Microsoft last week announced that it will host a number of events across the United States over the coming weeks to get a look at the new Windows Phones coming. Expected are the HTC Titan, HTC Radar, Samsung Focus S and Samsung Focus Flash. You know Windows Phone is packed with killer social integration, a wide variety of games and […]
Microsoft
Microsoft’s Windows Phone roadmap to 2014?
With Windows Phone 7.5 complete and making its way into customers’ hands, Microsoft is (hopefully) hard at work on new features and new versions. MSNerd has obtained an alleged Windows Phone roadmap that takes us all the way to 2014 and Windows 9 Mobile (merging Windows 9 and Windows Phone 9?). Here’s what the next few years could look like […]
Dual-core processors and LTE coming to Windows Phone
Microsoft has big expectations for its newly launched Windows Phone 7.5 (Mango) operating system. Speaking with AllThingsD, Andy Lees, President, Windows Phone Division, said: “We’re not making specific predictions but I think that our momentum is going to build. Our first (release) was about mindshare, and really getting the credibility, and I think (Mango) is really about starting to build […]
Microsoft reconfirms Zune hardware demise
It was dead but then came back to life. And now it’s dead again. Microsoft has now confirmed that it will no longer make Zune players. We recently announced that, going forward, Windows Phone will be the focus of our mobile music and video strategy, and that we will no longer be producing Zune players. So what does this mean […]
Multiple Nokia Windows Phone 7.5 devices coming to Canada in 2012
In an interview with MobileSyrup.com, Nokia Canada’s Portfolio Collaboration Manager, Chad Saliba, confirmed that Nokia will offer a number of Windows Phone 7.5 devices in Canada in 2012 (the 2011 focus will be on Europe). They will cover multiple price points starting at the Chassis 1 specifications (1GHz processor, WVGA display, 256MB RAM, 5MP camera) and going up to higher […]
Microsoft Zune not dead after all?
The Microsoft Zune appears to have made a miraculous recovery. Microsoft announced earlier this week that it would stop producing Zunes but has now reversed its position. According to a tweet by ZuneSupport, Microsoft is still “supporting the Zune HD hardware. No official info has been released stating hardware is being discontinued.” The support page that indicated that Microsoft would […]
Microsoft halts production of Zune players
Microsoft has quietly confirmed that it will no longer make Zune players. The last one, the Zune HD, was released back in September 2009. The Zune players support page now reads: We recently announced that, going forward, Windows Phone will be the focus of our mobile music and video strategy, and that we will no longer be producing Zune players. […]
Microsoft Canada accidentally reveals Samsung and Nokia Windows Phone 7.5 device names
Microsoft Canada appears to have accidentally revealed the names (or more likely codenames) of a number of upcoming Windows Phone 7.5 devices. Buried in the Terms and Conditions (now updated) of the “Mango-app Challenge” were the names of four devices: Samsung Yukon, Samsung Wembley, NOKIA Searay and NOKIA Sabre. The two Samsung devices are unknown but could well be codenames […]