We reported last week that Microsoft was looking into complaints stating that HTC and Nokia handsets running Windows Phone 8 were randomly rebooting. The company didn't have much to say on the issue aside from that it was "currently investigating reports of these incidents." Now, a little over a week later, Microsoft says that it has pinpointed the problem and will have a fix out soon.
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Nokia Transport updated for Windows Phone 7 and 8 and Symbian
Nokia Transport just received an update, adding segmented route maps and more specific directions for those crucial moments when you need to know precisely what to do. This comes in addition to a redesign that updated the interface for a more intuitive, easy-to-take-in experience. The update is for Windows Phone 7 and 8, as well as Symbian.
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Verizon Nokia Lumia 822 Review
It’s time for Verizon to get its hands on the Windows Phone 8 universe with the lovely Nokia Lumia 822, another iteration of the original Lumia 820. This device is essentially the same as the original Lumia 820 with a 4.3-inch 480 x 800 pixel resolution AMOLED display with ClearBlack technology to make it extra vibrant – covered with a Corning Gorilla Glass 2 pane of reinforced glass and surrounded by some more of that fabulous near-soft plastic we’ve seen on each of the Lumias thus far. This device takes on the Lumia 920 with many of the same features but just ever-so-slightly less top-notch specifications – there may be a little less magic, but there’s certainly magic enough.
Nokia Lumia 920 sells out in Germany
It's time to get serious about Windows Phone 8 in Deutschland it would seem as the folks at Germany Nokia have made it clear that stores across the country have sold out of the Lumia 920. This report is joined by an on-ground report by a reporter from WMPowersuser in Germany who made a mad dash across his city to find a 920 after a bit of a repair issue. Amazon and mobile device sales website GetGoods also sold out earlier this week in addition to massive amounts of carriers across the country - if not every single one of them Deutsch-wide.
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Sinofsky: I wasn’t building a Windows and Windows Phone fiefdom
Ex-Windows chief Steven Sinofsky has weighed in on rumors that his abrupt departure from Microsoft came after foiled plans of merging the Windows and Windows Phone teams, denying any such attempt at power consolidation. Speaking in the comments with former Microsoftie Hal Berenson, Sinofsky countered suggestions that he had been bruised by the company's refusal to give him control over key parts of Microsoft's computing business.
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T-Mobile HTC Windows Phone 8X Review
The HTC Windows Phone 8X is without a doubt the finest Windows Phone machine HTC has ever produced, and certainly one of the most beautiful devices they’ve ever created regardless of operating system. Because we’ve already done a full HTC Windows Phone 8X review as the device exists on AT&T, the following look a the T-Mobile version will be shorter than your average SlashGear review – especially here since the differences between the devices are so incredibly few. Just as Samsung got wise with the Galaxy S III and having the same hardware and software build, for the most part, for carriers across the earth, so too has HTC kept the fighting “one design for all” spirit here with the 8X, a strong device from all angles.
T-Mobile HTC Windows Phone 8X and Nokia Lumia 810 in stores today
Get your Windows Phone 8 rally caps on for a trip to T-Mobile today as both the HTC Windows Phone 8X and the Nokia Lumia 810 have been made available to the public just this morning. We've had a full review of the Lumia 810 earlier this week and have had our hands on the Windows Phone 8X in a full review before it made its way to T-Mobile as well. Now it's time to check out how the two compare to one another - especially since we've just gotten the T-Mobile Windows Phone 8X in the mail!
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Remember bada? Well, it’s giving Windows Phone a kicking
Samsung's bada platform may be less well known than Windows Phone, but it's still outselling Microsoft platform in worldwide smartphone sales. While the big movement may be up at the iOS and Android end, bada's 3-percent of the worldwide market share in Q3 2012 is, according to the latest clutch of stats from analysts Gartner, enough to eclipse Microsoft's OS at 2.4-percent. However, that could well change as Windows Phone 8 sales begin.
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Nokia Lumia 810 Review
With the Nokia Lumia 810 comes T-Mobile’s chance to jump aboard the Windows Phone 8 / Nokia train to victory with a slightly powered-down version of the hero Lumia line introduced earlier this year. We’ve got our review of the Nokia Lumia 920, a beast of a machine with its own set of top-tier features, now we see the lower end of the spectrum with the 810 and its slightly less daring smartphone body. As it turns out, much of the experience here is the same, with not a whole lot of apparent difference to be seen between this and any other high-powered Windows Phone 8 smartphone on the market thus far.
HTC signs up for the Apple tax: $6-8 per Android phone
It would appear that HTC is now set up to pay two giant companies for the rights to use their patents rather than face their legal wrath: their newest being Apple for $6-8 USD a phone. The other company HTC is into for cash-per-device is Microsoft, revealed all the way back in 2010 as an industry changing agreement for $5 USD a phone. The difference between that fee and this are small for HTC and for Apple and Microsoft in the end, but for this one fact: it does still appear that Microsoft makes more from Android-carrying device patent license fees than it does from its own Windows Phone platform – though that may change in the oncoming Windows Phone 8 season.
Verizon’s Samsung ATIV Odyssey leaks with Windows Phone 8
Samsung's new Windows Phone 8 device for Verizon's network, the ATIV Odyssey, has been spotted pre-announcement, with a press image of the LTE smartphone creeping into the wild. The official looking shot emerged via evleaks - which also help spoil Verizon's surprise with the HTC DROID DNA over the weekend - though we've heard whispers of the name and specifications since early in 2012.
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Nokia Lumia 920 vs HTC Windows Phone 8X smartphone war
It’s time to get on board with Windows Phone 8, and what better way to do it than with one of the two first devices on the market with the mobile operating system? We’ve had a look at both the Nokia Lumia 920 and the HTC Windows Phone 8X – now it’s time to pit them against one another in an all-out race to the finish. The finish in this case being your hand – and your pocket, of course.
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