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A Tribute to Windows Phone
Windows Phone's mainstream support has officially ended so it's time to send off Microsoft's gorgeous, intelligent, yet failed attempt at rejuvenating itself in the modern smartphone market.
Pocketnow Throwback: HTC HD2 (Video)
It's the most hacked smartphone of all time, and even after 5 years, it's still impressing us. Join Pocketnow for this throwback review of 2009's HTC HD2!
Five Maddening Things About Windows Phone
Windows Phone is one of the most popular up-and-coming mobile operating systems. Taylor vents five maddening things about the platform.
Nokia Makes Lumia 710 Batman Case Offer Official, Extends To Existing 710 Owners
In addition to new 710 buyers getting the cover, users who already have a 710 can request their free Batman cover online.
Nokia Lumia 610 Review
Is Windows Phone running with that signature buttery smoothness on the Lumia 610 too? Check out our full review below to find out!
Can’t Use Marketplace? Update to Windows Phone 7.5
As of recently, if you can't download, buy, update, or review apps in Marketplace -- both on the phone and on the web-- it's because you didn't update to Windows Phone 7.5.
Nokia Camera Extension to Grace Lumia Windows Phones
Nokia will release a "Camera Extension" for the Lumia line-up which will integrate with the Camera application of Windows Phone, but with added features. These features will bring no less than four camera modes: Smart Group Shot, Action Shot (burst…
Why People Love Android
Before we dive too deep (after all, love is such a strong word) people like Android. About 51% of smartphone users are running Android on their device. By February 2012 there were over 300 million Android phones (not including tablets) in the hands…
Notification LEDs Are A Dead Art
We've talked before about notifications being the essence of a mobile device. Half the reason for the existence of cellphones -and to a lesser extent, tablets- is to inform you of incoming comm traffic. To that end, mobile devices are fitted with a…
Survey: People Want Thin Devices With 4.0-4.5-Inch Displays
Apple and some others might disagree but you really can't ignore the voice of the market! It sure looks like people want their smartphones to be as thin as possible with a screen size many would call "relatively large" or "beyond their sweet-spot"…
Mango: Second, Major WP7 Update? Windows Phone 8 in 2012?
Mary-Jo Foley of ZDnet has dug up some rumors about a few new updates for Windows Phone 7. First of all, there are a couple rumors of either one or two updates coming in January and February. Whichever month an update comes in, we know the first one…
Average Customer Satisfaction by Mobile OS
A Customer Think survey recently published some data regarding customer satisfaction results based on smartphone operating system. The survey found that Windows Phone 7 ended up being the most satisfying operating system of the bunch, followed by…
Microsoft Research is using Holographic Windows Phones
A lot of people think that what Apple is doing with capacitive touch screens and touch-based user interfaces is magical, but what if you could interact with a phone that was just a hologram? A team at Microsoft Research has put together a "Holodesk"…
HTC Omega: First Press Shots (Image)
This is the HTC Omega, an upcoming Windows Phone 7 device from…
Unofficial HTC HD2 Windows Phone 7 ROM Allows Official Updates
The HTC HD2 has long proved its ability to run Windows Phone 7 — among others like Android — which still makes it an iconic phone to come out from the Taiwanese phone maker's factory. It now gets the ultimate treat, an unofficial Windows Phone ROM…
WhatsApp Job Posting Hints At Upcoming Windows Phone Version?
WhatsApp is a very popular cross-platform messenger for mobile that works via data plan and is available on most platforms like iOS, Android, BlackBerry OS and Symbian. Unfortunately, Windows Phone is not on the list but it might be soon! WhatsApp…
Windows Phone 7 Custom ROM For HSPL Enabled HTC Devices
This week we heard about the first RSPL/HSPL project for Windows Phone 7-powered HTC devices, which should open up the gates for future customization and even custom ROMs from the underground developer community. In case you doubted it, here's the…
Samsung Prepping Windows Phone 7 GT-i8350; Omnia 7 Refresh?
We recently learned of an upcoming LG Windows Phone 7 device, the E906, which we speculated to be a refresh of the E900 Optimus 7, one that comes with Mango installed right out of the box. It that assessment's accurate, we could be seeing the same…
New Samsung Galaxy S II, Omnia 7 Firmwares Available [Update X2]
If you are using the Samsung Galaxy S II, you'll be happy to find out that a brand new ROM update is available for your smartphone. There's really not much info related to it at the moment but we know, courtesy of SamFirmware, that it's version…