Chart: Microsoft’s Windows Phone at 1.3% of U.S. market

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Here’s a must-read chart for anyone who follows the mobile industry. Nielsen today released new data for the U.S. smartphone market, showing not only usage by operating system but also the reach of individual device makers within each mobile platform. Android is at 51 percent of the market, Apple’s iPhone is at 34 percent and… Read More…

Windows Phone: Microsoft is pulling out of its tailspin

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The latest U.S. smartphone market share numbers are out from comScore Networks this morning, showing Microsoft posting a slight gain in mobile subscribers for the three months ending in May — up one-tenth of a percentage point to 4.0 percent, compared with the three months ending in February. The result follows the launch of the… Read More…

Comments of the Week: Ballmer and basketball; Sword fighting authors; etc.

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The best comments, quotes, and random zingers we heard this week… “I’ve been writing science and historical fiction for three decades. Well, screw that. I want to do a video game — a video game about something really cool and fun that I enjoy: sword fighting.”–Author Neal Stephenson in his Kickstarter pitch announcing the game Clang. “Digital solitaire… Read More…

Nokia plans 10k job cuts, 3 top execs depart in shakeup

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Nokia this morning announced a major shakeup, acknowledging that “competitive industry dynamics” in the smartphone market are hurting its business more than previously expected. The company scaled back its financial forecasts, announced the departure of three top executives, and said it plans to reduce its workforce by up to 10,000 people, or 8 percent, by the end… Read More…

Entire Seton Hall freshman class getting Windows Phone

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Here’s one way to get Microsoft’s Windows Phone into the hands of more users. The entire incoming freshman class at Seton Hall University in New Jersey will get a Nokia Lumia 900, running Windows Phone 7.5, under a partnership with Nokia, Microsoft and AT&T. The announcement was made in conjunction with Microsoft’s TechEd conference in… Read More…

Microsoft’s Windows Phone sees slight boost after Lumia 900 release

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One-tenth of a percentage point does not a turnaround make, but at this point Microsoft’s Windows Phone team will no doubt take anything it can get. Microsoft’s share of U.S. smartphone subscribers was 4.0 percent for the three months ending in April, according to the latest numbers from the comScore Networks research firm. That was up… Read More…

Google’s antitrust complaint vs. Microsoft and Nokia escalates patent battle

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Google said Thursday that it has filed an antitrust complaint against Microsoft and Nokia in Europe, the latest move in a high-stakes dispute among the companies over patents. The complaint targets the sale of about 2,000 patents by Microsoft and Nokia to MOSAID Technologies, an intellectual property licensing firm that focuses on patent licensing as opposed… Read More…

Lumia 900 data glitch: Nokia offers fix and $100 credit for software bug

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If you’ve been having a problem with your new Lumia 900, rest assured you aren’t holding it wrong. Nokia tonight responded to complaints about its new flagship Windows Phone in the U.S. and acknowledged that a memory management problem in the software is causing some users to lose data connectivity, preventing them from browsing the… Read More…

After awkward holiday launch, Nokia and Microsoft look to build Lumia 900 buzz

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Did anybody at AT&T, Microsoft or Nokia check the calendar before picking a launch day for the Lumia 900 Windows Phone? That’s the obvious question after the New York Times discovered that nearly all of the AT&T stores in the heart of New York City were closed for Easter yesterday just as the wireless giant… Read More…

Nokia’s ‘Smartphone Beta Test’ teaser sets stage for Lumia 900 launch

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A mysterious site that emerged over the weekend actually isn’t so mysterious upon closer investigation. It’s a marketing campaign, apparently from Nokia, that counts down to the end of the “Smartphone Beta Test” — poking fun at past problems experienced by the iPhone and signaling that the “beta” we’ve all been unknowingly experiencing is about… Read More…