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Windows Phone 7.5 “Mango” is here!

Get your phone updated to Windows Phone 7.5 now!

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Tip: Rep says that Windows Phone 8 is for current gen phones

Tip: Rep says that Windows Phone 8 is for current gen phones

This post was originally posted on My Microsoft Life. Today I was tipped off to “something big” by a well known source: Waggener Edstrom person says MSFT has Windows 8 (for x86), Windows RT ... Read more »
Facebook Chat on Windows Phone now supports offline messages

Facebook Chat on Windows Phone now supports offline messages

Ever since the release of Windows Phone 7.5 “Mango”, part of the new built-in Messaging experience is the integration of Facebook Chat which works seamlessly along with other instant messaging solutions like Messenger and ... Read more »
Samsung launches low-end Omnia M Windows Phone

Samsung launches low-end Omnia M Windows Phone

It was only five days ago when Samsung announced the Samsung Focus 2 Windows Phone, and today in an unexpected move the South Korean phone manufacturer has announced another device – the Samsung Omnia ... Read more »
Nokia announces new app partnerships at CTIA: Exclusive PGA Tour, ESPN, Groupon, more

Nokia announces new app partnerships at CTIA: Exclusive PGA Tour, ESPN, Groupon, more

In New Orleans today, at the CTIA Wireless conference, Nokia announced a number of partnerships bringing a number of high profile apps to Nokia and Windows Phone, some of them exclusive at the start. ... Read more »
Nokia City Lens beta app now available for Lumia devices

Nokia City Lens beta app now available for Lumia devices

Nokia just released a beta version of their augmented reality location app called Nokia City Lens to the Windows Phone marketplace, exclusively for Nokia Lumia devices. The app was first unveiled during CES 2012 ... Read more »
AT&T to launch Samsung Focus 2 LTE Windows Phone on May 20

AT&T to launch Samsung Focus 2 LTE Windows Phone on May 20

Leaks about the Samsung “Mandel” or SGH-i667 had been floating around for quite a while, and in a somewhat surprising move today, Samsung and AT&T unveiled the latest addition to the Windows Phone family ... Read more »
Windows Phone “Tango” starts rolling out, HTC Mozart gets it first

Windows Phone “Tango” starts rolling out, HTC Mozart gets it first

Reports are coming in that Microsoft has begun rolling out the Windows Phone “Tango” update, or officially it is Windows Phone 7.5 Commercial Release 3 (CR3). WPCentral reports that Aviraj Ajgekar, Technology Evangelist at ... Read more »
Windows Phone Developer Summit: Will we see Windows Phone 8 in June?

Windows Phone Developer Summit: Will we see Windows Phone 8 in June?

Back around one year ago at MIX 2011, Microsoft officially unveiled the developer features of the then-new Windows Phone “Mango” platform. With Microsoft’s cancellation of the MIX conference this year, there seems to be ... Read more »
Screenshots and features of Nokia Drive 3.0 and Nokia Transport 2.0 leaked

Screenshots and features of Nokia Drive 3.0 and Nokia Transport 2.0 leaked

For those of you who owns a Nokia Lumia Windows Phone handset, you’d have enjoyed the exclusive free transport and navigation apps provided by Nokia. The company only just released Nokia Drive 2.0 and ... Read more »
That thing about upgrading current Windows Phones to Windows Phone 8, continued…

That thing about upgrading current Windows Phones to Windows Phone 8, continued…

It’s the burning question of our time: will current Windows Phones be upgradeable to Windows Phone 8, or not?  Ever since WMPowerUser republished a Zwame.pt interview with a Portuguese Microsoft evangelist saying that “all ... Read more »