Microsoft Australia has just announced voice control for Kinect along with Zune Music Pass subscription service , according to gizmodo.com.au.
Zune Music pass will launch on November 16 at $11.99 per month or $119.90 annually and will most likely be the same model as the service which was announced in Canada, and can be used on Xbox 360, Windows Phone, Windows PC, Zune devices and Zune.net.The plan will provide unlimited, on-demand access to more than 14 million songs and will not include 10 MP3s to keep each month. (Unlike the previous Zune Music Pass offering which was limited to US ). It looks like Music Video will also be supported ( according to @longzheng who is attending the event). Microsoft’s also announced voice control for Kinect today.
A lot of Windows Phone users might not be aware of the fact that when you transfer videos onto your device via the zune client the software re-sizes your video to a WVGA resolution using its own encoding codecs so that the video plays on your device without any resolution problems. [click to continue…]
HTC has recently partnered up with Dr.Dre to deliver phones with beats headset and the HTC Sensation XE has already been announced to be the first phone and we can expect the HTC Runnymede. So shouldn’t HTC also be thinking about integrating it with Windows Phone 7 when it is the only platform to have Zune ? [click to continue…]
Something I am not very pleased to write about but it seems like starting September 13, Microsoft will be reducing the number of sync devices by which you can sync with the Zune music service from a total of 6 devices ( 3 PC and 3 Windows Phone devices) to 4 (at least one computer and combination of other devices). You’ll also need to download at least one new song to each device to continue using the service. [click to continue…]
we did see that Microsoft was quietly testing Music and Podcast in Australia , I noted that I can now subscribe to audio and video podcast using Zune and can easily sync it with my Windows Phone. Unfortunately the marketplace does not offer the podcast tab and so you can’t browse for Podcasts via the marketplace but you can easily add a new podcast using the podcast feel URL. This was tested on Mango Refresh and Zune 4.8.2345
No its not but it looks a lot like the real deal. UberMusic is a new music player for Android. The UI for the app is what many Windows Phone users will be familiar with coz it looks a lot like the stock Zune player on Windows Phone. It’s said Android does not have a good music player ( I haven’t uses an Android device so I cant comment on that ) but a developer Federico Carnale, has decided to fix this by porting Windows Phone 7′s music player UI to Android under the name of UberMusic and comes with a price tag of AU$3.18 . Video after the break
Finally, the TMo HD7 gets its shots of ‘Copy/Paste’, among other things! Based on the schedule released earlier by Microsoft, T-Mobile has begun to release the NoDo update to its users. HD7 users will get a shot at the update through their Zune software. this was announced by TMo on their Twitter feed and some users should have already got their ‘lucky’ break. The announcement only claims the START of the update and it might take a while to reach everyone – so patience folks.
You should be getting the notification OTA but will need to connect through the Zune software to actually GET the update.
The new Windows Phone 7 Update is just around the corner, if rumors are true it could be as early as Feb 7th. So I guess its time we take a loot at what to expect and how to install the Windows Phone 7 Update. The much needed copy-paste , performance enhancements are expected in this update, at-least those are the stuff we know will be there. I wonder if anyone is toying with the idea Microsoft might surprise us with something like custom ringtones ?
Microsoft has enforced a maximum 20MB/OTA (over the Air : read with out connecting to Zune PC Software) update size in order to save the data costs and bandwidth, Its highly likely the new update will be over 20 MB and thus the Zune PC Software will do the work. So lets get started and get everything setup so we are all ready to install the update as soon as its released.
Ryan: Its a good concept if this application covers every big city in the world. But for individual cities this concept has already been done. Check out Toronto Transit application by rybo mucking...
Sweet: I already have the beta of this app . METROFIED [Posted from the 1800PocketPC app]
AppTastic: Yanko – thanks for the concept! We’re looking forward to getting a lot more feedback from the users here. We’re committed to making AppTastic the best marketplace...
Tony: Looks so good. Please make a paid app – no ads.
Twimagic: http://www.Ringer.org is the best ringtone maker I’ve ever seen! Completely free, online, no registration!
Andrew Chobaniuk: Thanks for the heads up! [Posted from the 1800PocketPC app]
Emiel Zuurbier: I would like to see the posibility of making a trip that uses different kinds of transportation as from train to bus, bus to subway, subway to train. With a map and directions,...
MrVamosMuchachos: Nice idea. You could take some ideas from the application “SBB”. It is the public transport app from switzerland. [Posted from the 1800PocketPC app]
Ryan
Sweet
AppTastic
Tony
Twimagic
Andrew Chobaniuk
Emiel Zuurbier
MrVamosMuchachos
Skypirate
DeeDee
