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Windows Phone Mango vs iOS 5 Features Comparison Chart

June 13, 2011

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An interesting article posted on winphone7.info showing a long comparison chart between Windows Phone Mango and iOS features. This chart covers the general features of respective OS including the newly announced iOS 5 features. From the iOS side, this chart also breakdown specific features from iPhone and iPad. There’s no specific purpose addressed by this [...]

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New Windows Phone Handsets will be Released on May 24th

May 10, 2011

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Microsoft will held a Windows Phone event on May 24th, 2011 in New Your City. On the invitation sent out to the press, it’s clearly said that Microsoft will unveil the next major release of Windows Phone handsets. So we’ll likely to see some new devices from previous Windows Phone 7 manufacturers like Samsung, HTC, [...]

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Nokia Phone/Tablet Strategy Alleges Windows 8 Tablets in 2012

May 4, 2011

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The famed Russian blogger Eldar Murtazin recently shared a tidbit saying that Nokia has finalized their Nokia Phones/Tablet Strategy for 2012-2013. There are couple of new devices on the list including 5-7 mid-to-high end Symbian^3 devices in 2012, Maemo 6, Windows Phone devices and Win8 tablet in 2012. Moreover, Nokia also has set a target [...]

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Microsoft Launched New iPhone/iOS to Windows Phone 7 API mapping Tools & Guides

May 4, 2011

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Mobile apps store no doubt is a multi-million business and the growth still doesn’t seem to stop yet. Apple with it’s App Store and Google with it’s Android Market are two of the leaders on this market. While others including Microsoft are still continuing to grow as more apps coming to their store. And many [...]

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Android Market Now Offers More Free Apps than iPhone App Store

April 28, 2011

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Distimo has released their latest report on app store figures. This report covers the number of apps accross iPhone, Android, BlackBerry, Ovi, GetJar, webOS and Windows Phone app stores. And according to the statistic in March for US region, the Android Market offers more free apps than the iPhone app store with 12,500 apps in [...]

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Number of Apps in Android Market Close to the Apple App Store

March 10, 2011

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The smartphone battle continues and now not only about the handsets but also for the Application Store. A chart released recently shows the side-by-side comparison of the number of apps from the top 4 most popular mobile apps store Apple App Store, Google’s Android Market, RIM Blackberry AppWorld and Windows Phone Marketplace. From this chart [...]

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Windows Phone Marketplace Now Hosts More than 9,000 Apps and Games

March 8, 2011

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The latest update from Windows Phone team said that the Windows Phone Marketplace now host more than 9,000 apps and games from over 32,000 registered developers and continue delivering an average of 100 new apps every day. Not a huge number though, but surely it shows a consistent growth and soon will reach the 10,000 [...]

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Sony Ericsson Window Phone 7 Prototype Caught in Spy Shots

March 7, 2011

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During the weekend, there was a rumor spread out showing pictures of Sony Ericsson Windows Phone 7 prototype. Those pictures popped up on a Chinese site and soon become a hot news among gadget blogs and websites. From our eyes, it doesn’t seem to be a Photoshop works or even if so, it must be [...]

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Microsoft Brings IE9 to Windows Phone 7, Much Faster than iPhone 4 Safari

February 15, 2011

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At the MWC event, Microsoft announced the Internet Explorer 9 for Windows Phone 7 along with other features to be delivered via update in 2011. According to the IEBlog, the IE9 for Windows Phone uses the same browsing engine, the same code, the same standards support, the same hardware acceleration, the same security and privacy [...]

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Second Batch of WP7 Devices Coming at Mobile World Congress 2011

December 16, 2010

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One of the reason many people believe that cause Windows Phone 7 has not made any significant growth is the lack of the device variants. This indirectly has caused stock shortage in the first weeks of the release of the Windows Phone 7 devices. But a good news just posted by Digitimes. According to their [...]

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