Tag: WP7
Microsoft: "We view a tablet as a PC"
Microsoft still see tablets closer to PCs than mobile phones, despite their forthcoming tablet-friendly OS Windows 8 visually appearing very similar to the Windows Phone 7 mobile operating system. Speaking at the Microsoft Partner Conference in Los Angeles, Windows Phone…
Next-gen WP7 phones let users "do things they had never imagined" says Ballmer
Microsoft head honcho Steve Ballmer has been speaking at the 2011 Imagine Cup finals, talking up the "second generation" of his companies Windows Phone 7 handsets. While Windows Phone 7 was a bold move forwards from the Windows Mobile…
Windows Phone 7 Marketplace hits 25,000 apps milestone
Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 Marketplace has passed an important milestone today. The store now boasts over 25,000 apps, a figure its ammassed in just 8 months. The figures aren't officially from Microsoft however; they come courtesy of app tracking…
Angry Birds finally hits Windows Phone 7 handsets
The world's most popular gaming app, Angry Birds, is now available for one of the world's least popular smartphone platforms, Microsoft's Windows Phone 7. Despite attractive Xbox Live integration, Microsoft's OS has yet to court the variety of app developers…
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…
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…
