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 [...]

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 [...]

Watching Windows Weekly this week I think the most confusing thing about “Xbox Live TV” seems to be that people don’t know what it is called. Microsoft don’t mention a single name for this new service in their press release but I don’t think there should be confusion about that, I think actually that these [...]

That’s right, today (27/09/2011) is the day that the proverbial mango shaped eagle has landed! It’s been 11 months in the making and boy does it taste good. Windows Phone 7.5, formally Mango, has focused on three key themes which can be summed up as “modern communication built in”, “a smarter way to app” and [...]

Microsoft have just updated the Windows Phone website and brings with it a lot of new features. I will quickly share with you what I have found and will do more in depth analysis later. New design There’s a lot more content available on the main page, allowing users to scroll through to see different [...]

There’s not long to wait now until your current Windows Phone 7 device can become a Windows Phone 7.5 device. This news comes straight form Microsoft where they said: For months, we and dozens of our partner companies have been laying the groundwork for the Windows Phone 7.5 update—and making solid progress. As a result, [...]

Today Microsoft held it’s Worldwide Partner Conference in which it touted some impressive stats, such as 350 million licenses of Windows 7 sold to date. You can watch the whole event here. In addition to the statistics were some very nice Metro slides which I really hope Office will be releasing as a theme. Also [...]

I just thought I’d finish off my Windows Phone Mango posts with one that looks briefly at what Mango means to other Microsoft products. Read my thoughts on Mango or see Mango in pictures. I think the product that we can see the most new things is with Windows Live. Windows Live is used as [...]

I have thought about this idea for the last few days and I have just seen a post on WMPU in which Brandon Watson has indicated there is more to come in Mango that has encouraged me to write this post. I have more coverage about Mango with my thoughts on it and in pictures. [...]

Last night I posted many of the photos I took from the Windows Phone VIP event in London where Microsoft announced and showed off the many new features. Today I thought I would share with you my initial impressions of what I saw of Mango and the things that really interest me. Groups The idea [...]