TFTS (blog) Microsoft has 3 months to make or break Windows Phone – Part 2 WMPoweruser.com The last three features, though not pressing, would be highly welcome; “real buttons “ for “back” “home” and “search” instead of capacitive ones, inductive charging ala Palm Pre Touchstone and finally NFC support.
Mobile Today Prepping for Mango, Microsoft improves mobile app tools Reuters Unlike first-generation handset launches such as the Palm Pre and the initial Android handset, the G1, Windows Phone 7 smartphones have had a reasonable number of third-party titles available. And supplementing them with Xbox Live games and integration …
Evernote and IM+ coming to Windows Phone marketplace LiveSide For those who doesn't know what Evernote is, it is a note-taking application very similar to OneNote in the Microsoft Office suite, but is available on Windows, MacOS X, iOS, Android, Blackberry, Palm Pre , and now Windows Phone 7. … and more
How to transfer contacts from Palm Centro to another phone Times of India … Book or Microsoft Outlook/Outlook Express
We like, ok, love poking fun at analysts’ long term forecasts given the volatility of the smartphone market.
5 Smartphones Too Ugly to Sell Investorplace.com Cramped keyboards, ugly screens, and Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) Windows Mobile operating system mad for an uninviting package. The Palm Pre line was been a step up, but that isn't saying much. The BlackBerry was never a show-stopper, and this knock off …
International Business Times Yahoo! To Blame For Windows Phone 7 Phantom Data Usage International Business Times Though Microsoft Window's Phone 7 has been identified as the primary phone affected, devices like the Palm Pre may also be facing the same issue. … and more
Lunchtime Lowdown: Microsoft Kinect hack, Palm Pre 2 UK launch and the Canon … ElectricPig.co.uk HP and Palm surprised us with the news that the Palm Pre 2 will be going on sale in the UK next week
Windows Phone 7 is a big gamble, for both Microsoft and consumers Washington Post This sleek, multitasking operating system looked like a breakthrough when it debuted on Palm's Pre smartphone two summers ago. But less than a year later, ..
New York Times (blog) Windows Phone 7 presents a big gamble, for Microsoft and consumers Washington Post This sleek, multitasking operating system looked like a breakthrough when it debuted on Palm's Pre smartphone two summers ago. But less than a year later, … Windows Phone 7: Where Are the Apps
Complete details on the deal are still a bit light, but it’s just been revealed today that Microsoft has licensed a total of 74 patents from Acacia Research Corp. and Access Co
Reuters UK Microsoft licenses 74 patents created by Palm [Please stop suing us!] IntoMobile That's exactly what Microsoft is doing by licensing 74 patents from Acacia Research and Access, the latter being the company that purchased Palm's pre -webOS … Microsoft licenses old Palm OS patents from Acacia ZDNet UK all 64 news articles
It feels like it was only five months ago that we published part 2 of this series . Sorry for the long wait! This time, we’re taking our BadFont sample and going in two directions. First, we’ll add some TrueType font display code using the SDL_TTF library. Second, we’ll talk about packaging up your PDK app for installing on the device and submitting it to the Palm webOS App Catalog. As a bonus, we’ll also provide a makefile you can use on Windows for all of this. Here’s what it will look like when we’re done: Using TrueType Fonts All webOS devices ship with a set of TrueType fonts in /usr/share/fonts. The main system font on webOS is called Prelude and we include these fonts: Prelude-Bold.ttf Prelude-BoldOblique.ttf Prelude-Medium.ttf Prelude-MediumOblique.ttf PreludeCondensed-Bold.ttf PreludeCondensed-Medium.ttf The Oblique forms are what you get when you italicize text. The Condensed version is an alternate form that has thinner letters.
