Breaking news, information, and analysis on the latest mobile phones and mobile technology
The latest Windows Phones on the market run a version of the OS codenamed Mango. For months we’ve been hearing that during the first half of 2012 we’re going to see a new version of the OS hit the market called Tango, but we haven’t exactly been sure what said new version would bring to…
The number of apps in the Windows Phone Marketplace has just surpassed 60,000 according to the folks at All About Symbian. To put that number into some context, the 50,000 app barrier was passed just 25 days ago. An average of 400 apps are being added on a daily basis, though we don’t exactly know…
So you want to get into the Windows Phone game but don’t want to commit on two-year carrier contracts? On the other hand unlocked smartphones are still too expensive for you. How about $215 for the SIM-free Samsung Focus? Sure it’s not the best device running Microsoft’s mobile platform, but it’s still a decent choice…
Microsoft described its second-quarter earnings as “solid” but the company earned $20.89 billion for the three-month period ending Dec. 31, 2011 and it also posted $7.99 billion in profit – Nearly any other company would be ecstatic to have those numbers. Still, as a mobile site, it’s our duty to point out that Windows Phone…
Just when you thought the love affair between Nokia and Microsoft couldn’t get any more serious, think again. Both companies have struck a new deal that’ll carry the Nokia brand name on all devices packing Bing Maps, according to Nokia CEO, Stephen Elop, in an interview with Pocket-lint. So to put this in perspective, if you…
Fast Company has a tantalizing rumor for Windows Phone owners. The blog believes the Instagram team may bring its popular photo-manipulating app to Windows Phone before Android. This would be a big coup for Windows Phone as Instagram is a huge hit on iOS and the Android version, even though it’s not available, has received a…
Two software updates are being pushed out to owners of the Nokia Lumia 800. First, there’s a battery related software update that fixes issues that several Lumia 800 units have been experiencing. It’s the second part of a two part software update that Nokia promised they’d roll out back in late November. We’re impressed that…
The ZTE Tania recently launched in the UK. It’s ZTE’s first Windows Phone and it features a 4.3 inch screen with the same 800 x 480 pixel resolution that all Windows Phones are required to have, 1 GHz processor from Qualcomm, 5 megapixel camera, no front facing camera, and that’s about it. There’s nothing really…
It looks like Microsoft actually let the Windows 8 tablet hardware requirements hit the public last month but I must have missed it, so let’s take a look at the minimum we’ll see from upcoming Windows 8 tablets. First of all, I think we’re going to see a lot of these things. We were just…
Some Sprint’s customers think the carrier doesn’t have enough Windows Phone devices in its portfolio and they want to do something about it. To be fair, major handset makers don’t exactly have that many CDMA-based Windows Phones in their offering, but that could easily change with Sprint (and Verizon Wireless) turning to Microsoft and its…