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Report: Microsoft Smartwatch Incoming, Will Work With Android Phones

Kellen May 29, 2014 39

According to sources of Forbes, Microsoft is working on a smartwatch that will work with not only Windows Phone devices, but Android phones and iPhones too. The report speculates that the watch could be here as soon as this summer to compete in a wearable...

Microsoft Reportedtly Asks HTC to Put Windows Phone on Its Android Devices

Tim October 4, 2013 86

According to reports out of Bloomberg, Microsoft is holding discussions with HTC in hopes that the Taiwanese manufacturer will bake in Windows Phone right alongside the Android OS on select handsets. In turn, Microsoft will possibly waive the Windows Phone...

Microsoft Pokes Fun at Samsung vs. Apple Stereotypes in New Commercial, is Actually Pretty Funny

Kellen April 29, 2013 108

For the most part, Microsoft's campaigns against Google, Android, and iOS that promote Windows Phone or their other products are all pretty lame. Think "Smoked by Windows Phone" or even those "Scroogled" spots. Not really the most clever of marketing ideas, to...

Review: Windows Phone 8, a Look at the Competition

Ron December 21, 2012 98

For the past week I've been spending a lot of time with the HTC 8X on Verizon. The 8X is considered a signature Windows Phone, sporting a 4.3" 720x1280 display, a 1.5 GHz dual-core Snapdragon S4 processor, 1 GB of RAM, 16 GB of internal storage, NFC, dual band...

Microsoft’s New #DroidRage Twitter Campaign Against Android Backfires

Kellen December 5, 2012 88

Yesterday afternoon, the official Windows Phone Twitter account Tweeted the message we have included above. They asked for "Android malware horror" stories of yours, in an attempt to highlight one of the fake overblown problems that security companies and the...

Quick First Look at the HTC 8X and Windows Phone 8

Kellen November 21, 2012 108

As a community that focuses 99.9% of its time on Android, even I can admit that it's never a bad time to look across the table and see what the competition is up to. And that's exactly why we're taking a look at the HTC 8X, the new Windows Phone 8 device that...

Windows Phone 8 Challenges Android and iOS, Goes After 2-year Old Android Phones to Prove Its Worth

Kellen November 19, 2012 103

Windows Phone 8 is official, as are the devices it runs on, so it only makes sense that the marketing campaign for this new mobile OS would kick into high gear. You may remember last year's Windows Phone marketing campaign called "Smoked by Windows Phone."...

PSA: Android Team Doesn’t Want Your Cross-Platform Apps Looking Like iOS or Windows Phone

Kellen August 14, 2012 36

If you haven't cruised over to the Android Developers site in a while, I recommend that you do, as it has been completely overhauled and includes all sorts of fun information. The site is much more beautifully designed now, easy to navigate, and should help...