Microsoft has revealed that it expects to release the Windows Phone 7.8 update on as many devices as possible in early 2013.
The software giant said its carrier and hardware partners are working together closely to test, approve and roll out Windows Phone 7.8 to supported devices after the new year.
In June, Windows Phone 7.5 users were dismayed with news from Microsoft that it will not deliver a Windows Phone 8 update for their handsets.
Microsoft promised at the time that several UI features, …

Samsung has officially launched its low-end Windows Phone handset, Omnia M S7530, months after its announcement.
The South Korean smartphone maker revealed that the Omnia M will run on Windows 7.5 Tango, which will soon be outdated with the impending arrival of Windows Phone 8, and a specs sheet that appears to be a stripped-down version of the Omnia W.
The handset runs on a single-core 1 GHz processor with 384 MB of RAM and 4 GB built-in storage, whereas the Omnia W comes with a 1.4 GHz CPU …

Microsoft is reminding everyone that in the near future, only devices updated to Windows Phone 7.5 Mango and above will be able to use the Windows Phone Marketplace.
The notice was given by Microsoft through its Windows Phone blog in which Microsoft’s Mazhar Mohammed said in a post titled “Have you updated to Windows Phone 7.5?” that: “We’re now doing the final work needed to turn on this new requirement, so I thought it would be a good time for another friendly …

Microsoft will slowly remove Zune pc software and the ability to buy Windows apps through this software(Image: via 1800pocketpc.com)

Microsoft is slowly removing its Zune PC software support for app store access. Eventually, one can no longer use the Zune software to buy phone apps from Windows. Aside from that, all users of Windows Phones are now required to use the latest Windows Phone 7.5 operating system.
According to Mazhar Mohammed of Microsoft, “as a general rule, we like to …

A new benchmarks video from a YouTube user making the rounds in tech circles shows that the native browser of the iOS 5 iPhone 4S trounces the native browser of the Windows Phone 7.5 Lumia 800 in a selection of benchmark tests.
The YouTube video was picked up by My Nokia Blog and has since been passed around by other publications all over the world.
In the video uploaded by YouTube user “359gsm”, an Apple iPhone 4 with iOS 4.3, a Nokia Lumia 800 with Windows Phone 7.5 Mango and an Apple …

Microsoft has launched the affordable Samsung Focus Flash on the AT&T network with an attention-grabbing price tag of $50 for a smartphone running on the latest Windows Phone 7 version.

Microsoft has launched the $50 Windows Phone Mango Samsung Focus Flash. Image: Samsung

The Focus Flash, which runs on the Windows Phone 7.5 “Mango” operating system, is targeted for the price conscious consumer.
The $50 price tag for the Focus Flash can only be availed, however, with a contract from …

Nokia has picked semiconductor supplier ST-Ericsson to make chips for its Windows Phone 7.5 devices, adding a viable rival to chipmaker Qualcomm.

ST-Ericsson is a 50/50 joint venture of Ericsson and STMicroelectronics. (Image: Kullez (CC-BY-2.0), via Flickr)

The Finland-based tech giant will use NovaThor chips from ST-Ericsson on upcoming Windows Phone 7.5 smartphones.
NovaThor first came into light with the unveiling of the HTC Sensation Z10t in September, which means it still has large …

Microsoft launched its Windows Phone 7 (WP7) Mango update at 6pm (UTC) yesterday.
WP7 Mango went live last evening in what will be a process in small stages that will get through all Windows Phone 7 customers and users by October.
The update will somewhat be Microsoft’s biggest effort so far to boost sales of WP7 in an industry dominated by Google’s Android and Apple iOS devices.
Several nifty features in Mango include deep LinkedIn and Twitter social networking integration, and an …

Microsoft will expectedly release its Windows Phone 7 Mango update for supported handsets on September 15, the Windows Phone Developer Podcast said on Saturday.
Although reports of leaked final builds of the WP7 Mango update have already appeared, this is the first time that a trusted Microsoft developer channel is revealing hints to roll out the update this week.
The podcast goes further to announce that alongside the release, several smartphones from different phone makers with preinstalled …