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Today Ben Rudolph from Microsoft reveals the numbers of Smoked by Windows Phone. He introduced this cool and refreshing campaign at CES in January this year. (more…)

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Behind The Tiles Windows Phone

• Play with some of the latest and greatest Windows Phones
• Attend an instructor-led deep dive with the Nokia Lumia 900
• Learn more about Windows Phone’s unique Metro design and future
• Get the latest info on Windows Phone for IT pros and developers
• Mingle with Windows Phone experts and fellow fans
• Enjoy free food and drinks

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Nokia recently has done a user survey. One of the questions in this survey was really interesting.

Nokia asked how important folders are to the participants of this survey.  (more…)

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Not only Nokia, also Microsoft did some huge marketing for Windows Phones yesterday.

Microsoft´s campaign calls “Free-Time Machine” and shows people how to save money. In the days before, Microsoft promoted the campaign heavily on Twitter and Facebook. (more…)

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Nokia 900

AT&T has been in the Windows Phone headlines of recent with it’s snubbing of the 8107 Update, receiving much scrutiny for it’s decision not to rollout the update to it’s WP subscribers. Perhaps in an attempt to redeem themselves, AT&T announced they in conjunction with Nokia will be marketing the Nokia Lumia 900 with more force upon it’s April 8th launch date than when they released the iPhone. In addition AT&T has offered some explanation as to why their WP subscribers will have to wait for the 8107 Update and when to expect it. For more details read past the break.

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microsoft-challenge

Most of you are all familiar with Ben Rudolph or @BenThePCGuy, who has been busy with WP’s “SmokedbyWindowsPhone” campaign. This is where Ben is up against non-WP phone users in a battle to upload a photo taken then to FB from lockscreen, also referred to as Pocket-to-Picture-to-Post. If Ben wins, participants leave with a new WP and if the participant wins, they leave with a$100. Well Microsoft thought they would up the ante raising the stakes. A participant can win a limited edition Hunger Games PC (HP Folio 13 Special Edition) valued at $1,049.00 based on a seperate set of criteria. Unfortunately, this revamped event is now facing a new scrutiny.

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8107update

A couple of weeks ago I wrote an article here about why I consider WP and the US a bad match. Today AT&T helped to drive that point home to its many subscribers who are WP owners. In an unfortunate tweet today one of AT&T’s community managers informed us that AT&T will NOT release the 8107 Update that fixes the mysteriously disappearing keyboard and adds some additional security features. Instead they are opting to pass on yet another update, as Update 7740 came and went with barely a whisper since most WP owners were more concerned with the keyboard issue. Would you believe AT&T is Windows Phone’s biggest supporter in the US? Just sad…

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WPTango

If you write about Windows Phone, you have at one point or another written an item on Tango or published a leaked photo about it. That’s because it’s interesting stuff, for techies and for average owners alike and we have a hungry crowd of info seekers! One of the benefits to being a WP owner is the excitement of knowing you WILL be a recipient of frequent updates, unlike other mobile platforms. So here’s our a clear look at what we know as we say “goodbye” to Mango and “hello” to our next update named Tango…
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Windows Mobile Marketplace

Microsoft is informing owners of the Windows Mobile 6.x OS via email, Windows Mobile 6.x Marketplace will be discountinued May 9th, 2012. This is Microsoft’s first real public seperation from the Windows Mobile platform. As the older platform has begun to fade away, more accurate data has been able to be collected for Windows Phone. Up until recently most data collectors combined the Windows Mobile and Windows Phone operating systems into to one group when describing Microsoft’s mobile market share. Read past the break to learn of the changes.

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