2011

Microsoft to strip out Xbox LIVE from Games hub in emerging markets? [Updated]

Windows Phone TangoAndy Lees, President of the Windows Phone division, announced during the AsiaD conference in Hong Kong earlier this month that Windows Phone will be launching in mainland China in 2012. Earlier this week Nokia also indicated that it plans …

EA to bring big-name games to Nokia Windows Phones

EA MobileWhile Xbox LIVE games on Windows Phones are probably one of the more popular apps on the marketplace, the range of big-name titles do seem pale when compared to what’s available on rival platforms such as Apple’s App Store. In …

Microsoft adding a petabyte of storage to Hotmail a week and other new features

Today I visited some of the Microsoft Hotmail team in London to be shown the new features that are coming soon to the webmail service. The briefing started with Microsoft talking about where Hotmail has come from and where it …

Official Facebook for Windows Phone app to be updated to “Mango” version next week

With Windows Phone 7.5 “Mango” update, Microsoft baked the best of Facebook directly into the OS, bringing features like Facebook Chat and Check-ins in addition to the integrated contact list, social feeds, photo albums and more.  You might argue that …

Some tidbits from the Nokia Lumia specs

NWWP-range-1-jpgA couple things some sharp eyes have noticed in the Nokia Lumia specs, now that they’re out:

  • Microsoft Lync included
  • FLAC Audio support
  • Landscape mode in Picture and People Hubs

WP Sauce noted the Lync and FLAC support.  Currently, …

Microsoft announces Firefox with Bing

bffLast year, Mozilla added Bing as a search engine option to Firefox, but today they’ve gone quite a bit farther, releasing a complete download, Firefox with Bing, available as an option through Mozilla, according to a post on the

Nokia Pulse for Windows Phone app now available for download in marketplace

Nokia Pulse LogoSo the Nokia World keynote just finished, with Stephen Elop revealing several Nokia-specific apps for Windows Phone – including Nokia Drive, Maps, Music, and Pulse (we’re hearing Live View and Tracks are coming too!). It seems like the Nokia Pulse

Nokia Drive, Nokia Maps, Nokia Music and Nokia Pulse for Windows Phone announced

Nokia DriveAlong with the announcement of the Nokia Lumia 800 and Lumia 710 devices, today at Nokia World the company also unveiled some of the unique innovations they have made on the software side for Windows Phones. Four new Nokia …

The Lumia 800 and 710 availability

Nokia has announced its first two, highly anticipated Windows Phones today, the Lumia 800 and the Lumia 710 at Nokia World 2011 in London. Read about all the announcements from today’s event.

The first of the two devices, the …

The news from Nokia World: Asha, Lumia, Maps, more

NWWP-range-1-jpgAt Nokia World in London today, Nokia announced “The first real Windows Phone”, the Nokia Lumia series, including the 710 and 800.  Nokia also announced a new series of non-Windows phones for the developing market, Asha, and news about Nokia …