HTC has reportedly been asked by Microsoft to include Windows Phone as a secondary operating system on some of its Android smartphones, an offer that would include the discounting or waving of licensing fees to make the proposal more appealing. Such information comes from sources “with knowledge of the matter” who spoke to the folks […]
According to Bloomberg, Microsoft has asked HTC to put Windows Phone in more HTC phones. Specifically, HTC Android phones. The report says that the head of Microsoft’s operating systems unit Terry Myerson asked HTC last month to "load Windows Phone as a second option on [Android] handsets."
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We can only assume that when Microsoft acquires Nokia that the Windows Phone platform could get a boost, because not only will Microsoft have control over the software (like they always have), but they are now able to make their own phones as well, giving them a greater degree of control over things such as hardware and design. However we guess we won’t know to what effect the acquisition will have, but for now there is a lot of room to grow thanks to a recent survey which found that intent to buy a Windows Phone product in the US is only sitting at around 3.8%.
This is according to a recent survey conducted by Raymond James Analysts Tavis C. McCourt and Daniel Toomey. The survey included 500 US residents and found that only 3.8% of them revealed their intentions to purchase a Windows Phone product. While that number might seem low, it should be noted that this is an increase from 1.5% from back in June 2013. Granted this is good news for the Windows Phone platform, it still pales in comparison compared to the likes of iOS and Android, but hopefully those numbers will be changing in the future.
Intent To Purchase Windows Phone Products In The US Increased To 3.8% original content from Ubergizmo. 
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Last we heard, there is a good chance that BlackBerry will be bought out by Fairfax for a cool $4.7 billion, and the company is expected to be taken private, although that number could be less now after the price per share has been dropped to $5. In any case this is hardly the end of the company as they are merely being taken private, presumably to sort out their problems before coming back stronger than ever, we hope, but in the meantime there are others who feel differently and are abandoning ship. (more…)
Companies Reportedly Dropping BlackBerry In Favor Of Windows Phone original content from Ubergizmo. 
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Windows Phone has hit double-digits in two European markets and averages 9.2-percent in Europe as a whole, new figures suggest, though Microsoft’s smartphone platform still lags well behind iOS and Android, particularly in the US. Sales of Windows Phone devices – the majority of which are from Nokia’s Lumia range – in the UK and […]
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer gave his last company-wide employee meeting talk this week, ending with an emotional outpouring of gratitude and appreciation for the company and for the thousands of employees in attendance. The outpouring ran in both directions. The audience cheered as Ballmer shouted, “Soak it in! All of you. Soak it in. You […]
Microsoft’s Surface Mini, the smaller version of the Windows tablet, is not expected to launch until 2014, insiders claim, with the software company supposedly waiting on a new version of the OS. The tablet will run Windows RT on an ARM processor, ZDNet‘s sources insist, but won’t hit stores until the so-called “Spring 2014 GDR” […]
Back in 2011 Delta Airlines ran an Electronic Flight Bag program from its pilots, the tablets used back then were iPads. In fact, the iPad is already in widespread use in the airline industry, both in cabins and cockpits. Microsoft might finally be getting a piece of the pie. WindowsITPro reports that Delta Airlines has informed its pilots that it will be equipping them with the recently announced Surface 2 Windows 8.1 RT tablets. The move is expected to take nearly two years, after which every Delta pilot will be touting Microsoft’s latest tablet, and they won’t have to carry heavy paper based flight bags.
Apparently the airline initially wanted to go for Nokia’s much rumored tablet. The problem is that Nokia hasn’t unveiled it as yet. So Delta has reportedly scrapped plans of going with the Finnish manufacturers tablet and has instead opted for Microsoft’s new tablet over the iPad. The Surface 2 tablets won’t be the first Windows powered device that the airline will provide its employees. Earlier this year, Delta equipped over 19,000 of its flight attendants with Windows Phone devices. The relationship between both Microsoft and Delta appears to be going well, its definitely a win for Redmond to get its tablet rolled out across one of the major airlines in the U.S.
Delta Pilots To Reportedly Get Surface 2 Tablets original content from Ubergizmo. 
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Microsoft is already running a promotion in which it offering people who trade-in their iPads a gift card worth a minimum of $200. It was recently rumored that the company will kick off a similar promotion for the iPhone, giving people gift cards worth a couple of hundred bucks in exchange for their old iPhone. This promotion is now live and will run until November 3rd at Microsoft Stores across the U.S. An old iPhone 4S or iPhone 5 can be traded for a gift card worth a minimum of $200. The gift card can be put towards the purchase of a new Windows Phone at Microsoft Store, though there’s no compulsion. Customers can put the gift cards towards other purchases as well from the store.
The $200 gift card is the bare minimum that Microsoft is willing to give for an old iPhone. If the device is in better condition, it will offer a gift card of greater value. Rumor has it that Microsoft can go as high as $350 for an old iPhone. The promotion runs close to the holiday season during which many customers tend to upgrade their phones. Microsoft’s definitely giving an incentive to the subset of people who’re looking to switch from an iPhone to a Windows Phone device. If you’re one of those people, then you should certainly check this deal out.
Microsoft’s Cash For iPhone Promotion Goes Live original content from Ubergizmo. 
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Microsoft will reportedly merge its Windows Store and Windows Phone Store into a unified app store, something that has been anticipated for a while now. While details are sparse, the sources who provided the information say it was made in an announcement to Microsoft employees earlier today by Microsoft’s operating systems group’s head Terry Myserson. […]
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