Windows Phone

PC vendors to reenter smartphone market with Windows Phone 8?

PC vendors may be Microsoft’s newest Windows Phone ally. According to a Digitimes report, companies including Acer, Hewlett-Packard and Dell could return to the smartphone market with the next major version of Windows Phone (codenamed Apollo). The close relationship between Windows Phone 8 and Windows 8 (details leaked this week about a number of common elements) could make it easier […]

HTC Radar coming soon to SaskTel

SaskTel today announced via Twitter that it would soon launch the Windows Phone-powered HTC Radar. Coming soon! The HTC Radar 4G with Windows 7.5 Mango will be making it’s way exclusively to SaskTel http://bit.ly/xVtwTv HTC Radar specifications: Processor: 1GHz single-core Qualcomm MSM8255 Snapdragon Operating system: Microsoft Windows Phone 7.5 Cellular connectivity: Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE and dual-band HSPA/WCDMA Other connectivity: GPS, 802.11 […]

Windows Phone Tango to support 120 languages?

The next version of Windows Phone, codenamed Tango, is rumoured to focus on supporting devices with lower specifications to allow Microsoft to push further into the entry-level smartphone and emerging market categories. Now comes word that Tango will also come with far broader language support than the current release of Windows Phone (codenamed Mango). Mango supports 35 languages and Tango […]

Nokia owns 45% of second generation Windows Phone device market?

Using data provided by Occasional Gamer, WMPowerUser has determined the relative market share of different Windows Phone manufacturers. It not only looks at the overall Windows Phone market but also focuses on how manufacturers are faring with second generation devices. Assuming that these numbers are reflective of the overall market, it appears that Nokia is quickly establishing itself as the […]

Nokia Lumia sales top 1 million in 2011?

Nokia’s resurgence may well be underway. The company has been estimated to have sold some 1.3 million Windows Phone-powered Lumia smartphones in 2011. The Bloomberg report is based on an average estimate of 22 analysts. The sales figures are to operators and retailers, suggesting that sales to customers will fall somewhere below that number. Just how far remains unclear. WithNokia […]