WP8 customers are a satisfied lot

There are sales figures. There are apps. There is developer revenue. And then there is customer satisfaction. While the first three statistics will definitely be a proving ground in the established years of a phone OS, the last one is … Read More

XBOX Live account migration tool released!!!

Good news for XBOX Live users! Microsoft has gone live with their account migration tool and you can now visit this link to figure out the details of how to get this done.

Microsoft is reported to have worked on … Read More

Insert install disc in Phone???

Here’s a funny one. While trying to flash their phone, one of the users of a Windows Phone 8 device got a message asking them to “insert their installation disk” and “restart their computer”.

This makes it very clear that … Read More

Windows selling like “hotcakes” in China

With the world’s largest population, China is a market every phone maker dreams of owning. And if Greg Sullivan, Senior Marketing Manager at Microsoft is to be believed, Windows Phones 8 may be making great progress in this market.

With some fantastic … Read More

Google responds to Maps fiasco

The word is out folks. Google is not all evil. They have released a statement explaining why maps was not working for a while and have also promised to have it up and running soon.

The redirect was apparently due … Read More

And now Google Maps won’t work too!

With Google trying to block a quality YouTube app from the Windows Phone stable, the war between the software giants just shot up a notch. But now, looks like WP users are unable to use Google Maps on their WP … Read More

WP7.8 on Lumia 610 and Update on Lumia 510

Every OEM company should take a leaf out of Nokia’s book for not abandoning their older and entry-level devices. Both Lumia 510 and 610 have Windows Phone 7.8 and updates made available for them.

Lumia 510 that launched with Windows Phone … Read More

RSA SecurID on Windows Phone

Remember those RSA fobs that you used to carry around with you to access your office network? Well you don’t need to anymore. In a fantastic display of enterprise readiness, the folks at RSA have released the application for the … Read More

Google blocking Microsoft YouTube App?

Google really seems to be turning out to be the “Evil Corporation”. At least as far as Microsoft is concerned – if the latest blog posts by the folks at Redmond are to be believed. They are apparently blocking a … Read More

Windows Phone is the FASTEST growing OS of 2012

The numbers are out and its a HUGE victory for the Windows Phone platform. Registering a WHOPPING 290% growth in the year, it has emerged the clear winner in the mobile platform game – albeit in growth numbers.

These numbers … Read More

500 MILLION PHONES in 2013

2012 saw a new king in the mobile phone space with Samsung selling around 420 million handsets (wow!). Some of the year’s best models were Samsung products – The Galaxy S3, the Note and Note 2 to name a few. … Read More

ATIV Odyssey – The Next Samsung WP8 Phone?

With the Samsung ATIV S now released and doing well, its time for Samsung to get more products into the WP8 space. Looks like the ATIV Odyssey will be next to fill the space.

Folks at neowin report that this … Read More

Windows RT on HTC HD2

Very simply this device can be described as “The Phone that won’t die”. I know – cuz I own one. Having seen so many mobile platforms ported on this device (probably the most any phone has ever seen!), the latest … Read More

75,000 published apps in 2012

As we wrapped up 2012 and welcome the new year, here is a piece of news that should have made the new year sweeter for the folks at Redmond.

In an update on the Windows Blog, Microsoft claims that they … Read More

Words with Friends on WP8

In a continuing trend of popular apps finding their way on the Windows Phone store, Zynga Inc. has made its Words With Friends game available for Windows Phone 8 users as a native WP8 app with version 1.1 of the game … Read More

Nokia’s new Windows Tablet

The Microsoft Surface will soon have company in the Windows Tablet world. Nokia will be releasing the new Windows RT tablet – possibly at the Mobile World Congress, Feb 2013. The details of the 10 inch tablet are as follows:

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VLC player on Windows 8 and WP8

Yes, WP8 has seen some unprecedented app traffic in recent times but the VLC player app isn’t about to be released anytime soon. The good news is that they have accumulated the amount required to build the player on Windows … Read More

Mark Cuban LOVES WP8

In what can be a major shot in the arm for Microsoft and its latest OS offering WP8, Mark Cuban – billionaire owner of Dallas Mavericks, and entrepreneur has said that WP8 kicks the iPhone’s ass!

He said this on … Read More

Lumia 920 coming to a store near you!

In the UK Nokia is bringing its flagship Windows phone 8 model – Lumia 920 to all carriers during January and February 2013. The other Lumia models – 820 and 620 will also be made available.

The Lumia 920 was … Read More

PhotoBeamer on older Nokia devices

True to its word, Nokia has ensured that their fantastic photo sharing application – PhotoBeamer has made its way to older Nokia WP7.5 devices.

This means that users of older Lumia phones like the 800, 900 and 610 can now … Read More