Windows Phone 7.8: hollow, pointless and essentially useless

posted by Thom Holwerda on Fri 1st Feb 2013 18:25 CET [/quote] A few days ago, Microsoft released the long-awaited Windows Phone 7.8 update for all those users who will be stuck on Windows Phone 7 forever because there's no upgrade path to Windows ...

Message posted on the February 3rd, 2013 - 1:02 PM ET

NAVIGON Launches First On-Board Navigation App for Windows Phone 7 Smartphones

Premium GPS App for Windows Phone 7.5 (Mango) Provides Turn-by-Turn Directions without a Cell Phone Signal, NAVIGON also Releases Free traffic4all App.

Press published on the October 11th, 2011 - 7:00 AM ET

Fortumo Launches Payments on Windows Phone

Today mobile payments provider Fortumo launched in-app payments for Windows Phone, making it the only third-party payment provider on Microsoft platforms with support for cross-device integration of payments ...

Press published on the March 27th, 2013 - 10:00 AM ET

Cross-Platform Games & Apps SDK Marmalade Announces Support for Microsoft Windows Phone 8 in Q4 2012

Marmalade (www.madewithmarmalade.com), the cross-platform tool that allows developers to create without compromise - today announced that it will support Windows Phone 8 before the end of 2012. Support for Windows 8 ...

Press published on the October 30th, 2012 - 12:24 PM ET

Havok™ to Showcase Full Technology Suite for Windows 8, Windows RT and Windows Phone 8 at Microsoft’s Build 2012

Havok™, a leading provider of game development technologies, today will showcase its complete technology suite across the Windows ecosystem, including Windows 8, Windows RT and Windows Phone 8, co-presenting in two ...

Press published on the October 30th, 2012 - 12:00 PM ET

Audible.com Launches Mobile App for Windows Phone

Audible’s Latest Mobile App Makes More Than 100,000 Audio Titles Available for Instant Download on Windows Phone.

Press published on the June 21st, 2012 - 7:00 AM ET

Research and Markets: Windows Phone 7 Application Development a 24 Hour Trainer: Ramp up your Knowledge for Developing Apps for Windows Phone 7

Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/a35007/windows_phone_7_ap) has announced the addition of John Wiley and Sons Ltd's new book "Windows Phone 7 Application Development: 24 Hour Trainer" to ...

Press published on the July 20th, 2011 - 2:10 PM ET

StubHub Launches Ticketing Application for Microsoft Windows® Phone

Fans Can Now Buy and Sell Tickets On-The-Go Through the World’s Largest Ticket Marketplace Using Windows Phone Devices.

Press published on the July 6th, 2011 - 12:16 PM ET

Windows Phone 8 won't be coming to older devices

<http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/2185933/windows-phone-wont-coming-devices> <quote> IT'S BAD NEWS for owners of the Nokia Lumia 900 handset, as Microsoft has confirmed that Windows Phone 8 Apollo won't be installable on older ...

Message posted on the June 20th, 2012 - 3:58 PM ET

Microsoft sued over Live Tile interface on Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8

<http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/2221399/microsoft-sued-over-live-tile-interface-on-windows-8-and-windows-phone-8> <quote> SOFTWARE HOUSE Microsoft is being sued for allegedly infringing patents with its Live Tile user ...

Message posted on the October 31st, 2012 - 11:31 AM ET

Windows Phone 8 reboot woe causes outpouring of forum misery

By Bill Ray [quote] Early adopters of Windows Phone 8 hardware are complaining that it reboots at random, up to several times a day, and that they're not being offered any prospect of a quick fix. The complaints relate specifically to the HTC 8X ...

Message posted on the November 19th, 2012 - 8:28 PM ET

Current Windows Phone devices not upgradeable to Apollo

[quote] If you ever needed any proof it's anything but roses ans sunshine over at Microsoft's Windows Phone division, it's this. The next version of Windows Phone, WP8, will run on the NT kernel, which marks a pretty substantial departure from the ...

Message posted on the April 19th, 2012 - 1:08 AM ET

Windows Phone is the kiss of death

A very interesting article in the respected electronics new site ElektronikNet.de indicates that the major reason that Nokia is doing so badly is that Windows Phone has resulted in the lowest customer satisfaction rating that Nokia has ever had. ...

Message posted on the March 4th, 2013 - 1:34 PM ET

Nokia halves Lumia 900 price in advance of Windows Phone 8

<http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/2191746/nokia-halves-lumia-900-price-in-advance-of-windows-phone-8> <quote> Sales of the flagship smartphone are unlikely to pick up FINNISH PHONE MAKER Nokia has cut the price of its flagship ...

Message posted on the July 16th, 2012 - 9:20 AM ET

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