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… Read More
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… Read More
Just last week, Microsoft announced that developers have created some 70,000 applications for the Windows Phone. Not a bad start, but still way behind the likes of Android and Apple’s… Read More
As more people turn to mobile devices to find out where they are going, Microsoft and Nokia are spending precious resources on making sure that they have the easiest and… Read More
Nokia this morning confirmed plans to release a new Windows Phone called the Lumia 610, taking advantages of changes in the Microsoft operating system to target younger people and those… Read More
The mobile industry will be gathering in Barcelona, Spain, this week for the big Mobile World Congress, providing a glimpse of the phones and other mobile devices that will be… Read More
Nokia shipped an estimated 900,000 Windows Phones in the fourth quarter, quickly making it the largest vendor of Microsoft smartphones, according to a report this morning by the Strategy Analytics… Read More
Aviary, a photo-editing tech startup backed by investors including Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos, is placing a bet on Nokia and Windows Phone with plans to expand its platform to the… Read More
The Nokia Lumia 900 is being positioned as the flagship Windows Phone in the United States, but a new report suggests it won’t be priced like it. Boy Genius Report,… Read More
Microsoft was mum about Windows Phone sales during its quarterly report last week, but we could get a clearer picture when its key partner Nokia reports earnings later this week.… Read More
How’s this for bringing harmony to the digital age? The video above, originally posted on YouTube over the summer, has gone viral in the past few days as a counterpoint… Read More
Microsoft’s method for regaining its mojo in mobile may start with Molly Moon’s Homemade Ice Cream. And more specifically — the flavor balsamic strawberry. Molly Moon’s, the legendary Seattle ice cream… Read More
The year is now 2012, which means that Microsoft’s Windows Mobile operating system is enjoying a resurgence that started with the 2009 release of Windows Mobile 6.5 and its “fresh-looking”… Read More
Microsoft’s Windows Phone sales are so small right now that the company doesn’t feel compelled to report them as part of its quarterly financial results. But a new report from… Read More
How’s this for a price war? Costco and Wal-Mart are both taking steps to get Nokia’s Lumia 710 Windows Phone into the hands of smartphone buyers before the debut of… Read More
Posting from Las Vegas: Microsoft and Nokia are betting big on the Lumia 900, the Windows Phone officially unveiled here this week at the Consumer Electronics Show. It’s a big… Read More
Posting from Las Vegas: Nokia CEO Stephen Elop just confirmed on stage here that the mobile phone maker will be bringing a flagship Windows Phone, the Lumia 900, to AT&T’s… Read More
Posting from Las Vegas: On stage at AT&T’s event here just now, HTC CEO Peter Chou detailed plans to offer a new Windows Phone running on AT&T’s LTE network —… Read More
Posting from Las Vegas: I’m at AT&T’s event at the Consumer Electronics Show this morning, where the company is expected to announce a series of new phones and devices, possibly… Read More
Posting from Las Vegas: Some of Microsoft’s biggest pieces of news from the Consumer Electronics Show should be officially confirmed on Monday long before CEO Steve Ballmer takes the stage… Read More
Mobile phone giant Nokia is a week away from its return to the U.S. smartphone market, planning to launch its Nokia Lumia 710 through T-Mobile USA on Jan. 11. It… Read More
Given all the twists and turns in the story of Microsoft’s Zune music devices, a series of posts about a mysterious device from a recent Nokia/T-Mobile news conference piqued our interest… Read More
Nokia promised some attention-grabbing stunts to promote its new Windows Phone lineup, and apparently it wasn’t kidding. Here’s how the mobile phone giant marked the launch of the Lumia 800… Read More
Software developers are becoming more interested in building mobile apps for Windows Phone, particularly in Europe and Asia, where Microsoft’s partnership with Nokia has been generating new attention for Windows… Read More
To appreciate the roller-coaster ride that is the global smartphone market these days, look no further than this chart, created by GeekWire based on data from the IDC research firm’s… Read More
The latest numbers from comScore Networks show Microsoft’s share of U.S. smartphone subscribers slipping again, to 5.6 percent for the three months ending in September. But the Redmond company can… Read More
Windows Phone is already a huge hit with the over-30 crowd in Redmond, Wash. Now Nokia is hoping to boost the appeal of its new Microsoft-powered devices for 20-somethings in… Read More
Nokia this morning unveiled the first two Windows Phones to result from the partnership it struck with Microsoft earlier this year. It’s a key moment for Microsoft in the Redmond… Read More
Microsoft’s Windows Phone has been a recurring theme at the Washington Technology Industry Association’s TechNW conference this morning in Seattle. Especially among the local audience, clearly there’s a lot of… Read More
A Windows Phone principal program manager has left the company two weeks after making headlines for tweeting his impressions of an unreleased Nokia phone running the Microsoft mobile operating system.… Read More