Nokia has already confirmed that it will bring its PureView technology to future Windows Phone Lumia devices. In an interview with Howard Forums, Nokia USA President Chris Webber reconfirmed these plans without giving any timelines. The discussion occurs around the 4:00 minute mark in the interview below: The interview covers a variety of other topics around Lumia devices and Windows […]
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Microsoft launches Windows Phone Gear Store
If you love Windows Phone and want the world to know it, you should visit the new Windows Phone Gear Store. Available are T-shirts, mugs, stickers, magnets, water bottles, and more with the “I Heart Windows Phone” logo on them. This store is a work in progress, and we’re still tweaking the product selection and design. We’ll continue to add […]
Windows Phone to top iOS by 2016?
For the latest version of its Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker report, market research firm IDC has gazed into its crystal ball and made some interesting predictions about the worldwide mobile phone market. Overall, it expects mobile phones shipments to top 1.8 billion units this year, up slightly from the 1.7 billion shipped in 2011. By 2016, that figure will […]
Rumour: Windows Phone 7.7 upgrade coming to current Windows Phone 7 devices
A report by Wirtschafts Woche, the German version of Business Week, supports earlier rumours that current Windows Phone 7.x devices will not be upgraded to Windows Phone 8 (Apollo). According to its Microsoft and Nokia sources, these devices will instead receive a “feature update” likely to be known as Windows Phone 7.6 or 7.7. This update will consist of the […]
Computex 2012: Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 headed to Windows Phone 8 devices
Given that Qualcomm’s processors are the only ones you will find in Windows Phone 7 and 7.5 devices, it should come as no surprise that they will also make their way into Windows Phone 8 devices. Confirmation came from Rob Chandhok, senior vice president at Qualcomm, during Computex. These Snapdragon S4 chips will come with integrated LTE. The news gives […]
Microsoft to offer future of Windows Phone “sneak peek” on June 20th
Microsoft announced its Windows Phone Developer Summit early last month but gave few details about what the developer event would focus on. New invitations suggest that Microsoft will offer a “sneak peek of the future of Windows Phone,” suggesting that Microsoft may shed some light on its upcoming Windows Phone Apollo release. The Verge has learned that Microsoft will introduce […]
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 […]
Windows Phone 7 starting to show momentum?
The global smartphone space has been dominated by two operating systems as of late. Android and iOS together accounted for 79% of the market in Q1 2012 and most other operating systems continue to lose market share. There has been little evidence so far that Microsoft’s Windows Phone would be able to compete against the leaders to date. That may […]