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While we still don’t have an official release date for the HTC Titan II, the Windows Phone smartphone with a massive 16-megapixel camera just took one step closer to hitting the market by clearing the Federal Communications Commission. First announced at CES 2012, the HTC Titan II was the first official Windows Phone with 4G…
Nokia is organizing a simple (yet global) contest on Facebook, giving away 5 Lumia 710 Windows Phones to randomly selected users. In order to participate, all you have to do is like Nokia’s Facebook page and then answer which of the 6 color options of the Lumia 710 you like the most. There’s Fuchsia on…
Microsoft’s Windows Phone operating system is 15 months and 10 days old, and while it has failed to gain any meaningful traction in the smartphone market, one thing that we appreciate is Microsoft’s willingness to make sure that everyone’s device is up to date. In other words, if you picked up a Windows Phone on…
Microsoft will release Windows 8 later this year and its influence on Windows Phone is not yet known. Many people speculate that Microsoft will drop the current version of Windows Phone and adopt a smartphone version of Windows 8 when it launches. Others believe the two operating systems will share the same look and feel, but keep their…
Two smartphones with AT&T-compatible cellular radios have been caught at the FCC. The first one is Windows Phone-powered HTC Titan II, which rocks both HSPA and LTE connectivity. At the moment I’m writing this, the government paid engineers are still playing with this beast phone, trying out its 16-megapixel camera… The second device is the…
Windows Phone Mango, the current version of Microsoft’s mobile operating system, is due to get two updates this year. One of them called Tango has been rumored to be all about supporting low end devices and additional markets. Karthik Ragubathy, who was in attendance at a Microsoft developer event in India over the weekend, heard…
Every time I visit Facebook my browser asks me if it should go ahead and translate the website. That’s what happens when you’ve been living in a foreign country for over four and a half years and nearly everyone you know speaks English as a second, and in most cases third, language. During my time…
Up until this week, Google Calendar and Windows Phone didn’t play together nicely. You could only sync one Google calendar per account and had to use a JavaScript hack to sync more. Thankfully, those days are gone now that Google updated its Sync product to let Windows Phone users select multiple Google calendars. Customers with a Windows Phone can navigate to m.google.com/sync on…
Canadian Telus announced the availability of the 8107 update for two of its Windows Phone devices – HTC 7 Surround and LG Optimus 7. The carrier prepared a support page advising users to “push the button” and solve the annoying “disappearing keyboard” bug, while fixing some of the other issues as well. In order to…
Good news for all of you with Window Phone devices – you’ll get 5 hot new games in February. In a staged release, one game will be added to the Windows Phone Marketplace every week, including: Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit – February 1st ($4.99) BulletAsylum – February 8th ($2.99) (Exclusive to Windows Phone) Chickens…