SourceCode: Roundup of Nokia Windows Phone 8 releases

Updated on Wednesday, September 5, 2012 at 11:47AM by Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

Updated on Wednesday, September 5, 2012 at 12:32PM by Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

Nokia has enjoyed the distinction of being the poster child for Windows Phone 7 for the greater part of a year. Through its tight relationship with Microsoft, Nokia transitioned from pushing its own smartphones under the ageing Symbian OS to Microsoft's Windows Phone. Now it's time to see what they have in store for Windows Phone 8.

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Is this Nokia's Windows Phone 8 smartphone?

This is apparently the 4.5-inch Nokia Lumia 920 Windows Phone 8 slated for release on September 5. No solid specs have been revealed but some are saying that it might get a PureView camera. While we don't expect a 41-megapixel sensor on the next Windows Phone, it should be a pretty impressive shooter. Seeing as Samsung has pulled the trigger on its ATIV S Windows Phone, were certain to finally see some competition in the high end of Windows Phone 8 devices.

Source: Twitter

Images of Nokia's first Windows Phone 8 smartphone leak

A newer Lumia: A prototype Windows 8 smartphone leaks at WPDang

As the release date for Windows Phone 8 nears, we expected to start seeing some prototype handsets make their appearance. It is no surprise that a Nokia device is one of the first legit-looking ones to bear the new OS. WPDang.com seems to have gotten a hold of a Lumia-900 looking Windows Phone sporting the upcoming version of Microsoft's mobile OS. While clearly marked as a prototyple in an unusual day-glo yellow colour this is definitely a sign of things to come.

SourceCode: Microsoft, Partnerships and the Price of Progress

Updated on Tuesday, June 26, 2012 at 12:41AM by Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

This past week has been a transformative one for Microsoft.  The Redmond giant previewed their unified desktop and tablet future with the Microsoft Surface announcement at an event in Hollywoog, which in itself was a loaded launch that ushered in Windows 8 on ARM as well as revealed Microsoft’s long term plans as a hardware maker.

They also held a Windows Phone 8 event in San Francisco, where they introduced fragmentation into their mobile OS by announcing a generation shift in their two-year old operating system that will make the upcoming version incompatible with present and past hardware.

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