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Next month is going be brutal for technology reporters. Apple is holding their annual Worldwide Developers Conference on June 11th, Google is holding their annual I/O event on June 27th, and now Microsoft has just announced the Windows Phone Developer Summit, due to kick off on June 20th. It’ll take place in San Francisco, and…
Nokia Lumia 710 is already available in Canada through Rogers Wireless, which is selling the Windows Phone for $29.99 on a three-year contract. Now two additional carriers are planning to join the party – WIND Mobile and Mobilicity. The first of the two lists Nokia’s baby at its “hottest phones” page saying that it’s coming…
We have three data points regarding Nokia’s Windows Phone sales. One, the Lumia 800 went on sale on November 15, 2011. Two, on January 26, 2012, the Finnish handset maker said it has sold “over a million Lumia units to date.” Three, Nokia announced that they sold over 2 million Lumia devices in Q1 2012.…
Earlier this week LG said that they don’t want to support team Windows Phone anymore. Who can blame them? The OS has little to no market share, Microsoft is prioritizing Nokia, and Android is showing no signs of slowing down. Before LG made the decision to stop supporting Microsoft’s mobile OS however, there was one…
When it comes to app stores, nobody can argue that quality is much more important than quantity; we generally don’t want to install useless applications on our devices. Microsoft has announced via a blog post that they’re actively working to improve the quality of applications available on the Windows Phone Marketplace, and will soon roll…
Amid some unfortunate times for Microsoft’s Windows Phone, LG told the Korea Herald this morning that it has no plans in the foreseeable future to launch a new Windows Phone handset. Instead, the company is putting all of its effort behind Android. What’s the reason? Well, LG made it short, sweet, and to the point. “The…
Dreams of a gold-plated Lumia 900 with sapphire accents running Windows Phone 8 are gone for good. Reports from The Financial Times this morning show that the Finnish handset maker is selling its luxury Vertu unit, which handmade some of the world’s most expensive phones at around €250,000 a piece. Unnamed sources suggest that Nokia is…
Barnes and Noble has gained an unlikely suitor to help it compete in the ebook market. The company has just announced a strategic partnership with Microsoft that will see Barnes and Noble create a new subsidiary that will house its nook and College business lines. Microsoft will be forking over $300 million for a 17.6%…
If you want to try out some photo taking/sharing app that’s not Instagram or 500px, you may want to check out EyeEm. Up until this point it was available for iOS and Android devices, and now, thanks to the help of Microsoft and Nokia, Windows Phone users can join the party, too. Similarly to Instagram,…
The short-term outlook for Nokia is getting dimmer by the minute. Nearly two months after downgrading Nokia’s stock to BBB-, Standard and Poor’s has cut the stock outlook again, this time all the way down to junk status. S&P is the second firm to rate Nokia’s stock to junk status, with Fitch giving Nokia the…