Live from Steve Ballmer’s MWC keynote!
Yesterday was so jam-packed full of action, it’s hard to believe this year’s Mobile World Congress convention in Barcelona officially started today. The show runs …
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Differentiation by assimilation: Nokia plays follow the leader
The deal has been rumored for months, but before today, it was hard to believe. The world’s largest mobile phone manufacturer, Nokia, announced a strategic …
Xbox Live, Office, enhanced maps coming to Nokia’s Windows Phones; Qt not
At at joint press conference today, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer and Nokia CEO Stephen Elop provided specific details about what the newly forged partnership between …
Official: Nokia to adopt Windows Phone as smartphone operating system [live video]
Ladies and gentlemen, it’s official. In a press release today, Microsoft and Nokia announced “plans to form a broad strategic partnership that would use their …
Windows Phone 7 update packing copy and paste coming in March?
In December, rumors suggested that the first major update to Windows Phone 7 — the one bringing copy and paste — would drop sometime in …
Nokia weighs Android, MeeGo, and Windows Phone
Tomorrow is D-Day for Nokia. At the company’s Capital Markets Day, CEO Stephen Elop is expected to announce a major shift in Nokia’s smartphone strategy …
Dell will have Windows 7 tablets in market by year’s end
At a business-centric media event today, Dell announced that it will have a 10-inch, Windows 7 tablet available “later this year.” The company did not …
Mexican drug cartel sells counterfeit Microsoft software to fund kidnappings, drug trafficking
Sales of illegitimate copies of Microsoft programs may be doing more than just lining hackers’ pockets. According to Microsoft’s lawyers, notorious Mexican drug cartel La Familia Michoacana …
Yahoo! email bug affects iPhone as well, not just Windows Phone 7
Microsoft on Tuesday revealed that a Yahoo! email inefficiency was the culprit of a phantom data bug affecting Windows Phone 7 users. Yahoo! apologized for …
Microsoft publishes details of first Windows Phone 7 update
While Microsoft neglected to supply an answer to the one question on every Windows Phone 7 user’s mind — when? — the Redmond giant has …
Microsoft: Yahoo email ‘inefficiency’ responsible for Windows Phone 7 data bug
Microsoft has identified the culprit of a bug that causes superfluous data to be transmitted sporadically over 3G by Windows Phone 7 devices. According to …
Windows Phone 7 update could be imminent
Microsoft on Thursday published a new knowledge base article to its support site that suggests the first update to the Windows Phone 7 operating system …
Microsoft reports record revenue in fiscal Q2
Microsoft on Thursday announced its earnings for the second quarter of the company’s 2011 fiscal year. In the quarter, which ended on December 31st, 2010, …
Microsoft partners sold 2 million Windows Phone 7 devices last quarter
Microsoft confirmed to Bloomberg that its partners sold over 2 million Windows Phone 7 devices to carriers and retail partners last quarter. The company also …
Over 100 tablets were unveiled at CES 2011 – here’s a list of all of them
It wasn’t hard to predict that this year’s Consumer Electronics Show would be all about consumer tablets — Apple’s iPad carved out a new product …
Sony Ericsson has Windows Phone 7 devices ‘in the pipeline’ according to report
A new report suggests Sony Ericsson is more deeply invested in Windows Phone 7 than the manufacturer has let on at this point. Rumors of …
Deutsche Telekom says Windows Phone 7 sales are ‘excellent’
An LG exec was recently heard voicing concerns surrounding the Windows Phone 7 platform, basically saying that the new OS has potential but sales aren’t …
HTC: First-quarter revenue and shipments to double in 2011
In a presentation to investors on Friday, HTC revealed first-quarter projections that left attendees wide-eyed and smiling. In short, the Taiwan-based cell phone maker sees …
Apple may intro Windows Phone 7-like photo streaming service
Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, they say, and considering that we see a new patent infringement suit pop up almost every day it …
T-Mobile CEO confirms Sidekick 4G, Galaxy S 4G; Froyo for first Vibrant coming soon
T-Mobile USA’s new CEO Phillip Humm confirmed at an event on Thursday that the carrier will soon launch a pair of new “4G” HSPA+ phones. …
Windows Phone 7 data hog bug identified by Microsoft; fix in the works
Last week, BGR reported on a bug within the Windows Phone 7 operating system that resulted in superfluous data being uploaded over 3G networks. The …
Microsoft OneNote app brings first piece of Office puzzle to iOS
Microsoft on Tuesday launched a new version of its OneNote mobile application for Apple’s iOS platform. Compatibile with the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch, OneNote …
Xbox 360 has biggest year ever in 2010
Over five years after the Xbox 360 launched in November 2005, the console powered through the 2010 holiday season — racking up its biggest sales …
LG exec says Windows Phone 7 sales aren’t meeting expectations, OS is ‘boring’ to some
LG’s global head of marketing strategy and planning James Choi may soon find himself in hot water following a few loose comments made to British …
Microsoft objects to Apple’s ‘App Store’ trademark application
Microsoft has asked the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) to deny a trademark request by Apple, Inc. on the name “App Store.” The Redmond …
Microsoft investigates superfluous data transmissions in Windows Phone 7
Following several reports of Windows Phone 7 devices sporadically transmitting “huge chunks” of seemingly superfluous data via 3G, Microsoft told the BBC that it is …
Seattle Times: Sprint and Verzion to carry Windows Phone 7 devices by June 30
According to a report filed by the Seattle Times, Microsoft’s director of mobile communications, Aaron Woodman, was quoted as saying that both Sprint and Verizon …
The best of CES 2011… so far
Wow. Just, wow. CES has been a nonstop roller coaster so far. Smartphone announcements, tablet announcements, keynotes, Android, Windows… and we’re barely into the second day of …
HTC Trophy may soon bring Windows Phone 7 to Verizon Wireless
It wasn’t included among the stockpile of devices Verizon Wireless announced Thursday at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, but Verizon may have another …
Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 update page indicates a January release
During last night’s keynote, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer was pretty tight-lipped about an exact release date for the company’s first major Windows Phone 7 update; …
