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Nokia acknowledges possibility of Microsoft smartphone as a risk to its business

News Last year, Microsoft took the wraps off of the Surface tablets, its own Windows RT and Windows 8-powered slabs that would be released later in 2012. The move surprised many in the tech industry because Microsoft isn't really known for...

Mar 9th by Alex Wagner 6

New comScore report shows gains for iOS, Apple and Samsung, small loss for Android

Android Research firm comScore today released its report on the U.S. smartphone market as it appeared at the end of January 2013. The group studied the industry for a three-month period ending in January and measured just how each manufacturer and...

Mar 6th by Alex Wagner 0

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White House: Cellphone unlocking should be legalized, tablets should be unlockable too

Android Just a couple of weeks after a White House petition asking that the unlocking cellphones be legalized earned over 100,000 signatures, the Obama administration has shared its stance on the matter. R. David Edelman, Senior Advisor for...

Mar 4th by Alex Wagner 18 16 Reactions

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Microsoft planning to gift 'next release' of Windows Phone during holiday season

News There's been quite a bit of talk about Windows Phone updates as of late, including a rumor about some upcoming minor "GDR" maintenance updates that are expected to be pushed out throughout 2013. Now we've got an idea of when the Windows...

Mar 3rd by Alex Wagner 26 25 Reactions

Nokia exec says that phones with physical keyboards 'are not being requested that much'

News It's no secret that physical QWERTY keyboards are a bit of a dying breed in the smartphone world, with store shelves now being populated almost exclusively with full-touch handsets that offer very few actual buttons. While keyboards aren't...

Feb 14th by Alex Wagner 16

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