Microsoft is normally stringent with their requirements for Windows Phone, to the fact that all Windows Phones have the same processor, screen resolution and hardware buttons. This of course is a good thing to some extent reducing the problem of fragmentation as seen in the Android eco-system to zero. Thus Microsoft is able to update all of its phones at once without much work required. Recently though its ...

Windows Phone's intuitive Metro UI is one of the biggest gambles Microsoft has made as of late. Based on the Zune HD interface, Windows Phone 7's functionality and ease-of-use has surprised many critics. Of the few Windows Phone devices on the market, however, only Nokia's Lumia 800 is consistently given high praise. The Lumia 800 is a great piece of hardware, there's no doubt about it, but its muted succes ...

  Microsoft's SkyDrive, software that allows for storage and sharing of files, has proven itself a contender in the cloud storage space, thanks in part to products within the Microsoft ecosystem like Office and its cloud counterpart Office 365. Early this morning, Microsoft unveiled SkyDrive's new native application with Metro interface for Windows 8. Also announced was integration with Explorer in Win ...

E3 2012 to showcase Next-Gen Consoles! The rumour mill is churning out brand new rumours today, this time about the upcoming E3 2012 event. The next generation consoles rumoured to be making an official unveiling this year are the Sony PS4 and the Xbox 720; supposedly shadowing Nintendo’s attempts to steal the show by unravelling their own next-gen console update, the Wii U. The magazine news and trade comm ...

Several people have reported that since the new Xbox dashboard's been rolled out a few weeks ago, they have been unable to access Xbox's full features. These issues are varied, including users unable to download their profiles, access paid content and a complete inability to play on the Xbox Live Network. According to Joystiq, who decided to contact Microsoft and ask about these unfortunate problems, they a ...

The popular music service, Spotify has launched on Microsoft's Windows phone platform, creating a direct rival to Microsoft's own Zune music service. Spotify offers users access to unlimited songs, as well as offline songs for a fee of £9.99 a month, whereas the Zune Pass is £1 cheaper but offers a smaller library and less mediums to play it on, for now. ...

After Microsoft teamed up with the WP7 Chevron team we thought no more, thinking that they were neutralising the threat. In a strange turn it seems to be quite the opposite, with Microsoft announcing the full supported release of ChevronWP7 unlock tool. It still voids your warranty but it adds loads of options for developers such as side loading, different ROMs etc. If your interested then don't hold off vi ...

Hi guys, this is my first post! I'm basing it on something which I've experienced just recently. I was in need of a laptop especially as University was just about to begin. The obvious solution was to visit the well-recognised companies such as Argos, Curries and so forth however I realised that these companies had been using subtle marketing. What I mean is that they would boast about something small such ...

Over the last week, Microsoft has been showcasing its tablet friendly successor to Windows 7 at its BUILD conference in California. The new operating system, provisionally and predictably named Windows 8, has been in the works for a long time but now it's at the Developer Preview stage and a somewhat unfinished but workable version can be downloaded by anyone right here. It's a massive new direction for the ...

Microsoft have announced that they are trading the shiny Xbox 360 console for a matte black version this winter Seems like Microsoft are taking a leaf out of Sony's book and refreshing their Xbox 360 sales for the holiday period with a matte black finish for all models. The new fingerprint-resistant coating is already available on the 4GB version of the Xbox 360 however Microsoft are now opting to give the ...

  PS4 release date confirmed!   The eagerly awaited release of Sony's next-gen gaming console the PS4, has been given a pre-Christmas 2012 release date. Sony reports that production of the anticipated console would begin this year! Only having just unveiled the Sony Playstation Vita a month ago, Sony is expecting to bring the PS4 to gamers but with an added twist; it it's been reported to feature ...

  The new HTC Eternity appeared online today with a brief specification and photos! In addition, the phone is scheduled to run the much anticipated release of 'Mango', Microsoft's latest mobile OS due for release later this year. Here is a list of the leaked spec: -4.7-inch WVGA Super LCD display -Qualcomm 1.5GHz dual-core processor -512MB RAM -1.3MP forward-facing camera -8MP rear-mounted camera with ...

  You thought Apple's App Store was doing good, well take a look at Microsoft’s vast number of apps in their Marketplace. With just over 25,000 apps and still growing at an unprecedented pace this is sure to be a hit with the Windows Phone mobile platform users. Microsoft, the company who brought us one of the most popular gaming consoles on the planet, Xbox 360 and with a growing gamer-base on the Xbo ...

In New York City on Tuesday morning Microsoft unveiled the Office 365 cloud program. The longstanding Office suite program will now have an online format allowing for multiple devices to access applications such as Excel and Powerpoint. This move is in reaction to Google Apps success in the corporate sector, which is currently seen as the more cost effective choice as a network solution as its web based nat ...

Eldar Murtazin, a mobile industry expert tweeted, "One small software company decided last week that they could spent 19 bln USD to buy a part of small phone vendor. That's it." Later he confirmed that "I think that's clear enough - MS and Nokia." Eldar is not normally wrong so this is pretty much confirmed, confirming our previous story. As Nokia and Microsoft recently struck a billion-dollar deal over Win ...