January 31st to be the official start of Windows Phone 7.8 update roll out

The long-awaited update to Windows Phone 7.8 seems finally about to be made ​​available for the Windows Phone 7.5 users.  Windows Phone Colombia , through its official Twitter and Facebook accounts. As you can read in the image below, the message clearly mentions the last day of January as the start date of the release of the update, which will continue, then, in the following weeks.

Asus planing to bring the Padfone concept to Windows 8 and Windows Phone

Asus has unveiled today its interest in the Windows Phone segment . In an interview with the Wall Street Journal , the Asus Vice President of Mobile Communication,  Benson Lin, was explicitly declared this intention, although there is no precise timing. 

The most affordable Windows Phone, the Alcatel One Touch View coming soon

After October announcement that Alcatel is about to debut on Windows Phone scene, now comes information that new Windows Phone smartphone from Alcatel is coming to Russia. The Russian launch of the entry-level Windows Phone smartphone, the Alcatel One Touch View will be on the December 15th and the device will be sold at very low cost of 6990 rubles ($226.10 or 175.31 Euros).

Nokia leaks revealed Windows Phone 7.8 features

The issue, regarding the update to Windows Phone 7.8 for the current WP 7.5 smartphones has not yet been fully clarified, both in terms of the exact date of launch of the distribution, both for what concerns the features that will be introduced, beyond Start screen, already confirmed by Microsoft. 

ZTE ready to enter the smartphone market Windows Phone 8 and Windows Phone 7.8

It seems that ZTE is pretty close to launch its smartphones with Windows Phone 8/Windows Phone 7.8.At the moment, the only smartphone based on Windows Phone is the ZTE Tania, but this is about to change.

In a tweet from  Dennis Lui, marketing manager of ZTE, was seen the photos taken by him (at the beginning of the article) with the caption " Two heads are better than one  . " This could mean many things, among others, the possibility for ZTE to adopt both Windows Phone 8, Windows Phone 7.8, it obviously dedicated to the low end of the market.

Overview of the main features of the upcoming Windows Phone 8 thanks to the emulator (screenshot)

Some of the main features of the new Windows Phone Release 8 are already known, but thanks to the recent release of the SDK Developer Preview and on the emulator, it was possible to view some screenshots for a quick peek at what will be the peculiar feature of the next operating system Microsoft.

Windows Phone 8 SDK preview leaks online

Only a few months to the official debut of Windows Phone 8 and the Redmond company knows how important it is to support the release with an ecosystem full of applications. Just this morning, has spread on the internet download link of the new SDK 8.0 , which is useful for all developers who want to develop for the operating system who is to be released in October.

Chinese OEM Oppo may release Windows Phone 8 smartphone in 2013

From the Chines site WPDang comes an interesting rumor that reveals how the interest in Windows Phone 8 is growing,even among smartphone manufacturers.It seems, in fact that even the Chinese company Oppo has intention to bring to the to Asian market WP8 device with the new Microsoft operating system in 2013.

Windows Phone 7.8 will bring new features in addition to the homescreen ?

At the official launch of Windows Phone 8 event occurred a few weeks ago Windows Phone Summit, Microsoft announced that current smartphones on the market will receive a reduced version of Apollo named Windows Phone 7.8.

This reduced version of the new Windows Phone 8 will start on the current screen smartphone, unfortunately it was not stated whether it also includes all services and applications that will be introduced by this new update. Microsoft has stated that the presentation would show all the new features and functionality that will introduce Apollo, so when we do not know what the full capabilities of the next update.

Rumor - Microsoft rumored to buy Yammer for $1B

Microsoft is ready to buy Yammer, the social messaging service for businesses, for anything close to a billion dollars, at least according to Bloomberg.

Yammer is a social network service company, primarily used in business for online collaboration among the various employees of the same company.

Vodafone Australia ready to update its Nokia Lumia 800 and HTC Trophy to Tango

Vodafone Australia was working to approve the update to Windows Phone Tango for its branded smartphone.

On the updates page of Vodafone Australia, we can now see how the approval phase of Windows Phone Tango (call from Vodafone "Mango Consumer Refresh 3") for your device is finished.  

Nokia Lumia 710 sighted in Canada with Windows Phone Tango on board

While the information on a possible upgrade to Windows Phone 8 for the current devices are scarce, it seems that Nokia has started pre-installing Windows Phone Tango on Lumia smartphones.

As was reported by WPCentral one of there tippers send his smartphone for repair, a Lumia 710 with Roger (Canada) and received replacement device with pre-installed WP7 OS Build 8773. The firmware is, as we know, the new version of Windows Phone, or Tango / Mango Refresh.

Is this a sign that the official Tango release is really very close?

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The Windows Phone marketplace exceeds 100,000 applications!

Another important goal for  Windows Phone marketplace has been reached today, according to a scan performed by  AAWP , the number of applications / games published in Windows Phone marketplace passed the 100,000 mark.

Universal Search Coming with WP 8 Apollo

One of the features that come with Windows Phone 8 will be to make instant searching of content, at least according to insideris.com

Already last year we heard rumors that with the  arrival of Windows Phone Tango, wp users will have ability to use universal search by simply swiping your finger left to right on the home screen. Now we know the (few) features that implements this minor update we have confirmation that this rumor proved unfounded.

Survey - Windows Phone is the third platform chosen by the game developers with 8.8%

The Game Developer Magazine has published the results of its latest survey for the developers of games on different mobile platforms.


From the findings it is clear that the developers of games for mobile devices are more focused on the Apple platform with 94.6%, to follow with 70.7% of developers are dedicated to the Google platform and in the third position with 8, 8% of the developers interested in the Microsoft platform. 

Ad for Nokia Lumia 900 unveils new Contacts and Photo Live Tiles?

As you can see in more detail in the following screesnhost Hub Contacts and Photos look different from what we usually see on Windows Phone Mango, written with the first and the second with a count for which was also divided into two square tiles. 

Windows Phone 8 build numbers revealed

The long-awaited Windows Phone 8, scheduled for later this year, is beginning to be talked assiduously on many blogs and this time it does show the versions of the operating system that Microsoft is testing before release.

Kantar: Windows Phone climbs to 3-4% market share in major markets

According to the results of a consumer survey conducted by the company Kantar , the  Windows Phone market share has exceeded 3% - 4% share in key markets 

The best numbers were obtained in Germany, Great Britain, Italy, France and the United States where in the last 12 weeks the percentage of penetration of the Microsoft operating system has grown from less than 2% (January 2012) to over 3%, increments up to 6% (in Germany).

In USA even seems that sales of Windows Phone device may have equaled or exceeded the market share from RIM, thanks to the excellent sales result of Nokia Lumia devices 

Kantar provides the market share of Windows Phone in Europe could reach 10% in the second half of 2012, a forecast rather credible if you think the advertisements of new devices of various manufacturers, primarily Nokia, which has recently given way to the start of the sales of its entry level the  Lumia 610 .

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The Nokia Lumia 610 conquest of Europe will start from Italy

Nokia Italy has just announced the launch of The Nokia Lumia 610 entry level Windows Phone with retail price of 199 euros and its designed to compete with low-end Android smartphone.The distribution of the Nokia Lumia 610 in Europe will start from Italy. The eloquent image spread recently by Nokia shows that stocks of the device is ready to reach the shelves of Italian stores.

PAC-MAN Kart Rally arrives on Windows Phone and is the first Xbox Live wireless multiplayer game

Another new game on Xbox Live for owners of Windows Phone. This week the title presented to the store for Microsoft's video game stars a real milestone in the history of video games, that is none other than Pac-Man. 

In reality, however, this time the cute yellow ball-eating ghosts back in a form different from the usual one: Pac-Man Rally Kart , in fact, is a racing game in go-kart on the style of famous titles such as Mario Kart.