http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/ole-contoso-windows-phone-marketplace-will-integrate-carrier-b/ Engadget Comments for Olé, Contoso: Windows Phone Marketplace will integrate carrier-branded stores http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/ole-contoso-windows-phone-marketplace-will-integrate-carrier-b/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/ole-contoso-windows-phone-marketplace-will-integrate-carrier-b/Mar 15th 2010 11:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/ole-contoso-windows-phone-marketplace-will-integrate-carrier-b/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/ole-contoso-windows-phone-marketplace-will-integrate-carrier-b/Mar 16th 2010 12:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/ole-contoso-windows-phone-marketplace-will-integrate-carrier-b/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/ole-contoso-windows-phone-marketplace-will-integrate-carrier-b/Mar 16th 2010 12:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/ole-contoso-windows-phone-marketplace-will-integrate-carrier-b/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/ole-contoso-windows-phone-marketplace-will-integrate-carrier-b/
Yeah, it surprises me that Engadget have never heard of this. I've heard it countless times when Microsoft Enterprise products have been demo'd for me, and only 2 hours ago when I was trying a Virtual Lab demo of PowerPivot on the PowerPivot website.

"Contoso is a fictional company used by Microsoft as their example company and domain (www.contoso.com) in almost all literature. The domain is registered by Microsoft and currently redirects to their company homepage."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contoso]]>Mar 16th 2010 12:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/ole-contoso-windows-phone-marketplace-will-integrate-carrier-b/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/ole-contoso-windows-phone-marketplace-will-integrate-carrier-b/Don't forget company 123. Had that all over my last MCE exam, along with contoso and fabrikam.]]>Mar 16th 2010 12:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/ole-contoso-windows-phone-marketplace-will-integrate-carrier-b/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/ole-contoso-windows-phone-marketplace-will-integrate-carrier-b/Mar 16th 2010 12:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/ole-contoso-windows-phone-marketplace-will-integrate-carrier-b/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/ole-contoso-windows-phone-marketplace-will-integrate-carrier-b/years ago at a teched conference a Microsoft db guy told me the northwind sample database they use cost them tens of thousands to setup as they had to ensure that no name or title used linked to a real person or entity. That is why it is the same even after all these years.

]]>Mar 16th 2010 5:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/ole-contoso-windows-phone-marketplace-will-integrate-carrier-b/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/ole-contoso-windows-phone-marketplace-will-integrate-carrier-b/Mar 15th 2010 11:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/ole-contoso-windows-phone-marketplace-will-integrate-carrier-b/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/ole-contoso-windows-phone-marketplace-will-integrate-carrier-b/

agreed]]>Mar 16th 2010 12:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/ole-contoso-windows-phone-marketplace-will-integrate-carrier-b/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/ole-contoso-windows-phone-marketplace-will-integrate-carrier-b/Except Verizon has been doing it for years with no problem...]]>Mar 16th 2010 12:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/ole-contoso-windows-phone-marketplace-will-integrate-carrier-b/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/ole-contoso-windows-phone-marketplace-will-integrate-carrier-b/Mar 16th 2010 1:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/ole-contoso-windows-phone-marketplace-will-integrate-carrier-b/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/ole-contoso-windows-phone-marketplace-will-integrate-carrier-b/
Just ignore him, he's got that 2 in his name because the staff already banned this shitheel once. ]]>Mar 16th 2010 1:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/ole-contoso-windows-phone-marketplace-will-integrate-carrier-b/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/ole-contoso-windows-phone-marketplace-will-integrate-carrier-b/Mar 16th 2010 12:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/ole-contoso-windows-phone-marketplace-will-integrate-carrier-b/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/ole-contoso-windows-phone-marketplace-will-integrate-carrier-b/
I fluently speak portuguese. The nearest portuguese word to Contoso is "conosco" which means "with us". Example: "Oi! Vai conosco para a praia hoje?" which means "Hi! Are you going to go to the beach with us today?"

So sorry to burst your bubble. It ain't pork and cheese. I mean portuguese.]]>Mar 16th 2010 12:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/ole-contoso-windows-phone-marketplace-will-integrate-carrier-b/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/ole-contoso-windows-phone-marketplace-will-integrate-carrier-b/Mar 16th 2010 12:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/ole-contoso-windows-phone-marketplace-will-integrate-carrier-b/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/ole-contoso-windows-phone-marketplace-will-integrate-carrier-b/
problem?]]>Mar 16th 2010 12:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/ole-contoso-windows-phone-marketplace-will-integrate-carrier-b/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/ole-contoso-windows-phone-marketplace-will-integrate-carrier-b/Mar 16th 2010 12:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/ole-contoso-windows-phone-marketplace-will-integrate-carrier-b/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/ole-contoso-windows-phone-marketplace-will-integrate-carrier-b/Mar 16th 2010 3:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/ole-contoso-windows-phone-marketplace-will-integrate-carrier-b/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/ole-contoso-windows-phone-marketplace-will-integrate-carrier-b/Mar 16th 2010 12:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/ole-contoso-windows-phone-marketplace-will-integrate-carrier-b/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/ole-contoso-windows-phone-marketplace-will-integrate-carrier-b/
I do wish that they would just upgrade the zune hd (supposedly the hardware is fast enough to meet requirements) but oh well. i have zune pass so if i get wp7 i'll be all set.]]>Mar 16th 2010 12:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/ole-contoso-windows-phone-marketplace-will-integrate-carrier-b/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/ole-contoso-windows-phone-marketplace-will-integrate-carrier-b/ZuneHD has only 128mb of ram, I believe you need 256mb for windows 7 phone. I wouldn't mind a update for my HD that brings some of these features. but it does everything a Media player should. ]]>Mar 16th 2010 1:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/ole-contoso-windows-phone-marketplace-will-integrate-carrier-b/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/ole-contoso-windows-phone-marketplace-will-integrate-carrier-b/Mar 16th 2010 12:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/ole-contoso-windows-phone-marketplace-will-integrate-carrier-b/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/ole-contoso-windows-phone-marketplace-will-integrate-carrier-b/Mar 16th 2010 12:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/ole-contoso-windows-phone-marketplace-will-integrate-carrier-b/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/ole-contoso-windows-phone-marketplace-will-integrate-carrier-b/Mar 16th 2010 12:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/ole-contoso-windows-phone-marketplace-will-integrate-carrier-b/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/ole-contoso-windows-phone-marketplace-will-integrate-carrier-b/They can not have something different, as it sounds too much like "think different". ]]>Mar 16th 2010 1:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/ole-contoso-windows-phone-marketplace-will-integrate-carrier-b/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/ole-contoso-windows-phone-marketplace-will-integrate-carrier-b/Mar 16th 2010 1:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/ole-contoso-windows-phone-marketplace-will-integrate-carrier-b/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/ole-contoso-windows-phone-marketplace-will-integrate-carrier-b/Mar 16th 2010 12:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/ole-contoso-windows-phone-marketplace-will-integrate-carrier-b/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/ole-contoso-windows-phone-marketplace-will-integrate-carrier-b/Mar 16th 2010 12:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/ole-contoso-windows-phone-marketplace-will-integrate-carrier-b/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/ole-contoso-windows-phone-marketplace-will-integrate-carrier-b/Mar 16th 2010 12:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/ole-contoso-windows-phone-marketplace-will-integrate-carrier-b/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/ole-contoso-windows-phone-marketplace-will-integrate-carrier-b/Mar 16th 2010 12:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/ole-contoso-windows-phone-marketplace-will-integrate-carrier-b/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/ole-contoso-windows-phone-marketplace-will-integrate-carrier-b/
ZING!

I voted you up good sir.]]>Mar 16th 2010 2:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/ole-contoso-windows-phone-marketplace-will-integrate-carrier-b/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/ole-contoso-windows-phone-marketplace-will-integrate-carrier-b/
SHIT has been dropping from the sky. . .

At&t's service isn't that great anymore thanks to the iPhone.]]>Mar 16th 2010 3:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/ole-contoso-windows-phone-marketplace-will-integrate-carrier-b/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/ole-contoso-windows-phone-marketplace-will-integrate-carrier-b/Mar 16th 2010 1:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/ole-contoso-windows-phone-marketplace-will-integrate-carrier-b/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/ole-contoso-windows-phone-marketplace-will-integrate-carrier-b/
How many Contosos are in a Kohtar?]]>Mar 16th 2010 1:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/ole-contoso-windows-phone-marketplace-will-integrate-carrier-b/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/ole-contoso-windows-phone-marketplace-will-integrate-carrier-b/Mar 16th 2010 1:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/ole-contoso-windows-phone-marketplace-will-integrate-carrier-b/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/ole-contoso-windows-phone-marketplace-will-integrate-carrier-b/
http://nerduo.com/thebattle/]]>Mar 16th 2010 11:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/ole-contoso-windows-phone-marketplace-will-integrate-carrier-b/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/ole-contoso-windows-phone-marketplace-will-integrate-carrier-b/Mar 16th 2010 1:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/ole-contoso-windows-phone-marketplace-will-integrate-carrier-b/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/ole-contoso-windows-phone-marketplace-will-integrate-carrier-b/Mar 16th 2010 3:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/ole-contoso-windows-phone-marketplace-will-integrate-carrier-b/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/ole-contoso-windows-phone-marketplace-will-integrate-carrier-b/
Constro is not Contoso. . .]]>Mar 16th 2010 3:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/ole-contoso-windows-phone-marketplace-will-integrate-carrier-b/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/ole-contoso-windows-phone-marketplace-will-integrate-carrier-b/
HAHAHA! Contoso.]]>Mar 16th 2010 5:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/ole-contoso-windows-phone-marketplace-will-integrate-carrier-b/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/ole-contoso-windows-phone-marketplace-will-integrate-carrier-b/Mar 16th 2010 7:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/ole-contoso-windows-phone-marketplace-will-integrate-carrier-b/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/ole-contoso-windows-phone-marketplace-will-integrate-carrier-b/
Ooh, you touched my Tra-la-la.]]>Mar 16th 2010 5:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/ole-contoso-windows-phone-marketplace-will-integrate-carrier-b/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/ole-contoso-windows-phone-marketplace-will-integrate-carrier-b/Mar 16th 2010 7:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/ole-contoso-windows-phone-marketplace-will-integrate-carrier-b/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/ole-contoso-windows-phone-marketplace-will-integrate-carrier-b/Mar 16th 2010 8:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/ole-contoso-windows-phone-marketplace-will-integrate-carrier-b/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/ole-contoso-windows-phone-marketplace-will-integrate-carrier-b/Mar 16th 2010 9:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/ole-contoso-windows-phone-marketplace-will-integrate-carrier-b/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/ole-contoso-windows-phone-marketplace-will-integrate-carrier-b/Mar 16th 2010 11:31AM