With the upcoming release of Windows Tango and the lowered hardware requirements, Microsoft is sending out emails to all app developers that may be affected by the new hardware. This email states that only around 5% of the apps on the Marketplace are affected, but that those 5% will not...

Nokia is keen on helping developers advertise their apps, which is why they’ve developed a new tool that allows developers to make Lumia commercials featuring their specified app. The tool is extremely easy to use, as developers can feed it the URL for the Marketplace, add music...

Acer has been relatively quiet in the past few weeks before Mobile World Congress, but according to Julien Bertheuil, the company is not planning on abandoning Windows Phone any time soon. The company recently announced a restructuring program that would see fewer devices released to...

Stephen Elop loves to talk about Nokia’s success without actually divulging how successful it has been. This morning at MWC, he talked about the company’s reach to 31 different countries on 50 different telecom operators. He also spoke of the high praise received by his...

We previewed the new Skype beta for you earlier this week, which seems pretty solid for a beta release. However, one of the major flaws of the current beta is that the app is unable to work in the background. Therefore, it’s rather useless for receiving calls unless you’re...

Okay, so this rumor is a little hard to swallow given the amazing form factor of the current Lumia line-up, but according to German site Bestboyz.de, Nokia may be working on a BlackBerry style Windows Phone device, which includes a vertical touch screen. The reported reason is that Nokia...

While many American consumers and pundits have been turning their noses up at the lower specced phones rumored to be produced by the Tango update, it seems Chinese handset makers may be joining them in their lack of support for the move from Microsoft. The Tango update will allow...

For those of you waiting to get your hands on the Windows 8 Consumer Preview, your wait is over. It’s finally here. We’ve been talking about the Consumer Preview and its changes for some time, but now you can finally dig your hands into the new Windows Marketplace, check out...

The Lumia 900 was a popular phone for awards at CES, but it looks like the new media darling is the budget conscious Lumia 610, which walked away with two awards. Laptop Magazine awarded the phone its Best Budget Smartphone award, writing: Though the Lumia 610 will be marketed at...

Here in Windows Phone land there is not much better than seeing apps finally join the Mango party. Today we have not one, but two, apps being updated to Mango, and just in case that wasn’t enough for you they are also Xbox Live games! Minesweeper and Sudoku are the lucky games...