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Microsoft unlocks Windows Phone 7 developers
REDMOND, Wash.–Microsoft is making a change to its policies for Windows Phone 7 that will allow applications to more easily run when the screen is turned off. Until now, applications that wanted to run when the screen was locked had to get the user’s explicit permission.
Student in Jobs spat sours on Apple, not journalism
Chelsea Kate Isaacs, the Long Island University journalism student who had a well-publicized spat with Apple CEO Steve Jobs several weeks ago, was among eight student journalists chosen to cover this week’s New York launch of Windows Phone 7. (Credit: Ina Fried/CNET) NEW YORK–Chelsea Kate Isaacs hasn’t graduated from college yet.
Ballmer on tablets, PCs and more (Q&A)
NEW YORK–While Microsoft showed off Windows Phone 7 yesterday as its answer to the iPhone , many are still wondering what the company’s response will be to the iPad . CEO Steve Ballmer has noted on several occasions that there will be some Windows 7 slates this year, but that’s not the answer to the question–Microsoft has had tablets for years. The real issue is how Microsoft plans to respond to the iPad’s instant-on abilities, it’s long battery life, and the fact that it’s easily navigated with just a finger and no need for a keyboard.
Ballmer talks Windows Phone 7 with CNET (Q&A)
NEW YORK–Steve Ballmer thinks that Microsoft is going to make up some lost ground with Windows Phone 7 . But just how much, he won’t say