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Microsoft-branded smartphone rumor
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Microsoft’s first attempt at making its own mobile phones wasn’t exactly a success. In fact, it would be fair to say that the Microsoft KIN was one of the genuine flaming-bus-crash-into-an-orphanage disasters of recent mobile phone industry history. But Microsoft apparently thinks it’s older and wiser now, and it wants to try making its own phones again, according to Nomura analyst Rick Sherlund. Per Business Insider, Sherlund sent out a note today stating that Steve Ballmer and his merry band “may be working with a contract manufacturer to develop their own handset for Windows Phone 8.” What’s more, Sherman said that “it is unclear to us whether this would be a reference platform or whether...
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25% of Xbox Live games incompatible with 256 MB handsets
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AAWP have scoured Marketplace to find a full list of Windows Phone apps which will not install on 256 MB Tango handsets.
They found 1,387 apps were barred; only 1.6% of Marketplace. Unfortunately these apps were clustered towards the high end of the market, with a full 25% of Xbox Live apps disallowed, and 5% of the top 10,000 apps by downloads.
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Analyst suggest Facebook buy Nokia, make a Windows Phone
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We have heard that Facebook has a new impetus to develop a mobile platform of its own. Now Paris-based Paul Amsellem, managing director of Mobile Network Group, a mobile marketing company, suggests the company could get into the game most easily by buying Nokia and releasing a Windows Phone.
"Facebook needs somebody with an understanding of networking, technology, carrier relationships and logistics," he said. "They can acquire one of these two players for not a lot of money."
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Nokia Lumia series coming to Oman in Q3 2012, may carry Windows Phone 8
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The Oman Observer reports that Nokia’s Lumia series with Arabic support would be rolling out to the small middle-eastern country in Q3 2012.
“The Lumia series of smart phones built on the Microsoft Windows platform will hit the Omani market soon”, Dr Manmohan Singh Rehsi, Director, Computers, Office Automation and Telecommunication division of Mohsin Haider Darwish LLC told the Observer.
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Images suggest Nokia working on four Windows Phone handsets
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New images of a Nokia Lumia 800 handset running on wpbench revealed a list of Greek names for what we can only assume are codenames for upcoming Windows Phone-powered Nokia handsets. Shared by the My Nokia Blog, the images came from a user running the Windows Phone 7 benchmark on his Lumia 800. The names include Nokia PureLambda, Nokia Phi, Nokia Pure Phi and Nokia Alpha.
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Nokia Lumia 900 now in Finnish stores with Tango andWIFI internet sharing in tow
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Jonne from esphoneblog.com reports that the Nokia Lumia 900 has now arrived in the Finnish store where he works. He reports the handset is running the latest version of Tango (8773 ), and comes with WIFI Internet Sharing built right in.
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Report: Windows Phone 8 Coming To Current Generation Windows Phones
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The latest news regarding Windows Phone 8 from a trusted source according to MML is that current generation Windows Phone devices will have Windows Phone 8 update. Our good old Microsoft leaker @MSNerd passed on this information to Microsoft bloggers.
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Samsung Focus 2 4G LTE Windows Phone now available from AT&T
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Samsung's Focus 2, the company's first Windows Phone with 4G LTE connectivity, is now available from AT&T for $49.99 with a new two-year contract. The Focus 2 has the same 4-inch, WVGA (480 x 800 pixel) Super AMOLED display and 5 megapixel camera as the original Focus released in 2010, but it does sport a faster, 1.4GHz processor and Windows Phone 7.5 Mango. Be sure to check out our full review of the Focus 2, and then head over to your local AT&T store or to wireless.att.com if you are interested in picking one up.
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First version of Skype for Windows Phone doesn't support low-end 'Tango' devices
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The first version of Skype for Windows Phone will not support low-end "Tango" devices, Microsoft has revealed. Although the company delivered a 1.0 release of Skype for Windows Phone over the weekend, Microsoft says it will only install and run on devices with 512MB of memory. The majority of Windows Phone devices include 512MB of RAM, but Microsoft's latest "Tango" handsets only feature 256MB of memory.
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Skype App Won’t Support Low End Windows Phone Devices
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Microsoft just released the first version of Skype app in Windows Phone Marketplace last night. While most of us will be enjoying the app, the upcoming Windows Phone Tango devices with 256MB RAM such as Nokia Lumia 610 won’t have access to this most wanted app. In the release notes by Skype team posted yesterday, they have mentioned that your Windows Phone requires a minimum of 512MB of memory to install and use Skype which basically tells us that Windows Phone Tango devices are not supported.
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Rumor: Microsoft to start pushing out Windows Phone Tango this month
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Since Windows Phone first started shipping back in Q4 2010, there have been two software updates: NoDo, which added copy and paste and CDMA support; and Mango, which added multitasking, a newer version of Internet Explorer, and a whole bunch of UI tweaks. Now there’s a third update scheduled to go out this month called Tango. Some of you may have heard that codename before when we reported on the Nokia Lumia 610. That device is special because it’s the first Windows Phone to run on lower end hardware specifications, which is a feature of Tango. Other features of Tango include the ability to handle SIM contacts, to send multiple images via MMS, and there’s likely many other small things that ...
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Nokia Windows Phone 8 handsets showing up on T-Mobile, Verizon
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Moving away from the hubbub about Windows Phone 8 upgrades, we now also have increasing evidence of actual new Windows Phone 8 hardware being tested in the wild.
The latest is via DSLReport’s mobile speed test, which shows the user agent of two Windows Phone 8 handsets, one named Qualcomm Fluid and the other Nokia Fluid. Both of course have been spotted before, but now the full user agent confirms that these are Windows Phone 8 handsets running IE10.
The Verizon handset also seems pretty snappy, likely indicating LTE on board. The same can unfortunately not be said for the T-Mobile speed test.
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Microsoft files patent for dual display phone
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Microsoft has filed a patent for a dual display phone. While there are many other dual display phones already, what sets Microsoft’s application apart is that it would use as much of the back surface of the phone as possible, including even curling over the sides, and would ideally use a low-powered display, like e-ink, which would allow the device to display information which does not change very frequently, like the date and time, or Microsoft suggests possible device logos or tattoos.
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Alleged Nokia poster template reveals Windows Phone 8 branding
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Make of that what you will, but a tipster just sent us a picture, which is claimed to be originating from the confines of Nokia, and allegedly is some sort of a non-final poster template.
Whether real or fake we'll let you decide, we don't know what the pro-printing jargon is for such a seemingly transparent plastic poster sheet, if that's it at all, but what we found most interesting in case this has some merits, is the Windows Phone 8 signage.
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New Images Of LG Windows Phone LS831 Emerges
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While we are still not sure about LG releasing another Windows Phone 7.5 device, there were numerous leaks on their devices/prototypes. This one is LS831 which we saw in last October when it passed the FCC. The device design looks outdated to me and it has a 5MP camera along with a front cam. Since it features a CDMA band, it should release only on Sprint in US if there is any possibility. Visit the source link for more images.
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