Sep 26

Nuance adds WP7 support, gives devs better service with NDEV Mobile developer program

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You know Nuance right? They’re the folks who make Dragon speech recognition software for Macs, iThings, Blackberrys, Androids and cars. Earlier this year, the company released its Dragon Mobile SDK to provide the tools needed to get folks talking to their phones, instead of with them. Now, Nuance has added support for Windows Phone 7 (no Mango support… yet) and upgraded its developer program to provide devs with more support so it’s easier to make voice-enabled applications. Additionally, it’s added eight new languages to its repertoire — Canadian French, Americas Spanish, Dutch, Norwegian, Swedish, Korean, Taiwanese Mandarin, and Cantonese — with more to come.

We got to speak with Nuance about its new program, now called NDEV Mobile, and were told it’s broken into three tiers: Silver, Gold, and Emerald. NDEV Silver is the base level that gives devs free access to Nuance’s text-to-speech and voice recognition technology. Gold service provides SSL data encryption and access to cloud-based speech recognition and TTS servers over the web (rather than using a client-side API) through per-user or per-transaction pricing models. At the top end, the Emerald level rolls out the red carpet with integrated custom vocabulary and grammar — for creating apps that recognize industry jargon — and dedicated account management. The company sees the Emerald tier appealing most to enterprise customers, but it’s available to any dev willing to pony up for the extra Nuance TLC. So, intrepid app-makers, now that you’ve got the tools to make our phones understand us better than ever, how will you use them?

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Nuance adds WP7 support, gives devs better service with NDEV Mobile developer program originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 27 Sep 2011 00:00:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Sep 26

First Nokia app appears on Windows Phone store, suggests you buy more apps

Posted in: app, apps, AppStore, Microsoft, mobile, mobilepostcross, mobilepostmini, nokia, smartphone, Smartphones, Today's Chili, windows phone, windows phone 7, WindowsPhone, WindowsPhone7, Wp7, zune

Nokia is still hammering out the hardware for its premier Windows Phone, but here’s a taste of what the beleaguered phone giant will be adding in the way of exclusive apps. Posted on the Zune marketplace, Top Apps turned up a few days ago and we managed to get a screen grab in case it disappears. It appears to be Nokia’s “fun and quick” interpretation of a curated app portal, all pretty similar to the stock Windows Phone offering. Looks like we’ll have to wait just a little longer to see exactly how much creative freedom Nokia manages to wring from Microsoft’s (previously stringent) Windows Phone UI.

First Nokia app appears on Windows Phone store, suggests you buy more apps originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 26 Sep 2011 09:21:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Sep 26

Samsung’s Omnia W: Mango, 3.7-inch Super AMOLED, 1.4GHZ processor

Posted in: mango, mobilepostcross, samsung, Today's Chili, windows phone, WindowsPhone, Wp7

Samsung just took the wraps off its Omnia W, which looks like a non-US variant of the Focus Flash we’ve already heard about via AT&T. The handset will debut in Italy and start spreading across the Old World and Latin America from next month. It’ll sport Windows Phone 7.5 out of the box, a 3.7-inch 800×480 Super AMOLED display, 1.4GHz processor, VGA webcam on the front and rear 5MP shooter with 720p video recording. We expect it’ll go head-to-head with HTC’s 3.8-inch Radar when the War of the Mangoes finally kicks off.

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Gallery: Samsung Omnia W

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Samsung’s Omnia W: Mango, 3.7-inch Super AMOLED, 1.4GHZ processor originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 26 Sep 2011 07:15:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Sep 21

Existing Windows Phones to get Mango update within the next two weeks

Posted in: firmware, firmware update, FirmwareUpdate, mango, Microsoft, mobilepostmini, refresh, Software, software update, SoftwareUpdate, Today's Chili, update, Windows, windows phone, WindowsPhone, Wp7
We’ve already witnessed the launch of a Windows Phone with Mango and seen several others announced, so when’s the update rolling out to devices still operating on NoDo? According to Microsoft’s official Windows Phone Blog, we need only wait another week or two before the update begins rolling out. The Windows Team indicates it won’t be pushed to your phone OTA when the time comes, so you’ll want to ensure you have the right software (Zune for PC, Windows Phone 7 Connector for Mac) installed on your computer before this all goes down. Now, a word of caution: we’d be completely taken by surprise if every phone received the update on the same day — after all, the NoDo rollout spanned several weeks before it was delivered everywhere — so it’s best if you exercise a degree of patience if your particular handset isn’t ready the very first day, just in case.

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Existing Windows Phones to get Mango update within the next two weeks originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 21 Sep 2011 13:51:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Sep 19

Windows Phone Starter Kit for WordPress hopes to lure developers, beef up marketplace offerings

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There’s nothing worse than that “womp womp” moment for Windows Phone users when they find out a favorite website doesn’t have an optimized mobile app. Seriously. It’s proven. Now, however, WordPress aficionados can spread the love with the Windows Phone Starter Kit — a package that promises quick and easy development for Microsoft’s mobile marktplace. With the included skeleton code, admins only need to replace one line, insert the blog URL and tweak some settings in the CMS until presto — the app’s finito. Like other WordPress dev kits, this one allows users to view posts and moderate comments. Hopefully, the promise of a super simple platform will be enough to entice developers to sit at Ballmer’s table and fatten up the app store, particularly with Mango positioned as the next course.

Windows Phone Starter Kit for WordPress hopes to lure developers, beef up marketplace offerings originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 19 Sep 2011 23:12:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Sep 16

Samsung Focus S wanders through FCC en route to AT&T

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Charts, diagrams, charts, measurements, and more charts. This summation of nearly every document that passes through the FCC sounds only slightly more fun than staring at the Matrix all day, yet we still find ourselves a bit giddy when seeing highly anticipated phones take their turn getting the Federal nod of approval. And so it is with the Samsung i937, which is most likely the Focus S — one of three tantalizing Windows Phone choices aimed at reaching stores “this fall.” It’s about what we’d expect, really: aside from sporting the usual AT&T frequencies, there’s not much more that we can discern from the pages and pages of numbers and colorful pictures that depict phone radiation. Exciting stuff, we know, but Windows Phone 7.5 is at least one step closer to being in the clutches of our lonely mitts.

Samsung Focus S wanders through FCC en route to AT&T originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 17 Sep 2011 00:38:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Sep 15

Ballmer: Windows Phones aren’t selling very well, but we’re not worried

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Microsoft’s Steve Ballmer was his usual frank self when he met financial analysts yesterday, admitting that the world isn’t yet as keen on Windows Phone as he’d hoped. To be precise, AllThingsD reported him as saying: “We haven’t sold quite as many as I would have liked in the first year.” His cunning plan? Well, that’s easy: make it all Nokia’s problem. Or, as he put it: “With Nokia we have a dedicated hardware partner that is all-in on Windows Phones.” Indeed, the Finnish manufacturer has now staked far more than Microsoft on the success of this “third ecosystem” and, if its imminent Mango handsets fail to turn things around, we may eventually see Stephen Elop standing behind that silent cash register.

Ballmer: Windows Phones aren’t selling very well, but we’re not worried originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 15 Sep 2011 06:05:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Sep 13

The Best Ways to Kill Your SMS Plan

Posted in: Android, BlackBerry, Google, ios, Smartphones, Today's Chili, top, windows phone, Wp7

Your phone company is screwing you on text messaging. SMS messages cost them next to nothing, yet they charge you up the yin-yang. So how’s about sticking it to the phone company with some viable alternatives to SMS messaging? More »

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Sep 12

Sprint launches Drive First Android app to curb texting and driving, keep chatty teens at bay

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Are you concerned that your talky teenager is trying to keep up on the high school gossip whilst behind the wheel? Or are you a more experienced driver looking to get rid of the temptation to update your status at 65 MPH? Sprint’s got you covered with Drive First. The app, announced by CEO Dan Hesse at CTIA in March, will lock up your phone when it detects you’re in a moving vehicle; calls will be automatically redirected to voicemail and incoming texts can get automatically replied to with a customized message. The service costs $2 / month per phone after a 15-day trial, and unfortunately only is available for Android devices, though BlackBerry and Windows Phone support has been promised in the near future as well. We’d say the more the merrier — for parents, that is. Head below for the full press release.

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Sprint launches Drive First Android app to curb texting and driving, keep chatty teens at bay originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 12 Sep 2011 21:04:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Sep 12

AT&T to Debut Three Windows Phone ‘Mango’ Devices

Posted in: HTC, mango, Phones, samsung, Today's Chili, Windows, windows 8, Wp7

The HTC Titan is one of a crop of Windows Phone Mango handsets that will debut this fall. Image: HTC

AT&T announced today that it is getting three new Windows Phone 7.5 (Mango) handsets sometime this fall.

The three smartphones, the Samsung Focus S, Samsung Focus Flash and HTC Titan, are 4G. The Focus S features a 4.3-inch Super AMOLED display and a 1.4 GHz Snapdragon processor. The Focus Flash has the same chip but a more pocket-friendly 3.7-inch Super AMOLED screen. The S has an 8-megapixel rear-facing camera, while the Flash has a 5-megapixel front-facing cam.

Microsoft’s Windows Phone Mango is expected to bring much needed updates and social networking integration to Windows Phone 7. One key feature of the Mango update is its streamlined “People” hub, an all-in-one contacts list with Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn integration. The OS refresh will also allow for multitasking. Windows Phone 8 also is set to debut soon, rumored for a 2012 release and a possible giveaway for developers at the BUILD conference. But as of now, it looks like it’s designed more specifically for tablet and desktop PCs.

At the IFA electronics showcase in Berlin, HTC showed off the Mango-running Titan and Radar smartphones. The Titan, coming to AT&T, has an almost-monstrous 4.7-inch display. It also features a 1.5 MHz processor and an 8-megapixel camera with dual LED flash.

The precursor to the Samsung Focus S is the Samsung Focus, released in 2010 and one of Wired.com’s 10 most significant gadgets of the year.

AT&T also will provide Mango updates for several Windows Phone 7 handset models, including the Samsung Focus, LG Quantum, HTC Surround and HTC HD7S.

So far, Windows Phone 7 hasn’t gained a lot of traction despite fairing well critically. Recent stats show it has about 9 percent of the mobile OS market in the United States. With Nokia’s adoption of the Windows Phone 7 platform and abandoning of their Symbian OS, Windows Phone could start taking a bigger chunk of the market… if consumers warm up to it.

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