First Windows Phone 8 Device Officially Announced: The Samsung ATIV S

By Grant Hatchimonji | 8/29/2012

Samsung unveiled the world's first Windows Phone 8 handset at IFA in Berlin today, the ATIV S, the specs of which include a 4.8-inch display and a 1.5 GHz dual-core processor.

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Nokia Video Hints That 'Things Are About To Change'

By Grant Hatchimonji | 8/29/2012

Nokia posted a video to YouTube today teasing its September 5 event with Microsoft in New York City, hinting that "things are about to change."

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Verizon's First Windows Phone 8 Device to be a Nokia Model

By Grant Hatchimonji | 8/24/2012

The first Windows Phone 8 model from Verizon Wireless will be a Nokia handset, according to an inside source familiar with the situation, and it will be released later this year.

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Microsoft Issues Fix To Marketplace; Resumes Publishing of Apps

By Grant Hatchimonji | 8/17/2012

After errors from a newly-designed backend infrastructure caused Microsoft to suspend publishing to the Windows Phone Marketplace, the company has now issued a fix and resumed publishing.

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Microsoft and Nokia To Make Announcement at NY Event on Sept. 5

By Grant Hatchimonji | 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 Helsinki, Finland. The unveiling of the first Lumia with Windows Phone 8 could be on the agenda.

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Nokia Rolls Out Lumia 900 Update, Brings Flip-to-Silence and Other Improvements

By Grant Hatchimonji | 8/15/2012

Nokia began rolling out an update for the AT&T version of its flagship Windows Phone model, the Lumia 900, today, bringing with it the addition of flip-to-silence and improvements to the boot sequence and camera performance.

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Microsoft Suspends App Publishing To Marketplace After Error

By Grant Hatchimonji | 8/15/2012

An error preventing Windows Phone users from installing or updating certain apps has led Microsoft to temporarily suspend the publishing of new apps to the Marketplace until the issue is resolved.

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Nokia Phi, Windows Phone 8 Successor to the Lumia 800, in the Works

By Grant Hatchimonji | 8/9/2012

Nokia has a successor to the Lumia 800 in the pipeline, codenamed Nokia Phi, and the Windows Phone 8 handset will reportedly be released in the last week of October.

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Is This The First Nokia Windows Phone 8 Device?

By Grant Hatchimonji | 8/7/2012

Two leaked photos, which have since been taken down, appear to give the world a first look at a prototype Nokia Lumia handset running Windows Phone 8.

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Verizon Wireless Adds Microsoft Office 365 to Mobile Tools

By Michael Wall | 8/7/2012

Verizon Wireless has announced the addition of Microsoft Office 365, a cloud-based office productivity suite, to its Small Business Essentials portfolio for SMBs.

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HTC Trophy To Receive Windows Phone Tango Update

By Grant Hatchimonji | 8/1/2012

The HTC Trophy, the only Windows Phone handset on the Verizon Wireless network, will be receiving an OS upgrade to Windows Phone Tango, accordign to the carrier.

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Most Popular Smartphones for July 2012

By Ed Hardy | 8/1/2012

Take a look at last month's Top Ten list of smartphones!

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