Developer XNA Game Studio Sean Hargreaves (Shawn Hargreaves) wrote in his blog that future phones on Windows Phone 7 will support the resolution at only 480 × 800, but the lower 320 × 480, which will install this OS on a cheap device. Hargreaves believes that with the phone's screen will be easier to deal with three-dimensional graphics, even without super-fast processor.

As previously reported, Microsoft will make certain demands on producers smartphones on Windows Phone 7. At one time it was believed that the resolution 480 × 800 would be minimally acceptable, but if the statement Hargreaves is true, it means that at least some of the phones on the new OS will be relatively inexpensive.

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The representative of Adobe Mike Chambers (Mike Chambers), responsible for relations with software developers using Flash, confirmed that the browser Windows Phone 7 will support Flash, and Adobe will provide Microsoft with all the necessary support to make this possible.

In particular, he said: "I want to clarify one thing that has not sounded in some news: Adobe and Microsoft are working closely to in Internet Explorer Mobile on Windows Phone 7 Series was the Flash Player 10.1».

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Gizmodo Web site posted photos not yet released the phone Microsoft Pure. Despite the poor quality images, they can see that this is a slider with QWERTY-keyboard and the original panel interface, in which each task on a separate panel.

An anonymous source, which granted the shots, claims that this phone is better feelings Android, though it is, of course, subjective. He's quite fast, it is possible that it uses NVIDIA Tegra. In this case, the phone even be able to play high-definition video.

Pure and its companion piece Turtle positioned as a replacement Sidekick. It is expected that they will be inexpensive.

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In Opera Software said that in some European countries such as Belgium, France, Spain, Poland and the United Kingdom, the number of downloads the new version of the browser Opera has tripled. The reason is obvious – the new selection screen browser in Windows 7, which gives equal chances to all major browsers. Immediately after this statement Opera Software shares rose in price by 3,2%.

Beginning this week, Microsoft gives users of Windows 7 to select one of 12 browsers, including Internet Explorer, Firefox, Safari, Chrome and Opera. At the same time they are presented in random order, to equalize their chances.

But not everyone likes the new selection screen browsers. The fact is that it shows only five mentioned the major browsers, and to see the other seven, you need to scroll the window to the right. Explicit mention of the existence of other options on the screen there, so that most users this just did not realize.

"Frankly, nobody knows that there are more browsers, but five, – complains Gardin, Sean (Shawn Hardin), developer of the sixth in Europe, the browser Flock. – We believe that this is unfair. "

In Microsoft argued that the selection screen browser is fully compliant with the European Commission.

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Corporation Microsoft introduced a new concept of portable multitouch interface, implemented by the camera and projector. On the table is projected onto the virtual keyboard and windows applications, and the camera recognizes the position of the user's finger. In contrast to the concept Surface, which is a large touch screen the size of a table, this design allows you to work on any surface, and even in 3D.

This technology can be embedded into portable devices, whether phones or Windows Phone Players Zune. This way you can achieve much more interface than your physical screen. In conjunction with the manipulator Natal this interface can be used even in the games.

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Assistant General Counsel of Microsoft, Dave Gainer (Dave Heiner) lamented the fact that Google is too great a share in several markets, particularly search advertising, recognize that even U.S. and European regulators. However Google does nothing to address violations of the antimonopoly legislation, instead of looking to blame something on the side – and finds them in the face of Microsoft.

"Public reaction to Google on antitrust issues is always the same – to nod in the direction of Microsoft, – Gainer wrote in his blog. – Google tells reporters that the antitrust issues in connection with the search are not groundless, because some complaints are heard from one of its recent competitors in the search market. " Under such a competitor Gainer had in mind, of course, Microsoft itself and its search engine Bing.

According to Gainer, publishers, advertisers and advertising agencies suffer from the monopoly Google, they would like "real competition" in the field of search and online advertising.

"With the growing influence of Google, which holds the last few years, we usually hear the dissatisfaction of a range of companies, large and small, about the different methods of Google, – the representative wrote Microsoft. – Some of these complaints reflect the aggressive policy of Google, others – excessive secrecy with which Google does business in different areas, others raise serious antitrust issues. "

It is noteworthy that, according to Gainer, many are unhappy with the company more than once turned to Microsoft for advice, and representatives of corporations are sometimes advised them to contact the relevant government authorities.

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Statistical Quantcast company released data for January, which suggests that in North America, 10,9% of the audience the Internet works in Mac OS X, while last year their number has nearly tripled (to 29.4%). The positions of Windows declined slightly (by 3,8%), although still high – 86,8%.

Meanwhile, analysts note that the share of Windows growing steadily the last three months of last year, when the market came Windows 7. But in January, things have deteriorated a bit over Microsoft, and Apple in this period sold 3.36 million of its "Mac".

In the period from December to January the proportion of Mac OS X has grown by 7%, and quarterly growth was 5.2%. Proportion of Windows for the month and quarter were up 0.9%.

The dominant version of Mac OS X is 10.5 Leopard: in January it was set to 52,1% of all owners of Mac. However, the proportion of 10.6 Snow Leopard is growing rapidly, now it is 27,3%. (Incidentally, the debut of "Barca" in August last year was twice as successful "Leopard" and four times – "Tiger.") 17.2% Mac users, go to the Internet with Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger, and another 3.4% used in earlier versions of the Mac OS.

In the birthplace of the most popular version of Windows in January was XP: it used 51,8% of visitors online. In January, its share even increased because of increasing sales of netbooks. Vista is installed on 37.4% of computers connected Windows, Windows 7 – at 10,2%.

The largest growth was observed on mobile devices: in January Quantcast documented increase in the proportion of mobile devices in the overall Internet audience in 123.8% in terms of annual. However, even with such impressive growth of the overall proportion of mobile devices is only 1,3%.

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In Microsoft demonstrated a prototype of the first serial phone Windows Phone 7, it was a slider with QWERTY-keyboard production LG, very similar to eXpo. We already wrote that LG plans to release the first device on the new OS, it will happen in September.

Among the characteristics known only that he will have 5-megapixel camera. However, knowing the minimum requirements for Microsoft to devices on the WP 7, the phone should be a fast processor and a touch screen with a resolution of at least 800 × 480. A Microsoft representative Aaron Woodman (Aaron Woodman) showed how a list of applications. Any application of the general list, you can add to the home screen. Interestingly action back button: it can not just return the user to step back into a single application, but also switch to the previous application. For example, you can work with the player Zune, then write the SMS-message, press the "Back" and return to the player.

Still not entirely clear to multitasking. According to Woodman, a number of programs (eg player) will be able to work in the background, but can do third-party programs, he did not elaborate. No he added clarity and on the question, can I go to the WP 7 in the already sold devices such as HTC HD2. Rather, these questions become clearer at the conference MIX.

Woodman said that Microsoft stirred controversy about the need to synchronize the phone with Mac OS. Sam Woodman does not know 100% what decision is made to that effect, but he noted that it is quite likely. Zune HD yet boasts impeccable support for other platforms.

Via Electronista

Microsoft announced the release of the first budget of mice with laser technology, proprietary BlueTrack, provide extremely accurate positioning on any surface. Novelty is presented in three versions: a wireless three-button Wireless Mobile Mouse 3500, a larger wireless three-button Wireless Mouse 2000 and wire pyatiknopochnaya Comfort Mouse 4500. Sales will begin in March. Both wireless model will cost $ 30, wired Comfort Mouse – $ 25.

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Charlie Kindel (Charlie Kindel), coordinator of the group developing Windows Phone, reported on how the principles will be the development of the new OS. In particular, he wrote that to "fix the energy, ability and attention of developers and manufacturers to the platform and ecosystem for the cross-cutting principle.

Among other principles, the development of the following theses:

"Every decision we have taken should take into account what impact it will have on end users.

We will do a little, but very high quality. It is better not to do some sort of functionality than to implement it badly. There are always new versions.

The creation or documentation of the API without a clear understanding of how it will be used. API, created by the principle of "do, and then we shall see," almost always futile, and unnecessarily burden the system.

We will build on the shoulders of giants. Wherever possible, it is better to integrate than to build.

We will try not to show our organizational boundaries developers.

Some results of these approaches can be seen now, such as the integration of Windows Phone 7 with Xbox, Zune and Microsoft LIVE. The principle of "do not create the functionality of poor quality" has already manifested itself in the fact that there WP7 some functions that are in WM6, such as multitasking and advanced file system.

Via WMPoweruser