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Microsoft CFO says that his company is prepared to react to demand for products of all sizes

News Remember that recent Microsoft job listing that suggested that the company is planning to work toward unifying the development platforms of Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8? Today that plan got a bit more real, as Microsoft CFO Peter Klein...

Feb 13th by Alex Wagner 1

Some Windows Phone users being greeted with error code 805a0193 when trying to download apps

News Looks like we've got a bit of bad Windows Phone app-related news to balance out that recent Microsoft job listing that teased the company's plans at a unified app development platform. As noted by Engadget and WPCentral, several Windows...

Feb 9th by Alex Wagner 1

Microsoft wants to make it easier for devs to get Windows Store apps on Windows Phone and vice versa

News There's some good news on the app front today for Windows fans, as a new Microsoft job listing suggests that the company is interested in making it easy for developers to bring their Windows Phone apps to the Windows Store for Windows 8/RT...

Feb 8th by Alex Wagner 2

Fresh comScore stats show Android and iOS with most of U.S. market share, Apple and Samsung top OEMs

Android Today research firm comScore released its latest stats for the U.S. smartphone market, which shows how the average market share broke down for both platforms and manufacturers during a 3-month period that ended in December 2012. The report...

Feb 6th by Alex Wagner 3

T-Mobile Nokia Lumia 710 won't receive Windows Phone 7.8 update

News Nokia recently announced the start of the Windows Phone 7.8 update rollout for its Windows Phone 7.5-powered Lumia handsets, but it looks like there's one U.S. carrier-branded handset that won't be receiving the new software. T-Mobile has...

Feb 5th by Alex Wagner 10

Google Sync to support Windows Phone through July 31, Microsoft working on CalDAV and CardDAV support

News Today's the day that Google had planned to cease offering its Exchange ActiveSync-powered Google Sync service to consumers, but it looks like the feature will live on a bit longer for Windows Phone. Google has revealed to The Verge that...

Jan 30th by Alex Wagner 1

Nokia: Windows Phone 7.8 update for Lumia devices begins going out today

News Today is a big day for Windows Phone, as Nokia has announced that it's begun rolling out the Windows Phone 7.8 update to its Windows Phone 7.5 devices. The update will bring several features found in Windows Phone 8 to Windows Phone 7.5...

Jan 30th by Alex Wagner 0

AT&T Nokia Lumia 900 reportedly due to begin receiving Windows Phone 7.8 update on Jan. 30

News Microsoft first made the Windows Phone 7.8 update official alongside its announcement of Windows Phone 8 in June 2012, and since then owners of Windows Phone 7.x products have been wondering when they might finally receive their taste of...

Jan 25th by Alex Wagner 3

Nokia Q4 2012 report: $585 million profit, 4.4 million Lumias shipped, 808 PureView its last Symbian phone

News Next up on the "What's Your Financial Results?" show, we've got Nokia CEO Stephen Elop and his Finnish phone firm. Nokia this morning reported its results for the fourth quarter of 2012, revealing that it pulled in an operating profit of...

Jan 24th by Alex Wagner 0

Microsoft pushes out Windows Phone SDK update for Windows Phone 7.8

News Microsoft is still remaining fairly tightlipped on when the Windows Phone 7.8 update for existing Windows Phone hardware will drop, but today the company did take a step to ensure that once the new software does start rolling out, there...

Jan 22nd by Alex Wagner 1

Microsoft said to be prepping CalDAV, CardDAV support for Windows Phone

News Things have been rocky between Google and Microsoft as of late. Just this month, Microsoft complained that Google was blocking it from offering a "fully featured" Windows Phone YouTube app, and then there was some brouhaha surrounding the...

Jan 21st by Alex Wagner 3

Reader reactions

For RIM, it has to be about quality and not quantity in app count

Blackberry Os Within the smartphone market, it’s not all about specifications or pricing . If it were, there’s no doubt in my mind that Windows Phone 8 would be doing even better than it is. We live in a world of applications, and...

Jan 14th by Evan Selleck 39 31 Reactions

Nokia: Lumia delivered "better than expected" Q4 2012 results with sales of 4.4 million units

News Looks like this is a good week for companies to preview their Q4 2012 performance. After both AT&T and Verizon touted the amount of smartphones they sold in the quarter, Nokia this morning announced that its Devices & Services unit ended...

Jan 10th by Alex Wagner 1

Nokia CEO talks Android, says company is committed to Microsoft but that 'anything is possible'

Android Rumors of a Nokia-made Android device have been floating around for years now, and even though the Finnish company formed a strategic partnership with Microsoft in 2011 that saw it adopt Windows Phone as its primary mobile OS, some are...

Jan 7th by Alex Wagner 3

Google issues new statement concerning Maps on Windows Phone, says it's working to remove redirect

News Rejoice, Google Maps lovers on Windows Phone, because you should be regaining access to the mobile web version of the service soon. One day after Windows Phone users found that they were redirected to Google's home page when trying to...

Jan 5th by Alex Wagner 3

Updated

Windows Phone users having problems accessing Google Maps in their device's browser [UPDATED]

News Things between Google and Microsoft have been a bit, erm, strained lately, with Microsoft recently claiming that Google is blocking a fully-featured YouTube app from hitting Windows Phone. Now a new issue has emerged that certainly won't...

Jan 4th by Alex Wagner 9

Reader reactions

Does the size of the app store matter to you?

Android Our smartphones are made of apps – a lot of apps. In October of this year, the Google Play Store for Android officially hit 700,000 apps. This puts it almost on par with the Apple App Store, which hit 700,000 apps just a month earlier in...

from 2012 by Anna Scantlin 90 62 Reactions

Windows Phone's web Store gains some new features, opens up in 37 new countries

News Windows Phone users that use the web version of the Windows Phone Store now have some features to tinker with. Microsoft has announced on its official Windows Phone Blog that the web version of the Windows Phone Store now has a few new...

from 2012 by Alex Wagner 1

Dell reveals that it's done with smartphones

Android Dell was once a somewhat common name in the smartphone world, having released a few different handsets featuring both Android and Windows Phone, but it appears that we'll no longer be seeing any handsets stamped with the company's round...

from 2012 by Alex Wagner 0

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Has anyone ever actually had #DroidRage from Android malware?

Android Ah, Android malware! Who doesn't love to dabble in the dark and dreary place where all the bad Android 'wares manifest? Over the years, we have slowly watched the mobile space turn into a playground for malware developers. With smartphone...

from 2012 by Taylor Martin 20