HTC starts selling phones in China under its own name
It's long been the case that if you wanted a HTC handset over in the world's most populous nation, you'd have had to look for its rebadged variant under the Dopod brand. But, as of today, that is no more. The prolific Taiwanese phone maker has decided that its name is now recognizable and valuable enough in China to be put on its own hardware and is kicking off a campaign with four own-branded phones.
Categories: Android, htc, Mobile Phone Tags: china, elements, engadget, hd2, mildly-tweaked, mix, official, sailing
Microsoft takes a note from Palm in new Windows Phone 7 Series ad
We've held no punches in sharing our thoughts on Palm's recent ad campaigns , but the one spot that was actually not heinous has seemingly served as the basis for one of Microsoft's first-ever WP7S commercials. Debuting here at the tail-end of MIX , the ad spotlights Anna -- a fictitious gal we've certainly heard of before -- using her new smartphone to share photos with her dear lover Miles. It also features Luca, a kid with an undying love for playing Xbox LIVE titles , who seems to be caught somewhere in between the world of nature and nurture
Categories: htc, Mobile Phone Tags: advertising, after-the-break, anna, marketing, metro, mix, new-smartphone, operating-system, palm, smartphone, webos, windowsphone7
Windows Phone Marketplace can remotely revoke app licenses
Speaking at a MIX10 session about Windows Phone 7 Series architecture this morning, Microsoft's Istvan Cseri mentioned that the Windows Phone Marketplace -- the one and only clearinghouse for apps in WP7S -- will be able to remotely revoke licenses. Since devices will only run properly-licensed apps, this effectively means the company will be able to shut down apps remotely -- a capability they'd probably invoke if a Marketplace app were to badly misbehave en masse, for example. To put it bluntly, Cseri says that apps simply aren't in control of their own life cycle; the user controls installation and removal while the Marketplace ensures that the license is valid.
Categories: Mobile Phone, Other Tags: architecture, badly-misbehave, clearinghouse, effectively, marketplace, mix, mobile, platform, senior-director, using-the-phone, windows, wp7s
Three Windows Phone 7 Series devices, all in a row
Well, there they are, the only three confirmed Windows Phone 7 Series prototype devices that currently exist.
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: asus, check-out-some, debuted-today, engadget, handset, mix, mix10, mwc, prototypes, result, series, three-windows, windowsphone
Samsung Windows Phone 7 Series handset makes the scene
Here's a fun little surprise: Microsoft's Joe Belfiore just ran through a Windows Phone 7 Series demo on an as-yet unannounced Samsung device here at MIX .
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: acceleration, belfiore, engadget, joe, microsoft, mix, oled, phone, result, samsung, samsung-windows, screen, windows