Verizon's Galaxy S to Blast Off on Thursday ( Webinfo out now on Samsung Fascinate @ Verizone )
posted on September 7, 2010 .
Beautiful display but search is set for using Bing. May not be easy to circumvent. Any users out there with actual experience, or am I crazy? Decided on a Droid instead.
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Windows Phone 7 launch event coming Oct. 11
One week from today, Microsoft and AT&T will host a Windows Phone 7 launch event in New York City, where the companies are expected to announce the release dates for the new mobile operating system.
Reports have pegged a Europe release on Oct. 21 and a U.S. shipping date on Nov. 8.
Windows Phone 7 is largely seen as Microsoft's last chance in mobile as the Apple iPhone platform and Google Android operating system run away with the U.S. mindshare. Just Sunday, Goldman Sachs said Windows Phone 7 must be "immediately successful" to get Microsoft back in the mobile game.
But within the past few weeks, we've learned that Windows Phone 7 is not yet ready for wireless carriers that use the CDMA protocol: Verizon and Sprint. And last week word got out that the new operating system will launch only on AT&T, with the other carriers in the pipeline for 2011.
As such, Windows Phone 7 will initially compete head-to-head against the wildly popular iPhone. That means Microsoft will miss out on the opportunity to capitalize on AT&T customers' desires to leave what is largely viewed as the wireless network with the worst service -- a consumer attitude that has helped Android (and Verizon) considerably.
On Oct. 11 Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer and Ralph de la Vega, AT&T's president and CEO of mobility and consumer products, will make their announcement at 6:30 a.m. PDT. I'll have the information and updates here on The Microsoft Blog.
Microsoft also will begin accepting Windows Phone Marketplace app submissions on Oct. 11, giving "November" as the ending period for early submission.
Updated 11:31 a.m.: Meanwhile, Engadget found an agenda for the Oct. 11 event that includes showing off Windows Phone 7 devices from T-Mobile (the other U.S. GSM-protocol carrier, along with AT&T). Some have wondered whether this means the OS will indeed launch on T-Mobile for the holiday season.
I wouldn’t touch another Samsung phone if you paid me. I bought the Samsung Instinct HD as it was touted the latest & greatest.
Yeah. Latest & greatest POS.
Waiting impatiently on the GPS + other assorted bug fixes update. It could take until the end of the month supposedly. Then who knows how long the wait for Froyo will be. Probably around the time vanilla Android phones get Gingerbread pushed to them.
It sucks badly. I have the Captivate. Freezes, crashes and lag. GPS barely works. They say the Froyo 2.2 update will fix a lot of the problems but I am totally frustrated with my Samsung Captivate...
Bought one from AT&T captivate, love it.
