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 It may have been the third runner-up in global market share last year, but ZTE isn’t content to just sit down and keep quiet in its new position. Speaking to Reuters , CEO Cheng Lixin mentioned his company wants to push LTE devices out to the States during the second half of the year, and introduce phones blessed with Windows Phone’s Mango update in early 2012. . . . → Read More: ZTE plans to launch LTE devices later this year, Windows Phone in early 2012  We’re not quite sure why Microsoft didn’t make mention of it during its big event yesterday , but the company has now confirmed that its forthcoming ” Mango ” update will also bring with it another significant addition to the Windows Phone scene: a web-based Marketplace. That will of course let you browse and buy apps right from your favorite web browser, and then have them installed on your phone over-the-air ( “via SMS or email,” apparently ). You’ll also be able to take advantage of various social networking tie-ins to share apps with your friends, and the Marketplace will hang onto your download history so you can easily reinstall all of your apps if you switch phones — and, yes, you can count on plenty of Bing integration as well . . . → Read More: Microsoft to launch web-based Windows Phone Marketplace alongside ‘Mango’  We’re done listening , it’s time to start doing. Microsoft had a number of Windows Phone Mango devices scattered about after this morning’s intimate event concluded. So we grabbed one, went somewhere quiet, and got a little more intimate with the operating system itself, checking out the new hubs, groups, and Bing Vision search that should make cross-shopping a whole lot easier . . . → Read More: Windows Phone Mango and Bing Vision hands-on  Microsoft this morning added Acer, Fujitsu and ZTE to its stable of Windows Phone hardware partners, but look at that image above and you’ll find one name missing. . . . → Read More: Dell curiously missing from Windows Phone ‘Mango’ hardware partner list, Microsoft says ‘stay tuned’ (updated)  We’d heard some rumblings ST-Ericsson might be moving in on its turf with Nokia’s Windows Phone devices, but Qualcomm has now reasserted that it’s still the main game in town. Following the big Mango announcement this morning, Qualcomm confirmed that Microsoft has chosen it to bring a “new generation of Windows Phone handsets exclusively featuring Qualcomm’s second generation Snapdragon mobile processors to market.” The company’s executive vice president, Steve Mollenkopf, further went on to say that Qualcomm is “excited about this next Windows Phone Mango release,” and that it will “leverage the synergy of our highly integrated second generation Snapdragon solution and Microsoft’s Windows Phone software.” Leveraging synergy, what more could you ask for? . . . → Read More: Qualcomm confirms its Snapdragon processor will power ‘new generation of Windows Phone’ devices  Nokia has noted Microsoft’s announcement of the new Windows Phone 7 (aka Mango ) with word that the software being demonstrated today will be the one we’ll see on the first Nokia with Windows Phone device. That’s singular, not plural, indicating that Nokia will likely start off with one phone and work its way up. It also slightly contracts the roadmap for the first handset born from the Microkia partnership, though Nokia’s statement makes sure not to make any promises about when said device will show up . . . → Read More: Windows Phone ‘Mango’ will be used on first Nokia WP devices (updated: multiple!)  Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 VIP Preview Event is when you’ll finally find what’s coming next for Microsoft’s biggest little operating system yet. Are you ready? Sure you are . . . → Read More: Live from Microsoft’s Windows Phone VIP preview event!  Microsoft has some Mango-flavored updates in store for its Windows Phone operating system, and we’re going to be there live to see whether they’re really ripe. Really juicy. Steve Ballmer has promised over 500 new features in this next major release of the OS and we can’t wait to hear him list them all out. . . . → Read More: Microsoft’s Windows Phone VIP preview happens tomorrow, liveblog happens here!  Nokia will launch 12 Windows Phone devices in 2012 — and a few of them will offer dual-core processors. Speaking to Forbes during STMicroelectronics’ analyst day, STMicroelectronics’ CEO Carlo Bozotti confirmed that his company still has “very close relations” with Nokia and that it will be “an important supplier” in Nokia’s future Windows Phone products. A few of Nokia’s phones will be powered by ST-Ericsson’s U8500 system-on-a-chip (SoC) package, which offers support ARM Cortex-A9 dual-core processors. . . . → Read More: Nokia Windows Phones to pack dual-core processors  Microsoft may be promising 32-bit color support in its upcoming Mango update for Windows Phone 7, but some users already had sufficient chromatic depth — at least until they unknowingly traded it for copy / paste. Word on the street is that HTC HD7 owners are noticing a significant drop in color depth after installing Microsoft’s NoDo update, causing ugly color banding in (previously gorgeous) apps and photos. The big M, via a moderator on the Microsoft Support forums, has confirmed the phenomenon, stating that HTC launched the HD7 with color support outside of Windows Phone 7′s 16-big design requirements . . . → Read More: Microsoft: NoDo didn’t break a 32-bit color feature, it fixed a 32-bit color error |
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