Microsoft officials announced this week that the Windows Phone had surpassed the iPhone in terms of total market share in China, despite launching in that country just two months ago. According to JR Bookwalter of TechRadar , the Redmond, Washington-based company “is ready to proclaim a minor victory” for their smartphone line, as the Windows Phone has secured 7% of what Bookwalter dubs “an …

The smartphone battle has been raging hard for the past few years. Until recently, the only serious contenders were Apple (iOS) and Google (Android), with RIM’s Blackberry taking a backseat to the other touchscreen wonders. Microsoft has been talking up its Windows Phone 7 devices since 2010, but despite close control if its hardware partners

“All eyes were on Microsoft's rather important launch of Windows Phone in China earlier this year. Nokia followed up with the Lumia 800c, released on China Telecom. According to Michel van der Bel, COO of Greater China Region at Microsoft, the company has achieved 7% marketshare in the country, overtaking the iPhone (sitting at just 6%).” I'm raising an eyebrow over these figures due to their …

In an update that comes down from the top, straight from Microsoft’s Windows Phone officials that is, users will have to move to the Mango update for the mobile OS or get cut off entirely from the app Marketplace. This move is specifically for the smartphone-based software while large apps and games will still be Read The Full Story

The Samsung Focus 2 is the successor to 2010's Focus and is the first Samsung Windows Phone smartphone with 4G LTE support. Is that enough to make the Focus 2 a winner? Read the full story here.

Sometimes, BetaNews readers really amaze me. Three days ago I posted “The measure of Windows Phone failure is…” based on comScore US smartphone OS market share data. To me, it was a trivial story, because I was days late writing about the numbers and posted it more as filler, being short writers (because of holidays and emergencies). More than 220 comments later, Windows Phone is hot-topic of …

The worldwide market share of Windows Phone, which has struggled to gain traction, fell in the first quarter this year, putting it behind Samsung's Bada operating system, which runs phones sold in international and emerging markets.

Windows phone users now able to take advantage of unlimited wireless carrier's unbeatable valueTORONTO , May 16, 2012 /CNW/ – Mobilicity today introduced the Nokia Lumia 710 smartphone to its line-up of …

Bigger and better? Review So you’re trying to revive the fortunes of what was, until a few weeks ago, the biggest mobile phone manufacturer on the planet. You’ve launched a handset or two with a new operating system and they’ve gone down quite well. So what next? How about taking one of those handsets and releasing a near-identical one, different only in size and capabilities. Bigger and better …

The company is reportedly considering bringing its Cloud Smart Terminal platform to Windows Phone 7 and iOS too, though it's not clear how amenable Apple would be. Originally posted at News – Mobile