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Microsoft trying to get OEMs to produce differentiated & competitive hero...
Microsoft appears to have noticed their Windows Phone 7 handsets often appear to be rehashed Android devices, and are aiming to correct that. In a recent Microsoft job posting they are looking for a...
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Windows Phone may soon get a new low-cost OEM
With the evidence being that the biggest Windows Phone sales are in the low-end and mid-range, the race is on to increase Windows Phone volume by rolling out more of these handsets. Key to this is...
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Rumor: Microsoft Planning To Allow OEMs To Build Windows Phone Devices With...
There was a strange report that emerged that week that Microsoft is planning to remove the hardware back button from its hardware spec for Windows Phone OEMs. Lots of developer opposed to this...
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Report: Microsoft Was Planning To Allow Consumers Choose Between Windows...
Microsoft is looking for various ways to close the gap between Android and Windows Phone platforms on various fronts. One of the main advantages of Android is the availability of different kinds of...
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Microsoft Announces Widest Hardware Range Support For WP8.1, OEMs Can Now Use...
Along with the announcement about 9 new OEMs for Windows Phone platform, Microsoft also announced widest hardware support coming with Windows Phone 8.1 release. These include the following, Qualcomm...
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Chinese OEMs still reluctant to launch Windows Phones says Digitimes
Asian rumour site Digitimes reports today that despite Microsoft’s efforts Chinese OEMs were still reluctant to release Windows Phones this year. Despite the OS going free and Microsoft releasing a...
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Indian OEM Obi Mobiles Planning To Release Windows Phone Devices By Next Quarter
Fast growing Indian OEM Obi Mobile is planning to launch Windows Phone devices in India. Speaking to The Economic Times, Obi Mobiles CEO Ajay Sharma revealed that they are planning to bring...
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Prestigio Reveals Their First Two Windows Phone Devices (hands-on video)
At Computex Taipei 2014, Prestigio revealed their first set of Windows Phone devices. The Prestigio MultiPhones 8400 DUO and 8500 DUO will run on Windows Phone 8.1 and will offer best hardware from...
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Microsoft shares Windows Phone Bing search revenue with some OEM partners
While Microsoft has made Windows Phone free for OEMs, we still wondered what incentive smaller OEMs have to release handsets running what is in most case a very small market share OS. Microsoft’s OEM...
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Local Smartphone Vendors Are The Key To Windows Phone Ecosystem’s Growth
Today, IDC released their preliminary data from the Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker. The smartphone shipments growth was fueled by abundance of low-cost smartphones and the total shipments...
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Windows Phone 7: More differentiation coming for all OEMs
Microsoft’s Greg Sullivan spoke at a Mobile World Congress round table about the roadmap for Windows phone 7. Speaking about the “Mango†Windows phone 7 update, he said its release will likely...
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Lumia needs to become the Nexus of Windows Phone – here’s why
Windows Phone is the software, and every OEM has an own firmware. It has always been like this and it will always be, because without the firmware, the software cannot talk to the hardware, more or...
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AdDuplex releases device stats for June 2015, more flagship sightings
Its the end of June 2015 and right on cue, AdDuplex has released their device statistics from their ad network for the past month with a few new details. High-end vs Low-end For the first time Ad...
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Here’s how OEMs can customize your Windows 10 phone
Our readers will know OEMs can modify some settings in Windows Phone, for example some devices allow static IP and some do not. WindowsMania.pl however managed to find a full list of features OEMs can...
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Here are the Windows 10 Mobile handsets Microsoft want OEMs to make
Windows 10 Mobile supports a very wide range of hardware, from WVGA 512 MB Snapdragon 2010 devices to 2K Intel-powered monsters. On a page directed at OEMs however Microsoft has posted a few examples...
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Microsoft Announces Widest Hardware Range Support For WP8.1, OEMs Can Now Use...
Along with the announcement about 9 new OEMs for Windows Phone platform, Microsoft also announced widest hardware support coming with Windows Phone 8.1 release. These include the following, Qualcomm...
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Microsoft Is Now Asking OEMs To Install OneNote Along With Windows 8.1 Update
Microsoft has finalized Windows 8.1 Update and already sharing the update images with OEMs to install in the new PCs. Microsoft itself has leaked the update via its own servers quite a few times now....
View ArticleWindows OEM Revenue Up 4%; Helped By Move Off Windows XP
Microsoft released its third quarter (Q3) earnings earlier today for fiscal year 2014 (FY14). This is the first quarter under new CEO Satya Nadella. The earnings report contained a number of...
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Chinese OEMs still reluctant to launch Windows Phones says Digitimes
Asian rumour site Digitimes reports today that despite Microsoft’s efforts Chinese OEMs were still reluctant to release Windows Phones this year. Despite the OS going free and Microsoft releasing a...
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India PC market Continues To Decline In Q1 2014, Dell Becomes The No.1 PC OEM
This is a bad news for PC market as a whole because the sales continues to decline in India, which is one of the largest developing economies. According to the International Data Corporation. the...
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