Posted on 01/09/2012 1:36:35 PM PST by SeekAndFind
LAS VEGAS -- AT&T held a massive, 2.5-hour keynote presentation today, showing off its plans going into the first half of 2012.
Not only did we get a taste of the company's new HTML5 app store, but we also got a sneak peek at several new phones and tablets the carrier will support.
There were also a few surprise guests: Steve Ballmer, Nokia CEO Stephen Elop, and HTC CEO Peter Chou.
We gathered all the important announcements you need to know about. Keep reading to find out what these big tech execs had to say.
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Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer made a surprise visit to talk Windows Phone 7. He says the Windows Phone Marketplace now has 50,000, with 300 new apps being added each day. In typical Ballmer fashion, he was really enthusiastic.
HTC's CEO Peter Chou joined Ballmer to introduce a new Windows Phone, the HTC Titan 2. The phone will run on AT&T's LTE network.
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Finally, Nokia CEO Stephen Elop joined the rest of the crew to talk about Nokia's commitment to LTE Windows Phones on AT&T. We'll have more details at Nokia's keynote later today
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The first to market a PDA implant wins.
Microsoft, AT&T, HTC, etc. are still way behind and trying to catch up. By the time they catch up, Apple and the Android phones and tablets will be on to the next generation.
This time of the year, at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, all kinds of hype is put out by Marketing and PR departments. The media passes along this hype as if it were real news.
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Microsoft?
Microsoft?
Bwahahahahahahahah!
Without Gates there, they can’t even steal ideas as well as he did.
If they would add AM/FM radio to the phones, especially AM for us Rush fans, it would become the phone chosen by about 20 million talk radio devotees.
I also wish they would add an app to control my TV/DirecTV with my cell phone as well as my garage door opener.
Thought HTC made Android devices?
And the first available Windows 7 Mobile app is the mobile version of the Blue Screen of Death.
Perhaps.
Unfortunately -- for all of us -- The guy who was the best in the world at figuring out what the next generation would look like, and do, ain't around no more.
If you have a smartphone, there is an app called “Tunein Radio” that let’s you listen to practically *any* radio talk show in the world.
You can find just about anyone you want to listen to, anywhere in the world.
Well worth the $0.99 cost of entry.
RE: And the first available Windows 7 Mobile app is the mobile version of the Blue Screen of Death.
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Somehow this remark always comes up everytime we have a Microsoft thread...
If they would add AM/FM radio to the phones, especially AM for us Rush fans, it would become the phone chosen by about 20 million talk radio devotees.
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Brilliant idea. Especially if you could set the phone to record time slots as MP3s. You could basically make your own archive of the shows.
If you have a smartphone, there is an app called “Tunein Radio” that let’s you listen to practically *any* radio talk show in the world.
You can find just about anyone you want to listen to, anywhere in the world.
Well worth the $0.99 cost of entry.
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Yeah, but then you have to get their “data plan” which is $15 or more a month, and the bandwidth you do get is subject to the current conditions on the network.
Radio circuitry is cheap. So cheap, I doubt you’d fail to make your money back.
See Bionic FM
All Windows Phones include a built-in FM radio as a standard feature.
Check you TV/HT maker. Many of them already have apps for their products. Sony has an app for my HT system. DirecTV and Dish both have apps. Well, at least for iOS. Can’t say about Android or others.
oh joy yet ANOTHER closed environment app store.
MEGA YAWN.
Do any of these suits ever leave NY or California?
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