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		<title>Windows Phone 7.5: Microsoft&#8217;s Overachieving Underdog</title>
		<link>http://techland.time.com/2011/11/24/windows-phone-7-5-microsofts-overachieving-underdog/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Nov 2011 11:55:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Harry McCracken</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Once upon a time, the name "Windows" stood for something. Several things, actually. It was (and is) the world's dominant personal-computer operating system--a huge, powerful, feature-rich, messy, often infuriating and largely unavoidable piece of software. Windows' market share has been so overwhelming for so long that there are adults who don't know what life was like before it.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=techland.time.com&#038;blog=5290478&#038;post=107660&#038;subd=timenerdworld&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Windows 8 Revealed: Live from the Microsoft &#8216;Build&#8217; Conference</title>
		<link>http://techland.time.com/2011/09/13/windows-8-revealed-live-from-the-microsoft-build-conference/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Sep 2011 15:45:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Harry McCracken</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We know a little bit about Windows 8 already, but only a little bit. Today at 12pm ET, Microsoft is holding a keynote at its BUILD conference in Anaheim—and by the time it’s over, odds are that we’ll have a pretty good idea of the operating system upgrade’s overarching aims, feature highlights, and potential pitfalls. We’ll be in the audience and will liveblog the news as it happens. And we hope you’ll join us right here. PHOTOS: The First Windows 8 Tablet More on Techland:  Microsoft Rolls Out Windows 8: Nope, Definitely Not an iOS Clone 50 Windows 8 Screenshots, Hardware Photos and More All Microsoft Build 2011 Coverage on Techland<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=techland.time.com&#038;blog=5290478&#038;post=96803&#038;subd=timenerdworld&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>AT&amp;T Announces Three New Windows Phones for the Fall</title>
		<link>http://techland.time.com/2011/09/12/att-announces-three-new-windows-phone-for-the-fall/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Sep 2011 17:30:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Doug Aamoth</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[AT&#38;T will be one of the first carriers out of the gate with phones running the latest version of Microsoft&#8217;s mobile operating system—Windows Phone 7.5, also known by the codename &#8220;Mango&#8221;. The nation&#8217;s second-largest wireless carrier announced that the Samsung Focus S, the HTC Titan, and the Samsung Focus Flash will all be available in the fourth quarter and that all its existing Windows Phone 7 handsets will be upgradeable to the newest version of the operating system as well. (MORE: HTC &#8216;Radar&#8217; and &#8216;Titan&#8217; Windows Phones, for Hands Large and Small) As far as specs go, the Samsung Focus S features a 4.3-inch screen, 1.4GHz processor, 4G connection and front- and rear-facing cameras. The HTC Titan (pictured above) will sport a big 4.7-inch screen along with a 1.5GHz processor and an 8-megapixel camera (the European version has two cameras, so I&#8217;m guessing AT&#38;T left info about the front-facing camera out of the press release for some reason). Finally, the Samsung Focus Flash will be AT&#38;T&#8217;s value offering with a 3.7-inch screen, 1.4GHz processor and front- and rear-facing cameras. No word on pricing for any of these phones yet. We&#8217;ll likely hear more about the Windows Phone platform this week during Microsoft&#8217;s &#8220;Build&#8221; conference. Check back for additional coverage as the conference gets fully underway starting tomorrow. MORE: Microsoft &#8216;Build&#8217; Conference: 5 Things to Watch For<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=techland.time.com&#038;blog=5290478&#038;post=96703&#038;subd=timenerdworld&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Windows Phone 7 &#8216;Mango&#8217; Software Released to Manufacturers</title>
		<link>http://techland.time.com/2011/07/27/windows-phone-7-mango-software-released-to-manufacturers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jul 2011 12:18:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erica Ho</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It’s a big day for Windows Phone 7. That’s if you haven’t counted it out already, considering iOS and Android are still two of the biggest players in the smartphone game. But that hasn’t stopped Microsoft from green-lighting the latest Windows Phone 7 software release, Mango. The paperwork’s all been signed off on Windows Phone “Mango,” and it&#8217;s been released straight into hands of manufacturers. Microsoft says the Mango update could be ready for consumers by the fall, and “of course will come pre-installed on new Windows Phones.” (MORE: Top 10 Features in Windows Phone&#8217;s &#8216;Mango&#8217; Update) The update will include “conversation view” for e-mails as well as “threads” that bring together all your texts, chats and instant messages. App multitasking will also be included. All in all, though, it is supposed to add some 500 improvements throughout the platform. Microsoft also unveiled the first Mango handset earlier today in Tokyo – man, why does Japan get everything first – which they’ve called the IS12T phone. It’ll be available in Japan only, but it’ll be a taste of what’s to come when it finally hits American shores. MORE: Turn-By-Turn Directions Coming to Windows Phones (via PCWorld) Erica Ho is a reporter at TIME. Find her on Twitter at @ericamho and Google+. You can also continue the discussion on TIME’s Facebook page and on Twitter at @TIME.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=techland.time.com&#038;blog=5290478&#038;post=91865&#038;subd=timenerdworld&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Angry Birds Hits Windows Phone &#8216;a Few Hours Ahead of Schedule&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://techland.time.com/2011/06/29/angry-birds-hits-windows-phone-a-few-hours-ahead-of-schedule/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jun 2011 13:00:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Doug Aamoth</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You heard that right, folks. The must-have app for every smartphone platform, Angry Birds, is finally available for Windows Phone 7. Not only is it available, but it hit the Windows Phone Marketplace &#8220;a few hours ahead of schedule,&#8221; according to the Windows Phone Blog. &#8220;Ahead of schedule&#8221; being a relative term, of course. When Microsoft fired up the marketing machine for its new Windows Phone platform last fall, the Angry Birds logo was prominently featured alongside the first batch of apps on the Windows Phone splash page. Rovio, the company behind Angry Birds, took to Twitter, saying that they hadn&#8217;t committed to making the game for Windows Phone 7 and that, &#8220;Microsoft put the Angry Birds icon on their site without our permission.&#8221; (LIST: 50 Windows Phone 7 Apps to Get You Started) That was back on October 10th, 2010. The game first appeared on the iPhone back in December of 2009. Today is June 29th, 2011. So the game hit the Windows Phone Marketplace &#8220;ahead of schedule&#8221; in that it went up a few hours before it was scheduled to become available today. All that stuff aside, I think the Windows Phone platform has a lot of promise and the more high-profile apps like Angry Birds that get added, the more likely that Windows Phone 7 devices will find their way into the hands of consumers. Now we just need Scrabble, too. Angry Birds is available in the Windows Phone Marketplace for $3—there&#8217;s a free trial available as well. MORE: Samsung Focus With Windows Phone 7 Review: Make Room For Microsoft<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=techland.time.com&#038;blog=5290478&#038;post=88504&#038;subd=timenerdworld&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Top 10 Features in Windows Phone&#8217;s &#8216;Mango&#8217; Update</title>
		<link>http://techland.time.com/2011/05/24/top-10-windows-phone-mango-features/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 May 2011 16:32:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jared Newman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A big update to Microsoft&#8217;s Windows Phone platform is coming this autumn, filling in many of the missing pieces that made Microsoft an also-ran in the smartphone wars. But the so-called &#8220;Mango&#8221; update is more than just a game of catch-up; it also brings a bunch of features that other phones don&#8217;t have, or can only add through third-party apps. Here&#8217;s a rundown of what Windows Phone 7&#8242;s Mango update will bring: Multitasking Finally, Windows Phone apps will be able to run in the background, so if you&#8217;re listening to some tunes in Slacker Radio, the music will keep playing even as you switch to other apps. The multitasking menu is accessed by holding the &#8220;back&#8221; button on the phone&#8217;s hardware. Location Scouting The Bing search function in Windows Phone now has a local &#8220;scout&#8221; function that lets you see what&#8217;s nearby, based on the phone&#8217;s current location. Categories include places to eat and drink, things to see, stores to shop and can&#8217;t-miss highlights. Bing Vision Essentially, it&#8217;s Google Goggles for Windows Phones. Again, through the Bing search function, users can scan objects with their phones&#8217; cameras to learn more about them.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=techland.time.com&#038;blog=5290478&#038;post=83963&#038;subd=timenerdworld&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Verizon Gets a Windows Phone; Huge Handset to Follow?</title>
		<link>http://techland.time.com/2011/05/19/verizon-windows-phone/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 May 2011 18:00:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jared Newman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Windows Phone 7 is finally getting some love from the United States&#8217; largest wireless carrier. HTC&#8217;s Trophy, a new Windows Phone, lands on Verizon Wireless on May 26, for $150 with a two-year agreement. If you buy a Trophy before July 15, Microsoft and Verizon will sweeten the deal with your choice of Halo: Reach, Kinect Sports or Lode Runner for Xbox 360. The Trophy itself doesn&#8217;t have any standout features besides SRS WOW HD speakers, which claim to provide virtual surround sound. Otherwise, it&#8217;s a simple slab with a 3.8-inch screen, 1 GHz processor, 5-megapixel camera and 8 GB of internal storage. The Trophy runs on Verizon&#8217;s 3G network and doesn&#8217;t support 4G LTE. In fact, most Windows Phones have fairly ordinary specs, which isn&#8217;t necessarily a bad thing (although more than 8 GB or 16 GB for storage would be nice). But rumors suggest that some more distinct WinPho handsets are on the way. For instance, HTC&#8217;s Eternity will reportedly have a 4.7-inch screen, WMPowerUser reports. That&#8217;d be the biggest smartphone on the U.S. market unless you count Dell&#8217;s Streak, a 5-inch device that&#8217;s technically a tablet. I can only imagine the joy of playing Xbox Live games on a phone with a 4.7-inch screen, though it pains me to think of how it would feel in a pants pocket. HTC is also reportedly planning a Windows Phone called the Omega, which will have a 3.8-inch screen like the Trophy and an 8-megapixel camera. Both rumored phones will run Windows 7.5, or &#8220;Mango,&#8221; according to WMPowerUser&#8217;s report. The OS update will add turn-by-turn directions, multitasking for third-party apps, HTML5 support and Twitter integration, among other features, and is coming this fall. Microsoft&#8217;s finally filling in the missing pieces on its smartphone platform, and support from Verizon will be a big boost. Now, Microsoft just needs consumers to take notice. I hope the company saved some of its $500 million marketing budget.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=techland.time.com&#038;blog=5290478&#038;post=83173&#038;subd=timenerdworld&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Turn-By-Turn Directions Coming to Windows Phones</title>
		<link>http://techland.time.com/2011/05/09/turn-by-turn-directions-coming-to-windows-phones/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 May 2011 11:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erica Ho</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The next update of Windows Phone 7 wants you to pay attention. After all, you’re going to be listening to it on how to get to the nearest Target. The next release, Windows Phone 7.5, otherwise known as “Mango,” plans to add a whole bunch of new features. Let’s face it, Windows Phone 7 is like that poor sibling of the family who never lived up to what Android and iOS was doing. You’ll also be able to dictate SMS messages in the next software update (not really helpful if you’re sending a coded message across the dinner table in silence), and Microsoft plans to add something called “Bing Vision” and “Bing Audio.” Bing Vision is an image scanner that will be able to scan barcodes, QR codes, text and a whole bunch of products using optical character recognition. Bing Audio, on the other hand, is said to be like Shazam, and will be built right into the Zune marketplace. It’s all stuff that Android and iOS has been able to do for ages, but hey, you gotta start somewhere. (via wpcentral) More on TIME.com Microsoft Makes Porting iPhone Apps to Windows Phones Easier HTC Windows Phone 7 Ad Promises 16-Megapixel Camera Windows Phone 7 Gets a Spec Boost<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=techland.time.com&#038;blog=5290478&#038;post=81193&#038;subd=timenerdworld&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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	<primary_category>Apps &amp; Software</primary_category><primary_category_link>http://techland.time.com/category/apps-web/apps-software/</primary_category_link>
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		<title>Microsoft Makes Porting iPhone Apps to Windows Phones Easier</title>
		<link>http://techland.time.com/2011/04/29/microsoft-makes-porting-iphone-apps-to-windows-phones-easier/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Apr 2011 22:00:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Doug Aamoth</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Smart move, Microsoft. Smart. Move. In an effort to bolster app development for its new Windows Phone 7 platform, Microsoft has given app makers a new tool that eases the burden of programming their existing iPhone apps for Microsoft&#8217;s phones. It&#8217;s not as simple as dropping in an iPhone app and watching a Windows Phone-friendly version pop out the other end, but it does &#8220;map&#8221; commonly used iPhone programming functions to the equivalent functions used with Windows Phone 7&#8242;s application programming interface, or API. Says Microsoft: &#8220;For current mapping, we started with 3 popular categories (Network / Internet, User Interface and Data Management) and mapped them to Windows Phone 7 API. Don’t expect a mapping for all of the APIs, simply because the platforms are built upon different architectures and user interfaces. For this first round we focused on identifying the one-to-one mapping when it exists. In the following versions we’ll expand the scope and anytime the concepts are similar enough, we’ll do our best to provide the appropriate guidance.&#8221; It&#8217;s a good first step that ought to save time for any iPhone developers looking to build Windows Phone 7 versions of their apps. Microsoft&#8217;s team says it&#8217;s currently working on a similar tool for Android apps, too. More on TIME.com: HTC Windows Phone 7 Ad Promises 16-Megapixel Camera Windows Phone 7 Gets a Spec Boost Say Yes to NoDo: How to Update Windows Phone 7 to Get Copy-Paste and More<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=techland.time.com&#038;blog=5290478&#038;post=79805&#038;subd=timenerdworld&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>HTC Windows Phone 7 Ad Promises 16-Megapixel Camera</title>
		<link>http://techland.time.com/2011/04/18/htc-windows-phone-7-ad-promises-16-megapixel-camera/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Apr 2011 15:40:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jared Newman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you listen really closely to this leaked ad for an HTC Windows Phone 7 handset with a 16-megapixel camera, you can hear the sound of compact digital cameras dying a sad, slow death. HTC&#8217;s yet-unnamed Windows Phone 7 would top the Altek Leo&#8217;s 14-megapixel camera for the highest pixel count in a smartphone. HTC&#8217;s handset will also reportedly have two LED flashes for superior lighting. Other details on the phone itself are unknown. CNet speculates that the phone could have a front-facing camera based on the device rendering in the video, but so far Windows Phone 7 doesn&#8217;t support front-facing cameras. And as PocketNow points out, the rendering looks nearly the same as HTC&#8217;s Desire S, a recently-released Android phone, so the product image could be just a placeholder. Megapixels aren&#8217;t everything, of course. The size of the pixels and the quality of the lens are just as important, as are user-friendly features such as face recognition and scene selection. But a pixel count of 16 million still makes a bold statement about the phone&#8217;s ability to take good pictures. If HTC&#8217;s phone can live up to the promise of this video, digicam makers will have good reason to worry.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=techland.time.com&#038;blog=5290478&#038;post=77278&#038;subd=timenerdworld&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Windows Phone 7 Gets a Spec Boost</title>
		<link>http://techland.time.com/2011/04/15/windows-phone-7-gets-a-spec-boost/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Apr 2011 18:00:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jared Newman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The next generation of Windows Phone 7 handsets will have to run a little bit faster, per Microsoft&#8217;s orders. Microsoft has confirmed new minimum specs for Windows Phones. The tech jargon version: Qualcomm&#8217;s second-gen MSM8x55 or MSM7x30 Snapdragon processors will replace the MSM8x50 chips found in current handsets, and Adreno 205 graphics will replace the Adreno 200. In English, that means future Windows Phone 7 devices will get a minimum boost in performance on par with HTC&#8217;s Thunderbolt or Sony Ericsson&#8217;s Xperia Play Android devices. Phone makers also have the option of including a gyroscope, which would allow for more accurate motion control in video games. Nice as these spec boosts may seem, it&#8217;s discouraging not to see a front-facing camera among the requirements. To date, no Windows Phones have them, and they&#8217;re not supported in the software. Android and the iPhone both have front-facing camera support, so Windows Phone 7 has fallen behind. It&#8217;d also be nice to see Windows Phone 7 start supporting dual-core processors, but I wouldn&#8217;t expect that to be a minimum requirement for future devices. More important for Microsoft is improving the software. Copy and paste is rolling out for some phones now, after problems with an earlier update gummed up the whole process. Multitasking, HTML5 support and Twitter integration won&#8217;t arrive until the fall.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=techland.time.com&#038;blog=5290478&#038;post=77034&#038;subd=timenerdworld&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Android Going Halvsies with All Smartphones by End of 2012?</title>
		<link>http://techland.time.com/2011/04/07/android-going-halvsies-with-all-smartphones-by-end-of-2012/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Apr 2011 14:36:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Doug Aamoth</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gartner&#8217;s crystal ball predicts that Android will make up 49.2% of all smartphones in the world by the end of 2012. But in 2013, it&#8217;ll drop to 48.8% for some reason. What happened, Future Android?! I&#8217;ll tell you what happened. The Mayan Calendar ended, we entered a new age of consciousness, and our newfound telepathic powers rendered smartphones completely unnecessary. Whoops, strike that. Windows Phone 7 starts to gain some decent traction in 2012 and 2013, according to Gartner. Carry on. Here&#8217;s how the future shakes out, if you believe the numbers: Symbian 2010: 37.6% &#124; 2011: 19.2% &#124; 2012: 5.2% &#124; 2013: 0.1% Android 2010: 22.7% &#124; 2011: 38.5% &#124; 2012: 49.2% &#124; 2013: 48.8% Research In Motion (BlackBerry) 2010: 16.0% &#124; 2011: 13.4% &#124; 2012: 12.6% &#124; 2013: 11.1% iOS (Apple) 2010: 15.7% &#124; 2011: 19.4% &#124; 2012: 18.9% &#124; 2013: 17.2% Microsoft 2010: 4.2% &#124; 2011: 5.6% &#124; 2012: 10.8% &#124; 2013: 19.5% Other 2010: 3.8% &#124; 2011: 3.9% &#124; 2012: 3.4% &#124; 2013: 3.3% Those numbers represent worldwide smartphone market share, mind you. Symbian dies, Android gets fat, Apple loses a couple points, and Microsoft becomes the new Apple (as far as numbers are concerned). The &#8220;Other&#8221; category represents HP&#8217;s webOS platform and my upcoming DougOS platform, which launches in 2012. &#8220;Who likes free doughnuts?&#8221; will be the tagline. I can&#8217;t divulge more than that, except to say it&#8217;s a good thing 2014 isn&#8217;t on this list. It&#8217;ll be plenty lopsided by then if you catch my drift. More on TIME.com: Google Wants &#8216;to Set the Record Straight&#8217; on Open Android Model Apple iOS Beats All (Including Android) for Web Use Android, Apple iOS Lead 60% Increase In Smartphone Usage In US<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=techland.time.com&#038;blog=5290478&#038;post=75384&#038;subd=timenerdworld&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Say Yes to NoDo: How to Update Windows Phone 7 to Get Copy-Paste and More</title>
		<link>http://techland.time.com/2011/04/05/how-to-update-windows-phone-7-to-get-copy-paste-and-more/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Apr 2011 19:30:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Doug Aamoth</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Windows Phone 7 handsets hit U.S. shores back in November of last year and have yet to be substantially updated with new features and bug fixes. The first big update—called &#8220;NoDo&#8221;—is apparently officially coming sooner or later, but the pre-update to that update for was supposed to be here in February, with NoDo to follow in March. The pre-update caused all sorts of problems, was pulled, and is now listed as &#8220;Testing&#8221; on Microsoft&#8217;s update status page for most U.S. phones. The February update is &#8220;testing&#8221; and the March update is &#8220;testing.&#8221; It&#8217;s now April. Developer Chris Walsh has cobbled together an easy-to-use workaround for getting the updates on your phone without waiting for whatever&#8217;s been holding everything up for so long. If you&#8217;re tired of waiting, you&#8217;re bored or you&#8217;re a thrill-seeker, here&#8217;s how to force the update yourself. I caution everyone to NOT try this. Don&#8217;t do it! Even if you&#8217;re an advanced technology connoisseur, you might very well—nay, you WILL—break your phone completely. With all that in mind, let&#8217;s get started. You will need… - A PC running Windows 7—there are scattered reports of Vista and XP machines working, too, but use Windows 7 if you can. - Microsoft&#8217;s Windows Phone Support Tools: 32-bit version here &#124; 64-bit version here. If you don&#8217;t know which version you need, STOP. No good can come from this. - Walsh&#8217;s ChevronWP7.Updater tool. It&#8217;s been removed from his site due to bandwidth (or legal?) concerns, but maybe—juuust maybe—you might find some useful information here. Nudge-nudge, wink-wink, etc. First… 1. Install the Windows Phone Support Tools software. 2. Next, extract/unzip the ChevronWP7.Updater files. If you don&#8217;t know what extracting or unzipping means, STOP. No good can come from this. 3. Take a break! You&#8217;ve earned it. Or just keep going.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=techland.time.com&#038;blog=5290478&#038;post=75005&#038;subd=timenerdworld&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Pwn2Own Roundup: Apple Fails, Google Stays Strong</title>
		<link>http://techland.time.com/2011/03/14/pwn2own-roundup-apple-fails-google-stays-strong/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Mar 2011 19:15:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jared Newman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The hackers at last week&#8217;s Pwn2Own contest had a field day with some of the world&#8217;s most popular browsers, but they didn&#8217;t make a clean sweep. Pwn2Own pits security experts against web browsers on laptops and smartphones. At stake are cash prizes of $15,000 per exploit, along with the actual hardware on which the browsers were hacked. In all cases, the exploits only required the user to visit one malicious website. After that, the attacker was free to run programs, write new files remotely or access sensitive data such as the address book on smartphones. Here&#8217;s a round-up of the winners and losers: Apple had a poor showing at Pwn2Own, with both the mobile and desktop versions of Safari hacked, Ars Technica reports. French security firm VUPEN took down desktop Safari with a combination of well-known techniques for bypassing operating system protection and new code to make these techniques work on 64-bit systems. The iPhone fell to Charlie Miller and Dion Blazakis, who compromised the smartphone through a special web page. Apple has since protected itself against the particular exploit used by Miller and Blazakis, but the underlying security flaw still exists. Microsoft&#8217;s Internet Explorer 8 also fell to the hackers. Stephen Fewer of Harmony Security used three vulnerabilities to execute code on 64-bit Windows 7 Service Pack 1. Fewer said the attack took five to six weeks to put together. The other mobile platform to fall was Research in Motion&#8217;s Blackberry. Vincenzo Iozzo, Willem Pinckaers, and Ralf Philipp Weinmann used a flaw in Blackberry&#8217;s Webkit browser, but it wasn&#8217;t easy; little documentation exists on the Blackberry system&#8217;s internals, and they had to chain three flaws together to run their exploit code, according to Ars. But it wasn&#8217;t all bad news. Google&#8217;s Chrome survived the competition &#8212; its third successful Pwn2Own in a row &#8212; and Mozilla&#8217;s Firefox escaped attacks for the first time since it became part of the competition in 2009, according to Computerworld. However, Chrome uses the same Webkit engine that was exploited for the Blackberry hack, and so Google has<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=techland.time.com&#038;blog=5290478&#038;post=70302&#038;subd=timenerdworld&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Microsoft to Give Nokia $1 Billion Allowance for Windows Phones?</title>
		<link>http://techland.time.com/2011/03/08/microsoft-to-give-nokia-1-billion-allowance-for-windows-phones/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Mar 2011 15:04:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Doug Aamoth</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Whoa, Microsoft! Big spender! Nice cufflinks! And are you wearing $108 sweatpants from Lululemon? You must be doing really well for yourself. The backstory: Microsoft and Nokia struck a partnership wherein Microsoft&#8217;s new Windows Phone 7 mobile platform will be used on Nokia&#8217;s many, many smartphone handsets that ship all over the world. Microsoft gets its operating system out there en masse, Nokia gets a decent operating system for its smartphones. Bloomberg is reporting that Microsoft may be using its many, many monies to help Nokia get Windows Phone 7 onto its many, many handsets. The grand total may be more than a billion dollars, &#8220;according to two people with knowledge of the terms,&#8221; says Bloomberg. In other words, nothing&#8217;s official yet. Apparently Nokia will need to pay Microsoft a licensing fee for each handset that runs Windows Phone 7, and this billion-dollar gift is supposedly meant to grease the wheels as Nokia ramps up production. It&#8217;s kind of like if your parents offer to sell you the family car but you make payments to them using your allowance. However, unlike how you ultimately stiff your parents after they forget that you&#8217;re supposed to be making car payments to them, Microsoft may come out ahead on this deal. Says Bloomberg: &#8220;Nokia’s royalty payments will help Redmond, Washington- based Microsoft make a profit on the accord even after the payments to Nokia, one person said. Some of the payment to Nokia would be made before the company starts selling the phones, meaning Microsoft bears some upfront cost in the partnership.&#8221; The deal will apparently be good &#8220;for more than five years.&#8221; This may just be tricky accounting on Microsoft&#8217;s part—&#8221;Look, we&#8217;re making tons of money on Windows Phone 7 licensing deals!&#8221;—or it may simply be a nice cash infusion for Nokia, which is expected to reduce R&#38;D and staff count this year &#8220;to keep operating margins from narrowing further,&#8221; according to Bloomberg. More on TIME.com: Nokia and Microsoft Partner to Build Windows Phone 7 Devices Nokia: &#8220;We&#8217;re Not Even Fighting With<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=techland.time.com&#038;blog=5290478&#038;post=69332&#038;subd=timenerdworld&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Sprint Getting Its First Windows Phone Next Month</title>
		<link>http://techland.time.com/2011/02/24/sprint-getting-its-first-windows-phone-next-month/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Feb 2011 19:00:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Doug Aamoth</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Microsoft’s new Windows Phone 7 platform is preparing to expand to another carrier. Starting March 20th, Sprint customers will be able to purchase the HTC Arrive for $200 after a $100 mail-in rebate and two-year contract. Here in the U.S., Windows Phone 7 devices are currently available on AT&#38;T and T-Mobile. Verizon plans to add the handsets sometime this year as well, though no hard-and-fast dates have been announced yet. The Arrive is basically the Sprint version of the HTC HD7 Pro that’s been available from overseas carriers for a while now. Specs include a 1GHz processor, slide-out QWERTY keyboard, 3.6-inch 800&#215;480 touchscreen, 16 gigabytes of storage, and a 5-megapixel camera. So nothing too fancy—no Sprint 4G connection, for instance—but if you’re a Sprint customer who’s been itching for a Windows Phone 7 device, this will be the one to check out once March 20th rolls around. [via MobileCrunch] More on TIME.com: Windows Phone 7 Software Update Breaks Certain Handsets Nokia and Microsoft Partner to Build Windows Phone 7 Devices T-Mobile&#8217;s First Windows Phone 7 Phone Comes With a Kickstand<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=techland.time.com&#038;blog=5290478&#038;post=67880&#038;subd=timenerdworld&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Windows Phone 7 Software Update Breaks Certain Handsets</title>
		<link>http://techland.time.com/2011/02/23/windows-phone-7-software-update-breaks-certain-handsets/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Feb 2011 15:00:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Doug Aamoth</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There’s a big software update coming for Microsoft’s new Windows Phone 7 devices next month but the company’s rolling out some sort of minor pre-update in order to grease the wheels, so to speak. That update has been gradually rolling out over the air to certain users this week, and people have been reporting that some Samsung handsets have either stalled during the update process or been bricked altogether. According to Ars Technica: “The updates are failing to install in two ways. For lucky individuals, the process merely hangs on step seven (out of ten); rebooting the phone resurrects it, albeit without the upgrade. For a minority of unlucky users, the process fails at step six, and corrupts the phone&#8217;s firmware. What&#8217;s worse is that for some of them it appears to be bricking the phone completely, rendering it useless.” If your phone’s been affected by this update, you can attempt to recover it by holding down the power, camera and volume down buttons for 15 seconds as you power the phone on, according to Ars. Then choose the “format” option. Microsoft has reportedly isolated the problem and prevented the update from being pushed out to Samsung-branded Windows Phone 7 handsets until it works out a fix, according to WinRumors. Customers with bricked phones have been advised to exchange them for new ones at retail stores. More on TIME.com: Nokia and Microsoft Partner to Build Windows Phone 7 Devices CES: What&#8217;s Next for Microsoft? Two Minute Video: Windows Phone 7 Tips and Tricks<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=techland.time.com&#038;blog=5290478&#038;post=67734&#038;subd=timenerdworld&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Angry Birds Heading to Windows Phone 7, 3D Versions Later</title>
		<link>http://techland.time.com/2011/02/16/angry-birds-heading-to-windows-phone-7-3d-versions-later/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Feb 2011 19:00:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Doug Aamoth</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Funny story: When Microsoft announced Windows Phone 7 back in the fall, the splash page on its website featured a bunch of icons for apps that&#8217;d be available in the Windows Phone Marketplace. One of those icons was the Angry Birds logo. Rovio, the company behind Angry Birds, swiftly responded via Twitter: &#8220;We have NOT committed to doing a Windows Phone 7 version. Microsoft put the Angry Birds icon on their site without our permission.&#8221; There&#8217;s been plenty of talk about the game heading to Windows Phone 7 over the past few months but the latest update comes from Rovio&#8217;s Peter Vesterbacka, who told Pocket-lint.com quite simply, &#8220;We&#8217;re working on it.&#8221; As for the unlawful use of the Angry Birds logo on the Windows Phone 7 splash page, Vesterbacka &#8220;swears that&#8217;s now water under the bridge and that there&#8217;s no bad blood between the two companies,&#8221; says Pocket-lint. Vesterbacka also told the site that we can expect to see 3D versions of Angry Birds in the future, though he wouldn&#8217;t discuss which platforms the game would be on. We&#8217;ll see a handful of 3D-capable phones this year and the Nintendo 3DS stands out as a likely option as well. There aren&#8217;t any confirmed dates for the 3D versions or the Windows Phone 7 version of Angry Birds yet. More on TIME.com: App of the Week: Angry Birds Seasons Valentine&#8217;s Day Update It Just Keeps Growing: &#8220;Angry Birds Rio&#8221; Coming Soon Build! Launch! Destroy! Angry Birds Toys Coming From Mattel<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=techland.time.com&#038;blog=5290478&#038;post=66989&#038;subd=timenerdworld&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>App of the Week: Amazon for Windows Phone 7</title>
		<link>http://techland.time.com/2011/02/15/app-of-the-week-amazon-for-windows-phone-7/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Feb 2011 18:00:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Doug Aamoth</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Whatever its size, the cross-section of Amazon diehards and Windows Phone 7 owners can now officially be placated with Amazon&#8217;s Windows Phone 7 app. The app takes advantage of Windows Phone 7&#8242;s swipe-friendly interface to provide easy access to a specific product&#8217;s details, customer reviews and related items without having to load up separate sub-sections. You can also manage your Amazon account, view daily deals, track existing orders, build your own wish lists and receive personalized product recommendations based on your browsing and order histories. The app is available for free from the Windows Phone Marketplace. Amazon App for Windows Phone 7 [Amazon.com]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=techland.time.com&#038;blog=5290478&#038;post=66870&#038;subd=timenerdworld&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Nokia and Microsoft Partner to Build Windows Phone 7 Devices</title>
		<link>http://techland.time.com/2011/02/11/nokia-and-microsoft-partner-to-build-windows-phone-7-devices/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Feb 2011 15:30:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Doug Aamoth</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nokia and Microsoft have announced a partnership wherein Nokia will build handsets running Microsoft&#8217;s new Windows Phone 7 operating system. There aren&#8217;t any hard-and-fast dates for when the first Nokia-branded Windows phones will hit the market, but some of the highlights of the partnership are as follows: - Nokia will use the Windows Phone 7 operating system as its &#8220;primary smartphone strategy&#8221; from here on out. - Nokia-branded Windows phones will use Nokia&#8217;s imaging technology (cameras), and &#8220;Nokia Maps will be a core part of Microsoft&#8217;s mapping services.&#8221; - Microsoft&#8217;s Bing search engine will power search services on all future Nokia devices. - Nokia&#8217;s app store will be integrated with the Windows Phone 7 app store, Microsoft Marketplace. On the surface, this appears to be a good partnership. After failing to make a noticeable impact in the smartphone race, Nokia now has access to a thoughtful mobile operating system in Windows Phone 7. And Windows Phone 7, trying to gain market share, gets put on devices made by the company that sells more handsets worldwide than anyone else. Nokia partnered with Intel last year on an operating system called MeeGo, which was meant to span devices such as netbooks, tablets and smartphones but during a Q&#38;A session after the Nokia-Microsoft announcement, Nokia CEO Stephen Elop remarked that his company will be shifting over to Windows Phone 7 this year instead. Nokia apparently also considered Google&#8217;s Android operating system but Elop said that Nokia &#8220;would have difficulty differentiating within that ecosystem&#8221; and that partnering with Microsoft would enable Nokia to better compete in the high-end smartphone category, according to Engadget. More on TIME.com: Nokia: &#8220;We&#8217;re Not Even Fighting With the Right Weapons&#8221; Does Nokia&#8217;s Symbian^4 OS Matter? Not According to these Videos Android Tops Smartphones but Tablets Still Seeking Foothold<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=techland.time.com&#038;blog=5290478&#038;post=66537&#038;subd=timenerdworld&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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