The import analyst website Zauba seems to show an unannounced 5.7-inch Windows Phone device is being shipped from Finland to India, in both single SIM and dual SIM versions
A new report claims, via unnamed sources, that Samsung is seeking to partner up with Microsoft to help develop that company's HoloLens technology, especially in the health care business.
It is not exactly a hidden secret that Microsoft is rebranding its business orientated Lync platform to the more accessible Skype for Business. The rebranding had already begun a few months ago and soon after, hints that a Windows Phone app was on the way as well. In fact, during a recent Reddit AMA, members of the Skype for Business team at Microsoft dropped some significant signs an...
A new report claims Microsoft has plans to replace its consumer Outlook.com email website later this year, and migrate its users over to Office 365.
A new rumor claims that Microsoft will add some kind of TV DVR features to its Xbox One console, possibly by the end of 2015. The news comes in the wake of Microsoft confirming that it will not provide the Windows Media Center features in Windows 10. Paul Thurrott, who has covered the Microsoft beat for a long time and has sources inside the company, mentions the Xbox One TV DVR...
A new article claims, via unnamed sources, to have the hardware specs and code names for two upcoming Lumia smartphones from Microsoft. The story says that both devices will use Windows 10 for phone and will launch later this fall. The story comes from Unleash the Phones, and claims that both new Lumia smartphones will have 64-bit processors and a triple-LED flash for the rear...
The Surface 3 is barely out the door yet, and talk of the Surface Pro 4 is inevitably around the corner. To our knowledge, no one is expecting this device until later this year when Windows 10's big marketing push begins. After all, the Surface Pro 3 is doing well, and the Surface 3 compares favorably as an alternative to that device. However, Chinese tech site 36kr has come across...
File this one under wishful thinking, but Elephone is evidently working on a new flagship device. The alleged phone vaunts a QuadHD (2560 x 1440) display, 4GB of RAM and a 20.7-megapixel camera (Sony's IMX230 sensor). Powered by an Intel processor and boasting a fingerprint scanner, the phone runs Windows 10 for mobile. A version with Android 5.0 Lolipop was also shown, although it is...
A Italy-based hacker group called OrangeSec claims to have 'ported' over Microsoft's Cortana digital assistant so that it will work on Android devices. However, their work is not a true port as the team has simply leveraged Cortana's backend that lacks many of the features found on the Windows Phone version. This port, which team calls "Portaña", only speaks Italian and can only work...
A render of what appears to be an unannounced mid-range Windows Phone made by LG with a Verizon Wireless logo is making the Internet rounds today, but no other information about the alleged device has been revealed. The render was first posted at Neowin, via a unnamed source, and shows what appears to be virtual buttons on the bottom, which may or may not indicate a device with...
Windows Central has learned that Verizon Wireless in the US is still picking up the Nokia Lumia 735 mid-range smartphone, tentatively scheduled for a May release. Windows Central first reported that Verizon would be grabbing the Lumia 735 back in September of 2014. By October, however, our sources had reported that the phone was delayed until "early 2015". Later in November, the phone...
A couple of weeks after Microsoft revealed that Windows 10 for phones would support NFC payments similar to Apple Pay, there's more evidence that the company may try to compete directly with Apple's payment system. According to banking consultant Faisal Khan, Microsoft has filed in all 50 states in the US to get permission for a money transmitter license. Idaho has already approved...
When it comes to Microsoft's mobile future, everything is on the table, including the possibility of running Android apps to fill in the 'app gap'. Windows 10 for phone is not even out the door yet, but intel on Microsoft continues to keep this strategy alive. A new report from Neowin sheds more light on this program's status and obstacles. According to the Neowin article, Microsoft...
Windows Central has learned that Microsoft plans to release another over-the-air update for its Lumia 535 smartphone sometime in the next few days. The update has been designed to fix a persistent touchscreen sensitivity issue that some owners of the smartphone have encountered. According to what a Microsoft rep told its Yammer Group for MVPs this week: "Please wait for the...
A new rumor about DirectX 12, the upcoming graphics API from Microsoft that will be include with the launch of Windows 10, suggests that it will allow graphics cards from both NVIDIA and AMD to be used in one PC gaming rig. According to what unnamed sources told Tom's Hardware, DirectX 12 will have a feature called Explicit Asynchronous Multi-GPU, which will allow for multiple GPUs...
The Lumia 635 is nearly a perfect budget phone. It has an excellent display with ClearBlack, a modern design with replaceable covers, and it even handles Windows 10 with ease. However, it does have a few faults, including the lack of a front-facing camera and 1GB of RAM. Indeed, the 512 MB currently found on the Lumia 635 seems antiquated and too little for modern phones. An early...
Update: New information has come forward to suggest that this is really the unannounced Lumia 640 Mobile World Congress is just a few short weeks away, and Microsoft is expected to unveil some new additions to the Lumia line. No flagships are on the horizon to our knowledge, not at least until later this summer. However, an expected replacement for the aging Lumia 1320 is certainly...
Lumia Denim is still on its last leg of being pushed out to carriers and users around the world. However, there are still some holdouts. Although Denim is lagging on US carriers, it is due to extended testing, not it being cancelled. The same evidently cannot be said for T-Mobile Germany, conversely. The information comes by way of their support forums, which we would consider semi-...
Windows 10 may reach the RTM (release to manufacturing) status as early as June, according to a new report. If true, that should allow Microsoft's next version of its OS to be installed on new PCs in time for the all important back-to-school sales period. The report comes from Neowin, which points out that even if Microsoft is targeting a June time frame for RTM, that schedule could...
Microsoft may be working to bring its Cortana digital assistant to both the mobile and desktop versions of Office. Cortana was first introduced with Windows Phone 8.1 and has recently been added to the Windows 10 Technical Preview. According to The Verge, Microsoft is testing a Windows Phone app called Work Assistant that will be able to open, edit and share Office documents via...