Common Sense http://getcs.com/en GetCS.com - An International Technology Services Firm Tue, 11 Oct 2011 17:09:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 Windows Phone 7 coming soon features http://getcs.com/en/2011/01/windows-phone-7-coming-soon-features/ http://getcs.com/en/2011/01/windows-phone-7-coming-soon-features/#comments Fri, 07 Jan 2011 15:36:23 +0000 Nancy Medica http://getcs.com/en/?p=2128 At the CES last Wednesday, Steve Ballmer, Microsoft’s CEO, announced some interesting Windows Phone 7 highlights. But first, let’s take a look at the present numbers:

  • There are currently around 5,500 apps available on the Marketplace
  • 100 new apps added every 24 hours
  • 22,000 registered developers
  • Most customers are downloading a new app every day
  • 9/10 Windows Phone 7 customers on AT&T would recommend it to a friend

There will also be an update that will automatically be pushed to customers soon. It will bring Copy/Paste support, CDMA support, bug fixes, and “significant” performance improvements when opening and switching apps.

Learn more about the Windows Phone 7 CES keynotes!

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That’s why we celebrated in Mar del Plata, Argentina with a delicious “asado” and a gorgeous sunny day.

Watch the video and the pics we wanted to share with you!

Happy Holidays and have a great 2011!

Click here to view the embedded video.

]]> http://getcs.com/en/2010/12/happy-holidays/feed/ 1 Windows Phone 7 marketplace grows fast http://getcs.com/en/2010/12/windows-phone-7-marketplace-grows-fast/ http://getcs.com/en/2010/12/windows-phone-7-marketplace-grows-fast/#comments Tue, 21 Dec 2010 21:13:36 +0000 Nancy Medica http://getcs.com/en/?p=2096 Achim Berg, Microsoft’s VP of business and marketing for Windows Phones has revealed that partner phone manufacturers have sold over 1.5 million Windows 7 Phone devices to carriers and retailers in its first six weeks on the market.

Windows Phone 7 launched Europe and the Asia Pacific region on October 21 and in the United States and Canada on November 8.

IDC analyst Al Hilwa praised the fast growth of the Windows Phone 7 Marketplace, which has reached 4,000 apps just two months after its launch, dubbing it “one of the most rapid ramp-ups in recent times”, faster than Android. Microsoft could easily become the third largest mobile app market by the middle of next year, which doesn’t face very much competition in terms of WebOS, BlackBerry OS and Symbian.

Berg said: “I think our expectations are realistic for a new platform. We started fresh with Windows Phone 7, and it’s a different kind of phone. Measuring for success is more long term than short term. We launched with many of the top mobile operators in the world, and even more in the coming year in 2011.

We have 18.000 developers who are developing for our marketplace. It’s just getting better and better.”

Berg also says his team is on a path to start releasing the “first of several updates to the platform in the next couple of months”.

Despite all of that, this is a major accomplishment for Microsoft and its consumers. With a larger marketplace for consumers to download applications and games, more consumers will begin to migrate to Windows Phone 7.

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The Developers Area contains TfL’s data feeds and will allow developers to create applications for mobile and other devices for use by the public. Feeds available include information on the location of cycle hire docking stations, timetable data and real-time traffic and roadworks information across the entire TfL transport network in and around London.

Dr Michael Newberry, UK product manager for Windows Azure at Microsoft, said the platform can handle up to seven million queries a day. “It’s a story of scalability. TfL wanted to provide a service at varying levels depending on the demand to address the scalability issue. When TfL initially made the API available, it had a large amount of hits at once,” he said.

source: Computer Weekly

]]> http://getcs.com/en/2010/12/transport-for-london-bus-on-azure/feed/ 1 Webinar Video: Windows Phone 7 http://getcs.com/en/2010/12/webinar-video-windows-phone-7/ http://getcs.com/en/2010/12/webinar-video-windows-phone-7/#comments Fri, 10 Dec 2010 16:06:21 +0000 Nancy Medica http://getcs.com/en/?p=2082 Did you miss our Windows Phone 7 Webinar presented by Philip Wheat, Microsoft Architect? Or did you attend and would like to listen Philip’s tips once more?

That’s why we have uploaded the webinar video!

Click here to view the embedded video.

If you are interested in learning how Common Sense can help you in your Windows Phone developments, contact us and we’ll be happy to answer your doubts!

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Philip Wheat introduced us to the great world of this innovative mobile platform:

-  Design: the end user comes first

-  Platform: richer, deeper and has easier apps

-  Hardware: faster to market, less heavy lifting

If you missed our webinar or are interested in checking out the slide presentation Philip showed the attendees, we are sharing it with you:

Windows Phone 7 Webinar

Want to know how Common Sense can help you in mobile developments? Contact us and we will be happy to assist you!



]]> http://getcs.com/en/2010/12/windows-phone-7-success/feed/ 1 Windows Azure SDK 1.3 http://getcs.com/en/2010/12/windows-azure-sdk-1-3/ http://getcs.com/en/2010/12/windows-azure-sdk-1-3/#comments Thu, 02 Dec 2010 20:38:48 +0000 Nancy Medica http://getcs.com/en/?p=2047 As it was announced at PDC10, the Windows Azure enhancements stated this week by Microsoft aimed facilitate customers to run existing Windows applications on Windows Azure, enable more affordable platform access and improve the Windows Azure developer and IT Professional experience.

The following functionality is now generally available through the Windows Azure SDK and Windows Azure Tools for Visual Studio and the new Windows Azure Management Portal:

  • Elevated Priviliges and Full IIS
  • Remote Desktop
  • Windows Server 2008 R2 Roles
  • Multiple Service Administrators
  • Better Developer and IT Professional Experience

Check out all these updates at the Windows Azure official site.

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Click here to view the embedded video.

Do you need more information on how Common Sense can help you with your cloud computing projects? Contact us and we will be happy to answer your doubts!

]]> http://getcs.com/en/2010/11/windows-azure-webinar-video/feed/ 1 Corporate apps and data move to the Cloud http://getcs.com/en/2010/11/corporate-apps-and-data-move-to-the-cloud/ http://getcs.com/en/2010/11/corporate-apps-and-data-move-to-the-cloud/#comments Wed, 24 Nov 2010 16:56:07 +0000 Nancy Medica http://getcs.com/en/?p=2014 Acoording to the Harvard Business Review 68% of IT decision makers at midsized to large North American companies declare that within three years, the majority of their daily applications and online data will run in the public cloud. No longer local servers will host them, a survey by cloud-solution provider Appirio states.

So, even though there is still fear about this new IT trend, day after day CIO’s and CTO’s are interested in getting in the move. What’s your own experience? Have you already moved or planning to in the near future?

]]> http://getcs.com/en/2010/11/corporate-apps-and-data-move-to-the-cloud/feed/ 1 Windows Phone 7: How to remove back cover http://getcs.com/en/2010/11/windows-phone-7-how-to-remove-back-cover/ http://getcs.com/en/2010/11/windows-phone-7-how-to-remove-back-cover/#comments Tue, 23 Nov 2010 18:16:16 +0000 Nancy Medica http://getcs.com/en/?p=2024 As we have showed at our last video, Windows Phone 7 presents a new way of mobile usage. However, we had difficulties when we first wanted to access the battery of the HTC Surround. The back cover is a bit tricky!

In this video we show you how to remove the back cover!

Click here to view the embedded video.

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