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ChevronWP7 Labs: a Microsoft-approved Windows Phone 7 unlocking service
- ChevronWP7's three developers, Long Zheng, Rafael Rivera, and Chris Walsh, have announced ChevronWP7 Labs, a Windows Phone unlocking service that requires a small fee via PayPal. Most importantly, Microsoft has approved this device unlocking solution, which will be available to…
Nokia to launch first Windows phones in Europe
- At the 2011 Mobile Telecompaper conference in the Netherlands, Victor Saeijs, Vice President of Nokia Europe, reiterated to attendees that Nokia's first Windows Phone 7 handsets will be launching in Europe later this year. He noted that he was carrying…
Nokia CEO: Apple created the conditions necessary to create Android
- Nokia CEO Stephen Elop had a keynote at the Open Mobile Summit in London today. He talked about various aspects of the industry, which you can read courtesy of mocoNews.
AT&T: Windows Phone is not selling well, yet
- AT&T Mobility CEO Ralph de la Vega recently took the time to do an interview with All Things Digital. While he answered various questions about the mobile industry, his comments in regards to Microsoft's Windows Phone are particularly interesting. …
Microsoft announces Web-based Windows Phone Marketplace
- Microsoft says there are now more than 17,000 apps available on Windows Phone Marketplace. While the growth is certainly great for a new mobile OS, the software giant is still way behind Android and iOS. Access to apps will soon…
Microsoft announces Windows Phone 7.1
- Microsoft today announced and previewed Windows Phone 7.1 (codenamed Mango), which the company says will include over 500 new features. Frankly, with everything that is in the update, we're surprised it's not called Windows Phone 8.
Microsoft, Nokia finally sign definitive agreement for Windows Phone
- Microsoft and Nokia today announced the signing of a definitive agreement regarding their global mobile ecosystem partnership. Two months ago, Nokia announced that it was choosing Microsoft's Windows Phone as its primary smartphone platform but that the two companies still…
Obama complains about his phone, Microsoft offers him a WP7 device
- Microsoft has offered US President Barack Obama a free Windows Phone 7 device. Where did that come from? It all started when Obama jokingly complained about how he doesn't get to use the latest and greatest technology.
Video: HTC readying Windows Phone 7 with 16MP camera?
- A new HTC advertisement seems to suggest that HTC is readying a new Windows Phone 7 device with an unprecedented 16 megapixel camera as well as dual LED flash. This is still classified as a rumor as neither HTC nor…
Rumor: Nokia’s first Windows Phones will be W7, W8
- Eldar Murtazin, an expert on Nokia, claims to know more about Nokia's current Windows Phone plans than anyone else outside the company. He's supposedly gotten an early hands-on with a prototype and tells us that there are two models currently…
Déjà vu: Android first, Windows Phone second, iOS third in 2015
- Worldwide smartphone sales will reach 468 million units in 2011, a 57.7 percent increase from 2010. By the end of 2011, Android will move to become the most popular operating system worldwide. Furthermore, in 2015, Windows Phone will push past…
AppX: Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8 to run the same apps?
- We already know that Windows 8 will include a second, tile-based shell for tablets called Immersive. To further along this rumor, there's AppX: a new type of packaged application model in Windows 8, that very closely resembles Windows Phone 7…
Microsoft planning NFC mobile payments for Windows Phone 8
- Microsoft plans to include Near Field Communication (NFC) technology in Windows Phone 8. NFC support will allow for mobile payment features in the next version of the Windows Phone operating system, according to two people familiar with the plans cited…
In 2015: Android first, Windows Phone second, iPhone third
- Smartphone vendors will ship more than 450 million smartphones in 2011 compared to the 303.4 million units shipped in 2010. Furthermore, the smartphone market will grow more than four times faster than the overall mobile phone market: 49.2 percent in…
Microsoft rolling out 'NoDo' update for Windows Phone 7
- After facing a delay to iron out a few issues Microsoft has finally begun distributing the first full update for Windows Phone 7 devices. Dubbed NoDo as in "No Donuts" -- in reference to Google's Android naming scheme -- the…
Nokia: switching to Windows Phone will take two years
- Nokia today filed a 200-page 20-F form (PDF) with the Securities and Exchange Commission. It explains a number of new tidbits about Nokia's partnership with Microsoft, including that the transition to Windows Phone will take about two years. ZDNet skimmed…
Rumor: Microsoft paid Nokia more than $1 billion to pick Windows Phone over Android
- Nokia announced last month that it was switching to Windows Phone as its primary smartphone platform. The two companies have not yet reached a final agreement; that will be signed in the next few months. A new rumor has sprung…
Microsoft resumes Windows Phone 7 updates
- Microsoft has resumed the rollout of Windows Phone 7 updates to Samsung-branded handsets after reports that the software was bricking devices. According to the company, about 10% of Windows Phone 7 smartphone owners had problems with the update, with some…
Flickr arrives for Windows 7, Windows Phone 7
- Flickr has introduced Flickr for Windows 7 and Flickr for Windows Phone 7. The new app is optimized for high resolution displays and includes features such as swipe through panoramic blades to see all your recent activity, latest uploads from your contacts and all your newest uploads.
Microsoft pulls Windows Phone 7 update amid issues
- Microsoft's first update for Windows Phone 7 -- released earlier this week -- doesn't add any new features to devices but is needed for the early March update that will finally add copy and paste functionality. Yet, for such a…
Microsoft releases first Windows Phone 7 update
- Microsoft has started rolling out the first update for Windows Phone 7. Unfortunately for early buyers, this is not the long-awaited copy-and-paste update but rather an update for Windows Phone 7's update mechanism itself, which will pave the way "for…
Acer to jump on the Windows Phone 7 bandwagon?
- Acer may be jumping on the Windows Phone 7 bandwagon this autumn, with a September or October 2011 launch planned. Some reports emerging from Mobile World Congress indicated that Acer was losing interest in the platform, but that is not…
Nokia switches to Windows Phone as primary smartphone platform
- As rumored, Microsoft and Nokia have announced a broad strategic partnership to create a new global mobile ecosystem that includes market-leading mobile products and services designed to benefit consumers, operators, and developers alike. The two are promising rapid time to…
Microsoft sold 2 million Windows Phone 7 devices last quarter
- Microsoft has sold over 2 million Windows Phone 7 devices through its various partners in the last quarter. The software giant doesn't have the actual number of handsets sold to users because mobile operators are not contractually obligated to provide…
Game Boy Pocket emulator shown off for Windows Phone 7
- Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 is apparently quite capable of running a Game Boy emulator, on Silverlight and all. The emulator is still a work in progress, but the important thing to remember is that it works so far, opening up…
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