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Reports: Nokia gung ho for Windows Phone
It looks increasingly likely that Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 will get a starring role in Nokia Chief Executive Stephen Elop’s attempt to turn around the ailing phone giant. Reports from Bloomberg and The Wall Street Journal indicate Nokia’s turnaround plan will involve phones using Microsoft’s new and still immature mobile operating system. Elop plans to [...]
Windows Phone 7 Is the Real Facebook Phone
When Microsoft and Facebook announced that they were partnering to integrate Facebook and Bing for social network–powered search, it confirmed something I thought Monday: Windows Phone 7 is the real Facebook phone. I don’t know whether Facebook has a secret team working on a phone where they control the OS. But the company don’t need [...]
Hands on: Windows Phone 7 review
Microsoft might have been working on Windows Phone 7 for a year and a half or so, but only now is it getting to the point where it can be considered ready for market. We bagged some hands on time with a near-final version of the software and gave it a thorough test ahead of [...]
Windows Phone 7 to make October 11 debut in New York, London
Next Monday, the 11th, Microsoft is hosting a bunch of launch events for Windows Phone 7, in London and New York. Ars will be reporting live from both. The New York event kicks off at 9:30ET with a press conference with Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, and AT&T Mobility CEO Ralph de la Vega, followed by [...]
Samsung Windows Phone 7 prototype hands-on
It’s been a bit of a unicorn since making a quick appearance at MIX, but we just got the chance to go hands-on with Samsung’s Omnia i8910-based Windows Phone 7 prototype phone. Interestingly, we were told that this hardware will never be released to market — it’s just for testing purposes right now. That testing [...]
Microsoft outs Windows Embedded Handheld platform, Motorola ES400 is the first to get it
Throughout the course of Windows Phone 7′s paced, deliberate unveiling this year, Microsoft has been very clear on the fact that it doesn’t intend for Windows Mobile — the legacy platform we know today — to disappear, arguing that it’s got several years of life left in it for certain verticals. We’re starting to see [...]