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We reported yesterday about a certain Nokia Phi device spotted in WP Bench, an application that is used to benchmark Windows phones. Apparently, this Nokia Phi was tested running Microsoft’s upcoming Windows Phone 8 (Apollo) operating system, though no additional details have been unveiled. According to a scr... |
25 May 2012
04:56 GMT |
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Windows Phone 8, the next-generation mobile platform version from Microsoft, is expected to make its way to devices currently available on the market, the latest reports on the matter suggest. Microsoft is preparing new versions of its Windows platform to arrive on shelves later this year, and it is set to target v... |
24 May 2012
05:38 GMT |
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Microsoft and its partner phone makers are gearing up for the release of Windows Phone 8 and of new devices running under it, one of which might be the Nokia Phi that was just spotted in WP Bench. The Windows Phone benchmarking application shows this handset as being the latest to have been added to its database, w... |
24 May 2012
05:14 GMT |
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Nokia’s Lumia handsets have been long rumored to be on their way to get a taste of the upcoming Windows Phone 8 operating system, and some more hints at this appear to have made it to the Internet recently. An advertisement for the device supposedly shows new functionality of the phone’s homescreen, wit... |
23 May 2012
04:18 GMT |
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Windows Phone 8, the next major release of Microsoft’s mobile operating system, is expected to become official later this year, yet little is known on what to expect from it. Even so, it appears that Microsoft is hard at work with getting the OS ready for launch in late 2012, and a list of Windows Phone 8 bui... |
17 May 2012
04:59 GMT |
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Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia has been long rumored to plan the release of handsets running under Microsoft’s upcoming Windows Phone 8 operating system, but nothing has been officially confirmed on the matter for the time being. However, it appears that the company’s distributors have been already in... |
17 May 2012
01:45 GMT |
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This fall, Microsoft is expected to launch a new flavor of its Windows Phone operating system, and Sprint is one of the wireless carriers which might add devices powered by it to its offering. This is not the first time when the carrier is said to have such plans, although nothing was specifically announced on the ... |
9 May 2012
03:06 GMT |
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South Korean mobile phone maker Samsung is getting ready for the release of great Windows Phone 8 devices later this year, the latest reports on the matter suggest. Following rumors on the possibility that the company was considering using Galaxy S III hardware to power the Windows Phone 8 products, some more info ... |
7 May 2012
07:46 GMT |
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Redmond-based software giant Microsoft is gearing up for the release of a new major update for its Windows Phone platform, one that might get detailed as soon as next month, if the latest reports out there are to be believed. The behemoth will be holding a Windows Phone Developer Summit in San Francisco, CA on June... |
3 May 2012
03:02 GMT |
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South Korean mobile phone maker LG Electronics has confirmed once again that it does not have immediate plans for the release of a new device running under Microsoft’s Windows Phone operating system. Earlier this week, speculation on LG’s plans to focus on handsets running under Google’s Android o... |
2 May 2012
03:51 GMT |
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Nokia’s Windows Phone devices, the increasingly popular Lumia series, should get a taste of the next generation Windows Phone platform release starting with this year, rumor has it. Although Microsoft officially stated that there will be no Windows Phone 8 updates made available for existing devices, various ... |
30 April 2012
10:52 GMT |
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South Korean mobile phone maker Samsung is nearing the release of a new Android-based flagship smartphone, the Galaxy S III, which could be the foundation for the designing of the next Windows Phone devices. Rumor has it that the vendor plans on releasing Windows Phone 8 devices soon, maybe before the end of this y... |
30 April 2012
06:41 GMT |
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Although Nokia already confirmed that it would bring the PureView technology to Lumia devices, the Finnish company has yet to unveil its first Windows Phone smartphone with improved camera capabilities.
Rumors on upcoming Lumia smartphones with PureView cameras emerged several weeks ago, but nothing is really clear ... |
23 April 2012
05:18 GMT |
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Some of the latest reports around the web suggested that Microsoft was testing the upcoming Windows Phone 8 platform on devices provided by Nokia.
Additionally, there are also those who suggest that Microsoft and Nokia are planning to deliver an OS upgrade for the company’s Windows Phones, and some new report... |
20 April 2012
11:02 GMT |
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Redmond-based software giant Microsoft is gearing up for the release of a new flavor of its Windows Phone mobile platform before the end of this year, namely Windows Phone 8 (codenamed Apollo). The company hasn’t yet made an official announcement on the platform, but it has been pushing out new OS versions reg... |
20 April 2012
03:06 GMT |
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Nuno Silva, Microsoft evangelist, said a few days ago that all Windows Phone 7 devices were meant to be upgraded to the Windows Phone 8 platform. His statement, which emerged in a video on Portuguese forum Zwame, fueled controversy on Microsoft’s actual plans for the upcoming platform. Apparently, Nuno Silv... |
19 April 2012
08:21 GMT |
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Windows Phone 8, the next flavor of Microsoft’s mobile operating system, is expected to be detailed at an upcoming summit in the UK, recent reports on the matter suggest. Codenamed Apollo, the platform is rumored to provide OEMs with the possibility to add some customizations on top of what Microsoft already ... |
18 April 2012
08:48 GMT |
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Microsoft is getting ready to bring to the market a new version of its Windows Phone operating system, and confirmation on the matter has already emerged. Microsoft evangelist Nuno Silva has confirmed the upcoming availability of Windows Phone 8, which will be released under the codename of Apollo. Moreover, he u... |
18 April 2012
02:43 GMT |
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Before the end of this year, South Korean mobile phone maker Samsung Electronics will bring to the market smartphones running under Microsoft’s Windows Phone 8 operating system. The company has been long rumored to plan the launch of such devices, and confirmation has already emerged, it seems. Samsung Taiwan... |
13 April 2012
08:52 GMT |
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Microsoft is moving closer to the launch of the next flavor of its mobile operating system, supposedly dubbed Windows Phone 8. Reportedly, the company is working on testing the upcoming platform to make sure that it is compatible with existing software, just as previously promised. The “I'm a WP7!&rdquo... |
11 April 2012
12:31 GMT |
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Microsoft is reportedly taking a new step towards putting together its products, through packing a series of Kinect features inside the next release of Windows Phone. Rumor has it that the company has started working on integrating the Kinect NUI (Natural User Interface) in the mobile operating system. Windows Ph... |
11 April 2012
06:21 GMT |
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The next major Windows Phone release, codenamed Apollo and expected to arrive on shelves in fall as Windows Phone 8, was long rumored to feature a Windows NT kernel. In fact, the mobile platform was rumored to have been built on the same kernel as the Windows 8 OS for desktops and tablets. Microsoft hasn’t o... |
10 April 2012
05:35 GMT |
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After revealing Nokia’s plans to launch a Lumia PureView smartphone at Verizon Wireless this fall, MS Nerd leaks a new rumor, but this time it’s about a Sprint exclusive device.
The good news is that Nokia is reportedly preparing to launch a QWERTY slider at Sprint, which will feature a large 4-inch WVGA... |
9 April 2012
14:01 GMT |
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Last week we reported on a render of a mysterious Nokia device that is said to carry PureView technology and Microsoft’s Windows Phone 8 (Apollo) operating system. Some specs details emerged as well, but nothing is confirmed for the moment. The device that appears in the render has a touch-sensitive button tha... |
9 April 2012
10:31 GMT |
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South Korean mobile phone maker Samsung is reportedly gearing up for the launch of new handsets running under Microsoft’s Windows Phone operating system before the end of this year. At least three new phones based on this platform should land on shelves in 2012, and the Samsung Mandel SGH-i667 might be one of... |
6 April 2012
14:31 GMT |
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Nokia 808 PureView is not even available on the market, yet rumors on allegedly new Windows Phone devices integrating the PureView camera technology have already started to emerge.
The guys over at IT168 claim they got new information and even some specs details on an unannounced Nokia Lumia PureView smartphone. Acc... |
6 April 2012
06:03 GMT |
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Windows Phone application developers have found themselves in a bit of a situation last month when trying to put the official developer tools from Microsoft on Windows 8 Consumer Preview. There have been issues with the two working together, and Microsoft announced that Windows 8 CP did not actually offer support f... |
6 April 2012
04:59 GMT |
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Before the end of this year, we might see the first handsets running under Windows Phone 8 coming to the market from Finnish handset vendor Nokia.
The company hasn’t made an official announcement on the matter as of now, but some rumors did emerge, suggesting that the upcoming Windows Phone 8 handsets from N... |
26 March 2012
04:35 GMT |
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Mobile phone carrier Sprint is reportedly gearing up for the launch of a Windows Phone 8-based handset before the end of this year.
While no specific info on the said device have been made available so far, some of the latest rumors on the matter suggest that it could come from Nokia (though another leading handset... |
20 March 2012
13:11 GMT |
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AT&T is not the first wireless carrier in the United States to launch Windows Phone-powered handsets from Nokia. T-Mobile is. However, AT&T is the first of them to have a LTE-capable Nokia phone on its network, none other than the Lumia 900 that made its official debut at CES in January. Apparently, that was only the... |
6 March 2012
10:19 GMT |
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Windows Phone 8 and Windows 8 have been long rumored to be closely related, and some more proof that things are indeed so has just emerged online.
In the new Windows 8 Consumer Preview, WPDang reportedly found mentions of Windows Phone 8 that have been missing from the previously released Windows 8 Developer Previe... |
5 March 2012
15:01 GMT |
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After taking over Sony Ericsson, Sony continued on the same road the mobile phone maker was on, and it released new Android-based Xperia devices at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.
For the past few years, the handset vendor has been releasing only Android devices in the Xperia line, but it appears that this... |
5 March 2012
04:49 GMT |
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Codenamed Apollo, Windows Phone 8 is expected to become available before the end of this year, and two leading handset vendors already confirmed plans to bring to the market devices powered by it.
We’re referring here to the Taiwanese handset vendor HTC and South Korean mobile phone maker Samsung.
Both of ... |
28 February 2012
09:24 GMT |
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With Windows Phone 7, things were pretty straightforward, as most devices packed only candybar form factors and were only touch-enabled, except for very few of them (such as the Dell Venue Pro, or HTC 7 Pro).
Apparently, new Windows Phone form factors are in the works, and Microsoft will unveil them when Windows P... |
6 February 2012
16:01 GMT |
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Later this year, Microsoft is expected to bring to the market the next version of its mobile operating system, namely Windows Phone 8 (codenamed Apollo).The platform is expected to bring along a wide range of improvements when compared to the current flavor of the OS, such as support for multi-core application proce... |
4 February 2012
12:41 GMT |
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Later this year, Microsoft is expected to bring to the market a new flavor of its mobile operating system, one that would arrive on shelves under the name of Windows Phone 8. Rumors on what the platform could bring to devices have been around for some time now, but nothing has been officially confirmed on the matt... |
3 February 2012
05:54 GMT |
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Applications built for the Windows Phone 7 operating system will work on the next generation mobile platform from Microsoft, Windows Phone 8. The company had announced before that it planned on making all apps built for Windows Phone compatible with future versions of the OS, and it has reiterated it. Windows Phone 8... |
30 January 2012
15:31 GMT |
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Codenamed Apollo, Windows Phone 8 will arrive on shelves as the next–generation mobile OS from Microsoft. The platform is said to be based on the same code as the Windows 8 desktop client, which was unveiled to the world in September last year. Microsoft is said to plan the release of both new OS versions i... |
25 January 2012
09:27 GMT |
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The next version of Windows Phone is expected to make an official appearance at the Mobile World Congress next month, some of the latest reports on the matter suggest.
Microsoft is expected to present the platform at the event, and should refer to it as Windows Phone 8, in line with the upcoming Windows 8 desktop ... |
25 January 2012
08:43 GMT |
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Taiwanese mobile phone maker HTC Corporation is getting ready for the launch of new devices running under Microsoft’s Windows Phone operating system, recent reports suggest.
One of these handsets could be the HTC HD8, a smartphone that has just emerged online, and which is reportedly powered by Windows Phone... |
5 January 2012
04:12 GMT |
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Windows Phone 8, the next major release of Microsoft’s mobile OS, is expected to arrive with a series of enhancements on the backup/restore side, a recent job listing at the Redmond-based company shows. In its attempt to deliver to the market a highly competitive mobile operating system, Microsoft seems determ... |
28 December 2011
12:14 GMT |
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Windows Phone 8, the next flavor of Microsoft's mobile operating system, is expected to arrive on devices with far more features than what the current flavors of the platform have to offer.
We already learned a few details on Microsoft's plans of the next version of the OS, albeit nothing was officially a... |
21 November 2011
04:16 GMT |
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With Windows Phone 7.5 Mango now out on the market, Microsoft is already hard at work on the development of their next flavor of the mobile OS, and it seems that there should be a series of appealing features packed inside it.
Among them, we can count the inclusion of support for dual-core application processors, c... |
21 October 2011
08:31 GMT |
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Computer maker Dell is reportedly scrapping plans to bring to the market new devices that would run under Microsoft's Windows Phone Mango operating system.
The company was rumored not too long ago to plan the release of at least one new mobile phone that would run under Microsoft's new mobile operating... |
8 October 2011
04:21 GMT |
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Redmond-based software giant Microsoft is already hard at work with the development of the next flavor of Windows Phone, which should arrive on shelves sometime next year, most probably, about the same time that Windows 8 will land on PCs, and it seems that it will receive full support for mobile chip makers out the... |
16 September 2011
11:41 GMT |
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This week at BUILD, Microsoft is expected to unveil to the world the upcoming Windows 8 platform, and it seems that it might have very much to do with the mobile space too. Rumor has it that the upcoming Windows Phone 8, codenamed 'Apollo', and Windows 8 platforms would actually converge to a single OS, be... |
13 September 2011
11:08 GMT |
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Windows Phone 7 is already about one year old, and phone users fond of Microsoft's mobile operating system are looking forward for the next flavor of the platform, supposedly set to land next year, along with a new Windows client for desktop.Most probably called Windows Phone 8, the next platform release promis... |
17 August 2011
14:31 GMT |
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Mango, the next Windows Phone iteration, which should arrive on devices as soon as this fall, is set to be followed by Windows Phone Apollo in 2012, if some of the latest reports on the matter are to be believed. Apparently, Microsoft would have the next mobile platform release called Windows Phone 8 Apollo, but spe... |
30 May 2011
08:37 GMT |
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Microsoft is currently gearing for the release of what was said to be the Windows Phone 7.5 flavor of their mobile operating system, but ideas on what the next flavor of the mobile platform, supposedly called Windows Phone 8, already started to emerge.
Only in the form of concepts at the moment, these ideas poin... |
2 May 2011
06:58 GMT |
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Windows Phone 8, the next version of Microsoft's mobile operating system, might be closely related to the Windows 8 client being prepared for desktop PCs. Apparently, Microsoft might plan on moving away from the Windows Compact Embedded platform that currently sits at the core of Windows Phone, and bring the mo... |
31 March 2011
11:41 GMT |
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