Mobile

Gamescom: New Xbox LIVE games and features coming to Windows Phone

During the Gamescom conference in Germany this week, Microsoft announced several new features to the Windows Phone Games Hub in its upcoming “Mango” release – one of which we haven’t heard about before. Here’s the list of new features, according …

The one where we try to make sense of patents

burning the shipsSo, Google announced today that it was acquiring Motorola Mobility, and we’ve been reading every blog post we can find since then to try and make sense of it all.  In fact, we were trying to make sense of …

Google to acquire Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion

Motorola MobilityIn a rather surprising move today, Google and Motorola Mobility jointly announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which Google will acquire Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion in cash. Below is an excerpt from the official press

Official Windows Phone “Mango” Build 7720 leaked

Windows Phone 7.5Microsoft only just announced the RTM (Release To Manufacturing) two weeks ago, pending OEM and carrier testing before it gets to the hands of consumers. However, for Microsoft employees, they had been quite lucky as Microsoft started offering their employees …

With Mango’s release, will Windows Phone market share move from “very small”?

ifaAccording to Pocket-Lint.com, Microsoft’s latest version of its Windows Phone operating system, code named Mango is set for release on September 1st, just in time for the IFA Consumer Electronics Show in Berlin on Sept. 2-7.

Note that …

A recap of all the news and rumors on Nokia Windows Phones

News have been popping out from all over the internet today about Nokia, Windows Phones, and how the two will work together in the near future. First we have news coming from AllThingsD.com who recently had an interview with Chris …

Windows Phone “Tango” to feature universal search?

Just a few months ago, we first heard words about the next next version of Windows Phone OS update, rumored to be codenamed “Tango”, fitting nicely with the naming convention ending with an “o”. Last week a new post-“Mango” …

Mall Maps, Map Search come to Bing for Mobile

If you use an HTML5 enabled mobile browser (iPhone, Android, RIM), today marks the first time you can get mall maps and map search from m.bing.com, according to a Bing Search blog post.  The features have been available for …

It’s a party! Microsoft and Nokia celebrate (what, exactly?) at GamesCom August 17th

gamescomMicrosoft and Nokia have sent out invitations for a party in conjunction with Gamescom, “the world’s largest trade fair and event highlight for interactive games and entertainment”, according to a post at theunwired.net.  Promising an evening to remember …

Windows Phone: TMobile (at least) 4G models coming?

TMO News got their hands (or at least a camera) on some stickers purportedly making their way to TMobile stores in preparation for 4G versions of Windows Phones:

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TMO News notes that the only 4G Windows Phone they’re aware …