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Microsoft is going all out to promote its upcoming Windows 8 operating system with a $1 billion marketing campaign that’s kicking off this week. As noted by The Verge, the company aired the first commercial for its Surface tablets during the big Monday Night Football game shown on ESPN. The ad is a typical slick marketing…
Remember that Alcatel Windows Phone we’ve told you about few days ago? Well, it’s heading to China where it will be offered under the name of TCL Horizon S606. As we reported before, it’s an entry-level smartphone with specs that include a 1GHz single-core processor, 4-inch WVGA screen, dual cameras (5-megapixel on the back, VGA…
GeekWire’s Geek on the Street asked iPad owners about their impressions of Microsoft’s upcoming Windows 8 tablets. The handful of people who interacted with the tablet seemed impressed during their short time with the device. Though this is only a few people, the result suggest people use the iPad because it is the most prominent…
We’ve already told you how you can get the unlocked Samsung Ativ S in the UK. However, the chances are you’re more interested to sign a carrier contract and save some cash upfront. We’re sure major phone retailers will start offering Sammy’s Windows SuperPhone soon and in the meantime we caught the device at O2’s…
Looks like Alcatel is preparing to jump into the Windows Phone game with a low-to-mid end device of its own. The phone pictured above, which will most likely get the “One Touch something” name, is said to come with Windows Phone 7.5 and will be upgradable to version 7.8. Specs wise, we’re hearing it will…
British phone retailer Phones4u is offering the decent HTC Radar for just 79.95 GBP (about $128). As I’m writing this, the deal isn’t available online — it costs 99.GBP at Phones4u’s website — and you’ll rather have to visit a local Phones4u store to get it. Moreover, we’re not sure whether it’s available across the…
Although it has been announced in August, you still can’t get the Samsung Ativ S. The reason is obvious – Windows Phone 8 hasn’t been officially announced and as far as we know, it’s still not be ready for use by the general public. However, now you can pre-order Sammy’s Windows SuperPhone in the UK,…
In a letter to Microsoft’s shareholders, CEO Steve Ballmer signaled that the Surface tablets and the trend towards Microsoft building its own devices represents a “fundamental shift underway in our business and the areas of technology that we believe will drive the greatest opportunity in the future.” With the statement, Ballmer indicated that shareholders should…
A new Nokia phone is heading to Verizon Wireless. Dubbed Atlas, it runs Windows Phone 8 and as far as we know, it could be the different name for the Lumia 822 we caught at Verizon systems a month ago. Our source, EVleaks, failed to share any specs but we can see that the Atlas…
Canada’s Rogers Wireless will be one of those mobile operators that will put an extra effort to sell Windows Phone 8 devices. Thus far we’ve heard that the carrier will offer the HTC 8X (both 8 and 16 GB models) and Nokia Lumia 920, and now… we have a new information suggesting that Samsung Ativ…