Ina Fried in Mobile on June 20, 2012 at 10:10 am PT
But existing phone owners aren’t totally being left in the cold. A smaller update for current devices will add the new Start screen shown off on Wednesday.
Walt Mossberg in Personal Technology on January 18, 2012 at 6:03 pm PT
Walt reviews Nokia’s Lumia 710, the $50 device that gets the most common smartphone tasks done for a bargain price.
Ina Fried in Mobile on November 7, 2011 at 12:02 pm PT
Gavin Kim will be a general manager for Windows Phone, heading Redmond’s efforts to “win the hearts and minds” of customers, carriers and hardware makers.
Ina Fried in Mobile on November 7, 2011 at 9:20 am PT
A 55-foot high working replica of a Windows Phone is the centerpiece of a New York launch event that aims to raise the profile of Microsoft’s operating system.
Kara Swisher in AsiaD on November 4, 2011 at 6:10 pm PT
It’s a great time to watch this interview with Andy Lees, president of Microsoft’s Windows Phone unit, since the software giant is holding a big event in New York on Monday to celebrate the U.S. launch of devices running the new Mango version of the smartphone.
Ina Fried in Mobile on October 26, 2011 at 4:06 am PT
The company showed off its first Windows Phone models in London on Wednesday, but only a handful of markets will get the products this year.
Ina Fried in Mobile on October 9, 2011 at 9:00 pm PT
Microsoft’s strategy is to wait until new technologies can be implemented in a sensible and power-efficient way. But that doesn’t mean Microsoft doesn’t want to be at the cutting edge.
Ina Fried in Mobile on October 5, 2011 at 2:25 pm PT
Voice recognition has been common on cellphones since the 1990s, but capabilities have been limited, as has accuracy. Is Siri ready to allow speech techology to turn a corner?
Ina Fried in Mobile on October 3, 2011 at 3:15 pm PT
In an interview with
AllThingsD, Windows Phone unit President Andy Lees talks about a few areas where Cupertino has had to follow Redmond, plus how the company hopes to catch up in an area where it is clearly behind: The sales front.
Ina Fried in Mobile on September 27, 2011 at 10:00 am PT
Redmond confirms that it will start rolling out the update as early as Tuesday for Windows Phone 7 devices. On new devices, Mango will also support visual voicemail and acting as a wireless hotspot.
