Mobile

Windows Phone Developer Summit: Will we see Windows Phone 8 in June?

wpdevsummitBack around one year ago at MIX 2011, Microsoft officially unveiled the developer features of the then-new Windows Phone “Mango” platform. With Microsoft’s cancellation of the MIX conference this year, there seems to be one less event for Windows …

Screenshots and features of Nokia Drive 3.0 and Nokia Transport 2.0 leaked

NokiaFor those of you who owns a Nokia Lumia Windows Phone handset, you’d have enjoyed the exclusive free transport and navigation apps provided by Nokia. The company only just released Nokia Drive 2.0 and Nokia Transport at Mobile World Congress …

That thing about upgrading current Windows Phones to Windows Phone 8, continued…

burning-questionsIt’s the burning question of our time: will current Windows Phones be upgradeable to Windows Phone 8, or not?  Ever since WMPowerUser republished a Zwame.pt interview with a Portuguese Microsoft evangelist saying that “all actual devices will get upgrade to …

Windows Phone apps back out of Zune software, and will soon require Mango

Microsoft announced two changes for Windows Phone owners today, ones that “most of you likely won’t even notice” according to a blog post on the Windows Phone blog.  The first removes the ability to purchase Windows Phone apps from …

Facebook for Windows Phone version 2.5 update coming soon

Facebook for Windows PhoneThe Facebook for Windows Phone app only just received an overhaul back in February, and today over at the official Facebook for Windows Phone page the team responsible for developing the app had shared a post revealing what’s coming …

Microsoft updates Skype and SkyDrive apps for Windows Phone

SkyDrive and SkypeMicrosoft released updates to two high-profile apps today on the Windows Phone marketplace. As promised previously, Microsoft released the final version of the Skype for Windows Phone app.  In addition, Microsoft also bumped the version number of their SkyDrive …

So how many upcoming LG Windows Phones are there?

LGEver since LG released their last Windows Phone – the LG Jil Sander E906, the company had almost completely disappeared from the Windows Phone front, with the company making no contribution to the Windows Phone 7.5 “Mango” generation of …

Nokia Lumia sales are “mixed”, will Apollo come to the rescue?

nokia 900Nokia released its first quarter earnings today, and as expected, the news isn’t good.  Posting a $1.7 billion quarterly loss, on net sales that were down 30%, Nokia continues to struggle with “greater than expected competitive challenges”, and “mixed’ …

Windows Phone 8 to all current Windows Phones? Not so fast

Earlier today we reported that WMPowerUser posted a transcribed video interview snippet from Portuguese site Zwame.pt, quoting a Microsoft evangelist as saying that “all actual devices will get upgrade to the next major version of Windows Phone (we´re talking about …

Windows Phone 8 coming to all current phones, says evangelist

In a video interview with Portuguese Windows Phone Evangelist Nuno Silva published by Portuguese site Zwame.pt last month, and noticed by WMPowerUser, comes news that all current Windows Phones will be able to be upgraded to Windows Phone 8 …