Microsoft is currently readying its first update for its Windows Phone 8 mobile operating system. Codenamed Apollo+, it could be out as early as Q1 2013 according to @Football4PDA: MS is going to roll out update for WP8 which is called Apollo+ in Q1 2013… Citing unnamed sources, The Verge has a few additional details on the update. Aside from […]
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Four upcoming Nokia Lumia devices revealed?
A number of screenshots captured on a Nokia Lumia 800 running wpbench, a benchmarking app for Windows Phone 7 devices, appears to have revealed the presence of four new Lumia devices. These, the Nokia PureLambda, Nokia Phi, Nokia Pure Phi and Nokia Alpha, are presumably codenames for upcoming Windows Phone-powered handsets. Of these, the Nokia PureLambda is shown to be […]
Rumour: Windows Phone 8 to RTM in July
A “reliable source” has apparently told Russian site WP7Forum.ru that the next major version of Windows Phone (codenamed Apollo) will RTM (Release to Manufacturing) in July. This is the step where Microsoft hands the code to it manufacturing partners to allow them to finalize their new devices. The report adds that partners could be provided with prototypes, current generation devices […]
Verizon to launch Windows Phone 8 devices before holidays
Verizon Wireless is only selling one Windows Phone device currently and it’s an older device at that. It certainly does not suggest that the carrier is very supportive of the Windows Phone operating system. It skipped on Windows Phone 7.5, saying that it wanted to focus on LTE phones (Rival AT&T got the LTE-enabled Nokia Lumia 900 exclusive). That’s about […]
Rumour: Acer Windows Phone 8 W11 to come with QWERTY keyboard
The Windows Phone 8 device rumours are heating up. Samsung has confirmed that it is working on devices and Nokia could be bringing its PureView technology along for the ride. Now comes word of an Acer device, this one sporting a slide-out QWERTY keyboard. According to Russian site Acer-Club, the device is codenamed W11. Aside from the keyboard, only a […]
Samsung confirms it is working on Windows Phone 8 devices
Rumours earlier this week suggested that Samsung was working on two Windows Phone 8 (codename Apollo) devices. Samsung Taiwan today confirmed the rumours in an interview with ePrice, adding that it expects to have its first Windows Phone 8 device out later this year. Samsung Taiwan added that it will not release any further Windows Phone 7.5 devices. The comment […]
Microsoft confirms Windows Phone 7.5 apps will run on Windows Phone 8
This may not exactly be the news that current Windows Phone 7.5 device owners are looking for but it does answer a related question: Will current Windows Phone 7.x applications run on Windows Phone 8? In a recent blog entry, Microsoft confirmed that they would (their emphasis): With regard to existing applications: today’s Windows Phone applications and games will run […]
Samsung to launch 3 Windows Phone devices in 2012 including LTE Mandel?
With all the attention that Nokia and its Lumia devices are getting, it’s sometimes hard to remember that they are not the only manufacturer offering Windows Phone devices. Among these, Samsung has partnered with Microsoft since the launch of Windows Phone. According to Chinese website WPDang, it is gearing up to launch three new devices this year. The first device […]