Nokia says its first Windows Phone 7 handset will arrive preloaded with the Mango update.
After Microsoft’s Mango announcement, Nokia is confident to release multiple Windows Phone 7 devices pre-installed with the Mango update by year-end.
Jo Harlow, the person in charge of Nokia’s smartphone devices, refuses to give an exact date when this will happen or if the company has plans to launch a Windows Phone device this year, however, she says they are right on schedule.
Following an …

HTC Chief Executive Officer Peter Chou has revealed that the Taiwanese smartphone manufacturer is developing handsets running on the Windows Phone 7 Mango version, a report from Reuters says.

Chou, speaking with the said news organization on Wednesday “in an interview on the fringes of an Internet conference hosted by President Nicolas Sarkozy in Paris”, said that HTC has “some Windows Mango phones”.
“We are very committed to Windows phone products,” he added, according to …

Microsoft announced today that a new version of its Windows Phone software, code named Mango, will have 500 new features including a better Twitter connection, an in-box that can handle multiple email accounts, and hands free messaging.  Mango is expected to be available next fall on phones made by new partners Fujitso Ltd. (6702), ZTE Corp (000063), and Acer Inc. (2353) and previously announced partners Nokia Oyj. (NOK1V).

Microsoft, based in Redmond, Washington, entered the smart-phone …

HTC HD7S running on Windows Phone 7 will arrive on AT&T this June 5 at a nice price of $199, including a new two-year contract with Ma Bell, as posted on the mobile telecom operators Facebook page.
Prior to the announcement, HTC HD7S had an exclusive agreement with T-Mobile, but AT&T made a good deal to stop its exclusivity.
At present, AT&T touts three Windows Phone 7 handsets on its network: the HTC Surround, the LG Quantum, and the Samsung Focus.
The addition of the HTC HD7S …

Microsoft announced at the TechEd conference some enterprise email features on its upcoming Windows Phone 7 update dubbed Mango, said to be released on May 24.
Other than the features earlier mentioned, including Bing and Facebook integration, and visual voicemail support, Microsoft revealed some fine changes to the email app and hub, which include pinning email folders, conversation view, server search, and Lync mobile communications capabilities.
The Mango update allows users to pin …

In a recent Windows Phone Developer Podcast, Microsoft’s Ryan and Travis disclosed features as part of the platform’s upcoming Windows Phone 7 Mango software update; however, it is still vague whether these are new or upgraded functionalities of the new Bing voice integration, which has been around the rumor circle.
In the podcast, the features apparently focus on collaboration, messaging, and social.

Facebook chat integrates with messaging hub
Office hub receives Office 365 support, …

In what is becoming increasingly common, comments made on Microsoft’s official Windows Phone blog reveal that the software giant’s Windows Phone 7 NoDo update flop saga continues to plague users of Samsung Focus and Omnia 7 smartphones.

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Microsoft’s Michael Stroh said in a comment about the NoDo update for the Samsung Omnia 7 that Microsoft has “temporarily stopped sending updates to Omnia7s.”
“The team discovered a technical issue with the update package for this model. The …

During MIX11 conference in Las Vegas, computer giant Microsoft has revealed many things related to Mango –the upcoming update for WP7 platform , which will significantly expand the functional of Windows based smartphones.
Perhaps the most anticipated feature of the new OS is multitasking. Users can run multiple applications, one of which will be active, while others work in the background.
Considerable interesting feature would be the new mobile browser Internet Explorer 9 with support for …

HTC Corp. this week, with its silent brilliance, noiselessly outdid the market capitalization of Nokia Corp., the Finnish phone giant who collaborated with Microsoft to use Windows Phone 7 (WP7) in all its future smartphones.
With an estimated US$33.8 billion on Wednesday’s market close, the Taiwanese smartphone manufacturer exceeded the US$33.4 billion capitalization of Nokia, clinching the spot as the world’s third largest phone maker behind Samsung Electronics Corp. and Apple …

Microsoft issued an apology Sunday for the problems affecting its update of its Windows Phone 7 mobile operating system.
In a post on the Microsoft’s Channel 9 website, Joe Belfiore, vice president for Windows Phone, wrote: “We know it’s been frustrating to wait for features/fixes and (probably worse) to hear little from us on specific dates. We are sorry the process has been rocky.”
He said that critical comments of the delayed update “are certainly fair”. He also admitted that he …