Samsung ATIV S now available for purchase in Germany

The Samsung Ativ S Windows Phone 8 was the first WP8 devices presented, however Nokia and HTC beat Samsung and managed to push their WP8 smartphones in to consumers hands before Samsung. 

Rumor - AT&T will be offering 8 and 16GB versions of the HTC 8X

For over a month, Windows Phone users have had the opportunity to know the first and the most anticipated Windows Phone 8 devices that will be available in the market in the next few weeks, presented by Nokia, HTC and Samsung. 

Samsung ATIV S appeared in first hands-on video

The first hands-on video of the new Samsung Ativ S the new Windows Phone 8 smartphone has appeared courtesy of GSMArena. As you can see, it has a form factor identical to the Samsung Galaxy S3,  the cover is made ​​of plastic, a feature that helps to make it light but probably not as solid and sturdy as is required today from a top range smartphone.

Windows Phone 8 will be presented on October 29th

With the launch of the first Windows Phone 8 smartphones scheduled for November, it was already obvious that Microsoft could not take much longer to reel off the secrets of Windows Phone 8 , but so far all we had were assumptions.Fortunately the guys at Redmond wanted us to be out of doubt while we still cuticles on fingers to announce that San Francisco will become the scene of Windows Phone 8 launch event on October 29 at 10 am. 

Samsung ATIV S can pre-order for 549.99 Euros in Belgium

Until now there had been only speculate on the cost of the new Windows Phone 8 smartphone from the Korean giant.Today, as reported by MonWindowsPhone blog, you can get a more realistic idea of the cost of the Samsung Ativ S  thanks to a Belgian online store.

Windows Phone 8 smartphones available for pre-order in Switzerland, Czech Republic and Sweden

The excitement of the first Windows Phone 8 smartphones is rampant and some European stores have already opened up pre-orders for the first and only smartphone with Windows Phone 8 on board. The good news is that the first to move are precisely the realities of the old continent and the bad news is that the prices are quite high at this juncture, as with any self-respecting preorder. 

Samsung is working on a Windows Phone 8 smartphone for AT & T?

Even Samsung , like Nokia and HTC is focusing his work to produce smartphones based on Windows Phone 8 . In the last hours the rumor is that Samsung is planning another smartphone for AT&T based precisely on WP8 Apollo.

Rumor - Samsung ready to bring to the market a version of the Galaxy W with Windows Phone?

Having dealt with the "effort" to meet the expectations of millions of consumers with Galaxy S3, Samsung also comes back to focus on models for mobile OS from Microsoft.From dutch portal WP7.nl comes in fact a partial confirmation that something is brewing: the log file of the app WP Bench  dedicated to the benchmarks of different wp7 devices has emerged a new Windows Phone from the South Korean giant.

ChatON in now available for Windows Phone, exclusively on Samsung devices

Samsung finally has brought its proprietary IM client Chaton to Windows Phone,but only as an exclusive for the devices belonging to the Samsung brand.

At the moment we do not know if this decision is final or not, although it is very likely that sooner later, the program does its appearance on Marketplace generic , as on other platforms, is already freely available even on different brand phones.

Samsung announces new Omnia M Windows Tango phone

Samsung Electronics has announced the launch of Samsung  Omnia M (Model: GT-I8350), a  Windows Phone  7.5 Tango that  will be available in Europe in the coming weeks.  With multimedia functionality at the highest level is characterized by a 1GHz processor, a Super AMOLED 4-inch display and a 1500mAh battery.

Samsung Focus 2 - New Windows Phone smartphone from Samsung coming to AT&T

AT&T introduced its third Microsoft Windows Phone handset with LTE on Monday. The Samsung Focus 2 launches on May 20 for $49 with new two-year contract, which is priced lower than the $99 Lumia 900 and $199 HTC Titan II. The handset uses a 4-inch Samsung Super AMOLED display and comes in a glossy white finish.

Samsung will deliver smartphones with Windows Phone 8 at the end of 2012

Directly from Taiwan, Samsung has confirmed to the press that will be coming back in the Windows Phone world after the break in the recent months. 

The upper echelons of the company, in fact, have not seen in Mango the opportunity to make the top as the Android device (just look at the hype generated around the Galaxy S3), and for this reason they decided to wait Windows Phone 8 Apollo to release new smartphones.

There will be many more products and it is important for us to hit the right price and differentiate various segments of consumers. Phone Windows 8 will arrive later this year and will improve the ability to market the platform, we will work for the optimized device.

It only remains to wait for any announcements at IFA in Berlin or later. Samsung has managed to get really good results with Android and Windows Phone so far and along side with Nokia,may increase the market share of Windows Phone.

Via WMPU

Rumor - Three new Samsung Windows Phones coming in 2012?

Lately Samsung does not seem to be very engaged in the development and promotion of Windows Phone smartphones, we also confirmed this by Simon Stanford, who said recently that Windows Phone is not a priority for the company at the time, effort have focused on the Android operating system.

The site WPDang were still able to get news from a very reliable source that Samsung will not abandon Windows Phones and will still be main player in Microsoft's operating system. In fact, according to the source, Samsung will release three new Windows Phones in 2012, one of them is rumored that will be Samsung Mandel, with support for LTE and with Tango on board.

The other two smartphones are still unknown, the only information released is which will come with Windows Phone 8 (Apollo), presumably towards the end of 2012.

Via WMPU