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| Mobile Minute: The Mobile Minute is sponsored by SpiderCloud Wireless Microsoft has clearly decided that it needs to make hardware if it wants to be relevant in mobile, and now it looks like the software giant is moving beyond the Surface tablets and the handset business it acquired from Nokia. Paul Thurott’s Supersite for Windows reports that Microsoft is planning a wristband that will work with iOS, Android and Windows devices. Naturally Microsoft will need to address operating systems other than its own, since Windows has less than 4% of the U.S. smartphone market, and is struggling worldwide as well. The report says the Microsoft wristband will focus on fitness apps and will be ready in time for the holiday selling season, but offers no specifics on pricing or distribution. In other news, T-Mobile US is under investigation by the Federal Trade Commission. For more on that see the video below. |
Other top stories: FTC accuses T-Mobile US of fraudulent billing The government says T-Mobile US took in “hundreds of millions of dollars” through “scams against its customers” perpetrated by SMS marketers. … Read MoreEurope: EU slashes data roaming costs; Telefonica’s E-Plus takeover is a go Caps on data roaming charges are now in place, and Telefonica has struck a deal to sell assets in order to win approval for its E-Plus takeover. … Read More Verizon, Ericsson respond to network management reports Verizon Wireless says it will not outsource management of its wireless network to Ericsson or anyone else. … Read More |
