This seems to be a nice surprise, but today an article on Forbes reported that Amazon is currently eyeing the mobile market, with plans to launch a Windows-based smartphone device in Q4 2012. Here’s an excerpt from the article:

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Just as we reported that Nokia is planning to produce more higher-end phones in 2012, an official promotional video on Nokia’s YouTube channel (now removed) was spotted by MyNokiaBlog which showed a yet to be revealed Windows Phone device. …

Nokia and Microsoft’s relationship might get even closer in 2012, expanding beyond the collaboration with Windows Phone and Bing, but towards Windows 8-based tablets as well. According to French newspaper Les Echos (via WMPU), Paul Amsellem, head of Nokia …

A blog post on the Xbox.com Forums today announced a “significant update” to Xbox.com, which will do away with the “My Xbox” section and replace it with a new “Social” section, and new sections for Video and Music:

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Microsoft is putting on quite a show today in New York City, complete with a giant Windows Phone with *really* live tiles featuring a live stage in the phone, a marriage proposal (?!), and a chance for New Yorkers …

I recently went to a Hotmail briefing and as many of you know I asked you to send me questions that you want the Hotmail team to answer. Well I asked as many questions as I could (over 20) …

Last Wednesday at Nokia World Stephen Elop, CEO of Nokia, finally unveiled to the world the first fruits from the Nokia-Microsoft partnership – the Nokia Lumia 800 and 710. However, to those who had been paying close attention to …

Earlier this month, Andy Lees, President of the Windows Phone division, mentioned during the AsiaD conference in Hong Kong that new OEMs will be coming onboard with Windows Phone. Reuters also recently suspected that Microsoft could be in talks …

While 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 …

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 …