Ultan Kinahan, IT Pro @ MSFT http://www.ultankinahan.com A gathering of thoughts on my explorations in IT Mon, 28 Nov 2011 14:58:03 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Photosynth http://www.ultankinahan.com/2011/11/25/photosynth/ http://www.ultankinahan.com/2011/11/25/photosynth/#comments Fri, 25 Nov 2011 19:32:56 +0000 ukinahan http://www.ultankinahan.com/2011/11/25/photosynth/ Photosynth on iPhone Is pretty cool

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]]> http://www.ultankinahan.com/2011/11/08/this-is-hysterical/feed/ 0 The Construction of a 6 Story tall Windows Phone http://www.ultankinahan.com/2011/11/08/the-construction-of-a-6-story-tall-windows-phone/ http://www.ultankinahan.com/2011/11/08/the-construction-of-a-6-story-tall-windows-phone/#comments Tue, 08 Nov 2011 16:23:38 +0000 ukinahan http://www.ultankinahan.com/2011/11/08/the-construction-of-a-6-story-tall-windows-phone/ This is pretty cool!

Looking forward to the arrival of my unit in a couple of days. Windows Phone seems to be surpassing Android, shouldn’t be long now until its in the solid #2 spot

]]> http://www.ultankinahan.com/2011/11/08/the-construction-of-a-6-story-tall-windows-phone/feed/ 0 Samsung Focus S http://www.ultankinahan.com/2011/11/07/samsung-focus-s/ http://www.ultankinahan.com/2011/11/07/samsung-focus-s/#comments Mon, 07 Nov 2011 22:26:42 +0000 ukinahan http://www.ultankinahan.com/2011/11/07/samsung-focus-s/ So I go over to the AT&T store in the office today given that it is the same day as the Win 7.5 Mango release and the place is just crazy!! I made my way through the endless horde of geeks (no pun intended) all the way to the AT&T store.

I go to enter the store only to be stopped by on the AT&T reps, Sorry sir you cant some in, the line starts back there for entry… Of course the line is 20+ deep & they are only dealing with 3-4 customers at a time. Well there goes Lunch!!

I stand patiently & inch up towards the front ever so slowly & finally I am only have 2 people remaining in front of me now Yeah!

Next thing wouldn’t you know it… the Samsung rep comes over to start talking to us & states “Sorry folks we are all out of the Focus S units” but we can have it shipped to your house. Well shit… if I wanted it sent to my house I wouldn’t have come here now would i?

Given that I had now waited almost an hour for entry it seemed silly to just give up, so I stuck it out & finally made it into the store. Ordered the phone etc.… but I asked the sales guy, so how many units did you guys sell this morning? he said about 40 or so, mmm so I asked – how many of the Focus S units were you guys given to sell (now keep in mind, 1 this is the Microsoft campus with 45K employees 2. this is a Windows phone on LAUNCH day) oh the gave us like 30 of them? WOW

Makes you wonder! However, the phone is ordered… looking forward to getting it now, it’s a really slick phone & super light.

Some of the notes:

  • With Mango, WP7 has caught up with Android and iOS in nearly every way, and in some areas it’s even surpassed the other two in functionality. Engadget
  • The way information is organized liberates us from the clone-y sameness of tiny icons in grid formation. CNET
  • It’s easier to use than Android, and in many ways slicker than Apple’s iOS. PC Magazine
  • Microsoft’s awesome Metro user experience is the only real alternative to Apple’s dominance. Gizmodo

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]]> http://www.ultankinahan.com/2011/11/07/samsung-focus-s/feed/ 0 Nokia on a come back! http://www.ultankinahan.com/2011/10/27/nokia-on-a-come-back/ http://www.ultankinahan.com/2011/10/27/nokia-on-a-come-back/#comments Thu, 27 Oct 2011 00:00:41 +0000 ukinahan http://www.ultankinahan.com/2011/10/27/nokia-on-a-come-back/ The new Nokia lineup looks interesting! Maybe I wont buy the new Samsung being released next week after all… Nokia Announces Two New Windows Phones

]]> http://www.ultankinahan.com/2011/10/27/nokia-on-a-come-back/feed/ 0 New House… Yeah! http://www.ultankinahan.com/2011/10/24/2-weeks-in-now/ http://www.ultankinahan.com/2011/10/24/2-weeks-in-now/#comments Mon, 24 Oct 2011 18:32:57 +0000 ukinahan http://www.ultankinahan.com/2011/10/24/2-weeks-in-now/ Well two weeks in Seattle & my wonderful wife has a new house acquired already!

Move in tomorrow, cant wait to get settled once again… the corporate house is a little tight with 3 kids trying to run around

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]]> http://www.ultankinahan.com/2011/09/24/boot-or-bust/feed/ 0 Finally getting back to reality… http://www.ultankinahan.com/2011/08/01/hello-world/ http://www.ultankinahan.com/2011/08/01/hello-world/#comments Mon, 01 Aug 2011 16:36:16 +0000 ukinahan http://www.ultankinahan.com/?p=1 Hello World!

As you can see I am just beginning to get myself sorted with my new blog etc.

I just accepted a new position with MSFT in Redmond, WA & as a result i hope to have a bit more time to put together documentation etc. and iw ill put it up here in due course.

Time has being sucked away from me for a long time now in my current/expiring job so really looking forward to the fresh start in the coming weeks.

Stay tuned!

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