Bringing WP7 Nokia Is Ambitious to Hit Android
Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2011 – Nokia has just established a partnership with Microsoft, to make Windows-based handset Phone 7 (WP 7). Nokia CEO, Stephen Elop, admitted openly that his ambition is to hit the Android. “Our number one priority is to compete with Android,”
Elop said, as reported by TechRadar and quoted on Monday (2/14/2011). Elop acknowledges Nokia briefly considered choosing Android. But ultimately the choice fell on Windows Phone 7. Android not be an option because Nokia will not assume a specific differentiation by Android vendors adopters such as Samsung and HTC. “This will be a three horse racing, Google, Apple and Nokia together with Microsoft now,” said Elop in the Nokia press conference at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2011.
The former CEO of Microsoft this state, a partnership between Nokia and Microsoft are gambling for their respective parties. But on the other hand, they would be mutually beneficial. “Microsoft is contributing to the service such as Bing, Xbox and so on. We are clearly depend on the WP 7 for moving forward, but Microsoft is also betting significantly with location-based services from Nokia, “said Elop. “As a whole should be recognized that Nokia are betting strategy is very important to Microsoft and Microsoft will too. That is why we will succeed together, “he added
WP7 Update Will Be on the Ride with IE Mobile 9
Mobile World Congress (MWC) – The first update of Windows Phone 7 (WP7) called ‘Mango’ will present in moment. It is said ‘Mango’ would get on the ride with the recent browser IE Mobile 9, with several new features. As quoted from Neowin, the news came from Mary Jo Foley from ZDNET, which revealed the presence of IE Mobile 9 before the event Mobile World Congress (MWC) this year.
Currently WP7 is using IE Mobile 7, with some features of IE 8 that is in it. If the rumors are true, Microsoft will pass the updated IE Mobile 8 and go directly to version 9. Along with that, ‘Mango’ will support HTML format 5 and Silverlight run-time. For information, Silverlight currently already exist in WP7, but not for browser plugins in it.
Not only that, Mango also will have support for Far East languages such as China, Japan, and Korea, which currently is not available.
Firefox 4 Beta 9 New Look
Mozilla will soon release Firefox 4. But before the final version is presented, the Mozilla browser allows users to try out this new through beta. Through this trial version, Mozilla began introducing the appearance as well as various new features that will be present in Firefox 4.
As quoted from digitaltrends, Firefox 4 Beta 9 comes with a faster starting time, including a new bookmark in it.
This version is made for users to find their browsing needs, through the latest features in the Mozilla browser. Described in testimony, Firefox Sync feature will later be integrated directly in the browser. As a result users would be able to access the latest data, history, bookmarks, tabs, and passwords across PCs or smartphones.
For developers and web designers, Firefox 4 beta 9 will support HTML5, WebM, HD video, 3D graphics rendering with WebGL, hardware acceleration, and an API that Mozilla Audio to create a better web content.
