If ever there was a smartphone that screams “underdog,” the HTC Windows Phone 8X is that phone. In a handset market dominated by Apple (AAPL) and Samsung (005930), HTC (2498) stumbled badly in late 2011 and has yet to regain it footing. And in a platform war dominated by Google (GOOG) and Apple, Microsoft’s (MSFT) Windows Phone now enters its third year on the market with little to show for it. This perpetually emerging mobile … [Read more...]
China Mobile under growing pressure to cut an iPhone deal
Oktober 29, 2012 By
Last week, Apple’s (AAPL) relatively modest Asia-Pacific sales growth figure showed how Apple may be slipping a gear in China. The iPhone is available at two challenger operators, China Unicom and China Telecom, but not at the giant China Mobile. On Monday, the most recent statistics regarding mobile subscriber growth numbers in China demonstrated how the pressure on China Mobile is also growing rapidly. China’s massive mobile market … [Read more...]
Microsoft announces Windows Phone 8 devices will launch in the US in November
Oktober 29, 2012 By
Microsoft (MSFT) CEO Steve Ballmer said Monday that the first Windows Phone 8 devices would go on sale in Europe this coming weekend and would continue to “roll out through the world in November.” Nokia’s (NOK) Lumia 810 and HTC’s (2498) Windows Phone 8X will launch by November 14th on T-Mobile, while the Lumia 820, Lumia 920 and 8X will all be available on AT&T (T) sometime in November. Verizon (VZ), meanwhile, will have … [Read more...]
Microsoft announces new one-click Skype application, coming soon to Windows Phone 8
Oktober 29, 2012 By
Microsoft (MSFT) on Monday during its Windows Phone 8 press event in San Francisco announced a new version of Skype for its mobile operating system. The program is always running in the background to ensure that users will never miss an incoming call or message from a friend ever again. The application also allows users to message and video chat with contacts directly through the Windows Phone 8 Peoples hub. Joe Belfiore, the head … [Read more...]
Microsoft’s Windows Phone Store now has 120,000 apps
Oktober 29, 2012 By
At its Windows Phone 8 launch event on Monday in San Francisco, Microsoft (MSFT) announced its Windows Phone Store is now filled with 120,000 apps. The Redmond, Washington-based company also unveiled that Windows Phone is now available in 50 languages. Comparatively, Apple’s (AAPL) iOS App Store has over 700,000 apps and Android has 675,000 apps. Microsoft’s corporate vice president Joe Belfiore didn’t stop there, though. … [Read more...]
Microsoft shows off new key Windows Phone 8 features
Oktober 29, 2012 By
Microsoft (MSFT) on Monday officially took the wraps off its Windows Phone 8 mobile operating system. Joe Belfiore, Microsoft’s Windows Phone Program manager, said that the new OS was a response to what he called the lack of evolution in the mobile operating system market and said that “our way was to put people” at the center of the OS rather than icons. Belfiore said that the main focus was to make smartphones more personal … [Read more...]