Windows Phone's Secret Weapon: iPhone Carriers
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According to a fresh leak, HTC plans to expand its Windows Phone 8 lineup with a new handset, which is bound to sit between the Windows Phone 8X and the Windows Phone 8S when it comes into being. Dubbed internally as HTC Tiara, the smartphone will be one of the first to the market with Windows Phone 8 GDR2 - the second major overhaul of the OS after the recent "Portico"...
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pcworld.com (2 months and 12 days ago)
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pcworld.com (27 days ago)
Microsoft reveals only 145,000 apps in Windows Phone Store
The lack of applications on the Windows Phone platform is a serious problem Microsoft must fix if it wants to be a viable alternative to Android and the iPhone. The company on Friday revealed that the Windows Phone Store is now home to 145,000 apps and games, significantly less than Google and Apple’s offerings, and only slightly more than BlackBerry. It appears that...
yahoo.com (11 days ago)
T-Mobile raises price on iPhone 5 by $50
First, T-Mobile didn’t even offer the iPhone. Then, last month, it started offering the phone for $100-and it sold half-a-million phones in three weeks. But now, the carrier has boosted the upfront price on that iPhone 5 to $150. As first reported by TmoNews, an unofficial T-Mobile blog, the $100 iPhone 5 price tag lasted just about one month. Now, the total cost for an...
macworld.com (8 days ago)
Windows 8's lagging phone hampers PC sales, analyst says
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Wow. Former Windows phone exec to head Amazon’s mystery mobile project
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Windows Phone Strengthens Third-Place Position Against iPhone, Android
It's all too easy to dismiss Microsoft's mobile ambitions as blip on the global radar compared to onslaught of the Android and iOS app ecosystems. But new figures show that Windows Phone's sliver of the market is growing at a slightly faster rate than Android's in the United States.
forbes.com (25 days ago)
Microsoft made a mistake with its mobile strategy, says Bill Gates
Ever since the iPhone debuted in 2007, Microsoft has struggled to adapt to the quickly changing smartphone world—and company Chairman Bill Gates knows it. “There’s a lot of things, like cellphones, where we didn’t get out in the lead very early,” Gates said in an interview with Charlie Rose that recently aired on CBS This Morning. “We didn’t miss cellphones, but the way we...
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