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Windows Phone sales to top Android in 2015; smartphone share of global phone sales to double

Windows Phone sales to top Android in 2015; smartphone share of global phone sales to double

Posted on May 09, 2011 by MG1

Smartphones’ share of the global cell phone market is poised to explode over the next four years, according to market research firm Pyramid Research. The firm on Friday released the findings of its la...

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IDC: Windows Phone 7 devices gaining traction for Samsung

IDC: Windows Phone 7 devices gaining traction for Samsung

Posted on May 09, 2011 by MG1

IDC released their Q1 2011 numbers for smartphones, and unlike usual did not break the numbers down by OS, saying merely that the market has grown to around a 100 million devices, 79.6% Year on year g...

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Mango update for Windows Phone 7 to include Bing Audio/Vision and Turn-by-turn directions

Mango update for Windows Phone 7 to include Bing Audio/Vision and Turn-by-turn directions

Posted on May 09, 2011 by MG1

During the latest Windows Phone Developers' Podcast, some new features were discussed that are expected to be part of the upcoming Mango upgrade for Windows Phone 7. Turn-by-turn navigation will be pa...

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Windows phones with unofficial update face issues

Windows phones with unofficial update face issues

Posted on May 09, 2011 by MG1

So, let’s say you were one of the many Windows Phone 7 users who got sick of waiting for the NoDo update on something like the HTC Surround and you went on the tubes of the Internet to find it yoursel...

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HTC Surround getting WP7 update now, everyone else gets security fix

HTC Surround getting WP7 update now, everyone else gets security fix

Posted on May 05, 2011 by MG1

Microsoft has followed through with its announcement that it scheduled the Windows Phone 7 update for the HTC Surround last week and has made it available to users. This update (that was expected in M...

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Microsoft issues their first Windows Phone security update

Microsoft issues their first Windows Phone security update

Posted on May 05, 2011 by MG1

Forget about the NoDo update to Windows Phone that came out in February and enabled cut/copy/paste along with support for CDMA networks, and forget about the Mango update coming out later this year th...

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Microsoft outs WP7 security fix for fake SSL certificates

Microsoft outs WP7 security fix for fake SSL certificates

Posted on May 04, 2011 by MG1

Microsoft on Tuesday began distributing the expected Windows Phone 7 security update. The patch will address security concerns stemming from fraudulent SSL certificates. As outlined previously, users ...

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Windows Phone 7 sales

Windows Phone 7 sales "catastrophic" at 674,000?

Posted on May 04, 2011 by MG1

Windows Phone 7 sales are an elusive topic ever since the launch of the platform back in November 2010. Even after Microsoft announced its quarterly financial results, it remained tight-lipped about t...

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Post NoDo Certificate update for Windows Phone 7 now rolling out

Post NoDo Certificate update for Windows Phone 7 now rolling out

Posted on May 04, 2011 by MG1

With no fanfare it seems Microsoft has started pushing out the first update after NoDo, bringing the OS up to build 7392.
The update, which is a critical fix, addresses an issue related to fraudulen...

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Windows Phone and BlackBerry struggle to attract developer attention

Windows Phone and BlackBerry struggle to attract developer attention

Posted on Apr 28, 2011 by MG1

We're taking this with a grain of salt, since it applies only to users of the cross-platform Appcelerator Titanium development environment, but it appears that Windows Phone 7 is facing an increasingl...

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Microsoft: WP7 smartphones do not store location data

Microsoft: WP7 smartphones do not store location data

Posted on Apr 27, 2011 by MG3

Amidst all of the hubbub regarding location data being stored by Apple's iPhone and iPad, Microsoft has come out and said unequivocally that its Windows Phone 7 OS does not store such data.

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Windows Phone 7 crosses the half a million monthly Facebook user mark, growing faster than Android

Windows Phone 7 crosses the half a million monthly Facebook user mark, growing faster than Android

Posted on Apr 27, 2011 by MG3

The question of how many Windows Phone 7 handsets are out there still remains unanswered, but what we do know at the very least is that the number of active Windows Phone 7 users of the Official Windo...

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Microsoft says next version of WP7 to be 7.5 Mango

Microsoft says next version of WP7 to be 7.5 Mango

Posted on Apr 26, 2011 by MG3

Microsoft has let out that the Mango update due later this year for Windows Phone 7 will bring with it a new name for the OS: Windows Phone 7.5. The new version will bring many improvements to the pla...

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Windows Phone 7 manufacturer market share breakdown

Windows Phone 7 manufacturer market share breakdown

Posted on Apr 26, 2011 by MG3

It’s been a few months since we’ve seen the release of the Windows Phone 7 platform and while total sales numbers are still a little vague (at least more than 2 million units since launch, we think), ...

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Microsoft suggests WP7 dev prototypes won't get NoDo, upsets someone

Microsoft suggests WP7 dev prototypes won't get NoDo, upsets someone

Posted on Apr 26, 2011 by MG3

Looks like it's out with the old and in with the new for Windows Phone developer handsets, with Microsoft announcing it has no intention to provide NoDo (or any future updates) to beta devices such as...

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