Rumor - Nokia could get a period of exclusivity for the commercialization of its Lumia WP8 devices

Nokia's  CEO's Stephe Elop has released a statement regarding the arrival of Windows Phone 8 and the special ties of cooperation between Nokia and Microsoft.These statements have triggered a series of speculations, including the last in order of time makes reference to a possible period of exclusivity granted to Nokia for the sale of the Lumia WP8 smartphones.Let's quickly review the interesting prospect that, at present, must be regarded simply as a hypothesis, not corroborated by any official figures. 

Microsoft will provide many new unpublished features in Windows Phone 8

Let's face it, Microsoft has managed to attract most attention in recent weeks thanks to the Surface, tablet that can finally enjoy the systems to Microsoft at your fingertips, and the long-awaited Windows Phone 8, a release that will dramatically change the standard for smartphones with this OS, introducing what were the features already long overdue.

New concept for the virtual keyboard for Windows Phone 8

It 's now been over a year from the announcement made ​​by Microsoft itself, on a special keyboard and a series of next-generation software for the long-awaited Windows Phone 8 .

Indeed, the famous corporation has tried to introduce a virtual keyboard used only with one hand, directly using the thumb of the user so as to make the writing on your mobile device much easier and straightforward.

Skull of Shogun, a cross-platform game that will allow us to play on Xbox 360, Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8

As we explained in several articles, Windows 8 and Windows Phone Apollo share the same "core". This means that porting an application from one platform to another will be extremely simplified and  Skulls of the Shogun it is a concrete example.

The team of software developers in the house 17-Bit Studios , in fact, has recently announced that the gameSkull of Shogun will support cross-platform gameplay , so we can play simultaneously on Xbox 360, and Tablet PC Windows 8 and Windows smartphones phone. For those who still do not know, Skulls of the Shogun is a strategy game set in Japan in which we control through a Samurai asynchronous turn-based gameplay where the player can handle multiple games at once regardless of its opponents.

Microsoft plans a major announcement on Monday, June 18

Microsoft is distributing invitations to the press for attending an event, scheduled for next Monday, June 18 in Los Angeles, during which there is an announcement of some significance. Obviously, the motivations are completely unknown but many email invitations include the following text words to bottom:

This will be a major Microsoft announcement - you will not want to miss it

With great odds Windows Phone will not even named because, like many of you know, has already planned a summit on June 20 where they should leak out numerous reports concerning the future of Microsoft's mobile OS. Ditto for Windows 8, the Preview Release now available for some time, and Xbox, which has made quite a stir at E3 a few days ago.

Huawei says its ready for the launch of its smartphone with Windows Phone 8?

Huawei has focused heavily on Android during MWC 2012, showing the public a wide range of excellent smartphones based on that platform. However, with the imminent arrival of Windows Phone 8 by the end of this year Huawei also like Samsung and (maybe) Sony may decide to produce even a smartphone based on that OS, passing by a little green robot competition to the Windows Phone.

Sources close to the manufacturer will admit that the staff of Huawei is working closely with the guys at Microsoft, employing about 70 engineers for the project that could give birth to one of the upcoming smartphone with Windows Phone Apollo.

Nokia India hints that the Nokia Lumia 800 can upgrade to Windows Phone 8

An interesting exchange of tweets between Nokia India and a user who requested clarification on ' update any of the Lumia 800 to Windows Phone 8 offers new insights on a subject strongly felt by the public. Let us clarify first that Nokia India is not biased, while assuming a position of possible alternatives. Before considering the interesting conversation is important to emphasize that a definitive clarification on whether the current Lumia receive the update to Windows Phone 8 could be very useful to enhance the confidence of buyers and, consequently, sales.

Metro reimagined - Beautiful Windows Phone 8 concept

As usual,  the guys at 1800PocketPC and like to seduce us with their concept in a big way. This time they do it by showing an interface of Windows Phone 8 really well designed and edited to perfection.

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

Nokia Lumia 920 with Windows Phone 8 concept

From the site MyNokiaBlog , where they often post portraits of concepts for future Nokia smartphones, now comes new concept for a new Nokia Lumia 920 smartphone.

This concept includes:

• 4.3″ screen
• 720p resolution
• 12MP PureView
• Quadcore
• 2000mAh battery
• 1080p video
• WP8
• (Xenon, Curved display, front facing camera)

Windows Phone 8 shows up in I'm WP7 app statistics

While we are are awaiting the Tango update for Windows Phone, Microsoft is already testing a first version of Windows Phone 8. This information comes from the application "I'm WP7" that shows us the different builds of Windows Phone from the users that have installed this application.

As we can see from the image the build running under Windows Phone 8 is signed 8.0.9662.0. Many were the doubts about the veracity of the result showed the application. The developers have promptly declared that Windows Phone 8 is running an emulator, there appears to be counterfeit because they are using on the location of the emulator by default and there is a difference in the time zone.

Moreover wpcentral colleagues claim to have had a tip from reliable sources that Windows Phone 8 has begun internal testing aka "dogfooding" at Microsoft on March 30th.

Source WPCentral

Job post from Microsoft confirming Windows NT kernel in Windows Phone?

It was speculated for a long time that Windows Phone 8 will be running the Windows NT kernel, but so far these rumors have not been confirmed.

A recently published job post by Microsoft seems to indicate that Apollo and Windows 8 will indeed share some components and that Windows CE will be completely scraped.

The full job post after the break

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

Nokia seeks a specialist to bring PureView technology on to Windows Phone

Nokia has not completely hide his intention to bring the technology PureView of Windows Phone devices. 

Meanwhile, as was discovered on Linkedin, appeared job post for a senior specialist, Imaging Algorithms from the 19th March makes it pretty explicit that we will see the technology on Windows Phone.

This is the most important part in the description attached to this listing:

Have you heard of the Nokia 808 PureView? Want to participate in the creation of the next chapter of Windows Phone devices from Nokia? Want to be part of a team responsible for developing the next big thing on camera and imaging? If so, this is your opportunity to join our world class team! At Nokia we are looking for a specialist in image processing algorithms that can work with our team of Windows Phone Imaging in Tampere, Finland.

Source Linkedin Via MyNokiablog

Windows Phone 8 spotted at HTML5 test site

MyNokiaBlog has noticed that Windows Phone 8 appeared at the HTML5 test site.

Considering that currently Windows Phone 7.5 Mango reaches 141 points plus 5 bonus, the result reached by Windows Phone 8, although it is a Beta release, more than doubled.Even Tizen does not disappoint: the new platform created by Samsung in collaboration with Intel reaches 363 points!

It remains a mystery, however, on which terminals are the test was performed.

Via MyNokiablog

MSnerd: All Windows Phone smartphones will be upgraded to Windows Phone 8

MSnerd is an "anonymous" user f who has been pretty reliable when it comes to Microsoft leaks.From a question put to him on reddit.com here comes his statement regarding the release of Windows Phone 8 terminals for first and second generation.

These are the words of MSnerd about upgrading to Windows 8 Phone:

"There are hopes for Windows Phone users to receive first and second generation of Windows Phone 8?

Yes, all phones Windows Phone will receive a subset of Apollo.  operators are the main obstacle in the United States.  Microsoft has pushed hard for the release of Mango in a short time for everyone, as well as Nokia and HTC.Some features of Apollo will be exclusive to Terminal 3 generation who should be released this fall using the MSM8960 platform."

See the release of Windows Phone 8 also on the devices of the first generation would be without doubt a coup for Microsoft and would give users much confidence about purchasing new smartphones with Windows Phone OS.

Via WMPU

Nokia Lumia with Pure View coming soon

According to Nokia,Windows Phone is not yet ready to compete with Symbian in the multimedia industry, which is why the first PureView not based on Microsoft. But things may soon change.

As was reported by the Finnish newspaper Aamulehti, Nokia is working hard to bring the Pure View technology to the Nokia Lumia range. The announcement was made by Jo Harlow, Executive Vice President of Nokia Smart Devices, without specifying an indicative period of output.

"I can not say PRECISELY when, but it will not take very long." / "I can not say precisely when, but it will not take much time."

It is possible that Windows Phone 8, then in the second half of the year, Nokia will bring a new standard of optics inside the Microsoft ecosystem.

Source Aamulehti ; Via Esphoneblog

Rumor: Sony will launch Windows Phone 8 devices later this year

As we have seen in these days, except Nokia with their Nokia 610 Lumia , other OEMs such as Samsung and HTC have stated that they will not bring new smartphones until the official release of Windows Phone 8 Apollo 


Now the latest rumors are that Sony will release Windows Phone devices later this year with WP8 Apolo.In the past we always talked about some suspected prototypes but never any official information about it.


More info at Tweakers.net

Via WPCentral

Rumor:Microsoft testing Windows Phone 8 with dual-core Snapdragon S4

As was reported by TheVerge Microsoft engineers are testing the new MSM8960 chipset from Qualcomm on Windows Phone. The Dual Core clocked at 1.5Ghz should go into business with Windows Phone 8 in the second half of 2012.

Meanwhile it seems that the American operator Sprint is very interested in launching a new terminal operating system with Microsoft, but it should do so before the arrival of Windows Phone 8.The first manufacturer to have received the specifications for Sprint, LTE or more processor MSM8960, would your Nokia. It is therefore reasonable to expect the first dual-core Nokia in the second half of 2012?

Please note that this processor, better known as Qualcomm S4, these days at the Mobile World Congress is amazing some beating all the benchmarks and actual performance of NVidia Tegra 3 (quad core).

Via TheVerge

Nokia Pure View 808 Announced; Comes With a 41MP Camera! Windows Phone in the future?

Nokia just blew our minds with the Pure View announcement. A Symbian powered device, the 808 features an astonishing 41MP sensor allowing photos to be taken in 5MP, 8MP and 38MP variants.

Nokia Pure View is due for release in Q2 here in Europe the 808 Pure View will pack a price tag of 450 Euros.

Running Symbian Belle the 808 is powered by a 1.3 GHz single core processor and comes with a 4 inch 360 x 640 screen. The Carl Zeiss camera will also record video in full HD and it looks like this one will be the camera phone of all camera phones.

Nokia obviously plans to eventually bring this kind of tech our way to Windows Phone. But the OS will need to support that and we bet it won't happen till Apollo this Fall

Via WPCentral