Gartner: 1.6 million Windows Phone 7 devices sold in Q1, consumer interest remains tepid
May 19, 2011 No Comment
Direct sales figures for Windows Phone 7 handsets have been remarkably difficult to come by since Microsoft’s OS reboot at the end of last year, but here come the stat gurus at Gartner to provide us with their best estimate. 3.6 million of the world’s smartphone sales in the past quarter were counted under the Microsoft mobile OS umbrella, of which 1.6 million featured the very latest WP7 software. That means Redmond partners sold more Windows Mobile devices in the first three months of 2011 than ones bearing the sparkling new operating system. Guess now we know what LG meant when it said the Windows Phone launch didn’t meet expectations . Gartner sees these numbers as evidencing a failure “to grow in consumer preference” by WP7′s launch devices, though it predicts better things ahead, with Nokia’s participation helping to accelerate the platform’s momentum. For more (much more!) stats relating to the global cellphone market in Q1 2011, click on the source link for Gartner’s full disclosure. Gartner: 1.6 million Windows Phone 7 devices sold in Q1, consumer interest remains tepid originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 19 May 2011 06:32:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Continue reading …Microsoft rebuts Intel’s claims about Windows 8, calls them ‘factually inaccurate’
May 19, 2011 No Comment
Bad Intel! Microsoft has issued a strongly worded response to comments this week from Intel SVP Renee James describing the future of Windows 8 on ARM as fragmented and backwards-incompatible . Those statements, says Microsoft, were “factually inaccurate and unfortunately misleading,” though we’re left without clarification as to what specifically was untrue. James claimed that legacy x86 programs won’t be running on the ARM architecture, requiring a re-write for developers and probably a re-purchase for users. She also went on to suggest that each of the four hardware suppliers for Windows 8 systems-on-chip will have a different code stack, incompatible with the rest, which sounds like a far worse allegation to us. Now the issue is to try and figure out which of those two big accusations Microsoft has taken offense to. The Redmond team had nothing more to say on the matter, offering only a reminder that Windows 8 is still at the tech demo stage and there’s still a long way to go. Microsoft rebuts Intel’s claims about Windows 8, calls them ‘factually inaccurate’ originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 19 May 2011 05:07:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Pair attacked by masked gang on isolated beach of Caribbean island where they were doing volunteer work Six men have been charged with the rape of two British women on the Caribbean island of St Lucia, officials said. The victims, aged 24 and 31, were attacked by a gang of masked men on an isolated stretch of Grande Anse beach, in the north-east of the country, on 10 May. They were volunteering on a wildlife conservation project run by a British-based charity and St Lucia’s ministry of agriculture when the late-night incident occurred. The suspects, who are locals but yet to be named, are due in court later this month, police said in a statement. The St Lucia government has launched an investigation to determine how they came to be alone on the isolated beach at midnight, a ministry official said. The British high commissioner, Karl Burrows, described the attack as “a dreadful crime”. He advised British visitors to exercise caution as they would anywhere else, saying that crimes against British tourists were not widespread on the island. Around 67,000 British nationals visited St Lucia last year. Foreign Office travel advice states that most visits are trouble-free but warns that there are incidents of violent crime, including murder, which tend to occur within the local community but can sometimes affect tourists. St Lucia Rape guardian.co.uk
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Robert de Niro, Uma Thurman, Jane Fonda, Rosario Dawson, Ryan Gosling and Harvey Weinstein were among the celebrities in Cannes attending Sean Penn’s Cinema for Peace dinner in support of Haiti relief. (May 19)
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The image, caught on home video, is a defining one: a hunched Osama bin Laden, in pathetic, lonely domesticity, with a grey beard and a blanket covering him like a shawl, surveying the television wasteland for images of himself. How banal this epitome of evil turned out to be. That is why Osama’s elimination by US commandos is such a marvellous case study. Start with this question: Was it poetic or divine justice that al-Qaeda’s leader, whose group, born in Peshawar, Pakistan, in 1988, was fathered by Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence agency and midwifed by the CIA, was finally killed by his figurative creators? This question leads to two more that are anything but rhetorical: Where, in…
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Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams says he believes monarch’s sympathy for those who have suffered in troubled past is genuine Gerry Adams has united with David Cameron to praise the Queen’s historic address at Dublin Castle. Reacting to the Queen’s only speech during her four-day visit to the Republic, the Sinn Féin president said: “I believe that her expression of sincere sympathy for those who have suffered as a consequence of our troubled past is genuine.” The prime minister also praised the tone of the Queen’s speech, adding: “I think this visit will set the seal on what is already a very strong relationship between our two countries, but a relationship I believe that can get even stronger still.” All of Thursday’s Irish newspapers were full of praise for the nature of the address in St Patrick’s Hall on Wednesday night in front of a host of dignitaries, including the prime minister David Cameron, Peter Robinson, the Northern Ireland first minister, Nobel laureate Seamus Heaney, Irish rugby star Brian O’Driscoll and various former Irish prime ministers. Speaking before the Queen, the Irish president, Mary McAleese, said the royal state visit was the culmination of the success of the peace process and an acknowledgement that while the past cannot be changed, there has been a decision made to change the future. The Queen received rapturous applause and a standing ovation and ended her speech with a toast to the president and people of Ireland. The Queen was expected to visit the Irish National Stud on Thursday in Kildare. There she will meet students of the racing academy and those who trained winners from this year’s Cheltenham festival. The British ambassador to Dublin will host a return event, celebrating the visit at the Convention Centre in Dublin A fashion show featuring Irish and British designers will precede a concert from Westlife and X-Factor contestant Mary Byrne. The Queen Ireland Monarchy Gerry Adams Europe Northern Ireland Iris Robinson Peter Robinson Henry McDonald guardian.co.uk
Continue reading …Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams says he believes monarch’s sympathy for those who have suffered in troubled past is genuine Gerry Adams has united with David Cameron to praise the Queen’s historic address at Dublin Castle. Reacting to the Queen’s only speech during her four-day visit to the Republic, the Sinn Féin president said: “I believe that her expression of sincere sympathy for those who have suffered as a consequence of our troubled past is genuine.” The prime minister also praised the tone of the Queen’s speech, adding: “I think this visit will set the seal on what is already a very strong relationship between our two countries, but a relationship I believe that can get even stronger still.” All of Thursday’s Irish newspapers were full of praise for the nature of the address in St Patrick’s Hall on Wednesday night in front of a host of dignitaries, including the prime minister David Cameron, Peter Robinson, the Northern Ireland first minister, Nobel laureate Seamus Heaney, Irish rugby star Brian O’Driscoll and various former Irish prime ministers. Speaking before the Queen, the Irish president, Mary McAleese, said the royal state visit was the culmination of the success of the peace process and an acknowledgement that while the past cannot be changed, there has been a decision made to change the future. The Queen received rapturous applause and a standing ovation and ended her speech with a toast to the president and people of Ireland. The Queen was expected to visit the Irish National Stud on Thursday in Kildare. There she will meet students of the racing academy and those who trained winners from this year’s Cheltenham festival. The British ambassador to Dublin will host a return event, celebrating the visit at the Convention Centre in Dublin A fashion show featuring Irish and British designers will precede a concert from Westlife and X-Factor contestant Mary Byrne. The Queen Ireland Monarchy Gerry Adams Europe Northern Ireland Iris Robinson Peter Robinson Henry McDonald guardian.co.uk
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