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Microsoft Nokia: 5 year deal, royalties, billion dollar payments, not signed yet-Businessweek

Nokia-LogoBusinessweek is reporting today a few more details on the as-yet-to-be-signed agreement between Nokia and Microsoft in a switch from Nokia’s internal mobile operating systems (Symbian and MeeGo) to Windows Phone for its smartphone operating systems.

The deal, according to …

Samsung Windows Phone 7 Update resumed

Last night Microsoft announced the updates to Samsung phones are resuming:

Starting today, we plan to resume rolling out the February update to Samsung phones. Meanwhile, we’re continuing to dispatch the update to other Windows Phone models. As has been

Flickr for Windows Phone 7 and Windows 7: now available

flickrToday, Yahoo! is officially releasing its Flickr for Windows Phone 7 and Flickr for Windows 7 apps, featuring tight integration with the photo sharing application.   The Flickr blog details some of the features:

  • Swipe through panoramic blades to see all

IE9 for Mobile: coming soon to Windows Phone 7?

02-14MWC_IEMobile_webWMPowerUser received a tip today that the recently announced IE 9 for mobile update for Windows Phone may indeed be coming well earlier than the “Mango” update due in the second half of the year.

WMPU’s tipster, “Sylar”, recently also

Digital Artist creates (very cool) Windows Phone ad concept

Brandon Foy, a post-graduate intern at Full Sail University in Florida, has created a website and posted his concept video ad, titled “We Love WP7

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We don’t have much other information on the video or the artist

New Samsung Focus ad: What if?

Picture 8487What if, indeed.  What if Microsoft and its partners started showing off some of the cool and unique features of Windows Phone, instead of allowing the conversation to be dominated by talk of failed updates?  What if Microsoft spokespeople were …

Windows Phone: does your phone update faster?

Our friend Tom Warren at WinRumors.com has been busy scouring the interwebs for Windows Phone news, with updated information on some Windows Phone update problems, and an early draft of some upcoming Windows Phone commercials. 

We told you yesterday that …

Windows Phone Update #1: not without problems

For the first time, an update for Windows Phone is being gradually pushed out to users beginning today.  The update doesn’t do much except “update the updater”, which apparently needs to happen before the long awaited “NoDo” update arrives in …

First (of many!) Windows Phone updates coming today (no it’s not copy/paste)

The first Windows Phone update is going to be pushed out to WP7 users beginning today, according to a blog post on the Windows Phone blog:

Starting today, some of you might see something new on your Windows Phone:

Roadmaps to Mango: some thoughts on Windows Phone 7.5

Along with the whirlwind of news around a Nokia / Microsoft Windows Phone partnership, this week’s Mobile World Congress brought us a little more news about upcoming releases for Windows Phone.  So we know a little more about what we’ll …