Normally I don’t agree with Eldar Murtazin, mobile blogger and analyst, as he often negative towards Microsoft and in some cases justifiably about Nokia. So today when I saw his tweets about Windows 8 I was surprised that he seems genuinely interested and pleased with Microsoft’s plans, not sure I’d go as far to say [...]

Over the past few weeks there has been much back and forth with regards to whether current Windows Phone 7 devices will be able to upgrade to Windows Phone 8. Many websites have been informed by “trusted sources” of contradictory rumours and information although the consensus now seems to be that current devices will have [...]

Yesterday Microsoft announced the naming and SKUs for Windows 8 which was previously only a codename. There will be three main versions of the software distributed when the operating system is released; these will be Windows 8, Windows 8 Pro (both for X86 and X64) and Windows RT (for ARM). There will in fact be [...]

As I do every few months I found myself browsing through DeviantArt today where yet again I have stumbled across some fantastic Metro UI designs. Today’s designs all come from the same person, franmonzter, and appear to me to be of a very high quality and fit well within the Metro guidelines and the idea [...]

Today I have read several posts about how Microsoft has pretty much confirmed that Windows Phone 7 apps will work on Windows Phone 8 and equally that developers will only need to be concerned with how their Windows Phone 7 apps look if they choose to make them work on Windows 8. This backs up [...]

When talking to Paras Valecha today an interesting topic was raised and that was the relationship between Sony and Microsoft and the future of the relationship over the next year. Whilst it’s not entirely clear why Sony haven’t yet sold a Windows Phone device there are a few rumoured ideas with one of the main [...]

Someone once said to me that being in an aeroplane is perfectly safe when it is on the ground or in the air; it’s where the two meet that it’s dangerous. I can’t help feeling parallels to this sentiment with Windows; the desktop being the ground and the Start Screen being the air, after all [...]

Microsoft has now published the video and accompanying video snippets from yesterday Windows 8 Consumer Preview event in Barcelona. If you missed the live blogs yesterday it might be worth watching the videos to see how Windows 8 can be used and to see some of the hardware on display. Watch the videos. You can [...]

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