Windows Phone

Microsoft Scraps Nokia X To Focus On Windows Phone

Microsoft smartphone boss Stephen Elop declares Nokia X's fling with Android is over, amid massive job cuts

10 years ago

Microsoft Starts Nokia Lumia Cyan Rollout

Lumia Cyan brings Windows Phone 8.1 and exclusive Nokia features to Lumia devices

10 years ago

Microsoft Rumoured To Be Preparing Android-Powered Nokia Lumia

Twitter tipster @evleaks predicts Android Nokia Lumia as the latest Microsoft flagship, the Lumia 930, gets a UK release date

10 years ago

Android And Windows Phone To Get A Mobile ‘Kill Switch’

Microsoft and Google join Apple and Samsung in introducing a new security measure

10 years ago

Windows Phone Growth Slows As Apple Market Share Bounces Back

Latest figures show Windows Phone is struggling from mid-range Androids while Apple benefits from Japan, Australia and Europe

11 years ago

Former Nokia CEO Stephen Elop Denies Being A Microsoft ‘Trojan’

Elop says Nokia opted for Windows Phone because it feared a "collision course" with Samsung and has no idea what…

11 years ago

Microsoft Plans To Close Nokia Acquisition On Friday

Microsoft is set to finalise the $7 billion (£4.4bn) acquisition of Nokia's mobile devices unit at the end of this…

11 years ago

Microsoft Releases Windows Phone 8.1 Preview To Developers

Windows Phone 8.1 is made available to developers to test and build applications in a real-life environment ahead of consumer…

11 years ago

Microsoft Demonstrates ‘Cortana’ Machine Learning

The Cortana voice assistant makes use of machine learning to improve results with time, according to Microsoft

11 years ago

Nokia Lumia 930, 630 and 635 Are First Windows Phone 8.1 Handsets

Nokia shows off Nokia Lumia 930, 630 and 635 and promises 8.1 update will come to all of its Windows…

11 years ago

Windows Phone 8.1 Adds Siri Rival Cortana And MDM Features

Windows Phone 8.1 to be available soon, with new phones running the software arriving this month

11 years ago

Windows Phone 8.1 Nears Release? – Report

Microsoft quickly removes a reference to Windows Phone 8.1, with no official word yet on its release date

11 years ago

Huawei Backtracks On Plans For Dual-OS Phone

Company says it won’t be releasing a joint Windows/Android smartphone

11 years ago

Huawei Planning To Release Dual-OS Smartphone

Device running both Android and Windows Phone 8 will go on sale later this year in the US

11 years ago

Microsoft Hands Out Free Windows Phone Licences – Report

Selected smartphone OEMs have been given free Windows Phone licences by Microsoft to drive uptake

11 years ago

Microsoft And Samsung Back Qi Wireless Charging Standard

Qi secures major Windows Phone and Android support as it seeks to establish itself as industy wireless charging standard

11 years ago

Former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer Admits He Dropped The Ball With Mobile

Steve Ballmer admits to mobile mistakes but says Nokia, Surface and Windows Phone give Microsoft hope for the future

11 years ago

Samsung And Google Express Microsoft-Nokia Patent Fears To Chinese Regulator

Microsoft Nokia deal creates fears that Android manufacturers will be charged more in patent fees

11 years ago

MWC 2014: Microsoft To Trim Windows Phone 8 Licence Fee – Report

Microsoft is preparing to drop the OEM licence fees for Windows Phones in an effort to increase adoption

11 years ago

MWC 2014: Kaspersky Launches Phishing-Resistant Browser For Windows Phone

Kaspersky Safe Browser monitors the database of all known phishing websites in real-time

11 years ago

Expect ‘Significant’ Smartphone Growth Decline, Warns IDC

The smartphone market is reaching saturation point and IDC warns that growth will decline significantly

11 years ago

MWC 2014: BlackBerry Launches BES 12 And BBM For Enterprises

BES 12 adds Windows Phone support while BBM Protect offers secure instant messaging for enterprises

11 years ago

HTC Is Working On Windows Phone 8.1 With Microsoft

Details of possible future Windows Phone deals and Android firmware updates revealed by HTC employees during online discussion

11 years ago

Nokia Offers Free Lumia Smartphone Trial To UK Businesses

Nokia aims to increase enterprise market share amid falling handset sales

11 years ago

Android Remains UK’s Most Popular Mobile OS

Android remains number one, but Apple retains market share, says Kantar WorldPanel ComTech

11 years ago

Nokia Handset And Network Equipment Sales Slump In Q4

Nokia and Microsoft both have much to do once devices and services sale is complete

11 years ago

Microsoft Accused Of Buying Manufacturer Support For Windows Phone

Microsoft has denied claims that it pays OEMs millions of dollars to produce devices supporting its Windows Phone OS

11 years ago

Nokia Lumia Black Update Improves App Folders And Camera

Nokia Lumia Black updates Finnish manufacturer's Windows Phone 8 handsets

11 years ago

Further Shots Of Nokia ‘Normandy’ Android Phone Leak

Nokia diversifying from Windows Phone?

11 years ago

Researchers Back Apple’s Strategy – But iPhone Still Trails Android

The iPhone 5S and 5C launch worked for Apple, but Android is still dominant and Windows Phone continues its European…

11 years ago