Microsoft has gone from a smartphone leader to an also-ran struggling to get above 3 per cent market share – what went wrong and is the Nokia deal enough to save the company from smartphone obscurity?

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While the new phones have some slick features, what I saw in a 30-minute demonstration and chance to play with them doesn’t convince me these are enough to compete with the iPhone and Android phones.

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As a seasoned veteran user of each of the major smartphone operating systems, I must say Windows phone 7 is my favorite. Not because it has the most features, or is the easiest to use, or is the most open, or even the most closed (which apparently some people like), but because it is the most polished. Apple's iOS has none of the customability, Android none of the perfection, and WebOS none of ...

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More manufacturers are warming up to Windows Phone. Last week, Acer announced its first Windows Phone and now a Lenovo device called the ‘S2′ has been spotted running Windows Phone 7.5. According to WinRumors, speculation about a Lenovo device has been around for about a year. We don’t yet know much about this new device, but it appears to have about a 4.3-inch screen, run Windows Phone 7.5, and ...

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When Nokia and Microsoft announced their future Windows Phone strategy less than 10 months ago, there was the promise of some unique features in Nokia's devices. We saw a couple of these unique...

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Facebook for Windows Phone version 2.2 brings important support for the Mango platform. New features include the ability to pin app features, such as the messaging inbox, to the home screen and new live tile notifications. The update is free.

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The HTC Radar 4G will be available at T-Mobile on 2 November and is the first Windows Phone Mango device to hit the U.S. It is a good device at $100, but not the top dog with this OS.

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With Windows Phone Mango showing up in new smartphones and rolling out to old ones, it's time to look ahead to the next big update to Microsoft's mobile operating system, code-named Apollo.

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While the new phones have some slick features, what I saw in a 30-minute demonstration and chance to play with them doesn’t convince me these are enough to compete with the iPhone and Android phones.

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Video game consoles and smartphones may seem like an unlikely pair intuitively, but take a step back and they’re both part of the same personal ecosystem: they’re information and entertainment devices that rule overlapping parts of our lives. Microsoft has … Continue reading → Windows Phone 7.5 Xbox Companion Weaves Personal and Living Room Cloud Together is a post from: SiliconANGLE We're now ...

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