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Since Windows Phone first started shipping back in Q4 2010, there have been two software updates: NoDo, which added copy and paste and CDMA support; and Mango, which added multitasking, a newer version of Internet Explorer, and a whole bunch of UI tweaks. Now there’s a third update scheduled to go out this month called…
Remember earlier this year when Verizon dissed Windows Phone handsets for not having LTE? Well, it seems the largest wireless provider in the United States has changed its tune, to an extent. See, most reporters already knew Big Red was looking forward to offering Windows Phone 8 devices, but what we didn’t know was the…
Yesterday, the blogosphere was set abuzz with conflicting news that the current crop of Windows Phone devices would and then wouldn’t receive the major upgrade to Windows Phone 8 “Apollo,” which is set to launch later this year. Sources close to Microsoft told The Verge that none of the currently available devices will get the update, but…
Gavin Kim is a man who gets around. According to his LinkedIn profile, he worked at Motorola between November 2003 and January 2007 where his main role there was to interface with Sprint. Over a year, in July 2008, he began working at Samsung, where he was tasked with “leading development of Samsung Mobile’s software…
At this point, everyone knows AT&T is in bed with Microsoft, especially with the recent launch of the Nokia Lumia 900. The second largest wireless provider in the United States for weeks hyped the Lumia 900, claiming that it’ll be the company’s biggest launch for a device ever. Well, as bold as that statement sounds,…
Over the course of a day, we heard “confirmation” that the current crop of Windows Phone 7 devices will and won’t get the upgrade to Windows Phone 8 “Apollo”, leaving us with more questions than answers. Yet another source suggested that these phones may get a Windows Phone 8-lite, akin to the Windows 7 Starter…
Nokia’s Lumia 900, which AT&T launched on Easter Monday (April 9th), may or may not be selling well depending on who you ask. There’s an easy way to get it into the hands of more customers though, and that’s by simply by letting more operators have a go at offering the device to their customers.…
There’s a video that’s circulating around the internet staring Nuno Silva, Developer Evangelist at Microsoft Portugal, where he “confirms” that today’s Windows Phones will be getting an update to the next major version of the OS. We’re of course talking about Windows Phone 8, codename Apollo. Is he telling the truth? We don’t think so.…
When Stephen Elop, Nokia’s CEO, announced that he was going to bet the farm on Microsoft’s Windows Phone platform, the world stood still for a moment in disbelief. Did he make the right decision? According to Europe’s wireless operators, the answer is no. Four operators were interviewed by Retuers, here’s what one said: “No one…
What happens when you land in a new city and you can’t read any of the posted signs since you don’t understand the local language? For most folks, they stop and ask the locals, but geeks don’t like human contact, so they invent technology to help them solve their issues. Enter Google. Back in February…