Microsoft's Ben Rudolph provided a teaser preview of the upcoming Xbox Companion App for Windows Phone at Nokia World in London this week. The app will be free when it becomes available. The app is more than just a remote control. The app can, for example, search for a movie, provide detailed information about the movie on the phone (synopsis, cast and crew, etc.) and then start playing the movie on the Xbox 360 and its connected large screen TV. At this point, the Windows Phone can be used as a [...]

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Nokia has finally delivered on its Microsoft promise and launched two new Windows Phone smartphones, introducing the new Nokia Lumia 710 and its sleeker, sexier cousin the Nokia Lumia 800....

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Nokia has unveiled the Lumia 710, a Windows Phone device, as one of two new devices launched by the struggling Finish handset maker today. The Lumia 710 is an "affordable",...

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How is Nokia differentiating its first Windows Phone 7 device from the competition from the likes of HTC? Unique services. At Nokia World, the company has unveiled three services it is...

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The cat is out of the bag that Nokia will be announcing its new Lumia 800 Windows Phone device tomorrow at Nokia World. We've seen pictures of the device formerly...

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Nokia is preparing to launch two new Windows Phone devices tomorrow, reports Winrumors. The two new devices are the Lumia 800, formerly known as Sea Ray and the Lumia 710...

Read More: Nokia launching Lumia 800 and Lumia 710 Windows Phone models tomorrow

Following the announcement of the Nokia Lumia 800, Stephen Elop returned to the stage at Nokia World to present a second Windows Phone device that the Finnish giant would aim...

Read More: Hands-on with the Nokia Lumia 710 Windows Phone [Photos]

Nokia has launched the Lumia 800, the flagship Windows Mobile smartphone it hopes will revive its fortunes in the mobile market. The device, which was unveiled at Nokia World today,...

Read More: Nokia launches Lumia 800 “the first real Windows Mobile smartphone”

Let's get the big pieces out-of-the-way: Tango.me is leveraging the Mango update for Windows Phone to bring its service to the platform. Microsoft helped them with the process. The company...

Read More: Tango to beat Skype in bringing video calls to Windows Phone

A new report from technology research firm Strategy Analytics suggests that Microsoft, helped by handset partners Samsung, HTC and Nokia, will see increased sales of smartphones running its Windows Phone...

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Google is not the only company trying to move its services from mobile native apps to mobile web apps. GigaOm's Kevin C. Tofel used Nokia's updated web-based mapping service and gave it a thumbs up for features while noting its limitations in saving offline maps due to the large size of the data involved.


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The Windows Phone 7 smartphone platform is now a yearling, today celebrating its 365-day anniversary of being on sale. Microsoft's Windows Phone guru, Joe Belfiore, phrased it like this on Twitter:...

Read More: Windows Phone 7 hits the one year milestone

With only four days until the Finnish mobile giant opens its doors for its yearly Nokia World event, Nokia has started to tease one of its new Windows Phone devices,...

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To promote the Windows Phone mobile line, and its recent update, the Mango release, Microsoft is taking its smartphone platform around the United States, throwing parties in its name, dishing...

Read More: Microsoft taking Windows Phone on a roadtrip to promote Mango

Nokia, in a move that is sure to disappoint some, will only release its forthcoming Windows Phone handsets in a handful of countries this year. The company pointed to a "deliberate" release...

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Despite rumors that semiconductor giants such at TI and Nvida were working on chips for the Windows Phone line of smartphones, Microsoft has laid any such talk to rest. Today,...

Read More: Windows Phone to keep Qualcomm as exclusive chip provider

One of the chief complaints that was leveled against the Windows Phone team at the launch of the platform was a lack of functional, and impactful, advertising. The phone line...

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Just hours after Skype officially became part of Microsoft, comes news that the VoIP provider has removed Google Toolbar from its installer package for Windows. The release notes for Skype...

Read More: Microsoft deal complete, Skype ditches Google Toolbar from its Windows installer

It is Friday, which means that it is time for us to gather around the fire and talk about the last seven days of Microsoft. Oddly, most of the juicy...

Read More: This week at Microsoft: Android, Mango, and Windows 8

Microsoft stuck its neck out when it released a very early build of Windows 8 to the world, likely knowing beforehand the level of complaint that it was going to...

Read More: Microsoft tweaks the Windows 8 UI following user pushback