Category: Microsoft Windows

There have been a lot of reviews and posts around the two new Samsung Windows Phones over the course of the last couple of weeks but a good comparison video with both devices in hands is over at Mobility Minded.  My good friend Johan covers both the Focus S and Focus Flash in the 4 minute video both from a technical perspective as well as a look and feel perspective.  It’s well worth 4 minutes of your time, especially if you are considering either one of these devices.

Check it out at Mobility Minded

So this one may be a little bit of a stretch but if it is true, this new Nokia phone is going to be stunning.

In all the hype of the Lumia 800 release this week, Nokia released a promotional video on YouTube that highlighted a wide range of things on Windows Phone.  One of these was NFC and in the video they show an absolutely stunning device running Windows Phone.  Here is one of the best images I’ve been able to find of it from My Nokia Blog

A great post over at WinRumors around AT&T and Nokia teaming up to launch Windows Phones together in 2012.  According to the post, talks have been underway for some time with some careful and strategic planning going on for how the devices will be marketed here in the US.

Glenn Lurie, head of AT&T’s tablets unit revealed that the carrier is working on the final details of the agreement to bring Nokia devices to the United States. “We look at every promotional period separately and decide what we’re going to spend our dollars on and what we’re going to put our efforts in,” Lurie said in aninterview with Bloomberg Business Week. “But nothing to announce there on that yet.”

 

Read the full post over at WinRumors – it sure sounds like exciting times are coming in 2012!

This is a nice surprise for Windows Phone users in the UK!

According to Smartphone Gurus the Nokia Lumia 800 is now available on Three, Vodaphone, Orange and T-Mobile in the UK, an event that was not expected until January of next year.  The top-of-the-line offering from Nokia has been one of the most anticipated Windows Phone releases worldwide and Nokia is doing all they can through marketing to make sure people know about the Lumia 800.