As expected, Microsoft took off the wraps from Windows Phone 8 at the Windows Phone developer summit. While, the company did not outline each and every feature of the new platform, they did show off eight major highlights of Windows Phone 8 which is expected this fall. Read on for more. (more…)Google+

Despite promising to be on all promising smartphone OS platforms, Samsung has not launched any Windows Phone devices after launching the Omnia W. However, a few reports are claiming that the vendor is planning to announce three new Windows Phone devices by the end of this year out of which two of them will run on Apollo and the third one will be based on Tango. For now, all we know is that this Tango device is codenamed as Mandel and will most likely feature 4G LTE connectivity. (more…)Google+

According to British website TechRadar, Samsung will be bringing out Windows Phone 8 smartphones when Microsoft releases the platform. Only yesterday, Microsoft quietly released an update for Windows Phone codenamed ‘Tango’ which for all intents and purposes targets the lower segment of the market. In stark contrast, Windows Phone 8 will be perhaps the most comprehensive update for the nascent platform and will bring in support for dual-core processors, something that the platform does not currently suppo...

The folks at WPCentral are reporting the existence of the HTC HD8 running a build of Windows Phone 7.5 Mango. While one might think HTC would reserve its HD series of Windows Phone devices for the next major build of Windows Phone – Apollo, looks like the device is running the 7740 build of Windows Phone 7. Another nugget that has been passed on is that the device is running on the Romanian Vodafone network. For those who don’t know the previously leaked Windows Phone LG Fantasy also came from a Romanian ...