A post on Chinese website Weibo appears to have revealed a prototype Nokia Lumia phone running Windows Phone 8. The images show a bright yellow (a future Nokia Lumia colour?) device marked as proto.nokia.com with what could be the Windows Phone 8 interface. It’s not clear if this device is one of the many rumoured ones (including the Nokia Phi […]
Windows Phone 7.8
Rumour: Differences between Windows Phone 8 and Windows Phone 7.8
When Microsoft announced Windows Phone 8, adding that current Windows Phone 7.5 devices would not be upgraded, it also announced a Windows Phone 7.8 upgrade for those devices. Aside from the new Start Screen from Windows Phone 8, it’s not been clear what else it could bring with it. A leaked document obtained by WP7Forum.ru may now have shed some […]
Video: A closer look at the Windows Phone 7.8 Start Screen
Microsoft’s Ben Rudolph (better known as Ben The PC Guy) has posted a video that takes a closer look at the new Start Screen coming to Windows Phone 7.8. The demonstration runs on a Nokia Lumia 900 with an early build but it all looks pretty good already: The key feature is the ability to now resize tiles with three […]
Windows Phone 7.8 to offer some Windows Phone 8 functionality to existing WP devices
As expected, existing Windows Phone 7.5 devices will not be upgraded to Windows Phone 8. Instead, Microsoft will offer a number of Windows Phone 8 features to current devices through a Windows Phone 7.8 upgrade. Microsoft explained that the significant changes made in Windows 8 and ties to new hardware such as multi-core processors meant that many features would not […]