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Nokia launched a new Windows Phone app, which again is exclusive to Lumia smartphone owners. It’s Weather Channel (or simply “Weather”) and it’s readily available from the Windows Phone Marketplace. Aside from standard features all such apps have, this one also includes few extra bells and whistles, like: Augmented reality view that shows weather photos…
Verizon has announced its plans to update all HTC Trophy handsets with the latest Windows Phone offering, Tango (version 7.5 MCR3). The handset has one more update on the horizon (Windows Phone 7.8), and the Tango update will prep users for the last version the handset will ever see, which should land sometime later this…
Samsung will be one of Microsoft’s partner for the Windows Phone 8 launch. In a document submitted as part of the Apple vs Samsung trial, Samsung shows its plans for two Windows Phone 8 devices, codenamed “Odyssey” and “Marco.” We haven’t been able to check out those docs, but according to The Verge they say…
One of the more important features I’ve utilized on my Android devices is the ability to take a quick screenshot of what’s happening on my phone. Google built that functionality into the Android OS a few versions back, and users can now press the power and volume up buttons at the same time for a…
Microsoft has already picked a number of partners for the Windows Phone 8 launch, including Nokia, HTC, Samsung, Huawei, Acer, ZTE and Lenovo. However, that’s just the initial list with more companies likely to join the party next year. Among those new companies may be Oppo, which we know for their super-thin Oppo Finder, Android…
Hot on the heels of Fitch downgrading its outlook for ailing Nokia, Moody’s has become the second of the big 3 ratings agencies to scoff at Nokia’s Q2 2012 earnings report. Moody’s cited weak operational net revenue in Q2 as the main reason for its decision to downgrade Nokia, adding that the company’s strong cash…
Box users who own a Windows Phone device have a reason to celebrate today. The company has just announced the imminent release of Box for Windows Phone, which in addition to the customary cloud storage brings some features that tie in with Windows Phone’s unique live tile functionality. If you’ve never heard of Box, the…
As expected, Microsoft Surface won’t be the only Windows RT tablet on the market, with Asus, Lenovo, Toshiba and Samsung joining the party later in the year. Apparently, the Redmond giant is very careful and controlling in selecting OEMs for RT tablets, allowing each of its chipset partners to pick only two of them. NVIDIA…
The Juggernaut Alpha is an unconfirmed dual-core Windows Phone device running on the upcoming Windows Phone 8 platform. The next version of Windows Phone, slated to launch in the fall, is rumored to bring marked improvements to the platform, and today the Juggernaut Alpha flaunted this fact by way of leaked benchmark scores. The Juggernaut…
Ratings agency Fitch has dealt another significant blow to Nokia. Back in April, the company downgraded Nokia’s stock to junk status, and on Friday further downgraded Nokia’s outlook to “BB-” from “BB+” based on continued poor financial performance from the company. Fitch has previously indicated that they would downgrade Nokia should they fail to produce at least some…