4G LTE Windows Phones are coming

In an interview with the Seattle Times, Andy Lees: President of the Windows Phone division at Microsoft, answered some questions about Windows Phone, Mango, OEMs, advertising and more.

More than 50% Android devices now sold under Microsoft Licensing

Microsoft today announced that more than half of Android device OEM’s and ODM’s are now under licensing agreement with Microsoft for its Patents. Microsoft in its tenth license agreement provided coverage under patent portfolio for Android mobile phones and tablets. This marks Microsoft’s ninth Android agreement in the last four months and whats more important is that companies accounting for more than half of all Android devices have now entered into patent license agreements with Microsoft.

You can take a look above in the licensing progress chart above, which shows recent lawsuits and licenses. While lawsuits may dominate many of the headlines, these are being overtaken by the number of license agreements being signed. Microsoft is building their extensive experience with patent licensing and over the past decade they’ve spent roughly $4.5 billion to license in patents from other companies, which have given them the opportunity to build on the innovations of others in a responsible manner that respects their IP rights. Find a more comprehensive and detailed analysis in the source link below.

via technet.

Windows Phone to get Multi-Core Chips with “Tango” and “Apollo” Updates.

Microsoft plans to make it big at the Consumer Electronics Show 2012 (in January) where they plan to release Tango 1 update to the Windows Phone 7.5 and at the Mix 2012 (in April) it plans to issue Tango 2 update, according to a roadmap of Microsoft published by MS nerd blog. It is expected that Tango will bring support for 4G/LTE networks as well as 480*320 screen resolution, which means that it will be possible to make create QWERTY phones based on Windows Phone operating system. In addition, Tango will bring-in support for 1280*720 resolution.

The future of Windows Phone and XBox integration

Microsoft has revealed more information about its Windows Phone and Xbox interactions on Wednesday. The company launched a new Kinectimals application that allows Windows Phone users to create their own characters on the go and then transfer them straight onto the Xbox. The application uses a QR code to allow the Kinect camera to read and create the character made from a Windows Phone device. It’s one of the first examples of what Microsoft is planning for its Windows Phone and Xbox integration. The second is an application that will allow Windows Phone users to control their Xbox console from their phone. The Xbox companion app will be made available for free to Windows Phone users and will let owners find and control content from the Xbox LIVE Marketplace on the Xbox 360.

Take a look at the video below to find out more.

Microsoft’s Vision of the Future

The official Microsoft Blog recently published an article which demonstrated Microsoft’s glimpse into the future of productivity. Kurt DelBene today announced a new video that shows their vision on the future of productivity.

The video carries forward many of the themes laid out there, as well as introducing some new ones. Natural user interfaces, displays everywhere, an ecosystem of devices, cloud computing are consistent. New themes emerge in this video such as technology working on our behalf, and context plays a much bigger part in many scenes. As Kurt notes in his post, this vision is no flight of fancy – all of the ideas contained in the video are based on real technology – from Microsoft and others.

via technet.

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