Windows Phone 7
Summary
Windows Phone 7 is a mobile operating system developed by Microsoft, and is the successor to its Windows Mobile platform. It is aimed at the consumer market instead of the enterprise market like its predecessor. It launched in Europe, Singapore and Australia on October 21, 2010, and in the US and Canada on November 8, 2010, Mexico on November 24, 2010, with Asia to follow in 2011. With Windows Phone 7, Microsoft offers a new user interface with its design language named Metro, integrates the operating system with 3rd party and other Microsoft services, and plans to strictly control which hardware it runs on.Microsoft unveiled Windows Phone 7 on February 15, 2010, at Mobile World Congress 2010 in Barcelona and revealed additional details at MIX 2010 on March 15, 2010.
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Android growth slows in US as iPhone shoots ahead in December
ComScore figures show that Android had second slow month in a row while Apple added 3. 2m users - but BlackBerry and Windows Phone now have struggle for third place.
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Bill Gates admits early mobile strategy was 'mistake' and hedges on Ballmer
Microsoft chairman misses chance to give CEO total support and says both are 'not satisfied in terms of breakthrough things'.
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BlackBerry's former chief sells entire stake in company
Jim Balsillie offloaded 26. 8m shares during 2012, as company struggles to make inroads into smartphone market.
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Video test: Nokia Lumia 920
I have in my possesion, for the time being, a Nokia Lumia 920, courtesy of some work I'm doing for Brilliant Noise. It's a robust, elegant phone, with an interesting OS, and some excellent optics. It's been interesting pushing myself our of my iPhone comfort zone and trying something different for a while.
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Nokia to bring 41-megapixel 'Pureview' sensor system to Lumia range
The oversampling system brought to Nokia's last Symbian phone during 2012 will be coming to its Windows Phone Lumia range soon, the Guardian has learned.
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RIM's BlackBerry challenge: the people who are staying - and who have
With the launch of its new BB10 software and handsets just hours away, we look at the stories of six people and their phones.
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Nokia Music introduces low cost premium streaming service
Nokia Music and its Mix Radio feature on Nokia's Lumia Windows phones, offers customised streaming radio channels for free, with no ads. Now the service is getting a premium tier upgrade called Nokia Music+ aimed to generate mass market appeal.
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Nokia aims for mass market with upgrade to music streaming service
Lumia Windows phone owners can upgrade to Nokia Music+, which incorporates personal radio features, for €3. 99-a-month.
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Apple and Samsung have won the smartphone wars. What's next?
The latest figures from IDC show that smartphone are approaching 50% of the total phone market, and that two companies dominate it. There's room for growth - but no obvious reason for displacement of the top two.
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Google underestimated Nexus 4 demand, says LG
Head of handset maker's French division says that forecasts ahead of launch of phone were far too low, leading to frustration for buyers - though LG is not making a loss on sales.
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