Nokia, still struggling against essentially a duopoly dominated by Apple and Samsung in the smartphone space, has been in clear trouble since last year.
Nonetheless, the Finnish handsets maker – once regarded as the undisputed king in mobile phones – seems to be holding true to their announced path: sell as much feature phones as possible and transition to Windows Phone as their high-end smartphones’ operating system.
However, Nokia CEO Stephen Elop, a former high-ranking executive of …

During an event held a couple of days ago in San Francisco, Microsoft detailed a set of new features for the next version of its Windows Phone platform – Windows Phone 8.
Although the event focused more on the details addressed by developers, Microsoft also revealed some of the innovations of the new mobile OS.

Windows Phone 8 Will Bring Substantial Changes. Would This Be Enough?

Here is a brief presentation of the most important elements discussed during last week’s Windows Phone …

Research firm IDC is making a bold forecast that Microsoft’s Windows Phone will actually overtake Apple’s iOS mobile operating system in terms of market share in 2016.
That’s four years from now but given the traction Microsoft currently has with Windows Phone, the prediction is still bold.
According to the Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker report of the research firm, Microsoft’s Windows Phone will grow to take 19.2 percent market share in 2016 or almost quadruple the current …

Pay Close Attention When Buying a Windows Phone. (Image via Slashgear )

First announced in the beginning of 2012, low-end smartphones with Windows Phone and 256MB of RAM seem to come with the advantage of price and the lack of restricted functionality.
Even during the launch of the first smartphones with 256MB of RAM, including the Nokia Lumia 610, Microsoft was mentioning the fact that 5% of applications from the online store will be compatible, but no one expected the surprise it has …

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 …

The version 1.0 of Skype for Windows Phone has been released by Microsoft marking the end of its beta stage.
However, Skype for Windows Phone version 1.0 will not run on Windows Phone “Tango” devices, the Redmond, Washington-based software giant has revealed.
According to Microsoft, Skype for Windows phone 1.0 will not run on devices with less than 512MB of RAM.
In a post on the Skype Blog about the Skype for Windows Phone Gold Version, a known issue was listed as “device support” and …

Mobile operators in Europe say that in their eyes, Nokia still is not good enough to once again storm the phones market, a new report says.
Speaking to four wireless carriers in the region, Reuters reports that the sentiment is the same: that Nokia still has to do more if it wants to compete and beat the Apple iPhone and the Samsung Galaxy line of smartphones.
According to Reuters, these four “major” carriers say that the Lumia line of Windows Phone smartphones fall short if the Finnish …

Planning to get the AT&T Lumia 900? You might as well do it as soon as possible as the new flagship Windows Phone is now effectively free.
This is thanks to what could aptly be called a blessing in disguise as it is actually caused by a bug with the AT&T Lumia 900.
Nevertheless, Nokia is said to already be working on a fix for the bug.
In fact, those who would buy a new AT&T Lumia 900 can even look for updated versions of the new smartphone which has a fix for the bug.
Furthermore, …

AT&T is ready to bet big with the Windows Phone flagship from Nokia, the AT&T Lumia 900, allotting an even bigger budget for the phone’s launch on the network than when it launched the AT&T iPhone 4.
The information comes from Ad Age which says that AT&T will spend “as much as $150 million” to launch the AT&T Lumia 900 on its network.
The publication says that “$150 million isn’t small change even for the No. 2 biggest spender in the country, which wielded $3 …

Google with its Android mobile operating system and Apple with its iOS-powered iPhone lineup have gained over rivals during December to February, new data says.
The data comes from comScore which says that Android now has a 50.1 percent market share in the U.S. smartphone arena followed by iOS which has a 30.2 percent market share.
This means that Google has gained 3.2 percentage points in the U.S. smartphone market share race while Apple has gained 1.5 percentage points.
This marks a milestone …