What Microsoft working on smartphone design?

The Hot on the heels of Microsoft's double launch of Windows Phone 8 and Windows 8 this week, comes the news that the software giant may be preparing to enter the smartphone market. An article published in the Wall Street Journal states that Microsoft is working with Asian component suppliers to test its own smartphone design, according to sources .According to reports, Microsoft is working on the design for its own smartphone handset.

A Analysts have speculated for some time now about whether or not Microsoft has been working on a smartphone. Not only could it feasibly be a strong competitor to the iPhone 5, but it could double as Microsoft's entry into the handheld gaming console market - which is currently dominated by Nintendo and Sony. Given that smarthphone gaming has been stealing the march on the DS and PS Vita handhelds for quite a while now, due to the smartphone gaming business model and the devices' multi-purpose applications beyond gaming, a Microsoft smartphone would be a strong first step.

The According to the article, some officials at Microsoft's parts suppliers, who declined to be named, say the company is testing a smartphone design but it's unclear at present if a device is set to go into mass production.

A Launch of SmartGlass functionality last week could also be an indication that Microsoft is looking at putting more devices into the market that have handheld functionality.

Windows Phone 8 based HTC 8X aka HTC Accord

Id gadget todays : This article come from HTC 8 : This phone, imaginatively called HTC 8X, is apparently the same device that was earlier spotted as HTC Accord. According to Brighthand, a xda-developers forum member has revealed the specs of the HTC 8X and even shared a picture 

Now Windows Phone 8 devices That HTC is ready to announce its Windows Phone 8 devices has been reported before. Now, the buzz-kills around the Internet have all-but removed any pre-launch excitement by revealing the specs of HTC's Windows Phone phone. Comes a day after specifications of the rumoured HTC One X successor, HTC One X+, were leaked. The HTC 8X will reportedly sport a 4.3-inch display and will be powered by a 1.2 GHz dual-core processor. It will have a 8-megapixel rear camera, 1GB RAM, 16GB of storage and NFC capabilities.

The Samsung was the first of the block, announcing the first Windows Phone 8 device in the form of Samsung ATIV S. The phone features a 4.8-inch Super AMOLED HD display, 1.5GHz dual-core Qualcomm processor, 8MP rear camera, 1GB RAM, 16/32GB storage and a 2,300mAh battery. And Last week, Nokia announced Lumia 920, it's next flagship device, and Lumia 820, both running on Windows Phone 8. The Lumia 920 comes with a 4.5-inch PureMotion HD+ display, dual-core 1.5GHz Snapdragon S4 CPU, 8.7MP Pureview camera, 1GB RAM, 32GB internal storage and a 2,000 mAh battery.

Nokia Lumia 820 however comes with a 4.3-inch display, dual-core 1.5GHz Snapdragon S4 CPU, 8MP camera with dual LED flash, 1GB RAM, 8GB internal storage expandable with microSD card and a 1650mAh battery. Both Lumia 920 and Lumia 820 come with NFC capabilities.

HTC Accord for HTC 8X

The Accord HTC, rahasianya telah bocor di permukaan umum beberapa hari lalu, akan diberi nama HTC 8X. Setidaknya, itulah yang panduan dari smartphone menunjukkan.

Kebocoran datang melalui Twitter dari keterangan rahasia yang sama pada spesifikasi perangkat. Dia juga baik cukup untuk berbagi diagram 8X HTC menunjukkan rincian seperti rocker volume, pemberitahuan LED dan set biasa tombol perangkat lunak Windows Phone.

Seperti biasa untuk platform WP, ada tombol kamera khusus, yang akan berguna saat mengambil foto dengan kamera 8MP yang diklaim 8X itu.

Microsoft bersama Nokia  akan ada  acara beberapa hari lagi, jadi kami recon HTC akan memiliki peluncuran sendiri acara baru smartphone WP8-berjalan  sesaat setelah itu.

Nokia Lumia 920 dengan PureView dan 820 WP8 bocor

Nokia Lumia 920 with PureView and 820 WP8 devices leak . Kita semua tahu ini akan terjadi cepat atau lambat - baris berikutnya dari smartphone Lumia, olahraga Windows Phone 8 OS dengan sejumput PureView. Dua kebocoran menunjukkan Nokia Lumia 920 dan 820 yang diduga telah muncul di Twitter courtesy of evleaks @. Para 920 Lumia dikatakan olahraga kamera PureView-kelas, yang 4,5 "layar dan terlihat menjadi goyang tubuh polikarbonat (mungkin tergantung pada skema warna). Kita bisa bertaruh pada chipset Qualcomm menjadi S4 dengan dual-core CPU Krait di heartand nya layar offerng resolusi HD.

The Lumia 820 dikatakan memiliki 4,3 "layar (ada kata pada resolusi yang sebenarnya). Sejauh yang kami tahu dari citra resolusi rendah, itu juga calo Carl Zeiss optik.

TERBARU: Kami hanya menemukan beberapa gambar hidup dugaan Lumia 820 dan mereka tidak ada hubungannya dengan membuat bocor. Perangkat ini memiliki layar datar, dan lensa kamera di bagian bawah yang sangat berbeda, yang dapat menunjukkan bahwa keduanya adalah perangkat terpisah atau setidaknya salah satu gambar adalah wajah.

Juga titik WPCentral ke Lumia 820 memiliki bukan 4,3 tapi 4,65 "layar AMOLED (mungkin HD) dan dual-core 1,5 GHz prosesor bersama dengan LTE, NFC dan slot kartu microSD.

Kami melaporkan pada dua WP perangkat Nokia yang terlihat sangat mirip dengan Lumia 920 dan 820 beberapa minggu lalu, jadi ini mungkin real deal. Kami kira kita akan tahu pasti kapan acara 5 Nokia dan Microsoft bersama.

HTC Windows Phone 8 roadmap leaks out, 3 models

News HTC Windows Phone 8 roadmap has been leaked, revealing the three models with OS Microsoft has just announced in the pipeline. Similar to the HTC Android running One series, the company will release Taiwan's entry-level, mid-upper range, and full-blown superior handset.

HTC [Rio] The entry level is expected to sport 4 "WVGA display, 5MP camera and 14.4Mbps HSPA. CPU Qualcomm Snapdragon will of line S4, coupled with 512MB of RAM.

HTC [Accord] This will display a 4.3-inch 720p LCD Super 2, 8MP camera with video capture 1080p, 42Mbps HSPA +, and support NFC. CPU in this one will be a dual-core Snapdragon silicon S4, to go with a gig of RAM.

HTC [Zenith] Telephone companies range of Windows 8. This will display a 4.7 "screen and S-LCD2 42Mbps HSPA +. CPU said to be a quad-core has not been announced animals from Qualcomm. Rest of [Zenith] specification will be consistent with those of [Accord].

HTC Windows Phone 8 roadmap leaks out, 3 models

OS and Nokia apps Nokia Lumia 900

id Gadget Today--> Because of the close partnership between Nokia and Microsoft, Lumia 900 capable of running the latest iteration of Windows Phone OS, version 7.5 Mango. The result can be viewed, Lumia 900 capable of performing any task that runs the software on Windows Phones do.

In contrast to Android, Microsoft made ​​its OS, it makes the Nokia has a bit of space to add their own flair on the software side, this is a tribute to unify experience in the phone, but there is one thing that makes it difficult for manufacturers to stand out. However, Nokia does not make a special mark with a nice blue color theme Nokia "is a standard 900 Lumia" and in the presence of an application suite that includes Nokia Marketplace Drive, Nokia Maps, Nokia Transit, and the Nokia Transfer Contact. In this section also highlights the third party partner applications, such as ESPN and CNN. Lumia 900 does not have a Nokia music applications, Music Radio Mix, such as European counterparts. No App, to serve streaming radio and create a mixture, similar to the features of Windows Phone, but these alternatives can give Nokia some additional credibility.

Nokia does not have a long way from the outside of the application software. 

Will Verizon throws weight behind Windows Phone?

id Gadget today--> Verizon ready for a lot with Microsoft and Windows Phone platform. Verizon "Chief Financial Officer Fran Shammo", said at a conference today, (fully supported) from Microsoft and talk to the need for a third mobile ecosystem in the industry.

Verizon confirms this shift from earlier attitudes, on Windows Mobile phones on today's comments underscored the growing need for wireless carriers. Their dependence on Android and IOS, which are two emerging smartphone platforms in saaat ini.Pada Apple, are able to streamline payment of hefty subsidies from operators, forcing them to look elsewhere for the alternative hit.

Marketing weights as well as a large base of Verizon phone customer base could be a boon for Microsoft and Nokia, which has been at the forefront of pushing Windows Phone. While both sides put their resources behind the launch of 900 Lumia at AT & T, the presence of the two largest U.S. carriers will provide an opportunity a chance to succeed.

(Nokia hinted that there is a device that can appear on the Verizon network in the near future) "said Todd Rosenbluth," equity analyst at Standard & Poor's. Verizon believes that it can encourage the adoption of Windows Phone as it drove sales of its Android with Droid franchise.

"Shammo said" (We created the Android platform from scratch and it is a remarkable platform today, that we helped to create, and we seek to do the same with a third ecosystem).

Verizon is actually in the beginning not to use Android. T-Mobile USA is the first carrier to offer Android phones - G1 from HTC. NamunVerizon build a partnership with Google, and was influential in marketing the original Droid into a huge success. Initial success of the Droid and Droid Verizon franchise, push Android into the mainstream.

Even now, many people still believe is synonymous with all the Droid Android phone, despite it being a Verizon brand. Unlike the AT & T on the cusp of losing iPhone exclusivity began to embrace the Android. As the desire to create a smartphone hit Verizon as a partnership with Google, the dominance of Apple and Google can convince operators to seek new allies in Microsoft.

 Corporate earnings and revenue both rose, partly due to decreased sales of the iPhone, in the first quarter. Of 3.2 million iPhones, Verizon to sell 1 million fewer than the corresponding period in the fourth quarter, when the newly launched iPhone 4S. However, it is a large number of which require a large payment to Apple.

This comparison can be made, Verizon sold 2.1 million smartphones 4G LTE, which is largely representative of the non-iPhone smartphone sales in the quarter.

 "Rosenbluth said" (they want a third suite of devices and operating systems to be able to offset the subsidy issue).

WP Tango aka Refresh to allow 8 apps running in background

id Gadget today--> WP Tango aka Refresh to allow 8 apps running in background

We anticipation that the Windows Phone update, which will clearly go by WP Refresh was all about optimizations for low-end chipsets, but it turns out it additionally adds some fresh functionality.

The afresh leaked Tango ROM appear an access in the best cardinal of accomplishments apps. You can now multitask with up to 8 apps (rather than the accepted 5) alive in background.

The Tango a.k.a. Refresh Windows Phone 7.5 amend will hit the already appear accessories afterwards the aboriginal low-end (Nokia) smartphones based on it hit the shelves in the abreast future.

Battery fix for Nokia Lumia 800 starts rolling out today

Last year it was apparent that the Nokia Lumia 800 had array accompanying issues and Nokia's analysis appear that they were acquired by acomputer application glitched. They promised a fix for aboriginal this year and they aloof delivered on that promise.

Battery fix for Nokia Lumia 800 starts rolling out today

The amend is accessible and it starts rolling out today. Nokia say the amend is accident in stages over the abutting two weeks - bisected of the Lumia 800s will get it this anniversary and the added bisected are accepting it abutting week.

Note that not all Lumia 800 phones are afflicted by the array issue, but if castigation is (here's how to check) you can apprehend the amend some time in the abutting two weeks.

Battery fix aside, the amend (version 1600.2483.8106.11500) additionally includes some Wi-Fi connectivity enhancements.

Battery fix for Nokia Lumia 800 starts rolling out today

The Nokia Lumia 800 will automatically analysis if an amend is accessible and will acquaint you back it is. To amend the phone, you'll charge to angle it up to Zune (or Windows Buzz 7 Connector for Mac users).

If you get the update, don't balloon to bead us a band in the comments about any changes in array activity you've noticed. Our own tests shows that pre-update Lumia 800 isn't decidedly impressive.

iOS leaps forward, but Android still leads

The analysts from Nielsen aloof appear their address on the US smartphone bazaar in the aftermost division of 2011 and the numbers that it contains are hardly shocking.

iOS leaps forward, but Android still leads

The iPhone 4S barrage helped iOS accretion a lot of arena and abutting the gap on Android. The two arch platforms were close and close in December, back best of the sales were generated. Windows Buzz was the alone added belvedere to advance its bazaar position, but the Microsoft OS is still far from acceptable a above agency in the US smartphone race.

iOS leaps forward, but Android still leads

Android accounted for 51.7% of all smartphone purchases in Q4, but its allotment in November and December alone to 48.7% and 46.9%, due to the able iPhone sales. The Apple belvedere had a bazaar allotment of 44.5% in December, which is about bifold what it had in October (25.1%). The all-embracing iOS allotment for the division stood at 37%.

The Nielsen Q4 report

Meanwhile, RIM continues its struggles and alone managed a bazaar allotment of 6% in the final division of the year. The Canadians had a allotment of 7.7% in October, but attractive at the stats - it's all decline from there.

iOS leaps forward, but Android still leads

Windows Buzz powered 1.4% of the smartphones awash in the Holiday quarter, which is an advance compared to the 1.3% all-embracing bazaar allotment that it has.

Another trend that Nielsen noticed is that added and added US citizens are switching to smartphones. While aloof 46% of all users accept a smartphone, 60% of those that got a fresh buzz in Q4 autonomous for one with a able OS.

Skype integration in Windows Phone

Skype for Windows Phone, forth with Skype for Windows 8 and Xbox, is advancing soon, says Skype's VP of Products, Rick Osterloh.

Skype integration in Windows Phone

Although it's been eight months back Microsoft acquired Skype, we still haven't apparent able Skype affiliation in Windows Phone or alike a Skype app for the belvedere yet. However, if Rick Osterloh is to be believed, the Skype affiliation is advancing soon.

Skype integration in Windows Phone
It is about believed that the able Skype affiliation in Windows Phone will access with Apollo, which is the abutting above adaptation of Windows Phone and will access afterwards Tango (which will be a accessory update). However, in the meanwhile, Microsoft could aloof absolution a Skype app for the belvedere through the Windows Marketplace for the few Windows Phone 7 accessories that accept a advanced adverse camera built-in.
Skype integration in Windows Phone
Also expected, is affiliation with Windows 8 and Xbox 360. Admittedly, video calling on your TV with the Xbox Kinect is activity to be appealing cool. Hopefully, Microsoft sticks to its chat this time and absolutely does absolution it soon.

Nokia Lumia 900 expected to launch on March 18-19

Nokia appear the fresh Lumia 900 at CES they alone said it will be appear in the abutting few months after giving a able date. WMPoweruser has now abstruse that the buzz will in actuality be launched some time in March.

Nokia Lumia 900 expected to launch on March 18-19

If that's too ambiguous for you, again Windows bloggers Paul Thurrott has gone one footfall advanced and affianced March 18 has the absolute date of launch. Considering Thurrott's clue almanac with Microsoft-related news, we would booty this account with far beneath grains of alkali than we usually do.

So there you accept it then. March 18 seems to be the day you would be able to get your easily on the Lumia 900 in the North America. If you anticipate that's too continued from now again Nokia has some fresh videos of the buzz to accumulate you entertained till then.

LG signs patent licensing deal with Microsoft

iD-Gadget Today's --> LG is the most recent above Android architect to assurance a licensing acceding with Microsoft, accordant to pay royalties to thecomputer application giant. That leaves Motorola as the alone one of the Google OS big players that hasn't got a agnate deal.

The accord agency that LG will be advantageous Microsoft a few bucks for every smartphone, book or "other customer devices" it makes that run either Android or Google Chrome OS.
LG signs patent licensing deal with Microsoft
LG becomes the eleventh Android OEM to assurance such a accord with Microsoft. The above Motorola is already actuality sued by Microsoft over declared apparent infringement, so it ability be abutting that account soon.

HTC and Samsung anniversary accept apparent licensing deals with Microsoft, which crave them to advance out Windows Phone accessories and pay for advance and business of the OS. It's cryptic if LG has agnate clauses in its contract.

Nokia expected to sell 37 million Windows Phones in 2012

this year is activity to be a actual acknowledged one for Nokia and its WP smartphones. The Finns fabricated a accelerated change an accomplishment alteration their focus and administration and now is the fruits of their adamantine assignment are activity to pay off.

Atleast that's what analysts think. In 2012, Morgan Stanley expects Nokia's Windows Phone shipments to hit 37 actor units and bifold to 64 actor in 2013. This agency that in the abutting two years Nokia's Windows Phone accessories will beat their Symbian smartphones' sales.
Nokia expected to sell 37 million Windows Phones in 2012
Just for comparison, Morgan Stanley says that HTC will address 6 actor Windows Phone smartphones this year and 10 actor in 2013.

Those numbers complete appealing able-bodied because that Windows Phone 7 OS hasn't been about for as continued as its iOS and Android rivals. Maybe 2012 will be the year back Windows Phone assuredly makes an impact. We apperceive the forecasts don't complete appropriate accustomed the accepted accompaniment of the platform, but things advance at abundant acceleration in this business, so they ability about-face out true.

LTEpacking Nokia Lumia 900 finally official, exclusive to AT&T

 Nokia acclimated their CES 2012 columnist appointment to advertise their most recent Windows Phone smartphone – the Nokia Lumia 900. Coming with LTE connectivity and a 4.3” ClearBlack AMOLED, the Lumia 900 is activity to be an AT&T absolute at launch.

Nokia Lumia 900 official photos

Despite beforehand rumors, the Nokia Lumia 900 comes with a polycarbonate unibody aloof like the Lumia 800. The two added big-ticket Lumia smartphones additionally allotment the aforementioned 8 megapixel camera with its 28mm wide-angle F/2.2 lens and a 1.4GHz Scorpion CPU.
LTEpacking Nokia Lumia 900 finally official, exclusive to AT&T

Nokia Lumia 900 advertisement event

However, the Nokia Lumia 900 packs a front-facing camera, clashing its sibling. The Lumia 900 additionally runs on a beyond 1830 mAh battery.

LTEpacking Nokia Lumia 900 finally official, exclusive to AT&T

Nokia Lumia 900 advertisement event

According to Nokia, the Lumia 900 is the aboriginal absolute WP smartphone advised for the US market. Unfortunately, the Finns didn't say back it will hit the shelves or how abundant it will cost

WindowsPhone update fixes disappearing keyboard

Italian Windows Phone armpit Plaffo, accept accepted letters that a fresh amend for Windows Phone has amorphous to cycle out, starting with the LG Optimus 7 on Vodafone.

The amend issues a cardinal of improvements and added chiefly bug fixes to Windows Phone, acclamation the brand of the abstruse dematerialization keyboard affair that has bedeviled users by ambuscade the on-screen keyboard in accepted use.

There are additionally added aegis axial fixes too, such as the area aloofness affair that Microsoft said acquired "unintended behavior" by sending balance area abstracts about to adjacent corpuscle building and WiFi admission points.

The amend uses the adaptation cardinal to 7.10.8107.79 and the key credibility of the change log are as follows:

• Stops the on-screen keyboard dematerialization aback in use

• Provides a fix for Gmail accompany issue

• Fixes area admission issue. Following the upgrade, sending area advice anonymously to Microsoft apropos adjacent Wi-Fi admission credibility and corpuscle antennas is optional

•Revocation of certificates issued by DigiCert Sdn Bhd to break a botheration of encryption

• Fixes a botheration with e-mail accompanying to Microsoft Exchange Server 2003. Aback you acknowledgment to or advanced an email, the aboriginal bulletin is now included in the response

• Fixes an affair with voicemail notifications

We still don't accept a briefing of the abounding amend agenda for added accessories and the assorted carriers, but accumulate blockage aback actuality and on your Windows Phone accessory to aces it up soon.

Win Rumours' Tom Warren does about affirm that admitting the cardinal of acceptable fixes the amend brings, the above SMS bug that can attenuate the messaging hub from accepting SMS is still present, so with that we achievement a resolution can be begin soon.

Let us apperceive if your Windows Phone has apparent signs of accessible updates.

Images of Nokia Ace for AT&T

Images of Nokia Ace for AT&T:
his is absolutely one of the best analytical cases of leaked artefact images we've encountered in 2011. Pictures of Nokia's accessible Windows Phone smartphone for AT&T's LTE arrangement popped up in a Christmas card, acknowledgment to an ever artistic Microsoft partner.

The handset, dubbed Ace, is best acceptable activity to barrage as Nokia Lumia 900 in regions added than the United States. It will assuredly accompany a front-facing camera to Nokia's Windows Phone calendar - a nice accession to its LTE arrangement compatibility.

Nokia Ace will best acceptable breach awning at CES 2012, which begins in beneath than two weeks time. We will be accoutrement it alive from Las Vegas, so apprehend an amend as anon as we get the abounding scoop.

Android nears 50% mark in the US

iD-Gadget Today's -- > Android nears 50% mark in the US:

        comScore has aloof appear their fresh address on the US smartphone bazaar and it turns out that there are no affecting changes to be witnessed. Android connected to be the fastest growing adaptable belvedere about and alike the barrage of the iPhone 4S wasn't abundant for iOS to bout its growth.

        In the three months catastrophe on November 30, 46.9% of the smartphone users in the US had a Google OS device. That's 3.1 percent credibility college than the Android bazaar allotment for the antecedent three months.

         iOS came in a adequately abroad additional - Apple's proprietary belvedere acquired 1.4 percent point and had a bazaar allotment of 28.7%. RIM's struggles abide as BlackBerry OS absent added 3.1 percent credibility and now alone admiral 16.6% of the US smartphones.

         Symbian and Microsoft didn't accept a decidedly acceptable time in the bazaar either, the two platforms bottomward 0.5 and 0.3 percent credibility of their corresponding bazaar shares.

Top Adaptable OEMs

3 Month Avg. Catastrophe Nov. 2011 vs. 3 Month Avg. Catastrophe Aug. 2011

Share (%) of Adaptable Subscribers

Aug-11 Nov-11 Point Change

Total Adaptable Subscribers 100.0% 100.0% N/A

Samsung 25.3% 25.6% 0.3

LG 21.0% 20.5% -0.5

Motorola 14.0% 13.7% -0.3

Apple 9.8% 11.2% 1.4

RIM 7.1% 6.5% -0.6

But for all the success that Android is having, the additional allotment of the comScore address shows that Apple is the distinct aggregation to annals the better advance in the accomplished three months. The Cupertino-based aggregation now owns 11.4% of the corpuscle buzz bazaar (that includes smartphones and featuresphones) and is breath bottomward Motorola's close for the third spot.

At the top Samsung continued its advance over the additional placed LG and now accounts for added than a division of all adaptable accessories awash in the US.

HTC and Samsung LTE Windows Phone 2012

iD-Gadget Today's --> HTC and Samsung LTE Windows Phone 2012:

     One of the key appearance missing from Windows Buzz accessory blueprint bedding is 4G LTE connectivity. However, it seems that won't be the case for long. We already knew that Nokia will be ablution their LTE enabled Windows Buzz accessory (ACE) aboriginal abutting year but now we're audition that HTC and Samsung will additionally be abutting Nokia with their own LTE enabled Windows Phones.

The HTC buzz is codenamed Radiant admitting the Samsung buzz is actuality alleged Mandel. Not abundant is accepted about the Radiant at the moment but Mandel is said to accept a absolutely ample display, over 4.3-inches in size.

      If you were acquisitive to see these phones active Tango, however, you ability be aghast as they are said to be active on a pre-Tango adaptation of Windows Phone, whose alone aberration from the accepted versions seems to be the abutment for LTE connectivity.

       Earlier there were rumors that these phones ability barrage on Verizon's arrangement but now Paul Thurrott has accepted that they will instead absolution on AT&T's arrangement and will be accessible afore mid-2012.

Not abundant abroad is accepted about these phones at the moment but we will absolutely acquisition out added at abutting year's CES.

A Windows Phone running LG Fantasy

LG has been quiet on the Windows Phone advanced this year. The alone access we've apparent from the Korean behemothic was the LG Jil Sander Mobile. The closing is hardly a fresh artefact as it is absolutely based on the Optimus 7 from a year ago.

It appears however, that the aggregation has a cast fresh accessory in the works. A affiliate of XDA Developers has acquired a pre-production assemblage of a yet to be announced, Windows Phone 7.5 Mango sporting, LG smartphone, dubbed (at atomic for the time being) Fantasy. Check it out in the photos below.

We apperceive about annihilation about the specs of the smartphone, save for the actuality that its sports a 4" IPS screen, and Microsoft's most recent adaptable OS on board.

The LG Fantasy will reportedly be apparent sometimes during Q1 of 2012. We assumption that a CES or MWC advertisement is likely. We will awning both live, so apprehend an amend as anon as we get the abounding beat on the device.