MS offers free Windows phones, training to WebOS devs — gets 1K responses

Following HP’s swift destruction of its webOS ecosystem last week, Microsoft stepped up on Friday to give webOS developers a new home with free Windows Phone devices, training, and tools.

Now, the company’s Senior Director of Windows Phone 7 development Brandon Watson, who made the initial plea to webOS devs via Twitter, says?he’s received nearly 1,000 responses to the offer.

We’ve dropped a line to Watson to see if he can offer up more information on what exactly Microsoft will give webOS migrants. Judging from the frantic pace of his Twitter stream over the weekend though (he received over 500 responses in about 22 hours), it’s clear plenty of developers are interested in taking him up on the offer.

While Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 platform is still struggling with sales, it’s tough to deny that the company has done a great job at wrangling developer support. WP7 has nearly 30,000 apps in its marketplace — an impressive figure given that the company started from scratch when the platform launched last fall. Personalities like Watson have also helped Microsoft solidify developer relations — something that Palm and HP never managed to accomplish with webOS. Watson went as far as to put his personal cellphone number on Twitter last year to discuss Windows Phone development.

Microsoft still has a ways to go with Windows Phone. It’s playing catch-up with Apple’s 500,000 iOS apps and Android’s 250,000 apps, and device?sales haven’t been strong enough to give Windows Phone any significant market share. That could all change, though, with the release of Mango, Windows Phone 7′s first big update, as well as new devices this fall, including Nokia’s first flagship Windows Phone.

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HTC launching 2 Windows Phone Mango devices Sept. 1

Mobile manufacturer HTC will reportedly launch two new Windows Phone devices equipped with Mango, the first huge update to Windows Phone 7, at an event Sept 1.

HTC declined to comment for this story, saying it does “not speak to rumors or speculation about unannounced products.”

The massive Mango update was already rumored for Sept. 1, so the event date makes sense. Mango will offer more than 500 new features, including direct social networking integration, contact groups, live tile notifications, Xbox Live improvements, Bing indoor maps, and Internet Explorer 9 that’s the same as the desktop version rather than a mobile version.

The report from BGR says HTC will show off the HTC Eternity, a Windows Phone featuring a 3.7-inch display bound for AT&T, and the HTC Omega, a Mango device with a whopping 4.5-inch screen that will be released on T-Mobile.

The Mango push will help catch the Windows Phone platform up to iOS and Android and hopefully attract more consumers. The current crop of Windows Phone devices have not done a good job of helping the OS capture market share, with just 1.7 million devices sold worldwide.

Alongside Mango, the Windows Phone ecosystem could see a new surge of support this fall because of two recent major events. First, the Google-Motorola deal could attract more Android manufacturers to build Windows Phone devices because they see Motorola as having priority. Second, HP’s decision last week to stop building hardware for webOS has caused nearly 1,000 webOS developers to look into Windows Phone development.

What do you think of Windows Phone? Do you think it has a bright future?

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Apple unveils a Cube Plans of Fifth Avenue: large, seamless Windows

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Apple has now revealed its plans for the cube with a new informational sign posted on the barrier surrounding the plaza, showing that the company is completely replacing the cube's glass panels with new, larger panels that will also be "seamless" for a cleaner appearance.We're simplifying the Fifth Avenue cube. By using larger, seamless pieces of glass, we're using just 15 panes instead of 90.

According to the diagram of the new cube, Apple will be using three glass panes per side of the cube (plus the top), with each side pane stretching the entire height of the cube.

Apple last year filed for a trademark on the original design of the Fifth Avenue store's cube, seeking to protect what was recently ranked as one of the most-photographed sites in Manhattan based on a study of geotagged photos posted to Flickr and Picasa.

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JimmyDreams1 hour ago at 07:00 amI read somewhere that Apple needed those 90 glass panels for their glossy monitors.....

:rolleyes:Rating: 6 Positives / 0 NegativesxUKHCx1 hour ago at 06:37 amI wonder how long it will be until it is made of only 5 :eek:Rating: 6 Positives / 0 Negativesjonnysods1 hour ago at 06:38 amApple buildings are easily the prettiest and most amazing retail structures going.Rating: 6 Positives / 1 Negativesmkjj1 hour ago at 07:05 amFFS, who really cares?
There is Mac rumors..and there is Apple obsessive..it is just the fabric of a high street retail outlet for God's sake !!

There are stores, and then there are Apple Stores....

(To quote M&S!)Rating: 4 Positives / 1 Negativeswinston12361 hour ago at 06:53 amwith apples current trend eventually the glass will be removed entirelyRating: 3 Positives / 0 NegativesFriarNurgle52 minutes ago at 07:15 amTwo words:
Transparent aluminum.

Rating: 3 Positives / 1 Negativestoddybody55 minutes ago at 07:11 amShould look gorgeous...that said, I'm not sure why it's worth the money and time. It's not like the old building was a dump.Rating: 2 Positives / 0 NegativesSixtafoua1 hour ago at 06:58 amThey're spending $6 million to put in bigger panes?!?
I don't get it.Rating: 4 Positives / 2 Negatives840quadra1 hour ago at 06:46 amIt is nice to see something from Apple before it is officially unveiled. I wish they did this with some of their products too ;) .




Very interesting. I was there on opening day. I wonder what useful improvements will be made over the cosmetic ones... :)

It will be much snappier?.Rating: 2 Positives / 0 NegativesSjhonny12 minutes ago at 07:55 amThe lone voice of sanity. The Appleonians will not like this comment.

Said the troll with Apple in his nick on the pro-mac forum ... :rolleyes:Rating: 1 Positives / 0 Negatives
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Apple QuickTime releases security update for Mac OS X Leopard and Windows 7.7

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Apple Releases QuickTime 7.7 Security Update for Mac OS X Leopard and Windows - MacRumors.com window.fbAsyncInit = function() { FB.init({ appId : '263507923666566', status : true, // check login status cookie : true, // enable cookies to allow the server to access the session xfbml : true // parse XFBML }); }; (function() { var e = document.createElement('script'); e.src = document.location.protocol + '//connect.facebook.net/en_US/all.js'; e.async = true; document.getElementById('fb-root').appendChild(e); }()); Front Page Mac Blog iOS Blog Buyer's Guide ForumsGot a tip for us? Share it...Twitter ? Facebook ? RSSa. Send us an emailb. Anonymous formclose (x)Apple Releases QuickTime 7.7 Security Update for Mac OS X Leopard and WindowsThursday August 4, 2011 8:37 am PDT by Eric SlivkaApple yesterday released a pair of QuickTime 7.7 updates for Mac OS X Leopard and Windows XP/Vista/7 users. According to an associated support document, the updates bring fixes for fourteen separate issues related to security.QuickTime 7.7 improves security and is recommended for all Mac OS X Leopard users.

For information on the security content of this update, please visit this website: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1222.

The update weighs in at 68.85 MB for Mac OS X Leopard and 37.15 MB for Windows.[ 17 comments ]Tweet Top Rated Comments(View all)

Mr. Retrofire4 days ago at 12:36 pmQuick Time 7 was tossed into the Utilities folder when you updated to 10.6.

I did not update to 10.6, kid. My newest MBP (17", Early-2011) came already with 10.6.7. What now!? :D

Quick Time X replaced QT7.

No, QuickTime X in 10.6 uses still the old QT7 API, "under the hood". I know this, because i write QuickTime-based software.

AVFoundation is a new technology that first appeared in iOS and has just been included in OS X with the 10.7 release.

The AV Foundation framework appeared first in iMovie for iOS. Final Cut Pro X included it first on the desktop OS platform (one month before Lion). That is the reason why FCPX runs also on Snow Leopard (not just Lion).Rating: 2 Positives / 0 Negativesmunkees3 days ago at 02:26 pm
I guess it's time for Apple to drop QuickTime for Windows as a separate product, fold it into iTunes and remove all extra features like QT Player, control panel and internet plugins. And especially get rid of the absurdity that is QuickTime Pro.

The thing about QT7 Pro, that QTX does not do is sequence of images into a movie, it very fast and efficient, that is why I still use QT 7 pro. Wish :apple: would of added the pro features to QT XRating: 1 Positives / 0 NegativesxStep4 days ago at 12:00 pmThey replaced it in OS X 10.7 (with AV Foundation), not 10.6.

Quick Time 7 was tossed into the Utilities folder when you updated to 10.6. Quick Time X replaced QT7.

AVFoundation is a new technology that first appeared in iOS and has just been included in OS X with the 10.7 release. Apple expects developers to use it instead of the older QT technology for new development.Rating: 2 Positives / 1 Negativesppc_michael4 days ago at 11:43 amlooks like a pretty big update security wise but, I'm guessing i've already got it for Lion then?

Quicktime 7 is absent from Lion unless you specifically download it.Rating: 1 Positives / 0 NegativesAriX4 days ago at 12:01 pmThey replaced it in OS X 10.7 (with AV Foundation), not 10.6.

That's not true. Quicktime 7 was replaced with Quicktime X in 10.6, although both are still supported in both 10.6 and 10.7. What you linked to is just a new framework.

It's nice to see that Apple still provides security updates for Leopard. A lot of people still use it, and Apple's recent decisions regarding backwards compatibility have bothered me a bit. (Rosetta's demise, as well as Xcode 4's inability to develop for anything before 10.6, and Apple's removal of Carbon tools from Xcode 3).Rating: 1 Positives / 1 NegativesArtOfWarfare4 days ago at 09:26 amQuickTime X isn't on Windows?Rating: 0 Positives / 0 NegativesKing Flamez14 days ago at 09:26 amlooks like a pretty big update security wise but, I'm guessing i've already got it for Lion then?Rating: 0 Positives / 0 NegativesKing Flamez14 days ago at 09:27 amQuickTime X isn't on Windows?

i think u can pay extra and get itRating: 0 Positives / 0 Negativesgumblecosby4 days ago at 10:21 amQuickTime X isn't on Windows?

Quicktime X is not Quicktime 7. Quicktime 7 is Apple's old video foundation which was replaced by Quicktime X in 10.6.

Its nice to see leopard get updates still.Rating: 0 Positives / 0 Negativesblackboxxx4 days ago at 12:29 pmWhile about a decade ago QuickTime tried to be the video standard of the web and competed against Windows Media and Real (remember Real? :D), it has lost to Flash long ago, and now HTML5 is the new contender. I haven't seen any website that uses QT (except apple.com) in the past five years. Windows 7 now even plays most .mov files natively. The only remaining reason to have QuickTime on your PC is to run iTunes.

They stopped updating QuickTime 7 with new features long ago, and continue pushing out updates just to fix security bugs, of which there are plenty (I'm serious – it's worse than Flash).

I guess it's time for Apple to drop QuickTime for Windows as a separate product, fold it into iTunes and remove all extra features like QT Player, control panel and internet plugins. And especially get rid of the absurdity that is QuickTime Pro.Rating: 0 Positives / 0 Negatives
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