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 […]
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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 […]
Rumour: Yellow Nokia Lumia Windows Phone 8 prototype none other than Nokia Phi
Remember that yellow Nokia Lumia Windows Phone 8 prototype first spotted this morning? According to NokiaInnovation, it is none other than the Nokia Phi, the Nokia 800 successor. Best of all, their source provided additional information about the device. The Nokia Phi will borrow a number of design cues from the Nokia 900, a design that apparently impressed Stephen Elop. […]
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 […]
Camera Extras and Contact Share now available for Nokia Lumia devices
Nokia today announced the worldwide availability of two new apps, Camera Extras and Contact Share, for Lumia smartphones. The two apps were announced last month and had been available in a limited number of countries but are now available to all. Camera Extras adds a number of new features and options to the camera. These include: Smart Group Shot: Capture […]
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 […]