Windows Weekly 234

Windows Weekly Episode 234

Topics

• Windows Phone 7.5 US retail launch
  • Samsung Focus S and Focus Flash now available on AT&T; HTC Radar on T-Mobile. HTC Titan now due out Nov. 20 on AT&T, but no word on Verizon or Sprint, though Verizon is definitely happening.
  • No Nokia news. But Paul's sources say that Nokia will launch in US at CES in January with immediately availability.
  • But ... Do any of these phones have what it takes to compete with Android or iPhone?
  • Plus: Microsoft snags Samsung exec for Windows Phone division. Why that's ironic and a bad sign.

• More Windows Phone: What will it mean to use Windows 8 inside Windows Phone 8?
  • The Apollo rumors continue, and continue to indicate that MS is going to replace the Embedded Compact core with MinWin [1]

• Still More Windows Phone: Looking out for the new brand of Windows Phone Criticism
  • Now that Windows Phone has caught up, its critics--and Apple fans--have a new way of criticizing this platform. And it's really, really strange.

• Barnes & Noble wants DOJ investigation of MS over Android patents
  • Microsoft says that patents are necessary and work. Google says they inhibit innovation. And B&N says MS is behaving anticompetitively (um, ok... odd argument, but...)

• Silverlight and Flash: Our strategies have shifted
  • Word is MS is going to launch Silverlight 5, and maybe a 5.1 -- then that's it
  • Adobe is discontinuing attempts to make Flash work in mobile browsers (but is staying the course in PCs)
  • Did Apple really win this round -- in both cases? Yep.

• IE 10: Spell checking and auto-correct are coming, you long-suffering IE users! [2]
  • MS says spell checking will be in all versions of IE 10 -- IE 10 Metro and Desktop on Win 8, and also IE 10 on WIn 7
  • Still no update to IE 10 platform preview 2 on Win 7... by the way
  • IE 10? When does that hit, 2020?

• • Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 arrives!
  • Paul: *Awesome*
  • MJF: ZZZZZ
  • Paul: We'll get you yet!
  • MJF: No you won't! :)

Software Pick of the Week: ChevronWP7 Labs for Windows Phone

• Cheap unlocker from Chevron folks lets you test your own apps on a real phone or run homebrew apps.

Software Pick of the Week #2: Spotify for Windows Phone

• One of the biggest music subscription services finally comes to Windows Phone

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