The Microsoft Experience

On this episode of The Microsoft Experience Podcast we discuss the Art of Touch Project from the Microsoft Hardware Division, Xbox 360 sales as well as new Windows Phone 7 applications.

1.  Xbox 360 still number 1 as sales reach record levels

• NPD reports that Microsoft made 393,000 xbox 360 sales in October.
• Xbox 360 games also represented six of the top 10 console games on sale in October, including titles such as Batman: Arkham City and the Xbox-exclusive Forza Motorsport 4.
• They have also started to become an entertainment hub.  A new Metro interface is being introduced.  When the update is released to the public later this month, it will bring new features such as Bing content search, access to YouTube videos, improved Kinect gesture integration, wider voice control and a new live TV service, featuring content from providers such as the BBC, HBO GO and Comcast.

2.  The Art of Touch Project – www.artoftouch.com – Microsoft Hardware division officially kicks off the Art of Touch project.  This is an international art campaign that blends art and technology.  At artoftouch.com you will be presented with an art canvas and you have some design tools available to you.  You can create some pretty cool designs using their interface.

• You can submit and share your digital artwork through facebook/twitter or make it your desktop background on your Windows 7 desktop.

• From the Windows Blog:  When you create and save artwork on The Art of Touch website, you are contributing to a “global masterpiece” – the “Sea of Art” communal canvas – that could quite possibly become one of the largest displays of digital artwork ever created!

3.  The new Windows Phones from AT&T and T-Mobile—the Samsung Focus S and Focus Flash, and the HTC Radar 4G and Titan

The new Windows Phones from AT&T and T-Mobile—the Samsung Focus S and Focus Flash, and the HTC Radar 4G and Titan

New Windows Phone 7 Applications

- Spotify – is a digital music service that gives you access to millions of songs.
- Soundhound – Music ID application
- ehow – eHow is a popular do-it-yourself website
- Pizzahut – Order pizza from your phone

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In episode one of The Microsoft Experience Mikee discuses Windows Phone 7 Update on “NoDo”.

Show Notes

1. Windows Phone 7 Update on “NoDo”

*  NoDo issues with carriers

Windows Phone 7 OS version: 7.0.7390.0*

• Copy & paste. You asked for it—now it’s here. Just tap a word and drag the arrows to copy and paste it on your phone. You can copy text from emails, text messages, web pages, and Office Mobile documents, and paste it anywhere you can type. To learn more, see Copy & paste.

• Faster apps and games. Nobody likes to wait. That’s why we’ve whittled down the time it takes for apps and games to start up and resume. It’s all part of our focus on getting you to the things you love, easier and faster.

• Better Marketplace search. We’ve streamlined Marketplace search to make it easier to find specific apps, games, or music. Press the Search button in the Apps or Games section of Marketplace and you’ll see only apps or games in the results. Press Search in the Music section of Marketplace to search just the music catalog.

• Other Marketplace improvements. We’ve improved the stability of Marketplace while you download apps. We’ve also improved the experience of downloading apps larger than 20 megabytes, upgrading from trial apps to paid apps, sharing links to apps via email, sorting Xbox LIVE games by release date, and creating an Xbox LIVE account from within the Games Hub.

• Wi-Fi improvements. We now display your phone’s Media Access Control (MAC) address in Settings. (You might need this info if you try to connect to a Wi-Fi network that uses MAC address filtering. To learn more, see Connect to a Wi-Fi network.) We’ve also removed the limit on the number of Wi-Fi profiles that you can store and reduced the time it takes to start your phone if you’ve stored lots of Wi-Fi profiles.

• Outlook improvements. We’ve improved the experience of viewing iPhone photo attachments you receive from a non-Exchange-based email account (such as a Google Mail, Hotmail, or Yahoo! Mail account), using the Global Address List (GAL) when connecting to Exchange Server 2003 using Exchange ActiveSync, and working with email display names that contain brackets (for example, “David Alexander [Contoso]“).

• Facebook integration. We’ve improved the experience of syncing Facebook accounts.

• Camera improvements. We’ve improved the stability of switching between camera and video modes.

• Audio improvements. We’ve improved the experience of using a Bluetooth headset to make calls when you’re playing music or videos.

• Other performance improvements. This month’s update also includes software from several phone manufacturers that improves the performance of specific models. Naturally, if you don’t have one of the affected models, we won’t install this portion of the update on your phone.

2. Windows Phone 7 apps

*  moTweets

*  4th and Mayor

3. Adoption rate of IE9 is ‘about five times higher than IE8′

4. Hotmail adds notifications for IE9 in Windows 7

Tip or Trick

CCleaner – http://www.piriform.com/ccleaner

Cleans all areas of your Computer

Internet Explorer

Temporary files, history, cookies, Autocomplete form history, index.dat.

Firefox
Temporary files, history, cookies, download history, form history.

Google Chrome
Temporary files, history, cookies, download history, form history

Opera
Temporary files, history, cookies.

Safari
Temporary files, history, cookies, form history.

Windows
Recycle Bin, Recent Documents, Temporary files and Log files.

Registry Cleaner
Advanced features to remove unused and old registry entries

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In episode one of the Microsoft Experience Mikee covers Windows Phone 7, Patch Tuesday, Internet Explorer 6 and Steps Recorder.

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Show Notes

1. Microsoft’s U.S. smartphone share drops 17% despite Windows Phone 7 launch

2. Microsoft claims only 100 Windows Phone users experienced latest update issues

3. The Internet Explorer 6 countdown website

4. Patch Tuesday! - Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday will commence on March 8 at 10AM PST.

Microsoft Tip: How do I use Problem Steps Recorder?

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/How-do-I-use-Problem-Steps-Recorder