A huge leak this week has revealed a mountain of facts about the upcoming Windows Phone 8, which is currently codenamed Apollo and will be strongly flavoured by the upcoming desktop and tablet version of Windows 8. Read on for a deep dive into what we can expect.
I’ve bought myself a Windows Phone. I love the phone and I love the operating system, but there’s one major fault with Microsoft’s silky OS that I just can’t get over: the horrifically over-priced apps. When you look at the Marketplace as a whole, there appears to be a massive gap in the market just waiting to make some plucky developers rich… Read more
Windows Phone 7‘s voice capabilities were gifted via the software update to 7.5 (Mango), but what it lets you do isn’t quite on a par with Apple’s Siri. Thankfully new app Ask Ziggy looks to bridge that gap with some intelligent answers and the ability to quote Monty Python. Read more
Thinking about ditching your iPhone? Now you can take the competition for a spin before binning your Apple device. Microsoft’s new Windows Phone 7 demo is an interactive treat, designed specifically to work on an iPhone, it seems. Want to take it for a test drive? Just point your iPhone’s browser at the link after the jump.
Last week, group messaging service WhatsApp started cryptically talking about mangoes on its Twitter feed, prompting speculation that the popular IM client was poised to launch with the latest version of Windows Phone 7, dubbed “Mango”. Today, reports have hit the web that the app has already surfaced on the Marketplace.
I’m not a Windows Phone user myself, but I’ve reviewed just about every single Windows Phone 7 handset that’s been released in the last year, including the lesser spotted Dell Venue Pro. And I like it: it’s cheery and easy to use, and with the upcoming Mango update, will just about achieve feature parity with its competitors, iOS and Android.
I’m always keen on more choice and competition when it comes to tech however, so though you wouldn’t catch an Android dork like me dead with an LG Optimus 7, I’ve been following Windows Phone’s first year of existence anxiously, hoping Microsoft can pull it off. Which is why reports this weekend that Samsung could be pulling out of Windows Phone altogether fill me with fear for both Redmond and Nokia’s future.
Ah, what would the internet be without tantalizing rumors and smartphone mock ups. Today, a user from the daily mobile forums has posted an image which he believes is the Nokia 900, a blue-chip Windows Phone due out in early 2012. The user claims to have sourced the image from a ‘reliable source’, but these specs sound like a fairy tale if you ask us. Introducing, the Nokia 900.
They say that when one door closes another opens. Following HP’s webOS announcement Friday, Microsoft has decided to aim for the jugular by offering free devices, tools and training to “any published webOS devs”. Though all signs indicate webOS will live on, the road ahead just became even more grueling.
Microsoft’s Senior Director of Windows Phone 7 development, Brandon Watson, spoke volumes in his 140 character tweet this morning. The news of his invitation for published webOS devs to join team Windows Phone spread like wildfire. Currently there are just under 30,000 apps in the Windows Marketplace. Far less than either Android or iOS, but still a sizable collection.
