Microsoft 2012 SmartPhone Articles

Microsoft Rolling Out First OTA Windows Phone 8 Update 12/12/2012

Some international HTC 8X users have reported that they have begun to receive the first OTA update on their handsets, but there's no word ye

Microsoft Talks Windows Phone 7.8 11/30/2012

Though it's been quiet about the subject for some time, Microsoft has provided an update via its Windows Phone Blog about the impending rele

Microsoft and Amazon To Launch Smartphones in 2013 11/27/2012

According to a report coming out of Asia, both Microsoft and Amazon will introduce their own lines of phones next year.

Microsoft Outlines Internet Explorer Enhancements in Windows Phone, Including Greater HTML5 Support 11/9/2012

Microsoft has taken to its Windows Phone Developer Blog to explain the new features of HTML5, which is supported by Internet Explorer 10 on

Latest Report From WSJ Suggests Microsoft Surface Smartphone in Testing Stages 11/2/2012

Inside sources from Asian component suppliers have informed the Wall Street Journal that Microsoft is testing its own smartphone design, tho

Microsoft Launches Windows Phone 8 10/29/2012

Microsoft held an official launch event for Windows Phone 8 in San Francisco today, finally offering a complete look at all of the new featu

Microsoft Plans to Merge Windows and Windows Phone 10/26/2012

Bill Gates says that Microsoft plans to eventually merge all of its operating systems, including Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8, under a sing

Ballmer Says That Microsoft is 'Obviously' Going to Make More Hardware 10/25/2012

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer confirmed that the company plans on releasing more of its hardware in a recent interview with the BBC, once agai

Is This the Microsoft Surface Smartphone? 10/20/2012

Microsoft employees may have given the world a first look at the smartphone their company is developing. Pictures of this device have appear

Nokia CEO Welcomes Possibility of Microsoft Surface Smartphone 10/18/2012

Nokia CEO Stephen Elop said during an investor call earlier today that a Microsoft Surface smartphone would be a "stimulant" to the Windows

Microsoft Windows Phone 8: the Known and Unknown 10/16/2012

With the release of Windows Phone 8 imminent, and big questions still looming, here's a look at five things that are known about WP8 smartph

Microsoft Xbox Music Streaming Service To Be Part of Windows Phone 8 10/15/2012

A reboot of Microsoft's music service is coming soon to Windows Phone 8 as well as Windows 8. Our sister site Tablet PC Review has all the d

Microsoft Shifting Its Focus Toward ''Devices and Services'' 10/10/2012

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer says his company is going to put more focus on hardware. Does this mean a Surface-branded smartphone is in devel

Nokia CEO Doesn't Deny Possibility of Microsoft Surface Smartphone 10/3/2012

Nokia CEO Stephen Elop did not deny the latest round of rumors that Microsoft may be developing its own Windows Phone, instead taking the op

Rumors About a Microsoft-Branded Windows Phone 8 Device Resurface 10/2/2012

Rumors have once again begun to swirl that Microsoft is developing its own Windows Phone 8 smartphone that's to be released in "the coming m

Microsoft SkyDrive for Android Review 9/20/2012

With its new SkyDrive for Android app, Microsoft is sliding into a mobile online storage arena dominated so far by Dropbox and SugarSync. Re

Microsoft Real Victor in Apple vs. Samsung Showdown 8/27/2012

Is Microsoft the real winner in Samsung-Apple patent infringement decision?

Microsoft Issues Fix To Marketplace; Resumes Publishing of Apps 8/17/2012

After errors from a newly-designed backend infrastructure caused Microsoft to suspend publishing to the Windows Phone Marketplace, the compa

Microsoft and Nokia To Make Announcement at NY Event on Sept. 5 8/16/2012

Microsoft and Nokia will be holding an event for a press conference in New York on September 5, the first day of the Nokia World show in Hel

Microsoft Suspends App Publishing To Marketplace After Error 8/15/2012

An error preventing Windows Phone users from installing or updating certain apps has led Microsoft to temporarily suspend the publishing of

Verizon Wireless Adds Microsoft Office 365 to Mobile Tools 8/7/2012

Verizon Wireless has announced the addition of Microsoft Office 365, a cloud-based office productivity suite, to its Small Business Essentia

Rumor: RIM Considering Team-Up With Microsoft, Selling Network Business 6/29/2012

Following the recent announcement that BlackBerry 10 is being delayed once again, inside sources have revealed that RIM is considering drast

Microsoft Denies That It Will Make Its Own Windows Phone 8 Hardware 6/26/2012

Contrary to previous reports, it turns out that Microsoft has no intention to manufacture its own smartphones for its Windows Phone 8 mobile

Microsoft Could Be Developing Its Own Windows Phones 6/22/2012

Earlier this week, Microsoft took the wraps off a line of tablets, which will be sold directly to consumers as the "Microsoft Surface". An i

Microsoft Offers First Look at Windows Phone 8 6/20/2012

Microsoft just wrapped up its "Windows Phone 8 platform preview," giving developers (and the rest of the world, as it was live-streamed) a f

Microsoft to Block Users Without Windows Phone 7.5 From Downloading Apps 4/25/2012

In a move to encourage upgrades to Windows Phone 7.5 Mango, the most recent version of the mobile OS, Microsoft will soon be preventing user

Microsoft Releases Official Skype App for Windows Phone 4/23/2012

The official Skype app has hit the Windows Phone Marketplace this weekend, two months after a beta version was released to the public. This

Microsoft Evangelist Didn't Mean to Promise Windows Phone 8 Upgrades for All 4/19/2012

Nuno Silva, a developer evangelist for Microsoft, has issued a clarification regarding his comments about current Windows Phone models recei

BLOG: Microsoft Employees Forbidden to Buy Apple Products 3/21/2012

A new post from our site editor on the Brighthand Bytes blog discusses the meaning behind a recent decision by Microsoft to prevent employee

Nokia Lumia 800 Entertainment Bundle Now in Microsoft Stores 2/17/2012

An entertainment bundle featuring the Nokia Lumia 800 is now available at Microsoft retail stores. This is the only way people in the U.S. c

Unlocked Nokia Lumia 800 to Ship from Microsoft Retail Stores 2/8/2012

Microsoft revealed in CES 2012 that it will offer the Nokia Lumia 800 in its retail stores. Today, the company has announced that it will st

Microsoft Windows Phone 8 Features Leaked 2/3/2012

Numerous features of Microsoft's next-generation Windows Phone 8 platform, aka "Apollo", have leaked out. Many of the most-requested feature

Nokia Lumia 900 Available for Pre-Order at Microsoft Retail Stores 2/3/2012

Those looking to score a unit of the upcoming Nokia Lumia 900 can now reserve the smartphone by visiting a Microsoft retail store. This requ