Tellme App coming to WM 6.5
Despite the fact that Voice Command is already available for Windows Mobile phones, Gizmodo, and other technology sites are reporting that a Tellme App is coming to Windows Mobile 6.5 in the fall. The new App should be available for free via the Windows Marketplace for Mobile, or embedded on handsets.
Tellme a mobile voice company became a subsidiary two years ago, and currently have products available for the Blackberry platform, Samsung Instinct as well as for Ford’s Sync System. It includes using voice command for text messaging, making calls, web searches etc.
None of these features are new to long time Voice Command users, and even using voice command for web searches has been available in Live Search. What Tellme does seem to do, is create a unified interface for all of this functionality, and best of all it’s free!
Sources also state that the product will be more integrated at the carrier level, and use GPS and Cell tower triangulation to localize searches such as traffic searches and movies.
Head over to Tellme’s site if you want to be notified when this product becomes available for Windows Mobile, (Blackberry users remember there’s already a client available for you) and also check out a brief video over at Windows Mobile Experts on some of the functionality of Microsoft’s Tellme.
What other things do you think Microsoft could improve about Voice Command, and in turn Tellme
Source: mobilitysite
Microsoft Tag announces the Tag Slaps contest: Create your own custom tag
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If you are familiar with Microsoft Tag, we have good news for you: You can now create your custom tag. For example, you can customize Microsoft Tags by using dots instead of triangles and replacing the background with any image. You can also create a more advanced design by modifying the symbols and incorporating them into the design concept. Customized Tags can be rendered in color or black-and-white.
As part of the custom Tag release, Microsoft is announcing the Tag Slaps Design Contest. The Tag Slaps Design Contest challenges you to create an original custom design Tag and a mobile experience creative concept for it. The contest will start on May 4 and run through June 12. For contest details, please visit. http://www.microsoft.com/tag/content/overview/TagSlaps.aspx.
For more information about creating a custom Microsoft Tag, please visit http://www.microsoft.com/tag/content/overview/CustomTags.aspx.
Download the Reader
· Go to http://gettag.mobi to get Microsoft Tag for your Mobile device.
· Send the download link via SMS from www.microsoft.com/tag
Give it a try—snap this Tag or the custom Tags above
Have fun creating your own custom tag!
Source: Constanze’s
Microsoft Releases More Info on Windows Marketplace for Mobile
Microsoft recently announced that Windows Mobile 6.5 smartphones coming later this year will include an on-device application store. This software giant has just revealed many details developers need to know to take advantage of this.
Developers who sell applications through Windows Marketplace for Mobile will receive 70% of the revenue, with the other 30% going to Microsoft.
Third-party developers will be able to set the price for their applications in each market, and can also choose to distribute their products for free.
Applications will have to pass a “rigorous” certification and testing process to ensure that they run well on Windows phones before they can be listed on the market.
Software developers will have to pay an introductory annual registration fee of $99, which will allow them to submit five applications a year to Microsoft for certification. Each additional submission within the year will cost $99 more. The registration fee is waived for students through enrollment in the Microsoft DreamSpark program.
“Microsoft’s decades-long relationship with developers has led to some of the most exciting innovations the industry has seen. We’ll continue our successful collaboration with developers through Windows Marketplace for Mobile, which will provide a broad reach to customers,” said Andy Lees, senior vice president of the Mobile Communications Business at Microsoft Corp. “With the new Windows Marketplace for Mobile and our great development tools, Windows® phones represent an incredible opportunity for developers everywhere.”
More details will be released when registrations open in the spring, and developers will be able to start submitting their applications later this summer. The first models running Windows Mobile 6.5 are expected to be released this fall.
Apps Stores for Everyone
Although the idea of putting a software store directly on a mobile device isn’t new — Handango InHand has been available for years, for example – Apple truly popularized the idea with the iPhone App Store.
In the wake of Apple’s success, many others have gotten on the bandwagon and are coming out with their own on-device software stores, including BlackBerry, Google, and Nokia. Microsoft’s will be a similar service, allowing users to shop for games, utilities, or other software directly on their phone.
However, none of the others are following Apple’s lead by making its software store the only source for applications.
Source: Microsoft
Mobil Dünya Starını Seçiyor
Microsoft ve Turkcell’in düzenlediği Mobil Star ile yazılım geliştirici starını arıyor. Yarışma takvimi süresince düzenlenecek seminerler ve bilgilendirme çalışmaları ile bir yarışmadan öte nasıl Windows Mobile uygulaması geliştireceğinizi de öğretmeyi amaçlıyor. Windows Live servislerinden en az 1 tanesini kullanacak uygulamanız ile kişisel olarak buradan başvuruda bulunabilir ve ayrıntıları inceleyebilirsiniz.
Kaynak: pocketpc
