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Here we go again: will current Windows Phones upgrade to 8.1? 48 comments

If you remember all the way back to June of 2012, when Microsoft hemmed and hawed and finally announced that indeed Windows Phone 7.5 devices wouldn’t be upgradeable to Windows Phone 8 (but would take a Windows Phone 7.8 …

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October 30th, 2013 at 11:51 pm
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Windows Phone 7.8 delayed: from beta tester to guinea pig? 8 comments

guinea-pig-5Microsoft officially launched Windows Phone 7.8, the upgrade to Windows Phone 7.5 devices that adds new Live Tile functionality and a few fixes and improvements, last month.  The update, as is common with many Microsoft releases, is using a …

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February 27th, 2013 at 12:41 pm
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Windows Phone 7.8 rollout begins 32 comments

Today on a blog post over at Nokia Conversations, Nokia has announced that Windows Phone 7.8 is ready for rollout and will be available for all Nokia Windows Phone 7.5 devices.

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Windows Phone 7.8 brings Windows Phone 8’s three …

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January 30th, 2013 at 10:34 am
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Windows Phone 7.8 on the way, SDK released 0 comments

clip_image001_4CDE0A94Well it can’t be long now before Microsoft, phone manufacturers, and the wireless carriers release Windows Phone 7.8, the long awaited updated to Windows Phone 7.5 that will bring Windows Phone 8’s three sizes of tiles and some new functionality …

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January 22nd, 2013 at 10:53 am
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Windows Phone 7.8–more to come than just a Start Screen? 0 comments

After months of speculation, Microsoft finally confirmed last week what many had suspected: current Windows Phones, even those running “Mango”, won’t be upgradeable to Windows Phone 8, which has specific hardware requirements (NFC, dual core CPUs, etc.) not found …

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July 1st, 2012 at 5:41 pm
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Windows Phone “Tango” begins global rollout 0 comments

Windows Phone TangoIt’s finally here. After Microsoft published details about its Windows Phone Commercial Refresh 3 update, codenamed “Tango” (build 8773), last week, the company has finally let the flood gates open and started to push the update to devices around the …

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June 28th, 2012 at 3:44 am
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Windows Phone 8 – What they didn’t reveal at the Summit 0 comments

Microsoft finally unveiled Windows Phone 8 at the Windows Phone Summit held on Wednesday, giving us a sneak peek at some of the platform changes, new Start menu, new business and developer features, as well as the announcement of Windows …

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June 21st, 2012 at 5:59 am

Windows Phone Summit: the quick summary 0 comments

WP SummitToday in a 2 hour keynote, Microsoft spoke for the first time about Windows Phone 8, the next generation of Windows Phone Operating system, and revealed a number of platform improvements coming to new devices “this fall”.  While no specific …

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June 20th, 2012 at 11:50 am
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Windows Phone 7.8 (not 8) coming to some existing phones 0 comments

One of the big questions for current Windows Phone questions has been whether or not current Windows Phones will be able to gain the benefits of the new operating system.  The Verge came up with a definitive answer today, …

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June 20th, 2012 at 10:25 am
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