Microsoft’s Windows Phone Mango is just out the door to manufacturers and now new information on its successor, Windows Phone Tango, are beginning to leak. Back in June, a report from the supply side suggested that Microsoft was already signing licensing agreements for Tango and now insider sources reveal that the update may be geared [...]
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Fujitsu F-07C Windows 7 smartphone gets official launch date of July 23
July 23rd, 2011 
admin The last time I mentioned the Fujitsu F-07C smartphone that is destined for NTT DOCOMO in Japan we were missing a few pertinent facts about the device. The big fact we were missing was when exactly the smartphone would hit the Japanese market. Fujitsu has offered that important fact for us now. The F-07C will [...]
Android legal losses reportedly prompt exodus to Windows Phone and MeeGo
July 20th, 2011 admin HTC’s recent legal loss in the ITC Apple patent case, along with Microsoft’s aggressive patent push amid Android OEMs, has reportedly left manufacturers increasingly wary of Google’s open-source OS. According to the 21st Century Business Herald, growing Chinese brands like ZTE and Huawei are looking to adopt Windows Phone Mango either as a placatory measure [...]
Fujitsu Windows Phone could be tweaked 12MP Android handset
July 15th, 2011 admin Fujitsu’s first Windows Phone handset could well be a reworked Android device, with particular similarities spotted between the smartphone briefly previewed earlier this week and the REGZA T-01C currently available on Japanese carrier NTT DoCoMo. Both handsets have a distinctive camera ring design as well as three front-panel buttons with the same styling. Japanese site [...]
Nokia’s Windows Phone 7 Apps Will Work On Rival Devices
July 2nd, 2011 admin Nokia’s very first Windows Phone Mango device leaked recently, dubbed the “Sea Ray.” The slick handset will be getting some custom apps developed by Nokia, but it’s been reported that those apps won’t be exclusive to the Finnish handset maker. Senior vice president of Developer and Marketplace at Nokia, Marco Argenti, revealed these plans during [...]
Nokia outsources Windows Phone production to Compal tip insiders
June 27th, 2011 admin Nokia has reportedly turned to Compal Electronics to manufacture its first wave of Windows Phone handsets, rather than building them in-house at its own facilities. According to DigiTimes‘ sources, Compal has inked an agreement with Microsoft to produce its own Windows Phones – joining recent additions Acer, ZTE and Fujitsu – as a licensee, and [...]
Microsoft Selling Three HTC Windows Phones For 1 Cent
June 10th, 2011 admin In preparation for its Windows Phone 7.1 Mango update, Microsoft is trying to boost the numbers in Windows Phone users by starting a sales promotion for three of its high-end handsets. The company is now offering the HTC HD7, HTC Arrive, and the HTC Trophy each for only one cent with a new two-year service [...]
Windows Phone 7 Policy Changed To Cut Down Inflated App Numbers
June 4th, 2011 admin Microsoft has changed its app approval policy to reduce the number of apps in its Windows Phone 7 marketplace. This seems to go against the app market wars of who’s got the most apps, but the move was to appease complaints that the Windows app market was inflated with too many titles from the same [...]
HTC Mazaa is 12-megapixel WP7.1 Mango handset? [Video]
May 30th, 2011 admin Remember that 12-megapixel HTC Windows Phone we told you about earlier? It’s looking increasingly possible that it could be the HTC Mazaa, which leaked back in April, a so-far unannounced CDMA/GSM World Phone. Eldar Murtazin has shared a lengthy Windows Phone 7.1 Mango preview video (which you can see after the cut) as part of [...]
Microsoft’s $150m Android windfall dwarfs Windows Phone revenues
May 28th, 2011 admin Microsoft may be pushing ahead with Windows Phone Mango, but it seems the company’s biggest mobile success of the moment is actually from Android devices. Citi analyst Walter Pritchard has crunched the numbers and figured out that HTC pays Microsoft $5 for every Android smartphone it makes, Asymco reports; with HTC shipment figures at around [...]