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Below we have a video recorded by Windows Phone 24/7 that purportedly showcases the HTC Schubert. Its funky design is mostly metal, but wrapped in rubber at several slanted angles, most likely to increase signal reception. There’s practically no information associated with this device, except a hunch from the leaker that it will be one…
So far, LG has been the only real manufacturer throwing around Windows Phone 7 hardware to developers (HTC has one in the oven, mind you), and it seems like Asus is ready to play too. No specs to accompany this photo coming from Pakistan, but they’ll likely meet the high-end requirements for Chassis 1 devices,…
We thought Microsoft’s KIN phone software update that previously went out over-the-air on the Verizon network was pretty much the KIN team’s last hurrah before shuttering the doors for good, but we’re happy to say that we were wrong. It looks like Microsoft is continuing development on the platform that has been officially put out…
Microsoft is gearing up for its upcoming Windows Phone 7 and it knows that apps will play a large part in determining whether the platform will succeed. The company showed off a few of its free apps and the cool one that stood out was a Bing Translator program. We know that Microsoft Windows Phone…
We talked about how the NPD market numbers showed Android is the top-selling U.S. smartphone platform for last quarter but we missed this little tidbit about how Microsoft Windows Mobile dropped to single-digit market share. The Microsoft Windows Mobile operating system accounted for 9% of the market last quarter, according to NPD numbers and that’s…
LG makes some pretty nice phones, but when it comes to higher-end smartphones – like the iPhone 4, Droid X, EVO 4G, Galaxy S – LG has been struggling to keep pace. The lack of truly competitive high-end smartphone offerings from LG leads us to ask ourselves: Does LG have a viable future in the…
The upcoming Microsoft Windows Phone 7 may lack true multitasking or copy and paste, but the software giant said it will have killer speech-recognition software that could raise the bar for voice controls. At a keynote for the SpeechTek 2010 Conference, the company reportedly said it will leverage its TellMe purchase to include voice controls…
With a select number of Windows Phone 7 handsets now in the wild, new and exciting details on Microsoft’s upcoming mobile OS are becoming available. While we marvel at the slick user interface of Windows Phone 7, we are crestfallen when we discover that one of the most annoying nuances of Windows Mobile has been…
We all know the Apple iPad is a smash hit as the device has sold over three million units in a few months but what is Microsoft’s strategy to counter this growing trend in computing? So far, it’s been a mixed bag at best but Microsoft reporter extraordinaire Mary Jo Foley has some informed speculation…
Windows Phone 7 looks like it will be coming to us all just in time for the holidays this year as it heads to Europe first, then the U.S. We’ve already seen the OS up close and personal, handsets have been floating around, Microsoft announced milestones reached and, well, it isn’t the first time Microsoft…