Windows phone 7.8 upgrade “will be announced soon”

During the yesterday presentation of Windows Phone 8, no mention has been made ​​regarding the update for the current Windows Phone 7.5 smartphones  to the new version of Windows Phone 7.8 , much to the chagrin of many users who were waiting for some news about the new functionality and the date of issue by Microsoft.

Nokia Lumia 920 vs. Samsung Galaxy SIII - Display Visibility Test

The Nokia Lumia 920 once again is the star of a new confrontation with the Samsung Galaxy SIII. The newest confrontation is the display visibility in direct sunlight between the two flagship smartphones.

HTC Accord appeared in photo leak,with Verizon branding

HTC Accord , the new smartphone from HTC Windows Phone 8 , is shown in what appears to be in effect the first live photos of the device. The picture basically confirms the design already seen in the first rendering  and alleged first press shot.

A pretty square design, characterized by what may be a frame or backcover particularly colorful. The first alleged photo widespread try the net in just a few hours away by the presentation which will take place the following day. Along with the photos not much information has being spread beside the technical characteristics who remain the subject of rumors in recent days. 

Official Facebook app for Windows Phone bumped to v2.7

Another new version of the Facebook app for Windows Phone has been released, just one week after the previous update, With this update the WP7 Facebook app has been bumped to version 2.7. Since this is a minor update there are no significant changes. 

Fling coming as Xbox Live title for Windows Phone

Fling a very interesting developed by miniclip is coming to Windows phone as Xbox Live title on Wednesday.

Fling is real puzzle game where the main purpose is centered in an attempt to leave on the table only a colored ball. The elimination of fur balls can only be hitting the various counterparts on the Stage, rolling them out of the level.

This Week’s Xbox LIVE Title Wordament is now available in WP Marketplace

Microsoft has decided to bring forward by one day the game was released on the marketplace, perhaps to allow us to rest during the day tomorrow.Originally the game was released but not Xbox Live certified. Now new is update available,bringing Wordament to version 2.0 and  joining the Xbox Live games for Windows Phone. 

The emulator test confirms the presence of Fast App Switching in Windows Phone Tango

With the availability of the emulator for Windows Phone Tango we have the first early experiments that test the new version of Microsoft's operating system and the functionality of the Fast App Switching. Andreas Hammar wanted to investigate if the 256 MB of RAM standard for next economic Windows Phone will use this feature, and the answer is yes, with reservations.

Microsoft has left on the Fast App Switching on WP Tango, so it works similarly to the device with 512 MB of memory, but the operating system is entirely dependent of the  applications.

"The Fast Application switching is supported on devices with 256 MB of RAM.Keep your applications "dormant", however, depends on the remaining free memory: app runs on Windows Phone with 256 MB of memory will be completed more often than the same run on a terminal with more memory."

In Redmond have therefore chosen to preserve all the features of WP and developers the task of optimizing the app and adapt to the smaller amount of memory available. We will see in the coming months, the behavior of smartphone with the Tango and the limitation in RAM will affect the experience of everyday use.

Via Jayway Team Blog

TIM Brasil will holds launch event for Nokia Lumia 710 and Nokia Lumia 800

The Nokia Lumia 710 and Nokia Lumia 800 will be launched in Brazil tomorrow, and to celebrate the event TIM Brasil is launching a series of events to celebrate the arrival of the first Nokia smartphones with Windows Phone 7 in the country, namely the Lumia 710 and Lumia 800. On the evening of 21 March, thirteen TIM stores in major Brazilian cities will hold events for guests, partners and customers. 
From midnight, those outlets will be open to the public to purchase one of the new Lumias. Customers who register online by 19:00 hrs on 20 March have the chance to win an Xbox 360 and a Nokia Lumia 800.
The cities involved in the promotion are: Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo, Santos, Belo Horizonte, Brasília, Curitiba, Porto Alegre, Recife, Salvador, Fortaleza and Belem. 


Via WMPU

Windows Phone outsold Symbian in the U.K.

Microsoft is waiting for its investment in the platform Windows Phone bear fruit with an increase in market share, but in the meantime managed to reach a goal, in fact in the last three months with its Windows Phone OS in the United Kingdom has outsold Symbian OS. This news comes from a study by Kantar Worldpanel.

Certainly we are not talking about important issues, WP7 in Britain has reached a market share of 2.5% of sales surpassing the 2.4% of Symbian, of course there is much to rejoice given their small share, but it's still a goal to gain positions in the standings.

Among the products with Windows Phone Nokia is the overall winner with his Lumia 800 has gained 87% of sales, thus becoming the number one brand of Microsoft products. Other countries are appreciating more and more this system in Germany has its share of 3.1%.Here also is the host Nokia, in fact every 10 smartphones of the Finnish WP7 9 are, of course it's complicated now understand the reaction of other OEMs that use this OS, probably caught from healthy competition will present products more competitive, giving a strong push to sales.

Now we await new implications for the Microsoft OS that will surely grow, thanks to two new models Nokia Lumia Lumia 900 and 610. Then is our opinion that the release of Windows Phone 8 and integration with the world and Tablet PCs will lead to more widespread, forecasts for Europe talk about market shares around 12% by the end of the year.

Via Phonearena

Microsoft officially launched Windows Phone in China!

Today  March 21, 2012 is the official date of Windows Phone launch in China,first step in growing the Windows Phone ecosystem by releasing the mobile OS in mainland China.

Microsoft looks to regain some ground in the smartphone war by offering a variety of hardware running the refresh of Windows Phone 7.5 "Tango" (build 8773) in one of the largest emerging markets in the world by launching numerous devices, including the HTC Triumph (aka TITAN), the Nokia Lumia 800c and offerings from ZTE (including the Orbit/Mimosa)

The press conference was held in Beijing, where in addition to showing the terminals available has been presented to the public on Microsoft's mobile operating system, adding that, more than 2,000 apps in the Chinese marketplace.

The launch seems to be going well, we must now see in the coming months as the market will welcome China's mobile operating system from Microsoft and if you have the success that the U.S. giant hopes.

More photos and coverage of the event at WPDang

Windows Phone Tango increases App Switching Limit To 8 and will bring enhanced MMS support

The guys at XDA have managed to extract the build and install Windows Phone Tango in different handsets, including the HD2 and the Samsung Omnia 7 

The entire community that has installed the build of Windows Phone Tango is looking for any change from the current version of the operating system. From an initial analysis shows that with Windows Phone Tango you will have up to 8 screens for multitasking bringing greater convenience to you.