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Angry Monsters: Dad’s Project With His 2 Kids Hits the Marketplace

November 7, 2011 No Comments

A few months ago we wrote a story on how Symbian developer and father of 2 boys Tero Paananen, was working along side his kids ages 6 and 10 to create a game for Windows Phone. The game is called Angry Monsters and it is now available on the Marketplace. The game was created from […]

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Stephen Elop on Nokia & the Launching of Windows Phone (Video)

September 13, 2011 1 Comment

Here is an interview featuring Stephen Elop getting asked about such things as Symbian, MeeGo, the future of Nokia and the launching of Windows Phone. Stephon reiterates that Nokia should be launching their Windows Phone devices later this year. The question remains on their game plan as to what countries they will be hitting first. Stephen […]

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Microsoft’s Entire Suite of Office Apps Coming to Symbian

September 9, 2011 No Comments

Believe me when I say Nokia is ready and itching to go on making Windows Phone their primary focus. The side-effect though are the countless symbian users and developers that still love their good old operating system. Nokia though as not forgotten about Symbian, together with Microsoft they are taking the necessary steps to support it […]

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Nokia: Up to Carriers if N9 Gets Sold in the US, UK But Carriers Prefer Windows Phone

August 12, 2011 No Comments

We recently wrote an article stating that Nokia’s first MeeGo device the N9 wouldn’t be coming stateside nor the UK. It seems that the decision is not only theirs to make. JBT at jedibeeftrix wrote an email to Stephen Elop asking about the availability of the N9. He is reporting that Stephen Elop answered him back […]

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Nokia Losing Title of Largest Smartphone Maker

June 14, 2011 No Comments

It’s no secret that 2011 has been a tough year for Finnish smartphone maker, Nokia. With the announcement of their plans to join forces with Microsoft to primarily produce Windows Phone 7 devices, their numbers have been dwindling. Analysts have also noted these bumps in the road and naturally released their prediction for Nokia in 2011 […]

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WP7 Sales Low Q1 – Nokia Deal to Brighten Up Future (Gartner)

May 19, 2011 4 Comments

Gartner, Inc. has released actual sales numbers for all mobile device manufacturers and operating systems. We all know that it would be a long hard fought race to the top for Microsoft and WP7. So these number shouldn’t really surprise anyone – especially Windows Phone users. Windows Phone saw only modest sales that reached 1.6 […]

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Pyramid Research Corrects Us All: Windows Phone Will Beat Android by 2013

May 11, 2011 No Comments

A few days ago, I wrote an article stating that Pyramid Research was placing their bets on Windows Phone 7. We stated that they were guessing that by 2015 Windows Phone would overtake Android and take the No. 1 spot in the mobile world. They say that we and others were wrong…. They are stating that […]

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New Windows Phone / Nokia Concept – ANNA Icons

May 9, 2011 6 Comments

We are very excited and can’t wait for the Nokia Windows Phones to start rolling out. It is a pretty safe bet that we are not alone since we keep getting these really cool looking concept designs featuring Windows Phone and Nokia’s Symbian. This one which was done by Tommy Incrosnatu was created with the […]

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Nokia To Reduce Workforce By 4,000 Employees

April 27, 2011 No Comments

As exciting as the Microsoft – Nokia deal was and still is. The ugly parts of such deals are coming to light. The biggest issue with partnership like these is that one company needs to shed its workforce. By the end of 2012 Nokia plans to cut it’s global workforce by 4,000 employees, with the […]

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IDC Says Windows Phone will be the No. 2 Mobile OS by 2015

March 29, 2011 No Comments

Today IDC Released their Worldwide Forecasts for the Smartphone Market. They see some huge changes in the mobile front for the next few years. They say the iPhone will keep pretty much the same market share they have now and that Android will capture a bit more to keep it the top OS worldwide with 45% […]

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Nokia Begins to Advertise the Lumia 710 – Welcome to the Amazing Everyday (video)

With the Lumia 800 being Nokia’s flagship Windows Phone at the moment, its no wonder that it has been getting...

Lenovo LePhone S2 Running Windows Phone Coming 2012

Lenovo announced yesterday its LePhone S2 running Android which seemed to kill any chance of them making a Windows...