The US Patent and Trademark Office has published a new patent awarded to Microsoft that points out to an interesting future for fans of the Windows Phone 7 platform. The patent, which was files in March of last year, would enable easily swappable accessories for mobile phones that run Microsoft’s mobile operating system. Microsoft’s new patent, called “Mobile...

It appears that Apple is not the only tech company that has problems handling secrets. Reports say that a Windows Phone program manager at Microsoft has been fired after posting a tweet about a Nokia device running Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 operating system. Joe Marini, a program manager for Windows Phone at Microsoft, made a harmless tweet confirming an unnamed...

While touchscreen devices such as the iPhone and the iPad have proven to be extremely popular gaming devices, other games that require directional input are difficult to play and it is easy to lose track of the touch screen’s control pads. The JOYSTICK-IT Arcade Stick is a simple accessory that can solve this problem. It is installed by sticking it over the onscreen...

Samsung Galaxy S II is selling like crazy nowadays, and by reading its specs and online reviews, its safe to say that its a hot piece of hardware. Now, it seems like the company is about to try and use the phone’s success to make a new Windows Phone 7 device. A number of reports said that clues to a possible release of a Windows Phone 7 version of the Samsung Galaxy...

Finally, some good news for Windows Phone 7 users! Rovio’s popular Angry Birds game franchise, which is available on the iOS and Android platforms, as finally landed on the Windows Phone platform. It would feel like something is missing on your smartphone if you don’t have Angry Birds installed, as there is something about attempting to collect three stars...

Mobile phone giant Nokia gave a sneak peek of its first Windows Phone 7 at a Nokia event held in Singapore and promised that they are working on more devices that will support the OS. Nokia’s chief executive officer Stephen Elop showed the device codenamed “Sea Ray” to the event’s attendees in what seemed to be an impromptu unveiling, he seemed...

The latest Microsoft Windows Phones are going to be from Nokia and they are going to be packing the new Mango operating system, a new update for Windows Phone 7. Since the tie up between the two firms earlier this year we have seen some sneak previews of what to expect but it looks as though this summer is when we will see the real deal. As Mango isn’t likely to be ready...

Windows Phone 7 owners will have to wait a little longer for Angry Birds and a few other top end games despite previous announcements from Microsoft which suggested they would arrive next week. In February Microsoft announced a major overhaul of their mobile operating system which would include advances in gaming, this is still happening and will bring some cool new titles...

NFC may very well be the payment method of the future, but we need to all get access to it first, don’t we? Well, some leaks which have just appeared suggest that Microsoft may be working on exactly that idea right now. The news has come from unnamed people at Bloomberg and the smart money is on this change being implemented in a significant software update to the Windows...

Microsoft will be hoping that they can get over their recent update saga by bringing a plethora of games from other platforms to Windows Phone 7. Early adopters who have grown frustrated with the lack of big name titles will get an influx of game including the wildly popular Angry Birds which has topped gaming charts both on the Apple and Android app stores. Other games...