Nokia N8 successor to offer optical zoom, Symbian

Release Date ‎Nov 8, 2011‎ in SlashGear

 
   

Spotify Windows Phone app review

Telegraph.co.uk - 10 Nov, 2011
It's a landmark for Windows Phone that music service Spotify has launched a new app for it just a few weeks after Nokia unveiled its first, and remarkably impressive, Windows handsets. ...

Windows Phone 7 jailbreak app shows that Microsoft, not Apple, is the friend ...

Computerworld (blog) - 10 Nov, 2011
Apple has managed through the years to portray itself as the friend of freedom and openness, while depicting Microsoft as the exact opposite. But the recent decision by Microsoft to approve the use of a jailbreak app for Windows Phone ...

Why doesn't The Guardian write about more Android apps?

The Guardian (blog) - 10 Nov, 2011
The smartphone market is a fascinating place right now. Apple is doing well, Android is on a real tear, and Windows Phone is gearing up for a big push into 2012. Even the much-maligned BlackBerry has its new BBX platform on the way to (possibly) help ...

HTC Titan Windows phone â€" review

The Guardian - 10 Nov, 2011
Since its launch last year, Windows Phone has moved on significantly â€" but so have its two biggest rivals, Apple's iOS and Google's Android. Has it kept pace? This article was published on guardian.co.uk at 14.28 GMT on Wednesday 9 November 2011 . ...

Tango First to Bring Video Calls to Windows Phone Devices

MarketWatch (press release) - 10 Nov, 2011
PALO ALTO, CA, Nov 09, 2011 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- Tango, the leader in mobile video communications, announced that its free video calling service is available today from the Windows Phone Marketplace. This is the fourth platform release for the ...

Microsoft creates six-storey-high phone to launch Windows Phones

Hindustan Times - ‎Nov 9, 2011‎
Microsoft is debuting three new Windows Phone 7.5 (Mango) smartphones in the US and has created the world's largest "smartphone" to promote the devices. six-storey-high phone in New York City and putting people inside to show off the OS's features. ...

Photos: Windows Phone 7.5 'Mango' screenshots

Seattle Post Intelligencer (blog) - ‎Nov 8, 2011‎
A new "What's New" screen populates with the latest activity from contacts, including calls, texts, emails and social network updates. (Screenshot / Microsoft) The new multitasking feature lets people swipe back to any recently used apps that are still ...

Microsoft vs. iPhone: 'Big Windows Phone' Event In New York City Highlights ...

Huffington Post - ‎Nov 8, 2011‎
As Apple skews its iPhone 4S commercials toward proud parents and suburban breadwinners, Microsoft on Monday unveiled in New York City's Herald Square a much different advertising strategy, unofficially dubbed "The Big-Ass Windows Phone. ...

Microsoft Builds Giant Windows Phone 7.5 Smartphone

PCWorld (blog) - ‎Nov 8, 2011‎
By IDG News Service, PCWorld Nov 8, 2011 4:45 PM Microsoft installed a gigantic Windows Phone in New York's Herald Square Monday to mark the debut of Windows Phone 7.5 devices on store shelves. Receive the latest reviews, how-to's, news, and more. ...

Windows Phone: It's Make Or Break Time

InformationWeek - ‎Nov 8, 2011‎
Microsoft put a six-story Windows phone in one of the world's busiest intersections and filled it with rock bands, dancers, and zombies to make a statement. But time grows short to convince phone users. By Paul McDougall InformationWeek The deals are ...

Hands on -- Can the Nokia Lumia 800 save Windows Phone 7?

Computerworld (blog) - ‎Nov 8, 2011‎
Microsoft is counting on Nokia to help save the struggling Windows Phone 7, and the recently released Lumia 800 is Nokia's Windows Phone 7 standard bearer. I took a quick look at the Lumia 800, and here's what I found. ...

Samsung marketing executive exits to head up Windows Phone team

Inquirer - ‎Nov 8, 2011‎
By Kate O'Flaherty According to BGR, Samsung's VP of consumer and enterprise services, Gavin Kim is taking on the role of general manager of the Windows Phone team. Kim told BGR he would set the future direction for the Windows Phone platform and ...

Microsoft erects a six-storey Windows Phone in New York City

Inquirer - ‎Nov 8, 2011‎
SMARTPHONE UNDERACHIEVER Microsoft seems to think the best way to promote its latest crop of Windows Phones in the US is to build a six-storey mock up of the real thing. Microsoft's Windows Phone 7.5 (WP7.5) Mango was the catalyst for ...

Review: Windows Phone 7.5 Mango is appealing

IBNLive.com - ‎Nov 8, 2011‎
The first of the Nokia Windows Phone Mango devices will hit the Indian markets very soon and we thought it was the time to take a closer look at the operating system that the struggling mobile phone giant was betting so much on. ...

Spotify App Lands on Windows Phone 7

PCWorld - ‎Nov 8, 2011‎
Spotify recently announced a new mobile application for Windows Phone 7 users, more than a year after the music streaming service first said it would bring its service to Microsoft's newest mobile OS. ...

Nokia Lumia 800 and N9; same form factor, different audience

ZDNet (blog) - ‎Nov 8, 2011‎
Summary: The Lumia 800 is available outside the US, but there are several of us here that are getting the chance to use them and test them out. I tested out the Nokia N9 MeeGo device a few weeks ago and ...

Apps Rush: Spotify for Windows Phone, MapMatcher London, Cupple and more

The Guardian (blog) - ‎Nov 8, 2011‎
Streaming music service Spotify has a new app tailor-made for Microsoft's Windows Phone OS. It includes the elements from other platforms, including Facebook social features. Specific to this version is the ability to pin individual playlists to the ...

Unlock your Windows Phone for full access to developer utilities

ZDNet (blog) - ‎Nov 8, 2011‎
Summary: Microsoft does not give consumers the ability to capture screenshots in Windows Phone, but now you can easily unlock your device for development purposes. I purchased my HD7 and Dell Venue Pro ...

Windows Phone poaches top Samsung executive

Telegraph.co.uk - ‎Nov 8, 2011‎
A senior Samsung executive has left the Korean giant to play a key role in shaping Microsoft's Windows Phone platform. By Matt Warman, Consumer Technology Editor Samsung's vice president of consumer and enterprise services, Gavin Kim, will be General ...

Spotify tunes into Windows Phone Mango

ZDNet UK (blog) - ‎Nov 8, 2011‎
Blogging on the inner workings of business tech including, but not limited to, business intelligence (BI), analytics, enterprise software, desktop and portable hardware, IT in education, open-source p… ...

Windows Phone 7

CNET (blog) - ‎Nov 7, 2011‎
It's been a couple of weeks now since we first glimpsed the Nokia Lumia 800, one of the first two of Nokia's brave new Windows Phone world, just after it was announced at Nokia World. This phone had promise: a 3.7-inch WVGA AMOLED screen, ...

Key Samsung Exec Jumps Ship to Lead Windows Phone Team

PC Magazine - ‎Nov 7, 2011‎
In jumping ship from Samsung to Microsoft, Gavin Kim is leaving a growing mobile powerhouse for a company that has lofty expectations in the mobile space but still everything to prove. Kim, formerly Samsung's vice president of consumer ...

Samsung Focus Flash: $50 on AT&T, runs Windows Phone Mango

Los Angeles Times - ‎Nov 7, 2011‎
Samsung and Microsoft announced the Focus Flash, a $50 smartphone running Windows Phone 7.5 (aka Mango) on Monday at an event in New York. On paper, the Focus Flash looks pretty good for such a low price (which you'll get if you sign up for a two-year ...

Dialed In #198: Too many Verizon superphones!

CNET (blog) - ‎Nov 7, 2011‎
Is there such thing as too much of a good thing? Verizon comes out swinging with superphones galore, we take a look at the next generation of Windows Phone handsets, and we have a good ...

Microsoft unveils $50 smartphone Samsung Focus Flash

USA Today - ‎Nov 7, 2011‎
To mark the launch of its new smartphones, Microsoft constructed a 6-story Windows Phone in the middle of New York's Herald Square. To mark the launch of its new smartphones, Microsoft constructed a 6-story Windows Phone in ...

Microsoft: mobile getting better, no numbers yet

Reuters Blogs (blog) - ‎Nov 7, 2011‎
Microsoft made a big deal of the launch of three US phones running its Windows Phone 7.5 software, the latest upgrade to Windows Phone 7, which represents a complete overhaul of the Microsoft mobile phone software. They built a giant model of a phone ...

Microsoft Erects Giant Windows Phone Pop-Up in NYC

PC Magazine - ‎Nov 7, 2011‎
Microsoft hosted a hugeâ€"literallyâ€"Windows Phone party on Monday in a tourist-heavy corner of New York City. It was clear this was an enormous social media push to get the word out on Microsoft's year-old Windows Phone platform, ...

Samsung Mobile Exec Joins Windows Phone Team

PCWorld - ‎Nov 7, 2011‎
Gavin Kim, a high-ranking executive in Samsung's mobile group, has left for Microsoft to help it build the fledgling Windows Phone 7 product line. Microsoft has named Kim general manager, Windows Phone product management, ...

Microsoft to 'align' Windows Phone, Future Windows OSes

PCWorld - ‎Nov 7, 2011‎
Microsoft, which on Monday held an event in New York to mark the US launch of smartphones running its latest Windows Phone 7.5 OS, said it is taking steps to "align" the smartphone OS with its future tablet and PC OSes. ...

Microsoft launches several new 'Mango' phones but still no word on Verizon's ...

ZDNet (blog) - ‎Nov 7, 2011‎
Summary: Microsoft and its partners launched new Windows Phone Mango optimized phones on AT&T and T-Mobile at an event in New York City. There's still no new word on any new WPs on Verizon. ...

 

Subscribe to RSS
Advertise here