Yesterday we detailed the partnership between Nokia and Microsoft, quoting the Finnish company’s CEO, Stephen Elop and today we learn that some of the future Windows Phone 7 units with Nokia branding might get some special features. Turns out that the handsets, that will debut in 2012 if everything is OK, will get some extra add-ons, not available...
A month after announcing its partnership with Microsoft, Nokia seems to have started working on its first Windows Phone 7 device. The info comes from CEO Stephen Elop, mentioning to Reuters that Nokia is developing the device based on the MS platform. We remind you that Elop was once part of Microsoft and he moved to Nokia, becoming its CEO and probably...
Microsoft was pretty quiet on the volume of its Windows Phone 7 sales, but now it has come out with some info, revealing that it has sold around 877,000 devices in February alone. This makes up a total of 3.38 million units sold in the 3 months since the OS was launched, which is pretty impressive, to be honest. We are dealing with a company coming...
Europeans are used to paying quite a lot for technology coming from across the Ocean and Windows Phone 7 devices are no exception. However, lately there’s been a tendency to drop the prices, maybe readying us for 2012 when WP7 should hit Nokia devices for incredible prices (we hope). For example, you can now get your very own Samsung Omnia 7...
It’s been a leaky day for HTC today, first with the Prime model hitting the web and next the already famous Pyramid. Now, they’re joined by a third mystery phone, that’s pretty peculiar for a Windows Phone 7 device: HTC Ignite. Believe it or not, this smartphone is supposed to pack a resistive touch display. Although a resistive screen...
Remember the teaser here? We’ve had the opportunity to review the LG Optimus 7 and the HTC HD7 Windows Phone 7 devices till now, so we didn’t expect any surprises when Samsung Omnia 7 came up. Turns out that this is not yet another WP7 smartphone, but one that’s actually a hit. We were very impressed by the quality of its display and...
HTC may be among the companies with goodies prepared for the CTIA 2011 show next week and already leaks are pouring in. They include the HTC Prime, a brand new Windows Phone 7 smartphone, that adopts the sliding QWERTY format, as you can see in the leaked image below. This device was seen on Chinese site XDA.cn and it comes with a 3.7 inch WVGA display,...
A recent document filed by Nokia this week reveals the company’s plans, that include converting 200 million Symbian users to the Windows Phone platform. This transition will take quite a while, with 2013 being mentioned as the deadline. With Nokia in standby for two years, anything can happen, like Android becoming the dominant platform till 2013,...
We have a nifty device on our hands and we won’t reveal more, until the video review is ready. Can you guess what this smartphone is, simply by looking at the image below? We have already reviewed the HTC HD7 and LG Optimus 7, so this is a related handset… Could it be the first WP7 Nokia unit? Neah, just dreaming… Any ideas? Feel...
Although we were waiting for the Windows Phone 7 update at the beginning of the current month, Microsoft France informs us that the software codenamed “NoDo” will be coming in the second half of March. After the 21st is what we have right now and we wouldn’t be surprised if another delay occured. There’s a long way till delaying...
