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Verizon may be getting the Nokia Lumia 928 smartphone, thanks to a leaked image from @evleaks. The leaked image shows that the unit will indeed take advantage of Verizon’s 4G LTE network, running on the Windows Phone 8 OS and touting Carl Zeiss optics and a Xenon flash. Rumored specs for the Nokia Lumia 928…
U.S. Cellular long ago confirmed plans to eventually release a Windows Phone 8 device on its network. A recent comment made by the carrier on its Facebook page suggests the first one is finally on its way. After posting a photo of a Samsung phone on the page, a Facebook user simply commented on the…
US Cellular has once again confirmed it will support Windows Phone 8, with the first such device(s) apparently hitting their portfolio at some point next month. A company spokesperson turned to Facebook to spread the news without going into much details, like which Windows Phone will they get to carry. The chances are they’ll end-up…
Microsoft has been rumored to be developing some smaller Windows 8 tablets, possibly within the Surface line, for some time. Today, however, is the first time anyone from Microsoft has spoken out about the possibility. During Microsoft’s Q3 earnings call, the company’s CFO Peter Klein said such tablets are in the works. Specifically, Klein revealed…
Since T-Mobile began its Simple Choice plans, customers of other carriers have been clamoring for similar no contract plans. One Verizon customer, Mike Beauchamp of Wichita, Kansas, decided to go further and started an online petition on Change.org. As of this posting, it’s up to 74,369 supporters and rising. The text of the petition implores Verizon to allow a…
Some new rumored information about the still unannounced Nokia Lumia EOS with a 41MP PureView camera has surfaced. This phone is far from a secret because reports about its existence and possible specs have appeared numerous times before. The latest rumors suggest it might feature a Qualcomm Snapdragon processor and the phone itself might be…
Skype for Windows Phone 8 has finally shed away the beta tag. Version 2.5 carries a slew of changes such as fixing some crashes, video calling and messaging bugs. Perhaps the biggest addition is the improvements made to Messenger buddies. The key change is message notifications for Messenger buddies are now displayed by default in…
A leak has surfaced today detailing Huawei’s new Windows Phone 8 offering, the Huawei Ascend W2. We have seen some rumblings of this device before, and the new leak brings us a detailed spec sheet that shows a fairly high-end device. The device will be supposedly sporting a 4.3-inch 720p HD IPS touchscreen, a dual-core…
Microsoft will release a major platform update for Windows Phone 8 later this year to include support for full HD 1080p displays and quad-core processors. This in turn would make Windows Phone hardware on par with high-end Android devices, which have been relying on quad-core CPUs for over a year. At the moment Windows Phone…
T-Mobile has announced today that it will be exclusively featuring the Nokia Lumia 521 on its network beginning in May. The Windows Phone 8 powered device will run on T-Mobile’s 4G network, giving customers an affordable smartphone with high-end features. The Nokia 521, a variant of the Nokia Lumia 520, features a 4-inch screen, a…