Tag: Windows Phone 7
Nokia WP7 to launch on 26th October?
Nokia has announced the date of its annual Nokia World conference for 2011, and with it comes a very believable date for the launch of their Windows Phone 7 handset range. Scheduled to take place in London on the…
Nokia share price plummets
Finnish mobile giants Nokia saw their company share price plummet by 15% on Tuesday, hitting the lowest point its reached since 1998. The drop came after Nokia were forced to re-assess their quarterly profit forecasts, admitting that it may barely…
Android sales make more money for Microsoft than Windows Phone 7!
Great story coming in from the Guardian this morning; it turns out that Microsoft are making more money from Android than they are from sales of their own Windows Phone 7 handsets. How so, you wonder? Well it all revolves…
MeeGo packing Nokia N950 may touch down next week
They've been a hell of a long time coming, but Nokia's first MeeGo powered mobile may be launching next week. The Nokia N950, formally known as the N9 is the handset in question, with a recent FCC filing fueling…
More Mango Windows Phone 7 update details revealed
It may not be selling as well as Microsoft had hoped, but their new(ish) Windows Phone 7 mobile OS, in a whole slew of smartphones, is still a nifty little number. And while the Mango update for the system is…
Avoid homebrew solutions for Windows Phone 7 OS, urge Microsoft
Microsoft's Eric Hautala, the general manager for customer experience engineering, has urged Windows Phone 7 users to stay away from homebrew workarounds rather than waiting for the company's official NoDo "copy and paste" software update for handsets using the OS….
2012 setback for Nokia Windows Phone 7 handsets
Those holding out for some Nokia/ Microsoft mobile lovin' following the two firms' recent partnership had best not be holding their breath. Nokia India boss D. Shivakumar has now stated that the project is following a 12 month timeline that…
Windows Phone 7 Marketplace passes 10,000 apps milestone
Windows Phone 7 users can celebrate the fact that their are now well over 10,000 apps available on the Microsoft Marketplace. 10,191 apps are now up for grabs to WP7 users, meaning that the platform has hit the landmark far…
Nokia: "Symbian is here to stay" despite Windows Phone 7 partnership
Nokia may have put most of their eggs in Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 basket, but they've not totally given up on the Symbian OS they've been working with for the last few years. "Just because we're changing our direction in…
Nokia gave BlackBerry OS a taste before settling on Windows Phone 7
Nokia may have sided once and for all with Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 as their new lead smartphone platform, and Stephen Elop has already revealed that Nokia had considered adopting the Android OS for the Finnish company's high-end handsets, but…