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The time has finally come! The billion dollar deal that was made between Nokia and Microsoft has finally been made into tangible reality and the ‘first real Windows Phone’ has made its way from the shadows into the light. Nokia held their Nokia World event today in London and announced some new phones. Among the ...

  It seems like only yesterday the death of Windows Mobile was announced and the birth of WP7 was brought to light. This was an amazing step forward for the folks at Microsoft; they scrapped what they knew about mobile and started from scratch. What they have created is another option, not just a skinned variation ...

  Windows Phone 7 devices are still going strong and gaining some dedicated users along the way and for good reason of course. As the WP7 Mango update inches closer and closer to a universal launch the interwebs is being treated to new devices running the OS. Fujitsu has recently launched a WP7.5 device in Japan ...

  Mango’s for all! Coming soon to a WP7 device near you. When Microsoft decided to ‘revamp’ their mobile operating offerings the general consensus was…finally! However, when initial devices began showing up around the world it was evident that the new platform WP7 was lacking in a few areas that its competitor were thriving in. Microsoft ...

Recently Nokia revamped their outlook on their mobile future by essentially scrapping their mobile operating system and making a huge deal with Microsoft to use their Windows Phone 7 system moving forward. While there was much controversy over the whole deal, it sounded like an excellent idea for both parties. WP7 is a very intuitive ...

Today is the big red day of greatness. In the last weeks we have seen the official announcement of about 4 news smart phones heading to Verizon’s stable. We’ve seen the launch of the HTC Merge, Sony Ericsson Xperia Play and the LG Revolution. However, to my dismay we seemed to have missed covering the ...

Windows Phone 7 came into this hectic mobile world with one word on their minds – competing. Microsoft has set their bar to compete against the mobile titans and is doing a relatively good job. WP7 devices first started shipping late last year and since there has been only one update that brought about the ...

Blackberry World is underway and RIM has been busy trying to keep the hype surrounding their Playbook and newly announced Bold fresh in the minds of the world. So a small taste of the Blackberry Bold which is a touch and type 3G and HSPA+ compatible blackberry and oh yea the Playbook was officially announced. ...

Microsoft has been fine tuning their Nodo update and has seemingly started rolling the update out to customers. It’s been a long time coming with this update, but it seems that it is finally here. So WP7 users bust out your devices and get your update on as you will not want to miss this ...

The SideKick by Danger is surely one of the most iconic mobile devices ever known. This simple slider device arguably changed parts of mobile world as we know it. It bridged the gap between the two way pager and cell phone. Of course there were ‘smarter’ phones on the market when the Sidekick came around ...

  Say what you will about Microsoft’s new Windows Phone 7 operating system, just know its making its way into the hearts and minds of mobile phone shoppers the world over. Ok maybe just the Windows diehards for now, however as WP7 crosses into new carriers and manufacturers the momentum will indeed continue to gain traction. ...

Today the long awaited shift in Nokia outlook on life has finally taken place. A few days ago, Stephen Elop the new CEO in charge over at Nokia sent a very intense memo to his minions. This letter went on to explain very bluntly that Nokia is on a downward spiral citing Androids operating system ...

When the news of the new WP7 operating system was first announced it was surely a glorious day for Microsoft’s mobile team. Unfortunately however, its lack of basic functionality (copy and paste) did doubt some skeptics. Since that dubious day Microsoft has promised an update to address the simple copy and paste issue as well ...

While I have never given that much legitimacy to Twitter-based stats, something interesting has be unearthed by What the Trend’s list of the top 10 companies on Twitter for 2010. BlackBerry maker Research In Motion beat out Microsoft for spot number five. Microsoft, which launched its new Windows Phone 7 operating system a couple of ...

Microsoft has been experiencing an unexpected amount of success as of late with its latest attempt to become a player in the mobile space again. Besides just sales approaching two million and counting of smartphones running its new Windows Phone 7 operating system, its app market has been growing strongly as well and is set ...