal was the first to write about the information.
Two job postings detail Microsoft’s plans for a rich user experience with respect to their 3 screens and the cloud strategy.
Been some time that I came across an interesting patent application but here’s an interesting one. Microsoft engineers have applied for two patents detailing the Architecture to control the PC using hand gestures. Earlier Microsoft showed controlling devices by muscle movements and has applied to patent a pressure sensitive mouse.
The basic architectural diagram shows a user can use voice, gesture, keyboard or mouse as inputs to a computer. Microsoft engineers talk about using both voice and gesture together to control various actions on the PC. A basic image shows the two cameras and a mic are placed in front of the user:
A quick demo of how flawless the sync between OneNote 2010 on the desktop and oneNote in Office Web Apps is.
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At Tech Ed US 2010, Bob Muglia while talking about Microsoft’s cloud strategies shared a video where James Cameron talks about how they used Microsoft technologies for Avatar.
Here are some pointers for developers who plan to make games for Windows Phone 7 devices and submit them on the marketplace
The official version of the 7000 domino launch video talks about the Windows 7 features that were developed at Microsoft India, Hyderabad.
Some flyers from Microsoft India’s Global Support Center in Bangalore show the different competitions Microsoft has internally for their employees.
Two more screen shots of Windows Phone 7 Settings in Zune. The second screen shots shows the phone’s available on (Microsoft) My Phone when not connected.
Screenshots of the Zune desktop and Windows Phone 7 device sync.