Back at the end of December, a device called the LG Fantasy, a Windows Phone without a known destination, leaked out in the wild. That same phone, with a new name in tow, has leaked out again today in a couple of new photos. Ladies and gentlemen, meet the LG Miracle, a Windows Phone without [...]
Microsoft is slowly releasing more information about its Windows 8 and next-generation Office 15 projects. As Windows 8 will be the first version of the Windows operating system to support both AMD’s and Intel’s x86 architecture as well as ARM-based CPUs, there have been questions surrounding the user experience of tablets and PCs on both [...]
After initially establishing a pre-order program for the highly anticipated Nokia Lumia 900 for AT&T’s 4G LTE network in the U.S., Microsoft retail stores are now abruptly ending the program and are no longer taking pre-orders for the Windows Phone device. It’s unclear as to why the pre-order program has suddenly end and Microsoft did [...]
In a bit of a bizarre move, Microsoft has pulled the Nokia Lumia 900 pre-order offer from its retail stores located around the United States. That’s right, you can no longer pre-order a Lumia 900 for AT&T’s 4G LTE network. The odd thing is, neither Microsoft nor Nokia offered up any kind of specific reason [...]
After having been available on the iPad, Microsoft’s OneNote note-taking application, which is a popular choice among Tablet PC owners, is now available for users of the Android platform. Available for smartphones and tablets, OneNote allows Android users to synchronize their notes with the desktop Windows software, if they are an existing users, and there [...]
There have been whispers about another Nokia smartphone making an appearance at this year’s Mobile World Congress which is set to kick off in Barcelona on February 27th. And it appears that there might just be some truth to those rumors as Forbes is reporting that Nokia will launch at least one high-end smartphone at [...]
Since CES 2012, we’ve known that the Nokia Lumia 800 Windows Phone would be coming to the United States only it wouldn’t be arriving on any carriers. Instead, the Lumia 800 will be available on unlocked. What we didn’t know was when it would be arriving and for how much. Microsoft and Nokia have revealed [...]
Microsoft is continuing to target mobile users with its productivity programsand the latest port to Android, iOS, and Windows Phone 7 would be Microsoft Dynamics, a CRM software that will be landing as a native mobile app in Q2 2012. The company will be bringing native apps to the iPhone, iPad, Android, BlackBerry, and Windows [...]
AT&T is about to be the first carrier in the United States to land two 4G LTE Windows Phones and we thought it would be appropriate to compare them to each other. The phones we speak of are the HTC Titan II, a handset that features an absolutely massive display and the Nokia Lumia 900, [...]
The future of desktop applications on Windows 8 tablets appears fuzzy at the moment thanks to Microsoft’s tight lips on the subject and conjectures based on rumors and unnamed sources. Will ARM-based tablets get the traditional desktop interface or just the Metro UI? Will desktop apps get a chance to play as long as they’re [...]
A video featuring Windows Phone manager Joe Belfiore which was intended for the eyes of Nokia executives only has made its way to the internet today and it reveals details about something that Windows Phone and mobile enthusiasts everywhere have been wondering about. Yes folks, the video has detailed Windows Phone 8 Apollo, the next [...]
Microsoft retail stores are now beginning to take customer pre-orders for the Nokia Lumia 900, which will be headed to AT&T’s 4G LTE network upon release. The Windows Phone 7 Mango smartphone was initially announced at the Consumer Electronics Show last month and has attracted a lot of attention as it will be one of [...]
We’ve already seen T-Mobile’s Nokia Lumia 710 Windows Phone go free at one retailer and now, Microsoft itself is offering up the United States’ first Nokia-made Windows Phone for the low price of zero. The deal is available online through the Microsoft Store and you should be able to track down the offer at your [...]
Jabbing its rival while its down, Microsoft is exploiting Google’s publicized malware problem with Android market to get people to switch to Windows Phone in the latest Droid Rage campaign. This is at least Microsoft’s second campaign on social site Twitter to attract users to the company’s Windows Phone platform, asking users to share their [...]
While Google and Apple have opted out of the industry-standard ESRB rating systems for game titles on the respective Android Market and App Store applications storefronts, Microsoft had opted in and now we’re beginning to see ESRB ratings being displayed alongside some game titles in Windows Phone Marketplace. So far, Angry Birds and MathZia Free bear [...]
With Microsoft’s camp relatively silent regarding the next version of the Office suite for Windows, there is now some speculation that Office 15 will not be fully touch-optimized as intended. The reasoning behind that, according to sources to The Verge, is that Microsoft is battling time and resources constraint. Instead of a full UI lift [...]
Marvell, makers of more budget-friendly ARM chipsets, is looking at Microsoft for new growth. The company is looking to place its more affordable chipsets into entry-level Windows Phone devices catering to the Chinese market, and also in Windows 8 tablets, which will also run on ARM chipsets in addition to Intel’s and AMD’s x86 chip [...]
Earlier this month, T-Mobile launched the first Nokia-made Windows Phone in the United States in the Lumia 710. When it launched, the Magenta carrier was asking for a mere $49.99 with the signing of a new contract. However, it appears that the carrier has slashed a couple of bucks off of the device’s price tag [...]
Microsoft’s own Brandon Watson had turned to Twitter to clarify any confusion by announcing, again, that Windows Phone 8, which is widely believed to be codenamed Apollo, will be compatible with apps designed currently for Windows Phone 7. Watson’s tweet comes as a response Eldar Murtazin’s tweet that developers would need to re-code Windows Phone [...]
According to multiple sources to CNET, Windows 8 is now said to be running stable on ARM processors, and the new ARM-compatible build will be distributed to developers in February. News of the developer released was not delivered directly from sources from within Microsoft, the online publication says, but through hardware-makers who are expected to [...]
The iPad is an incredibly popular gadget, selling more than 15 million last quarter. It turns out that the millions of iPads in our hands can put a strain on our shoulders, necks and backs — in addition to your wallet. In a recent study by Microsoft and the US Department of Environmental Health, researchers found [...]
Rumors are swirling around the possibility of Microsoft letting their precious mobile games out of the Windows Phone 7 gated community and into other neighborhoods. Specifically onto Android and iOS devices. Sparked by a leak to Business Insider and further fueled by a statement to Forbes that all but says Get your thumbs ready, kids! mobile gamers and Xbox addicts everywhere are salivating at the prospect.
With Microsoft’s Mango release for Windows Phone, a second crop of new hardware was released. And of those devices running Mango, otherwise known as Windows Phone 7.5, Nokia may be leading the pack with its debut Windows Phone devices marketed under the Lumia brand. Nokia, which bested out its closest rival HTC, now has garnered [...]
Microsoft had just outlined plans for supporting various types of sensors in Windows 8, which will also be available in tablet format to compete with consumer tablets running on Android or the iOS mobile operating systems. As such, sensors will not only help to add to the user experience of Windows 8 slates, but as [...]
In addition to the release date and price leaks of both the Nokia Lumia 900 and the Samsung Galaxy Note for AT&T, BGR’s roadmap has also revealed the possible release date and pricing of one of Ma Bell’s upcoming Windows Phone devices, the HTC Titan II. The 4G LTE-powered device is currently slated to be [...]
After a bit of an absence, Nokia has re-emerged onto the smartphone market here in the United States with three new Lumia devices. They include the Lumia 900 which will be headed to AT&T, the Lumia 710 which has found a home on T-Mobile’s network and the Lumia 800 which will be headed to Microsoft [...]
Developer DDRBoxMan has used Microsoft’s Kinect camera to power a television or projected screen that mirrors an Android smartphone’s content. The development work is still currently in the early stages, but it looks like a promising start to not only mirror a smartphone’s content to a larger display via video out or HDMI, but also [...]
It looks like the Samsung Galaxy S III isn’t the only rumored device that Eldar Murtazin has been touting. No, he has also outed a phone that he is calling the Nokia Lumia 910 which will apparently be arriving in Europe ahead of the Nokia Lumia 910. As of right now, the only detail that [...]
Lumia, which means light according to Nokia at the devices’ introduction at Nokia World in October, may be just that–the light at the end of a dark tunnel for the Finnish smartphone-maker. Since announcing that the company would be banking its future on Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 OS, Nokia has topped 1 million Lumia phone [...]
Some good news and bad news here. The good news is that the Nokia Lumia 900 will indeed be headed to places not called the United States. UK retailer Carphone Warehouse has made its plans to sell the phone very clear as it is now offering up pre-registers for those interested in picking up Nokia’s [...]
While some phone manufacturers were fairly quiet at CES 2012 (we’re looking at you HTC), Nokia decided to take the stage front and center and announce its flagship Windows Phone device, the Lumia 900, a device that will be heading to AT&T’s 4G LTE network. It’s an exciting device to say the least. In fact, [...]
In a period of less than a month, Microsoft is growing its Windows Phone Marketplace app store for its mobile phone platform by 20 percent. Adding 10,000 apps in the period, Windows Phone Marketplace now boasts 60,000 apps, up from the 50,000 apps announced just prior to the end of 2011. The company says that [...]
I’m just going to come right out and say it. My experience with Windows Phone is very limited. I’ve played around with a few devices, the Samsung Focus and Focus S both come to mind, but I’ve never taken one for an extensive test drive. That changed on one of the last days of CES [...]
Back in December, Nokia promised that it would be rolling out a battery life fix for the Nokia Lumia 800 in the early part of 2012. Turns out, the Finnish company is going to be sticking to that promise as it has announced today that the update will be rolling out over the next two [...]
Already available in Fujitsu’s home market of Japan, the outfit was showing off its waterproof Windows Phone 7.5 smartphone at the Consumer Electronics Show in an effort to gauge enthusiasm and interest as Fujitsu is hoping to crack the U.S. market. The phone has a waterproof coating, which Fujitsu had demonstrated by dunking the phone [...]
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