An image from a Lumia 800 running WP Bench shows four Nokia code names that could hint at future Nokia Windows Phone handsets. The image was first shared on My Nokia Blog, and it shows four Nokia smartphones with Greek names that we haven’t seen before. Those names include Nokia Phi, Nokia Pure Phi, Nokia [...]
Nokia’s budget Lumia device, the Nokia Lumia 610, will be hitting shelves in the United Kingdom at some point in the near future. Vodafone UK, a carrier based in the United Kingdom, has the device listed as coming soon although it has not revealed a specific date for the Windows Phone device’s release. The timing [...]
Facebook has pushed out a major update for its Windows Phone application that pull the application closer, feature wise, to the versions found on Apple’s iOS and Google’s Android operating system. In a blog post, Microsoft has detailed the software update which brings the version of the Windows Phone application to version 2.5. The update [...]
There have been quite a bit of back and forth regarding Windows Phone 8 Apollo and whether it would be coming to current Windows Phone devices. A previous report had said no and now, another report says that current Windows Phone devices will indeed be getting the update. The latest rumor comes from My Microsoft [...]
SAPER is a new Windows Phone app that can help solve a real-world problem: landmines. According to Neowin, SAPER comes from a team at the Military University of Technology in Warsaw. The app uses magnetic fields to detect landmines in a small area. If users of the app find a landmine the app can check a database [...]
At the end of April, Microsoft announced that device owners would need to upgrade to the latest version of its mobile software, Windows Phone 7.5, in order to access the Windows Phone Marketplace. Well, the time has come and Microsoft is now requiring device owners to have Windows Phone 7.5 aka Windows Phone Mango installed [...]
Amazon has dropped the price of the Nokia Lumia 900 for new customers and those wishing to upgrade to AT&T’s flagship 4G LTE Windows Phone. Originally, Amazon had been offering the Lumia 900 for a mere $19.99 for those wishing to make an upgrade. The retailer has now dropped the price for upgraders all the [...]
Artist RVanhauwere has created a mockup of what he thinks Windows Phone 8 would look like from the operating system and user interface side. From RVanhauwere‘s concept, it appears that Windows Phone 8 and Windows 8 will be moving closer together and meshes well with Microsoft’s strategy of creating some unification between three screens–the phone, the [...]
The Nokia Lumia 900 has a 4.3-inch ClearBlack display that not only looks great but has some of the best durability of any smartphone screen on the market. And in a new test, the Lumia 900′s screen withstands beat down with a hammer and nail and actually is used, successfully, as a hammer itself. This [...]
It looks like in under a year since Nokia had debuted the Lumia series of Windows Phone devices, the Lumia brand is now gaining mind share against more stablished product lines, such as Motorola Mobility’s Droid series based on Google’s Android operating system. According to the latest Google search statistics, it appears that the search [...]
Last week just when CTIA was beginning, users who asked Apple’s personal digital assistant Siri what the best smartphone available is got a surprising result–Siri told them that the best iPhone, based on user reviews, is the Nokia Lumia 900. The data that drives Siri comes from Wolfram Alpha and the result should be unsurprising [...]
Nokia’s newest exclusive Windows Phone app is City Lens, an augmented reality app that looks like it could replace Local Scout for Lumia owners. The idea behind Nokia’s City Lens is simple: It gives users an easier way to find nearby locations through augmented reality or through a simple map view. The app will show [...]
Microsoft’s Smoked By Windows Phone has proven successful for the company’s struggling platform, with Microsoft claiming that 98% of all contests result in a Windows Phone win. The stat comes from a blog post on the Windows Phone Blog from Windows Phone Evangelist Ben Rudolph. According to Rudolph, more than 50,000 smartphone users tried their [...]
Yesterday, AT&T and Samsung announced a new 4G LTE Windows Phone, the Samsung Focus 2. Today, we were able to hands-on with the upcoming device at CTIA 2012, a device that is set to hit shelves on May 20th for an extremely attractive price. The Samsung Focus 2 will be AT&T’s next Windows Phone and [...]
Nokia and Rovio have confirmed that Angry Birds Space for Windows Phone is coming soon to both Lumia smartphones and other Windows Phone-powered smartphones as well. The confirmation comes shortly after Rovio found itself embroiled in controversy in regards to the popular game. After one Rovio executive claimed that the game would never make it [...]
Samsung’s next Windows Phone is the Focus 2 which will come to AT&T on May 20 for $49.99 on a two-year contract. The Samsung Focus 2 is Samsung’s first 4G LTE Windows Phone on AT&T, and the carrier’s third 4G LTE Windows Phone. The Focus 2 is also the smallest Windows Phone with 4G LTE, sporting [...]
As exciting as it has been to talk, postulate, and speculate about the Galaxy S III’s hardware and specs before the third-generation Galaxy flagship smartphone was announced on May 3rd in London, once the device was announced one thing became apparent: Samsung is now a software company. That doesn’t mean that Samsung is shying away [...]
In a recent interview with the Financial Times, Nokia gave the public a rare glimpse of what its future product portfolio would consist of, and perhaps the move is to incite investor confidence after a series of credit downgrades and concerns following the company’s announcement of $1.7 billion in losses. In the interview, Nokia Chairman [...]
Though Samsung had gone on record in stating that it won’t be releasing any new Windows Phone smartphones until Microsoft releases and announces Windows Phone 8, which has been speculated to arrive this fall, a new image has surfaced of a Samsung device with a codename of Mandel. That device is said to be compatible [...]
With Microsoft announcing their developer summit for the Windows Phone platform on June 20 and 21 in San Francisco, California, it appears that three popular mobile operating systems will be hosting their developer conferences in the summer period. Apple’s WWDC and Google’s I/O conferences are both scheduled to take place at around the same time [...]
Following a report on a Korean publication that LG Electronics would put its Windows Phone plans on hold and instead focus on its Optimus Android smartphone line and that Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer is headed to South Korea to salvage the relationship between the two companies, LG is saying that the reports are purely speculative [...]
The Windows Phone Marketplace isn’t exactly the best app store at the moment, but Microsoft has a plan to help make it better for users. On the Windows Phone Developer Blog, Todd Brix, Senior Director of the Marketplace, outlined the changes Microsoft will make, with most of the details directed towards developers. Microsoft hopes to improve [...]
After LG had announced that it would be pulling back from releasing Windows Phone 8 smartphones and will instead be focusing on Android through its Optimus brand, new reports are surfacing that Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer will be headed to Seoul, Korea later this month to dissuade its Windows Phone licensee from going all-in on [...]
Did you even know that LG Manufactured Windows Phones? When I was checking out the Twitter chatter this morning, I was amazed at the amount of people out there that didn’t even realize LG even manufactured a Windows Phone device. I guess most people didn’t give Windows Phone a second look before Nokia started throwing [...]
In a bit of controversy and publicity, Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak had picked up the Nokia Lumia 900 flagship smartphone using Microsoft’s Windows Phone operating system. Though Wozniak says that the iPhone is still his favorite device of choice, the Apple co-founder has demonstrated that he can be objective in his rivals’ products and was [...]
It appears that the Samsung Galaxy S III might not only be coming with Android as a new rumor pegs the company as possibly releasing a Galaxy S III type phone running Microsoft’s Windows Phone 8 sometime during the fall of this year. The new rumor comes from WP-Life who says that a trusted source [...]
Those who have been waiting for the Nokia Lumia 900 in the United Kingdom won’t be able to get their hands on the highly anticipated Windows Phone until May 14th at the earliest. UK retailer Phone4u, by way of Pocket-lint, has confirmed that the device will not be touching down until May, a slight delay [...]
Huawei has proven itself to be an emerging smartphone powerhouse in the Android camp with powerful, well designed models like the slim and sleek Ascend P1 and the quad-core Ascend D quad, but the company isn’t sitting still. Like HTC, Samsung, and LG before it, Huawei is looking to diversify its portfolio by offering multiple [...]
The Facebook for Windows Phone team is listening to users and promises a big update soon. On their own Facebook page this morning, the team announced some of the v2.5 changes that are being tested now. The more important news is that they are reading comments and listening to users. The initial version of Facebook for [...]
Windows Phone owners had an unexpected surprise this weekend as Microsoft-owned VoIP service Skype released its app to users. The app, which was previously in beta, could now be downloaded officially from Windows Phone Marketplace on Windows Phone handsets, such as the Nokia Lumia 900 and the HTC Titan II. Some new features on the [...]
Last week, Josh if the Nokia Lumia 900 could be Windows Phone’s “Droid”. I think with AT&T, it can well at a lower level, but there’s no way it will reach “Droid” status. It definitely won’t succeed at that level if an upgrade to Windows Phone 8 isn’t on the docket, which is unknown at this [...]
AT&T’s Nokia Lumia 900 is now available in a grand total of three colors as the white version, which wasn’t expected to go on sale until April 22nd, is now on sale in at least some AT&T retail stores. MobilityDigest has posted two photos that depict the white Lumia 900 being sold inside an AT&T [...]
There has been quite a controversy surrounding the upcoming Windows Phone 8 Apollo update from Microsoft and today, more fuel has been dumped on the fire as a Nokia Evangelist & Developer has claimed that Nokia’s Lumia handsets, which run Windows Phone, will receive the update. WMPowerUser reports that João Luis, citing a source he [...]
Details about Microsoft’s upcoming Windows Phone 8 Apollo update remain relatively scarce but a new rumor has seemingly shed light on some features that we should come to expect of the software. According to a tipster on the Chinese WPXAP.com forums, courtesy of WMPowerUser, Windows Phone 8 Apollo is currently being tested on both current [...]
Despite recent history, Verizon seems ready to put its support behind Microsoft’s Windows Phone platform. According to All Things D, Verizon CFO Fran Shammo talked about the company’s interest in Windows Phone during its first quarter earnings call today. Shammo said “It is important that there is a third ecosystem brought into the mix here, we are [...]
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