Nokia And Microsoft Holding An Event On 17 August

It seems 17 August could be the day we see an official announcement regarding the first Nokia Windows Phone. Microsoft and Nokia are handing out invites to an event being held in Cologne on the said date, which does not go into the specifics of the event (apart from the fact that there will be a live act and a great DJ) although we do have reasons to believe Nokia will be announcing their new handset, particularly one running Windows Phone 7 Mango.

Android Top Operating System In The US, Apple Top Manufacturer

According to the latest research by Nielsen conducted in the month of June, Android has again come out as the top smartphone operating system with 39 per cent market share. Meanwhile, Apple with its iOS has gained a market share of 28 per cent, also managing to become the top smartphone manufacturer in the US.

Samsung Galaxy S II Slide For ATT Leaks Plus A Candybar Galaxy S II

It appears two new Galaxy S II phones are heading to AT&T - a QWERTY slider and an oddly-shaped candybar. Both droids will pack exactly the same specs as the original I9100 Galaxy S and run on Android Gingerbread.

Fujitsu Toshiba Announce World's First Mango Phone

Fujitsu Toshiba mobile communications has announced the world's first Mango phone. Their new IS12T is the first Windows Phone 7 device to be launched in Japan and comes with Windows Phone OS 7.5 Mango pre-installed.

WP7 Mango Is Now Ready, Manufacturers Get It First

Microsoft has announced it is finished working on the Windows Phone 7 Mango update and it has been released to manufacturing (RTM). Mango is coming this fall on all the available phones and will be pre-installed on the new ones.

Microsoft Takes Marketplace To 19 More Countries

Microsoft opened the gates to its application store last year when it launched Windows Phone 7 but so far it has been available only in handful of countries. Those outside these countries had to fake their location, which meant they could only download free apps from the Marketplace.

Samsung Shows New WP7 Phone That May Be Based On Galaxy S II

After the initial crop of Windows Phone 7 devices, there have not been that many new gadgets. At the Microsoft Partner Conference however, a WP7 Samsung that may be based on the Galaxy S II made a quick appearance. This could be the Samsung i937, a phone that's been in the rumor mill for a while now.

Windows Phone 7 Mango Ported To HTC HD2 (Video)

Back in January we saw the HTC HD2, which was a Windows Phone 6.5 device running Windows Phone 7 and now the guys over at the XDA Developers have ported the latest version of Windows Phone onto the HTC HD2, Windows Phone 7 Mango.

Nokia's First WP7 Device Codenamed Sea Ray Breaks Loose

Ladies and gentleman, we give you the first Nokia WP7 device. Introduced by no other than the company CEO, Stephen Elop in what he thought was a camera-free environment. Despite his confidentiality plea someone could not resist the temptation and shared a few photos and a quick video with us.

Nokia Windows Phone 7 Devices Launching On 26 October?

Nokia has already announced that they would be launching their first Windows Phone 7 devices in certain European countries in quarter four of 2011, and now it seems that we may have a possible launch date 26th of October.

12 Megapixel HTC Windows Phone 7 Smartphone Leaked

It looks like HTC will be launching a new Windows Phone 7 smartphone with a 12 megapixel camera built in, the photos below were posted on Twitter by Eidar Murtzain.

Verizon HTC Trophy WP7 Device Now Only $99.99 At Newegg

After many months of ignoring Microsoft's newest mobile operating system, Verizon has finally gotten on the Windows Phone 7 bandwagon. The first WP7 device to be available on Big Red is the HTC Trophy, which is also a 'global roaming' device or 'world phone' - basically it has a GSM radio alongside that CDMA radio, and that allows you to take it with you (and properly use it) pretty much anywhere in the world.

Nokia Windows Phone 7 Handsets To Feature Dual Core ST-Ericsson Processors

The majority of Windows Phone 7 smartphones feature Qualcomm processors, but it looks like this may change when Nokia releases their first range of Windows Phone 7 devices.

Fujitsu LOOX F-07C Dual Booting Smartphone Becomes Official

We first featured leaked imagery of the new Fujitsu LOOX F-07C dual back at the beginning of the month, when a printed brochure was accidentally revealed to the world, detailing the new smartphones specifications.

Nokia To Announce First Windows Phone 7 Device Next Week

When Nokia and Microsoft announced their partnership earlier in the year, they told us that we would see the first Windows Phone 7 smartphone from Nokia later this year and we may end up seeing it as early as next week.

Upcoming WP7 Mango Update To Bring Along Turn By Turn SatNav

The next update for Windows Phone 7, dubbed Mango will supposedly bring along cool features like music recognition, camera-integrated search (barcade and image scanning) and even turn-by-turn voice guided navigation for the Bing Maps application.

Dell Venue Pro Available For AT&T Starting $149

The Dell Venue Pro has been available in the US with mobile operator T-Mobile, but now it looks like it is now also available with AT&T as it has appeared on the Dell web site for sale with an AT&T contract.

Windows Phone 7 Devices Updated Unofficially Would Not Be Getting Any Further Official Updates

Yesterday Microsoft released a new (security) update for the Windows Phone 7 OS. It seems not all devices will qualify for this update though. Those phones that have been updated previously via any unofficial channel, would not be able to get this update and any further to follow.

Nokia Moves 3000 Symbian Developers, To Lay Off 4000 Other Employees

Today Nokia announced it's moving 3000 Symbian developers to Accenture group and dismisses 4000 other employees, but promises them a solid social responsibility program to help them through.

Windows Phone 7 Mango: A Visual Tour

Although Windows Phone 7 is an underdog in the smartphone fight, Microsoft hopes it can woo developers with new features to make apps more exciting. In addition to showing features of this fall's "Mango" update on Wednesday Microsoft promised development tools that will become available in May. Here is a look at how Microsoft hopes to improve Windows Phone 7 in the coming months.