http://www.finesttech.com Future Inventions and Modern Technology Sat, 11 Feb 2012 15:34:52 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.finesttech.com/gadgets/news-from-microsoft-%e2%80%93-mango-upcoming/ http://www.finesttech.com/gadgets/news-from-microsoft-%e2%80%93-mango-upcoming/#comments Sun, 31 Jul 2011 18:32:18 +0000 admin http://www.finesttech.com/gadgets/news-from-microsoft-%e2%80%93-mango-upcoming/ Mango – Windows Phone 7 from Microsoft Mango is the name of new Windows Phone 7 from Microsoft and it was released to the manufacturers for OS testing and compatibility. It will probably be available in a few weeks in Japan first (by Fujitsu), then lately by Nokia, Samsung, LG and HTC. Let’s sneak a [...]]]> http://www.finesttech.com/gadgets/news-from-microsoft-%e2%80%93-mango-upcoming/feed/ 0 http://www.finesttech.com/computers/microsofts-sidewinder-x4/ http://www.finesttech.com/computers/microsofts-sidewinder-x4/#comments Mon, 29 Mar 2010 16:05:56 +0000 Max http://www.finesttech.com/computers/microsofts-sidewinder-x4/ Microsoft’s anti-ghosting claims were recently put to the test by the good folks over at Tom’s Guide, and if you’ve been holding off on pulling the trigger to make sure it really lives up to the hype, you can finally cut loose and part ways with your hard-earned Greenbacks — maybe, anyway. For those unaware, [...]]]> http://www.finesttech.com/computers/microsofts-sidewinder-x4/feed/ 0 http://www.finesttech.com/phones/windows-mobile-6-5-to-become-windows-phone-starter-edition/ http://www.finesttech.com/phones/windows-mobile-6-5-to-become-windows-phone-starter-edition/#comments Fri, 26 Mar 2010 16:00:26 +0000 Max http://www.finesttech.com/phones/windows-mobile-6-5-to-become-windows-phone-starter-edition/ Windows Phone 7 Series might have been the big news out of Mobile World Congress this year, but it looks like Windows Mobile 6.5 will live on as the basis of Windows Phone Starter Edition. We’d already heard some whispers to that effect, but now it’s been confirmed by ZDNet‘s Mary Jo Foley, who got [...]]]> http://www.finesttech.com/phones/windows-mobile-6-5-to-become-windows-phone-starter-edition/feed/ 0 http://www.finesttech.com/phones/entelligence-windows-phone-7-series/ http://www.finesttech.com/phones/entelligence-windows-phone-7-series/#comments Thu, 25 Mar 2010 16:00:40 +0000 Max http://www.finesttech.com/phones/entelligence-windows-phone-7-series/ Entelligence is a column by technology stategist and athor Michael Gartenberg, a man whose desire for a delicios cup of coffee and a quality New York bagel is dwarfed only by his passion for tech. In these articles, he will explore where our industry is and where it is going – on both micro and [...]]]> http://www.finesttech.com/phones/entelligence-windows-phone-7-series/feed/ 0 http://www.finesttech.com/techonology/microsoft-should-never-have-built-the-xbox/ http://www.finesttech.com/techonology/microsoft-should-never-have-built-the-xbox/#comments Tue, 16 Mar 2010 20:00:39 +0000 Max http://www.finesttech.com/techonology/microsoft-should-never-have-built-the-xbox/ I’m having an ongoing debate with a number of folks on whether Microsoft should have ever made the Xbox. I’m arguing against it, and the best argument so far for the Xbox can be found here where there are links to all of the posts so far. What started all of this hullabaloo was a [...]]]> http://www.finesttech.com/techonology/microsoft-should-never-have-built-the-xbox/feed/ 0 http://www.finesttech.com/computers/windows-7-phone-three-different-chassis-designs/ http://www.finesttech.com/computers/windows-7-phone-three-different-chassis-designs/#comments Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:00:34 +0000 Max http://www.finesttech.com/computers/windows-7-phone-three-different-chassis-designs/ Microsoft [MSFT] will be making Windows 7 Phone Series available on three different chassis designs. The first of these will be called Chassis-1 and these phones will be large touch screen devices that feature a 1GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor. The next design is called Chassis-2, these sorts of devices will be similar to the Palm [...]]]> http://www.finesttech.com/computers/windows-7-phone-three-different-chassis-designs/feed/ 0 http://www.finesttech.com/computers/windows-mobile-7-too-late-to-save-microsoft/ http://www.finesttech.com/computers/windows-mobile-7-too-late-to-save-microsoft/#comments Wed, 24 Feb 2010 16:00:39 +0000 Max http://www.finesttech.com/?p=1820 Microsoft’s problem stretches back at least as far as February 2007, when Windows Mobile 6 showed up on scene looking like an antique beside the just-announced iPhone. At that point, Windows Mobile held about a 14 percent share of the world smartphone market – already down from a high of 23 percent in 2004. But [...]]]> http://www.finesttech.com/computers/windows-mobile-7-too-late-to-save-microsoft/feed/ 1 http://www.finesttech.com/techonology/microsoft-zune-phone/ http://www.finesttech.com/techonology/microsoft-zune-phone/#comments Sun, 31 Jan 2010 21:10:57 +0000 admin http://www.finesttech.com/techonology/microsoft-zune-phone.html Being equal opportunity rumormongers, we’d be remiss if we didn’t tell you there could be a Zune Phone in your future. The “Project Pink” rumors have welled up again, fired up by a highfalutin’ analyst at Jefferies named Katherine Egbert. She claims her inside sources are leaking info about a Microsoft phone to be rolled [...]]]> http://www.finesttech.com/techonology/microsoft-zune-phone/feed/ 0 http://www.finesttech.com/techonology/the-new-zune-hd-price-rumors/ http://www.finesttech.com/techonology/the-new-zune-hd-price-rumors/#comments Fri, 17 Jul 2009 08:04:25 +0000 admin http://www.finesttech.com/techonology/the-new-zune-hd-price-rumors.html Officially unconfirmed news that the price of the Microsoft’s new 16 GB Zune HD will be between $249 and $289 has been circling the internet for some time now. The source of this information is an alleged software engineer of the product. The person, claiming to be working for Microsoft, also shared that Zune HD [...]]]> http://www.finesttech.com/techonology/the-new-zune-hd-price-rumors/feed/ 0 http://www.finesttech.com/computers/microsoft%e2%80%99s-internet-explorer-8-advertising-strategy/ http://www.finesttech.com/computers/microsoft%e2%80%99s-internet-explorer-8-advertising-strategy/#comments Wed, 08 Jul 2009 04:11:30 +0000 admin http://www.finesttech.com/?p=1607 As the market success of Microsoft’s latest browser – the IE 8 is not particularly great their copywriting teams have worked hard to make new ads to boost sales. Unfortunately for the software giant, the competition’s alternative products, such as Opera and Firefox, prove to be much more popular with internet users. Thus, to promote [...]]]> http://www.finesttech.com/computers/microsoft%e2%80%99s-internet-explorer-8-advertising-strategy/feed/ 0