Microsoft unveils WP7.8; says existing WP devices will not be upgraded to WP8… may get official port!

Along with the major announcement of WP8, Microsoft also announced Windows Phone 7.8. It may also be the last update for existing Windows Phone 7 devices. The big reason for update incompatibility is hardware support. While WP7 was designed to run smoothly on single core devices, Microsoft changed a lot of core things in WP8 including support for new…

Lumia 710 and Lumia 800c running Tango appear in device stats

Now this news is surprising for me as well. I believed that Tango would bring Windows Phone experience to lower end hardware. I had earlier blogged about Tango running on a 800MHz  MSM7x27A chip. According to rumor mills WP7 Tango would never come to existing devices. However today I spotted WP7 Tango version 7.10.8741 running on Nokia…

Sneak Peek into Twabbit – the upcoming Twitter client for WP7

 Another twitter app? WP7 marketplace already has many clients like Rowi, Mehdoh, Seesmic, Pergerine, TweetCaster, TweetIt! etc. But it still lacks a perfect twitter client. Something like Gravity for Symbian and Plume/Twicca for Android. Twabbit begs to be different. It is very far from being perfect, but can do a lot of tricks which many mature apps accross various platforms only dream of. The…

Nokia Sabre prototype leaks

The guys at PocketNow have managed to a photo of a Nokia prototype which they claim to be the Nokia Sabre. The phone is running WP7.5 Mango and seems to have a front facing camera for video calling. The tipster who sent this claims that Sabre is powered by a 1.4GHz processor and has 1GB of RAM. Other specs…

HTC Coming Up With A 16MP Windows Phone

Holy cow, look at what we’ve just stumbled . A 16 MP Windows Phone device from the Taiwanese manufacturer! You may have already known by now about the Mazaa, featuring DDR2 RAM. Now how about a 16 MP cam assisted by dual LED flash? HTC is really upping the ante, it seems. Watch Pocketnow’s video embedded…

First Pics Of The HTC Mazaa Get Leaked, Headed To Sprint

A generous tipster has sent in what turn out to be the first pics of the HTC Mazaa, a Windows Phone 7 device. According to the leak over at XDA, the Mazaa (codename) features a 3.7″ touchscreen, an LED Flashlight and a speaker to the camera’s right. Also, the tipster says that the type of RAM used is DDR2. There’s the IMEI number printed on the phone (not…

Awesome Windows Phone 7 Ad!

Windows Phone 7 is definitely a looker. The tiles are cool to look at, and are definitely eye candy and refreshing from the mass iPhone-ish clones (read: droids) out there. And we’ve got hold of a cool video for you to watch. One word – stunning!

How To: Download Apps On Windows Phone From Phone And PC

Well, Windows Phone 7 is quite new and many do not know a lot about it. Did you know you can actually download apps from the Marketplace on your computer. Moreover, purchase an app even when your Windows Phone is not connected to the computer and the app will be installed on your device within 24 hours OTA! Wonderful.

Now lets take…

WP7 To Receive Major Updates Next Month

Windows Phone 7 was a last attempt by Microsoft to save itself from going into oblivion in the Smartphone OS segment. And yes, it looks a lot better than Windows Mobile and Symbian. The general perception has been highly favourable, with 93% of the total users saying they’d recommend the OS to their friends. That…

The Curious Case of Nokia, Android and WP7 – A Take From A Symbian Lover

It is frustrating when a fanboy tries to opine on why a certain OS wasn’t used. It is. Very much. Here, I try to make things clear, with any bias. Read on to find out how!

A lot has been said about…

Three reasons why Nokia won’t adopt Windows Phone 7

Just when the rumours about Nokia adopting Android were subsiding, another rumour about it using Windows Phone 7 on it’s smartphones have surfaced, courtesy Mobile-review.

The Russian site (owned by Eldar Murtazin) has sparked off the rumours stating that Nokia and Microsoft are in secret talks to bring Windows Phone 7 to Nokia’s high-end…