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AT&T Nokia Lumia 900 “Ace” to drop Monday

Chris Davies, Jan 7th 2012 Discuss [14]

Nokia's Lumia 900 "Ace" for AT&T is set to launch officially on Monday at CES 2012, according to insiders, with the smartphone expected to pack LTE for use on AT&T's growing 4G network. The Monday reveal was tipped to the NYTimes by two sources with knowledge of the big launch, though exact specifications weren't shared. Read The Full Story

Microsoft muddies Windows Phone update transparency

Chris Davies, Jan 7th 2012 Discuss [27]

Microsoft has announced it is axing its "Where's My Phone Update?" site for Windows Phone, the oft-praised roadmap schedule that kept WP7 device users up to date with what new OS versions they could expect. The increasing number of Windows Phones on the market appears to be the primary reason for the site's shuttering, with Microsoft's Eric Hautala, customer experience lead, hinting that maintaining the page was growing too complex "as we continue our growth." However, there are also indications that Microsoft is giving more control over to carriers as to which customers get updates. Read The Full Story

Microsoft’s Nokia smartphone division acquisition tipped imminent

Chris Davies, Jan 5th 2012 Discuss [30]

Rumors of Microsoft buying Nokia‘s smartphone division have resurfaced, with claims that the key execs at the firms will meet in Las Vegas imminently to finalize the sale. Steve Ballmer and Andy Lees from Microsoft and Stephen Elop and Kai Oistamo from Nokia plan to transfer the smartphone section over, where it would be run under a new Microsoft-led name not as Nokia, arch insider Eldar Murtazin has claimed today, leaving the Finnish firm pushing a portfolio of dumbphones and would-be smartphone alternatives.

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Microsoft Studios signs casual gaming deal

Chris Davies, Jan 5th 2012 Discuss [0]

Microsoft's gaming arm has inked a deal with a social gaming specialist, for a multi-title collaboration that could flesh out the Windows 8 Store or even bring a Halo-style mini-game to Facebook. The agreement [pdf link] between Microsoft Studios and Arkadium will see the two work together to "develop casual and social cross-platform experiences" that will likely benefit Windows PC, tablet, Windows Phone and Xbox users. Read The Full Story

Microsoft and Nokia US Windows Phone budget is $200m corrects insider

Chris Davies, Jan 4th 2012 Discuss [22]

Nokia and Microsoft's combined marketing budget for the US launch of Nokia Windows Phones is double that of previous suggestions, coming in at around $200m, according to insiders with knowledge of the companies' plans. After reports suggesting a roughly $100m promo fund for the AT&T debut of the Nokia 900 "Ace" earlier, notorious insider Paul Thurrott has stepped up with a figure double that, as well as the suggestion that, for the AT&T launch, Nokia is outspending Microsoft 2-to-1. Read The Full Story

AT&T readies $100m promo fund for Nokia Ace 900 March launch

Chris Davies, Jan 4th 2012 Discuss [2]

AT&T's launch of the Nokia Lumia 900 "Ace" will take place in March 2012 with a huge marketing budget of $100m, sources have alleged, as Microsoft and its two partners bet big on the flagship Windows Phone. Insiders suggest the Ace is being treated as an AT&T "hero" device, Betanews reports, though it's unclear where, exactly, that $100m promo pot is coming from. Read The Full Story

Nokia Lumia 900 “AT&T Ace” specs revealed

Chris Davies, Jan 3rd 2012 Discuss [13]

Nokia's upcoming Windows Phone flagship, the Lumia 900 aka the AT&T Nokia Ace, has been further detailed in another pre-CES leak. The roughly 4.3-inch WVGA smartphone will squeeze an 8-megapixel camera and 1,830 mAh battery into a near-12mm thick case, Pocketnow's sources claim, with the Ace/900 weighing just 18g more than the 3.7-inch Lumia 800 at 160g. Read The Full Story

‘Ask Ziggy’, the Windows Phone rival to Apple’s Siri

Paul Fang, Jan 3rd 2012 Discuss [4]

Well, Windows Developer Shai Leib has jumped into the fray, and has introduced a Windows Phone app, dubbed 'Ask Ziggy', that, for all intents and purposes, attempts to rival Apple's Siri personal assistant app for the iPhone 4S. Similar to Siri, Ask Ziggy uses voice recognition technology instead of conventional text entry for search queries. Users can search for directions, flight statuses, financial stock prices, weather, calculation results and other data, using the app on a device running WP7. Read The Full Story

Nokia prepares Windows Phone press event for CES 2012

Paul Fang, Dec 20th 2011 Discuss [10]

Well, Nokia has just sent out press invitations confirming its plans for an CES press event at the Las Vegas convention center. From the looks of it, the phone company is slated for a presentation the afternoon of January 9, the day before CES formally starts, and the focus is clearly going to be oriented towards something Windows Phone-esque, as the press invitation depicts the (surprise, surprise) Windows Metro UI tile theme. Read The Full Story

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Nokia Lumia 800 Giveaway!

Chris Davies, Dec 19th 2011 Discuss [175]

The holidays are coming, and what better way to feel festive than winning a Nokia Lumia 800 courtesy of Three UK. The carrier has given us one of Nokia’s flagship Windows Phones, running Mango on a 3.7-inch ClearBlack AMOLED display and clad in a seamless polymer chassis, to hand over to one lucky SlashGear winner in the UK.

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AT&T HTC Elite and LTE Windows Phone incoming

Chris Davies, Dec 19th 2011 Discuss [4]

Details on two of HTC's 2012 smartphone flagships have been reportedly revealed, including an Ice Cream Sandwich uber-phone and a 4.7-inch AT&T LTE Windows Phone, as the company apparently pares down its offerings from 2011's gush of devices. The HTC Elite will be an Android 4.0 device for AT&T, BGR's sources tell them, potentially launching as the "HTC Congressional" complete with Beats Audio in the first half of April. It will be preceded by what may well be the first LTE Windows Phone, scheduled for the beginning of February. Read The Full Story

Lumia a loser says Euro Nokia research

Chris Davies, Dec 16th 2011 Discuss [96]

Nokia's ambitious and expensive launch promotion for the Lumia 800 has fallen flat, according to European market research, with only a little over 2-percent of those surveyed saying they firmly intended to buy the new Windows Phone. The results of the Exane BNP Paribas poll prompted the brokerage firm to cut its quarterly sales estimates for the Lumia 800 to 800,000, Times of India reports, down from previous expectations of around 2m units. Read The Full Story