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I wish a new Windows Phone OS was an option for 2022 Galaxy phones

A few of my colleagues and I were recently reminiscing about the history of smartphone operating systems. At one point, the inevitable happened, and Windows Phone became a part of our conversation. It was then that I realized I have many fond memories of Microsoft's now-defunct platform, except for one: lack of third-party app support. […]

By Mihai Matei
2 years ago

Samsung will retire its SmartThings app for Windows Phone starting April 2017

Samsung-owned SmartThings has announced on its official blog that it is retiring its Windows Phone app on April 1, 2017. This comes as a big blow to users who were using Windows Phone devices to control SmartThings compatible IoT products. The company mentioned in its official blogpost that it would retire the app as it […]

By Asif Iqbal Shaik
8 years ago

Report: Samsung eager to launch low-end Windows Phone 8.1 phones

Samsung has dipped its toes in the Windows Phone market time and time again since the OS was launched back in 2010, and according to a report from The Korea Times, the Korean manufacturer is eager to launch more handsets running on Windows Phone in 2015. However, Samsung is reportedly waiting to resolve its Android […]

By Abhijeet Mishra
10 years ago

Sprint updating the Samsung ATIV S Neo to Windows Phone 8.1

Windows Phone 8.1 has been out for a few months now, but carriers like Sprint have been taking it rather slow with pushing out the update to existing phones. Last month, AT&T's ATIV S Neo was updated to Windows Phone 8.1, and now the update is rolling out to owners of the device on Sprint's […]

By Abhijeet Mishra
10 years ago

Samsung’s new ATIV Clock app precedes Windows Phone 8.1 update for ATIV phones

Samsung has been quiet on its plans to update its ATIV smartphones to Windows Phone 8.1, but the company has now indirectly confirmed that the update is certainly coming, and it's coming soon. Samsung has launched a new app for Windows Phone called ATIV Clock, and oddly, the app is only supported on Windows Phone 8.1, […]

By Abhijeet Mishra
10 years ago

ATIV BizCard app released for Samsung’s Windows Phone devices

Today, Samsung has released the ATIV BizCard app, a business card scanning tool for its Windows Phone devices. The app makes use of the camera on ATIV phones and optical character recognition to scan a business card. There's also an option to use the camera flash while clicking an image or import a previously clicked photo from […]

By Asif Iqbal Shaik
10 years ago

Unknown low-end Samsung Windows Phone device discovered (SM-W350F)

Samsung seems to be working on multiple new Windows Phone devices for release in the next few months. We recently revealed that the mid-range ATIV Core is under development at Samsung as the first Windows Phone 8.1 device, and now, a low-end Windows Phone handset, the SM-W350F) has reared its face. The SM-W350F was shipped […]

By Abhijeet Mishra
11 years ago

EXCLUSIVE: Samsung ATIV Core is an upcoming mid-range Windows Phone 8.1 handset

Samsung's return to the Windows Phone market after more than a year-long hiatus is spearheaded by the ATIV SE, a high-end handset that was made official for Verizon a few hours back. Now, we've received information on yet another Windows Phone handset that the Korean manufacturer is working on, dubbed the ATIV Core. The ATIV […]

By Abhijeet Mishra
11 years ago

Samsung’s next Windows Phone handset (ATIV SE) gets its specs detailed

The ATIV SE, Samsung's first Windows Phone handset in what feels like an eternity, has been making appearances quite frequently in the last few weeks, but full details on its hardware have remained a mystery through all the leaks. That's changing today, thanks to The Verge, who have managed to obtained exclusive information on the […]

By Abhijeet Mishra
11 years ago

Samsung ATIV SE (Windows Phone) press image leaks, still no word on release date

The ATIV SE, Samsung's upcoming Windows Phone device for U.S. carrier Verizon, has been revealed in a press image leaked by the ever-enterprising @evleaks. We've seen images of the phone before, but this is the first time we're seeing one with the Windows Phone UI visible as well. The image confirms that the device will […]

By Abhijeet Mishra
11 years ago

Samsung SM-W750V (Windows Phone for Verizon) picture and specs leak

Samsung's upcoming Windows Phone handset, the SM-W750V, was recently revealed to be headed to Verizon, and now a picture of the device has been leaked by evleaks, confirming the leakster's words that it looks like a recent Galaxy S device (almost too similar, which might put off a few people who don't want their Windows […]

By Abhijeet Mishra
11 years ago

Samsung SM-W750V is a Windows Phone for Verizon

The Samsung SM-W750V has reared its face time and time again in the past couple of months, and apart from the fact that it's a Windows Phone device with a 1080p display, no details have surfaced. Well, thanks to evleaks, we might have a few important tidbits of info on the SM-W750V – according to […]

By Abhijeet Mishra
11 years ago

Samsung SM-W750V Windows Phone handset has 1080p display

The appearance of a Samsung SM-W750V in the past few weeks has everyone speculating on the possibility of the Korean manufacturer working on yet another Windows Phone 8 device (one that could possibly have some of Microsoft's money behind it), and now the device's user agent profile (UAProf) on Samsung's website has revealed that the […]

By Abhijeet Mishra
11 years ago

Samsung launches Share Box and Samsung Link apps on Windows Phone

Samsung has launched two exclusive apps for its Windows Phone devices on the OS' app store. The first one is Share Box, which lets users share multimedia content with other DLNA-compatible devices (like your DLNA-enabled TV). The other app is Samsung Link, one that is found on Samsung's Android devices as well, and lets you […]

By Johan Nenzén
11 years ago

Rumor: Microsoft will offer $1 billion to Samsung for making Windows Phone devices

Samsung is the last company that needs another company's money to do something, but Microsoft is willing to offer up to $1 billion in support to the Korean manufacturer anyway, in a bid to lure them towards making more Windows Phone devices. The news come from Russian blogger Eldar Murtazin and should be taken with […]

By Martin R.
11 years ago

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