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This was Microsoft’s vision for the Xbox Smartwatch
In 2013 there were rumors about Microsoft working on some sort of smartwatch created by the Xbox team. You now know it as the Microsoft Band but it turns out that wasn’t their first try. In 2012 they had created a Xbox branded smartwatch, codename Joule. It wasn’t more than a prototype, and never left…
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Pen support on a Windows Phone? Microsoft experimented with it
Some months ago WindowsCentral revealed Microsoft’s original vision for what we know as their last Lumia flagships. It would have included Active Sides, Smart covers and pen support. Sadly it didn’t become a reality and Microsoft released the “boring” phones we all know. Until today nobody ever got a working prototype to show pen support…
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A look at ‘Midas’, Nokia’s first experiment with 3D touch
You’ve probably all heard of McLaren, the cancelled Lumia phone that would have brought an innovative way to interact with your phone. Its development started and ended in 2014, cancelled while in the final prototyping stages. It was almost ready to be announced and hit the market. For years we thought that that project was…
