Windows just released a statement about its competitive plans for 2011. They elaborated a number of new updates for the Windows Phone 7 that will arrive in the coming months. The company also highlighted the new partnerships mainly with handset maker, Nokia. The company is set to offer more competitive and faster systems and hopes that the mass market will recognize the position of the Windows Phone 7 in the mobile market. Here are some of the snippets of what the company is planning come 2011 and 2012 and other future plans. 2011 is a notable year in the mobile industry. Instead of hardware, there is great attention over the ecosystems. Right now, there is the move to create a diverse option [...]

Microsoft developed and built the Windows Phone 7 from ground up and they did a really fantastic job to reboot and improve the mobile OS. Of course, there is room for improvement for 2011 but for now; we can only assume that everyone is hearing us out with what we want for the Windows Phone 7. More speed. WP7 is absolutely fast within the OS capacity but app speed still needs to be consistent. Some apps work efficiently but other still lag. The applications need not always be extremely complex in design as long as it offers robust design. This will help us manage the speed really well. Landscape keyboard when using IE! It sucks that you have to move around just to type at the address [...]

Facebook App for Windows Phone 7 has got some really useful updates lately. Tagging photos has become easier and the service called ‘Places’ has also been activated. Check it out and tell us what updates are you waiting for. Via Windowsteamblog [...]

Its a very exciting news for the social networking freaks. You can now enjoy the Windows Phone 7 more with integration to about 70 feeds. For this, Aaron Woodman, the MS director of consumer experiences says: “We will absolutely support Twitter, and we’re working through the Windows Live team to do that. We actually have a pretty significant advantage in the sense that Windows Live has in most cases private reciprocal agreements with social networking. The point is that Windows Live actually helps us interact with those social networking feeds. And you’ll not only see Facebook and Windows Live but over 70 other feeds at launch. So you’ll see pretty wide integration. In terms of contact [...]

The Samsung Omnia 2 lands in India with other countries following soon. There are some snapshots shown on Facebook showcasing the launch dates, carriers information and other details relating to America, Europe, CIS, Middle East and Africa. Indian customers will be getting Windows Mobile 6.1 for now. The 6.5 upgrade availability is still unclear. The 3.7 inch AMOLED touchscreen device costs you Rs.28,990 ($600) in India. [...]