Well that didn’t last long. Microsoft launched the Kin, it got terrible reviews, they pummeled the airwaves with advertising, but still only sold 500 units. That’s right… 500. Then they sent the Kin to an early death. The entire Kin development team will become part of...

The world’s biggest software company put an entire team behind developing a brand new phone and then put millions and millions of dollars into a national marketing and advertising campaign. Guess how many units they were able to sell? 500. Don’t feel so smart, we know you read...

This looks pretty rad. Game developers MommysBestGames have published a YouTube video of a “smoketest” for one of their games: Shoot 1UP. The game is already available on Xbox and the video shows the game running at 10X speed in order to identify memory leaks and bugs: The...

Usually a rumor is a rumor is a rumor. You know the whole “grain of salt” thing? Except when the rumor comes from the lips of a Microsoft employee at an official event, in this case Cannes Lions 2010. Listen closely at about fifteen seconds in when she lets us know that...

We love when internal documents make the rounds around the office. And then make the rounds outside of the office which has happened with a Telstra roadmap highlighting an upcoming WP7 Phone codenamed the HTC Mozart. Interesting to note is the “Timing” element which marks...

Microsoft REALLY wants to make a splash when they launch and they rightfully understand that a vibrant marketplace of apps and games is crucial to their success. With developers busy working on iPhone and Android, how will they be able to lure them to Microsoft pasture? With cash money...

The Chinese well has just pulled up a bucket of juicy Sony Ericsson Windows Phone rumors, apparently showing of a device code-named Julie/Julia that has a full sliding QWERTY keyboard, multi-touch, 1GHz+ processor, XBOX integration, and more. The screen size is said to be the same as the...

We haven’t yet enjoyed Windows Phone 7 yet but one thing is now for sure: we, I mean you, won’t be enjoying porn on the devices. At least not with Microsoft’s consent. Microsoft has published their (PDF) application certification requirements and among them is a rule the...

Microsoft is playing catch up in the app marketplace and development world, so they’ve got to make submitting apps for Windows Phone 7 a breeze. After negative feedback surrounding the annual $99 developer fee covering only 5 apps, Microsoft has revised their policies. The updated...

Tablets fill this weird gap between phone and computer that make deciding what they REALLY are a bit hard. Is it a scaled down version of a computer with no keyboard? Is it a bigger version of a phone with some added features and customizations? According to Microsoft’s OEM VP Steve...