Andy Lees, senior vice president of Microsoft's Mobile Communications business, has been promoted to president by company CEO Steve Ballmer. He'd been running the department since earlier this year after Robbie Bach, president of the Entertainment and Devices Division, announced his retirement plans.
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The Samsung Mobile Innovator developer forum is discontinuing its Symbian support service from 31st December 2010. The manufacturer remains a member of the Symbian Foundation; last November it said it was committed to a 'multi-OS' strategy after suggestions it was moving away from producing Symbian devices.
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Microsoft says the UK's major mobile network operators – Vodafone, O2, Orange, T-Mobile and Three – will be offering Windows Phone 7 devices when the mobile operating system launches later this year. In addition, The Carphone Warehouse and Phones 4u will also be selling the phones. However, a UK launch date still hasn't been confirmed.
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In this week's podcast from The Fonecast, James Rosewell talks to Eran Yaniv of Perfecto Mobile about testing mobile software, services and websites without owning a single handset.
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Microsoft says it's expanding Zune, its digital entertainment service, into more than 20 countries – including the UK. Zune's music and video services will be available on Windows-based PCs, on Windows Phone 7 handsets and on the Xbox gaming console later this year.
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