What a difference a long weekend makes. Last week we reported that the Nokia 610 UK price had been announced, and that it was high enough to let the more powerful Lumia 710 undercut it. Unbelievably, another Lumia 710 price crash has made Nokia’s mid-range handset seem even more tempting. Is this low-end market where Microsoft will find success? Read more
The Nokia Lumia 900, the Finns’ latest flagship Windows Phone, has been given its first UK release date, courtesy of Phones4u. It’ll be missing 4G, but it will be coming this month, and with some extra goodies in tow.
Update: Vodafone now has the Nokia Lumia 710 for the even cheaper price of £150.
Eying up Nokia’s influx of Windows Phone-running Lumia handsets? If your needs aren’t demanding enough to warrant the Lumia 800 or upcoming Lumia 900, why not dip your toes in one of the more budget offerings? But which one? There’s some serious price confusion going on at the minute… Read more
Like the look of Nokia Drive for Windows Phone but have the letters ‘H’, ‘T’ and ‘C’ scrawled across your phone? We’ve got some good news for you: HTC has just seriously specced up its pre-installed HTC Locations app for Windows Phone, bringing offline satnav guidance for absolutely nothing. Read on for the full details. Read more
Last Friday, we reported on the current state of Windows Phone app development: specifically, that Rovio’s hesitation to port Angry Birds Space to the platform was a massive blow for Microsoft.
Reuters has even dubbed the situation a “Catch-22”: no one wants to make apps because there are no apps on the Marketplace. But Microsoft is hoping to cut that Gordian knot with a new initiative: it’s clubbed together with Nokia to create a new “AppCampus” at a Finnish university.
Nokia has made the stunningly pretty white Lumia 800 available in the UK, following its initial announcement last month. The phone’s made it onto Nokia’s Lumia Momentum Map – a worldwide infographic of Lumia availability. Want one? Read on for the full details. Read more
The HTC Titan, HTC’s flagship Windows Phone in Europe, has quietly vanished from sale at all major retailers in the UK, despite launching just six months ago. With a giant, 4.7-inch screen, it was once the high watermark for Microsoft mobiles, but with no headline HTC device left, where does that leave Windows Phone now?
