HTC, a global leader in mobile innovation and design, and Microsoft today unveiled the first signature Windows Phones, the stunning Windows Phone 8X and 8S by HTC. The smartphones feature the new Windows Phone 8 operating system and boast iconic design, studio-quality sound with Beats Audio and incredible camera capabilities.
“Pairing HTC’s beautiful new Windows Phone 8X and 8S with our brand is a big milestone for both companies,” said Steve Ballmer, CEO of Microsoft. …

Apple and Google will have such a dominant year in 2012 in the smartphone market that the market share of the two companies combined will leave almost nothing to rivals.
The prediction comes from Trip Chowdhry, an analyst at the financial research company Global Equities Research.
In an interview with eWeek, the analyst said that Apple and Google will be so prevailing in the smartphone market that there will not be a third place left in market share standings this year.
“There will not be any …

Microsoft’s Windows RT operating system will mark a shift to mobile computing and the end of the PC era, claims leading mobile chip maker Qualcomm.
Steve Mollenkopf, COO of Qualcomm, says that all future devices will run on mobile operating systems and specifically points at the upcoming Microsoft Windows RT OS as confirmation for his prediction.
“In Windows RT we’re seeing a blend of the smartphone world with the PC world… a move from legacy computing to mobile …

Forced to give up under pressure from the Europe Union, Microsoft Windows 7 gives offers the chance to choose their favorite web browser and even helps to download and install it with minimal effort.
This change came in the form of an update package for the operating system,consists in a window titled “Select your web browser(s)”, where users can find a list of the most popular alternative web browsers, each with a short description and button to start the installation …

Microsoft will cooperate with the European Commission to open Windows 8 for consumers who prefer using an Internet Explorer web browser rival.
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has assured Joaquin Almunia, head of the European Competition Commission, the software giant will work with the committee and other web browser makers to keep its latest operating system open to competition.
According to Reuters, Almunia said during an economic conference in Northern Italy, “In my personal talks with …

The relationship in the mobile domain between Sony and Microsoft has known a long break, the first stopped using the software platforms of the latter since 2009, when it launched the Sony Ericsson Xperia X2 terminals that ran on Windows Mobile 6.5.
With the launch of Windows Phone 7, there were rumors about a possible terminal from Sony (then Sony Ericsson), and even in Julie appeared prototype images, but this did not materialized into a finished product. According the Sony UK and Ireland …

The Nokia World event held in New York City this morning saw the launch of two Windows Phone 8 devices: the Lumia 920, Nokia’s new flagship device, and the Lumia 820, a stripped-down version of the former but the company’s trendiest Lumia smartphone yet.
Moreover, the Finnish phone maker hinted the upcoming release of a Nokia device that will run on Windows 8 – the latest version of Microsoft’s Windows operating system.
Nokia CEO Stephen Elop addressed rumors of a Windows 8 tablet in …

Microsoft will give consumers an option to upgrade their Windows operating systems to its latest offering, Windows 8, for as much as $40 (around £25).
The American software giant earlier revealed that buyers of Windows 7 PCs within a specific period will have the chance to get Windows 8 Professional for only $15 – UK customers need to pay more at £15.
Qualified Windows 7 PCs
An eligible Windows 7 machine is a new PC bought during the promo period with a valid Windows 7 OEM Certificate of …

Microsoft loves boxes, but it now prefers straight ones instead of the wavy boxes it used in the old Microsoft logo to brand its products with.
This week, Microsoft unveiled a new Microsoft logo foregoing the wavy four-member colorful window it used in the past.
What happened to the window, however, is that it got a straightening out as the four boxes are now squares with the same color scheme as before.
Take a look at it below:

The new logo came out first in an August 23 blog post on The …

Lenovo has hinted that it is confident that it can compete with the recently unveiled Microsoft Surface tablets as the company will market competitive Windows RT tablets.
In an interview with Bloomberg, Lenovo’s David Schmoock said that they will market Lenovo Windows RT tablet computers for $200 to $300 less than competing tablets powered by the desktop version of Windows 8.
That means that Lenovo Windows RT tablets will be priced at $300 to $400 in comparison to Windows 8 Pro tablets priced …