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So you want to know what happened behind the scenes during Nokia’s development of Lumia 800, their first Windows Phone device? Well the Espoo-based company thinks it has a story to tell, hence the following video has been released through popular video sharing sites. It’s an 8-minute long clip, so you better set aside a…
If you were hoping to get a Nokia Lumia 800 but live in the United States, you’re out of luck this year unless you want to pay an arm and a leg for the thing. Fear not though, as an exclusive report from The Verge says that the Nokia Windows Phone should be landing on…
Telefónica, one of the world’s largest operators, better known as O2 in some territories, doesn’t have too many nice things to say about Nokia’s first Windows Phones. The Lumia 710 and Lumia 800, which were introduced at Nokia World last month, are “too expensive” according to Simon Lee-Smith, European General Manager for Devices. He feels…
Windows Phone users who love streaming music can now rejoice, as the wildly popular Spotify has made its way to Microsoft’s mobile operating system. The streaming service runs on a monthly subscription, which allows customers to stream millions of songs all for the price of $9.99/month. Furthermore, the music streaming service lets you share your…
Gavin Kim, former Vice President of Consumer and Enterprise Services at Samsung, has left his post to join Microsoft’s Windows Phone team where his new title is “General Manager”. What exactly does that entail? According to the Boy Genius Report, who scored an exclusive interview with Kim, his exact words are: “I will be responsible…
Microsoft’s got handset makers who make Android devices by the balls. Right now Samsung, HTC, Acer, and 7 others are paying the office software giant upwards of $5 for every phone or tablet they sell that utilizes Google’s code. To understand how big that is, consider this: Samsung and HTC, just those two companies, were…
Nokia, along with every other handset maker who builds Windows Phones, have a problem. Microsoft controls the Windows Phone experience with an iron fist, dictating what can and can’t be done to the operating system, going so far as to even specify the exact chips that must be used to make the OS run. So…
The Nielsen survey company has collected some pretty solid numbers obtained through its third quarter study, which validate Android as the top dog among smartphone operating systems. In the research study, 43 percent of people polled claimed they owned a smartphone and the same percentage of users reported owning an Android device. This should come to no…
Those of you looking for a cheap ticket to the Windows Phone world may be interested to grab the HTC Radar which is now available for $49.99 from Wirefly. Of course, you’ll have to sign a new contract with T-Mobile to take advantage of this offer, but that’s something you would have to do anyway.…
Bing announced a new Bing for Mobile app for iPhone and select Android devices and the new update gives the Microsoft-powered search engine a HTML5 face-lift in an effort to blend the mobile browse experience with the app experience. Mr. Softy claims users will get a consistent and fast mobile search experience whether you’re using m.bing.com…