News tagged with windows mobile

Windows 8 preview set for February 29

Microsoft on Wednesday revealed plans to unveil a test version of its latest Windows computer operating software later this month.

Technology / Software

created Feb 08, 2012 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (9) | comments 9

New Nokia phone no standout, but worth a look

The first of Nokia's new generation of smartphones isn't flashy and certainly isn't an iPhone killer. But it's a nice device, and at $40 with a two-year contract, a bargain.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Feb 03, 2012 | popularity 1 / 5 (2) | comments 4

Nokia loss tempered by Windows phone launch

Mobile phone maker Nokia Corp. on Thursday posted a fourth-quarter net loss of euro1.07 billion ($1.38 billion) as sales slumped 21 percent even as the company's first Windows smartphones hit markets in Europe and Asia.

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created Jan 26, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Nielsen: 1.4 percent of those who recently bought smartphones chose Windows phone

Only 1.4 percent of U.S. consumers who said they bought a smartphone in the last three months chose Windows Phone, according to research from Nielsen.

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created Jan 20, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 2

Microsoft pledges Windows developers generosity

(AP) -- Microsoft Corp. is stepping up its competition with Apple and plans to give developers who write software for Windows computers and devices a greater share of revenue sold through the company's upcoming Windows Store. ...

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created Dec 07, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

Nokia to unveil Windows phone next week

Microsoft said Thursday that Nokia is going to launch phones using Windows' new mobile operating system next week, giving a major boost to the US firm's come-from-behind phone software business.

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created Oct 20, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Taiwan's HTC unveils Windows 'Mango' handsets

Taiwan's leading smartphone maker HTC on Wednesday unveiled its first mobile phones using Microsoft's much-anticipated software platform "Mango" after Apple launched its latest iPhone.

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Microsoft pulls plug on Zune

Microsoft is quietly pulling the plug on its Zune digital media player, its would-be rival to Apple's iPod.

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created Oct 04, 2011 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 4

Microsoft, Samsung expand smartphone partnership (Update)

(AP) -- Microsoft and Samsung Electronics have agreed to cross-license one another's patent portfolios, with Microsoft getting royalties for the mobile phones and tablets Samsung sells that run Google Inc.'s Android operating ...

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created Sep 28, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

With new Windows 8, Microsoft will show whether it can go mobile

The next version of Windows is being billed as a radical reinvention of Microsoft Corp.'s flagship operating system - the most extensive overhaul since Windows 95.

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Report: Samsung, Microsoft tie up for new tablet

South Korea's Samsung Electronics has teamed up with Microsoft to make a new tablet computer powered by the US software giant's latest operating system, a report said Thursday.

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created Sep 08, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (4) | comments 2

Suit charges Windows 7 smartphones track users

Microsoft is in the crosshairs of a lawsuit charging that smartphones powered by Windows 7 software noted the whereabouts of users even if they didn't want to be tracked.

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created Sep 01, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 5

Handset makers get Windows Phone update 'Mango'

Microsoft on Tuesday made the latest version of its mobile phone software available to handset partners as it seeks to claw back market share from Apple and Google.

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created Jul 27, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Threatened by iPad, PCs start to look like tablets

The response by computer makers to the iPad stealing sales from them: Make their PCs more like iPads.

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created Jul 19, 2011 | popularity 2.7 / 5 (7) | comments 15

Microsoft may have found unlikely cash cow: Android

In the hunt for the next billion-dollar business, Microsoft Corp. may have discovered one in mobile software. It costs Microsoft nothing to produce and sell, and it's not Windows Phone.

Technology / Business

created Jul 13, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 5