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Windows Marketplace for Mobile Now Available on the Web

When Microsoft launched its new Windows Marketplace for Mobile alongside Windows Mobile 6.5 in early October, the online store was only available via a custom app on compatible Windows Mobile 6.5-based devices. But now, as promised, you can access the store on the web as well , from any PC-based web...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 11-12-2009
Courier User Interface

Gizmodo continues its exclusive look at what is apparently a new Tablet PC design from Microsoft, the Courier. In this new video, you can actually see how the Courier would work in the real world, with a cool page-flipping experience that emulates a real book. It's got multi-touch and stylus support...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 09-30-2009
AT&T enters 21st century, adds MMS to iPhone 3G, iPhone 3GS

Apple : MMS (Multimedia Messaging Service) is now available to AT&T customers. AT&T MMS requires iPhone OS 3.1 and a carrier settings update. Here's what it looks like (on a Mac) ... Unlike other iPhone updates I've installed via iTunes, this one is actually very quick. Very quick. On...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 09-26-2009
Google Sync: Now with push Gmail support

This is big stuff, and if there's anyone actually paying for MobileMe a year from now, well, you already looked like a fool, so what's the difference? The Google Mobile Blog reports today that Google has added push email support to Google Sync, which previously provided that support for Google...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 09-22-2009
Nokia netbook details emerge

Sadly, it's not all good news. The Nokia Booklet 3G is scheduled to ship sometime in Q4 2009 and will include Windows 7, as I previously reported. It will sell for €575, or about $800. That's about double the cost of a typical netbook, though Nokia expects the device to be sold largely by wireless...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 09-03-2009
Could Microsoft Office finally be heading to Linux?

Nine years ago , I learned about a skunkworks project Microsoft had handed off to an Israeli software firm that was to have seen a port of Microsoft Office to Linux. The port was seen as a just-in-case solution, but with Linux not ever taking off in any serious way on the desktop, it was dropped, never...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 08-28-2009
Nokia to deliver Windows 7-powered netbook with 12 hours of battery life

Yikes. This netbook looks pretty nice , I must admit. Nokia has just whipped the dust sheet off the Nokia Booklet 3G . A brand new breed of portable device for Nokia, this mini laptop PC sees the company step foot on freshly cut turf, and we’re a little dumb-struck with excitement at the prospect of...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 08-24-2009
Misunderstandings abound about the 'Windows Phones' branding. Head's up: Nothing has changed. Nothing.

I guess it's not just the desktop version of Windows that people are confused about these days. But at least this time it's not Microsoft's fault. Over the past few days, a number of news reports have sprung up claiming that Microsoft was getting rid of the Windows Mobile brand and was changing...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 08-02-2009
Chrome OS to be free, Google says

The Google Chrome Blog comes to life again with the following tidbits ... Google Chrome OS is an open source project and will be available to use at no cost. The Google Chrome OS team is currently working with a number of technology companies to design and build devices that deliver an extraordinary...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 07-10-2009
Introducing the Google Chrome OS

Well, it's official. Google will take on Windows, not with some based on Android (which is dumb, and curious, in my opinion), but with yet another OS based on the Chrome browser . Here's the full announcement. The bolded bits are my work, as I think those are the core bits. It's been an exciting...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 07-08-2009

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