Lenovo to become new Windows Phone OEM? New “LePhone S2” images leaked

LenovoEarlier 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 …

By damaster in Featured Mobile
October 29th, 2011 at 3:42 am

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 …

By damaster in Mobile
October 29th, 2011 at 3:01 am

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 …

By damaster in Featured Mobile
October 28th, 2011 at 11:33 pm

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 …

By kip in Featured News
October 28th, 2011 at 8:12 am

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 …

By damaster in Mobile
October 26th, 2011 at 3:35 pm

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, …

By Kip Kniskern in Mobile
October 26th, 2011 at 11:33 am

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

By Kip Kniskern in Bing
October 26th, 2011 at 10:06 am

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

By damaster in Mobile
October 26th, 2011 at 6:59 am

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 …

By damaster in Featured Mobile
October 26th, 2011 at 3:49 am

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 …

By kip in Featured Mobile
October 26th, 2011 at 3:18 am