Category: Windows Phone 7.5 Mango

Nokia To Focus On Midrange Phones In 2013

December 5, 2012 Mike Johnson Microsoft, Windows Phone 7.5 Mango, Windows Phone 8 No Comments

a report from Digitimes, the company will make entry level and midrange phones (both feature and smart) its main target for next year, as it tries to regain its …

The Windows Phone 7.8 Start Screen on a Nokia Lumia 900 (Video)

June 21, 2012 Mike Johnson Microsoft, Videos, Windows 8 Videos, Windows Phone 7.5 Mango, Windows Phone 7.8, Windows Phone 8, Windows Phone 8 No Comments

100,000 apps now available in the Windows Phone Marketplace

June 20, 2012 Mike Johnson Microsoft, Windows Phone 7, Windows Phone 7.5 Mango, Windows Phone 8 1 Comment

100,000 apps. This info was revealed by Microsoft during the Windows Phone Summit. The first 100,000 apps have come to Windows Phone faster than the rate than it came …

Windows Phone marketplace crosses 100,000 apps milestone

June 5, 2012 Mike Johnson Microsoft, Windows Phone 7, Windows Phone 7.5 Mango No Comments

100,145 apps published to the Windows Phone Marketplace over the last 20 months 88,371 apps live (available for download, total across 60 countries) Windows Phone reached the 100,000 milestone …

New Nokia Lumia 900 commercial – Smart Phone Beta Test

May 30, 2012 Mike Johnson Microsoft, Windows Phone 7.5 Mango, Windows Phone 8, Windows Phone 8 5 Comments

T-Mobile doesn't really care about selling Windows Phones

May 14, 2012 Mike Johnson Windows Phone 7.5 Mango, Windows Phone 8 5 Comments

3629 East Foothill Boulevard, Pasadena, CA 91107 Note to T-Mobile – Your people aren’t trained. You have the frikkin Lumia poster on the store window, it’s not unreasonable that …

Windows Phone finds new allies in Verizon and ATT

April 25, 2012 Mike Johnson Microsoft, Windows Phone 7, Windows Phone 7.5 Mango, Windows Phone 8, Windows Phone 8 2 Comments

No upgrade to Windows Phone 8 – So why exactly would I buy a Nokia Lumia phone again?

April 23, 2012 Mike Johnson Microsoft, Windows Phone 7, Windows Phone 7.5 Mango, Windows Phone 8, Windows Phone 8 57 Comments

Microsoft introduced new Windows Phones (Nokia Lumia) into the Market in partnership with Nokia. Those phones (on the Windows Phone 7.5 platform) got mostly positive reviews. Excitement (slowly) started …

Microsoft release Skype version 1.0 for Windows Phone

April 22, 2012 Mike Johnson Microsoft, Windows Phone 7, Windows Phone 7.5 Mango, Windows Phone 8, Windows Phone 8 No Comments

Microsoft’s use of Skype after the acquisition. Now it seems we’re starting to see some movement. Today, Microsoft released version 1.0 of Skype for Windows Phone, taking the client out …

Microsoft and Nokia begin the Nokia Lumia 900 marketing push

April 10, 2012 Mike Johnson Microsoft, Windows Phone 7.5 Mango, Windows Phone 8 2 Comments

Lumia 900 promotion The Lumia 900 (which costs $100 with a two-year contract) debuted on Easter Sunday and is yesterday was listed as the number one smartphone on Amazon. …

Will Windows 8 Help Drive Windows Phone Usage- And Visa Versa?

April 9, 2012 Mike Johnson Microsoft, Windows Phone 7, Windows Phone 7.5 Mango, Windows Phone 8, Windows Phone 8 1 Comment

possibly see a move from CE to NT, though this is a highly debated topic that has no official proof. Unfortunately Nokia hasn’t seemed to do too much for …

Windows Phone 8 has surfaced in global browser analytics

April 9, 2012 Mike Johnson Microsoft, Windows Phone 7, Windows Phone 7.5 Mango, Windows Phone 8, Windows Phone 8 1 Comment

Is Angry Birds coming to Windows Phone or not?

March 23, 2012 Mike Johnson Microsoft, Windows Phone 7, Windows Phone 7.5 Mango, Windows Phone 8, Windows Phone 8 No Comments

Windows Phone Expands Its Reach To 23 New Countries

February 27, 2012 Mike Johnson Microsoft, Windows Phone 7, Windows Phone 7.5 Mango, Windows Phone 8, Windows Phone 8 1 Comment

Windows Phone Officially Lowers Its Minimum Requirements

February 27, 2012 Mike Johnson Microsoft, Windows Phone 7, Windows Phone 7.5 Mango, Windows Phone 8 3 Comments

Skype for Windows Phone is here

February 27, 2012 Mike Johnson Microsoft, Windows Phone 7, Windows Phone 7.5 Mango, Windows Phone 8 2 Comments

Nokia Lumia 710 Nokia Lumia 800 HTC Titan HTC Radar Samsung Focus S Samsung Focus Flash You can download the Skype Beta directly to your Windows Phone here. Video …

My experience shopping for a Nokia Lumia 710 at T-Mobile stores

February 24, 2012 Mike Johnson Microsoft, Windows Phone 7, Windows Phone 7.5 Mango 4 Comments

**Important** All the stores I checked out had the large Lumia 710 poster in the store window. The energy around the sale of this phone is low – very …

Microsoft get more aggressive with their Windows Phone videos

February 23, 2012 Mike Johnson Microsoft, Windows Phone 7, Windows Phone 7.5 Mango, Windows Phone 8 1 Comment

Poll – Would you buy a 900 dollar Nokia Lumia 800 Phone?

February 16, 2012 Mike Johnson Microsoft, Windows Phone 7, Windows Phone 7.5 Mango, Windows Phone 8 30 Comments

$899! The unsubsidized handset — along with the Nokia Play 360 speaker, Purity HD headset, and a Bluetooth earpiece is now available at stores. So here’s my question poll …

New Samsung Windows phone launched in Australia – Samsung Omnia W

January 31, 2012 Mike Johnson Microsoft, Windows Phone 7, Windows Phone 7.5 Mango, Windows Phone 8 No Comments

Microsoft pays Nokia 250 million dollars to push Windows Phone 7

January 27, 2012 Mike Johnson Microsoft, Windows Phone 7, Windows Phone 7.5 Mango, Windows Phone 8 No Comments

According to Nokia’s fourth quarter earnings report – Microsoft paid Nokia $250 million in the quarter for “platform support payments”. Here’s the quote: Our broad strategic agreement with Microsoft …

Sprint cautious about Windows Phone adoption

January 17, 2012 Mike Johnson Microsoft, Windows Phone 7, Windows Phone 7.5 Mango, Windows Phone 8 2 Comments

Interesting snippet from Engadget that describes Sprint’s allged attitude toward the Windows Phone platform. That includes Sprint, which does currently have a Windows Phone in its lineup (and is …

Windows Phone Video: demo of the Nokia Lumia 900

January 17, 2012 Mike Johnson Microsoft, Windows Phone 7.5 Mango, Windows Phone 8 No Comments

Some video for you of the Nokia Lumia 900. Nokia is introducing the flagship of Windows Phones to the United States in March 2012 – The Nokia Lumia 900. …

New Windows Phone commercials from Nokia

January 13, 2012 Mike Johnson Microsoft, Videos, Windows 8 Videos, Windows Phone 7, Windows Phone 7.5 Mango, Windows Phone 8 No Comments

New commcercials for Windows Phones from Nokia. The first is for the Nokia Lumia 710 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDECIwJPWBk The second is for the Lumia 900. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1qurHPAeDA I haven’t used these phones …

Microsoft’s “beat Windows Phone’s speed” competition backfires

January 12, 2012 Mike Johnson Microsoft, Windows Phone 7, Windows Phone 7.5 Mango, Windows Phone 8 1 Comment

Now, earlier this week, Microsoft unveiled a challenge to CES 2012 attendees – beat Windows Phone’s speed and win $100. Obviously, a lot of people were interested in trying …

Intel Smartphones Are Finally Here – Sort Of

January 11, 2012 Mike Johnson Microsoft, Windows Phone 7.5 Mango, Windows Phone 8 1 Comment

When it comes to mobile phone/tablet technology, Intel certainly isn’t a name that comes to mind. Despite their major lagging behind the pack, Intel has always aspired to develop …

Introducing the Nokia Lumia 900

January 10, 2012 Mike Johnson Microsoft, Windows Phone 7.5 Mango, Windows Phone 8 No Comments

Nokia CEO Stephen Elop unveiled the Lumia 900, the premier smartphone running Microsoft’s Windows Phone mobile operating system and perhaps the greatest hope of redemption for Microsoft’s struggling mobile …

Windows Phone Gets New Update

January 9, 2012 Mike Johnson Microsoft, Windows Phone 7, Windows Phone 7.5 Mango, Windows Phone 8 No Comments

When it comes to smartphones, Windows Phone doesn’t exactly lead the pack. Despite its somewhat lagging popularity compared with iOS and Android, it is still a very capable platform …

Microsoft and partners poised to spend 200 million dollars promoting Windows Phone this year

January 4, 2012 Mike Johnson Microsoft, Windows Phone 7.5 Mango, Windows Phone 8 3 Comments

Microsoft and its phone partners seem poised to spend hundreds of millionsof dollars launching new Windows Phones in the U.S. in 2012. Citing internal (not so secret) Microsoft documentation, …

Looking Back At What Could Have Been: Windows Phone Tablets

January 3, 2012 Mike Johnson Microsoft, Windows 8 Tablets, Windows Phone 7, Windows Phone 7.5 Mango, Windows Phone 8, Windows Phone 8 2 Comments

Ever since Windows Phone 7 came to the market there has been at least some speculation that the OS would have a modified cousin that would work on tablets. …