WhatsApp is dropping support for older smartphones that aren’t compatible with its latest features. At least one generation of iPhone, alongside older versions of Android and Windows Phone, will no ...

Once upon a time, the name “Windows” stood for something. Several things, actually. It was (and is) the world’s dominant personal computer operating system–a huge, powerful, feature-rich, messy, often ...

[timecom-gdgt url=”http://gdgt.com/microsoft/windows/phone/7/” style=”full” float=”right”] Microsoft officially unveiled its initial lineup of Windows ...

Claiming that tablets should be considered personal computers rather than new age mobile devices, Microsoft on Tuesday again dashed hopes of tablets running the company's new mobile operating system, ...

When Windows Phone 7 devices arrive this holiday season, they will be diving into crowded U.S. consumer waters full of CrackBerry addicts and iPhone fans. But it's not as if Windows Mobile is a ...

Apple has been grumbling about enforcing its multi-touch patents for over a year, and earlier this month sued HTC in what looks like a bid to slow the momentum of Android. The lawsuit has chummed the ...

It's been a decade since Microsoft effectively conceded defeat in the smartphone war, yet the ghost of Windows Phone continues to haunt the industry. Parts of the OS are still alive in the form of ...

Microsoft is giving its Windows Phone 7 handset offensive a little bit of Apple marketing magic. Odeon Ran, Microsoft United Kingdom's head of Windows phone marketing, Tuesday said the software giant ...

According to Businessweek, Nokia is expected to announce a partnership with Microsoft this week, which will put the Windows Phone 7 mobile OS on future Nokia devices. Nokia CEO Stephen Elop basically ...

Microsoft's smartphone to be linked to Xbox. Feb. 15, 2011— -- Microsoft is looking to turn smartphones into video game remotes. Microsoft says it hopes to connect phones running on its Windows ...