Microsoft has already confirmed that Windows Phone 7.5 devices will not be upgraded to Windows Phone 8. Instead, they will receive an update that will deliver some but not all of the features of the next major version of its operating system. Microsoft has yet to announce a full list of Windows Phone 8 features but a leaked Nokia document […]
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HTC Windows Phone 8 announcement coming in third week of September?
September is set to be a busy month for Windows Phone 8 device announcements. Following rumours that Nokia would unveil two or three devices at Nokia World 2012 on September 5th comes word that HTC will unveil its Windows Phone 8 lineup in the third week of September. Chinese-language WPDang‘s sources also point to events taking place in New York […]
Windows Phone 8 logo revealed
Microsoft today opened registration for its upcoming BUILD 2012 developer event. The event, which promptly sold out, will focus on a number of Microsoft products including Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8 among others. The BUILD 2012 website also revealed the Metro-inspired logo for Windows Phone 8. Not surprisingly, it is very similar to the Windows 8 logo. Here they […]
Nokia’s first Windows Phone 8 handset revealed?
A post on Chinese website Weibo appears to have revealed a prototype Nokia Lumia phone running Windows Phone 8. The images show a bright yellow (a future Nokia Lumia colour?) device marked as proto.nokia.com with what could be the Windows Phone 8 interface. It’s not clear if this device is one of the many rumoured ones (including the Nokia Phi […]
Rumour: Nokia to announce Windows Phone 8 Lumia devices in early September
Late last month, Chinese website WPDang reported that Microsoft would formally unveil Windows Phone 8 on September 5th. The site added that the first Windows Phone 8 devices, two new Nokia Lumia smartphones, would also be announced at the event. This rumour gained some credibility today with Bloomberg reporting that Nokia would announce Windows Phone 8-based handsets at its upcoming […]
WP8-powered Samsung Odyssey and Marco revealed
Documents filed in the Apple-Samsung court case (getting underway today) have revealed two upcoming Samsung Windows Phone 8 mobile phones. What appears to be a timeline reveals the Samsung Odyssey and the Samsung Marco. Click for a larger version Both devices are powered by 1.5GHz dual-core Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 MSM8960 chipsets and Windows Phone 8. Both will also be LTE-enabled […]
Rumour: Microsoft to unveil Windows Phone 8 on September 5th
You may want to mark September 5th in your calendar. According to Chinese website WPDang, this is the date that Microsoft will unveil Windows Phone 8 to the world. First officially revealed at last month’s Windows Phone Summit, Microsoft focused the event on developer features whereas this event will focus on consumer-focused features (hinted at during the Summit event). The […]
Rumour: Windows Phone 8 Juggernaut Alpha benchmarks show performance improvements
The WPBench benchmarking tool has already revealed a number of upcoming Windows Phone 8 devices. None came with benchmark results but the tool has now revealed the mysterious Juggernaut Alpha (first spotted this month) and the first Windows Phone 8 benchmark results. It scored an impressive 151.14, about 50% better than the HTC Titan’s score. The score is likely attributable […]