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Four Ways of Microsoft Improving Marketplace

As the poet once said, “Mo’ apps, mo’ problems”, or something like that. The Windows Phone Marketplace continues to grow and with more eyeballs on it, Microsoft is making sure devs know the rules that will keep their apps in the store instead of on the sideline.  It seems that developers from Microsoft know well about the gola shared by their customers of a great shopping experience.

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Microsoft Posts Bullish Earnings, Verizon Warming to Windows Phone

As a company long blasted for not pushing the bounds of user interface development and operating system functionality far enough, Microsoft has thought wildly outside the box to come up with truly unique user interfaces such as the Metro UI driven Windows Phone 7 and Windows 8.

The latter product will be a key test for Microsoft when it launches later this year.  The company faces the uneviable task of fulfilling conflicting objectives — delivering a crisp, innovative experience suitable for tablets and desktops alike, while at the same time maintaining or improving on the core traditional desktop experience.

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Windows Phone News: Nokia’s Windows Phones Sold Well in Europe

Hi everyone,

Still remember in last blog article, that we talked about Nokia’s first Windows Phone is sold at $899 in the Windows phone store? I doubt that you guys must be curious how well it’s sold now. Let me tell you. Good news is that it has a good start in Euroupe.

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Nokia’s First Lumia Windows Phone Sold at $899

Have been kept waiting for too long for the Nokia Lumia Windows Phone? Here comes the good news for you!

According to the latest official news, Nokia and Microsoft will begin selling the Lumia 800, the first Nokia Phone to run Windows Phone 7, on Feb. 26 for $899 as part of a bundle.

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Microsoft Will Bring Skype to Windows Phone Soon

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Since windows phone 7 are on the shelf for quite some time, one of the major remaining questions now is everybody’s been asking about Windows Phone 7 is, when will it get Skype? After all, Microsoft did buy out the VoIP company for $8.5 billion in cash last October. Microsoft says it’s “coming soon.”

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Nokia Mulling Windows Phone 7 Plans for SA

Nokia has already had some plans to bring their new Lumia smartphones running the Windows Phone 7 mobile operating system from Microsoft to South Africa. But there are still no firm plans. “We are confirming details, we just have nothing to share publicly at the moment.”said Nokia.

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Windows Phone Mango Getting New Xbox LIVE Features And Games

Hellp sweets, today let’s have a chat about the new Xbox Live features in WP7 Mango released by Microsoft!

That’s right! You Spoke and Microsoft Listened! With Xbox Live on WP7 lacking some luster at launch it appears the team is now going to make it right! We believe that all you WP7 fans would be much excited when seeing these exciting new features.

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Among the changes are:

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Microsoft Reveals New Windows Phone Mango Email, IT Features

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It has been reported earlier this month that a whole bunch of new features Microsoft is expected to add to Windows Phone 7 for its upcoming Mango release. Among those, we saw new messaging options and some hub redesigns. Microsoft is keeping it coming with the Mango teasers, announcing even more changes we can look forward to, including new features concerning email and administrative functions that should please anyone working in corporate IT.

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Windows Phone 7 NoDo Update Rolled Out, Prepare to Wait for It

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It has been so long  to get copy and paste onto Windows Phone 7, however,  it appears that an important step has been taken by Microsoft to put an end to the wait – they’ve begun the official rollout of  NoDo.

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Microsoft Launches Windows Phone 7 Smartphones

Experienced more than three years development time, a new generation of smart phone operating system— Microsoft Windows Phone 7 was finally released on the 11th of October 2010.

New York local time at 9:30 on October 11, Microsoft officially convened  the  released conferences of Windows Phone 7 operating system, the following is from the scene by the Engadget site meeting of the Eleventh Conference .

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