When Microsoft announced earlier this year that it will launch an own-brand tablet to compete directly with its various vendor partners working on Windows 8-based on tablet PCs of their own, there was some backlash. Privately — and sometimes even publicly — long-time Microsoft partners took it as an attack on their businesses and questioned  READ MORE >>

Microsoft is gearing up to compete against the new PS3 and the Wii U for holiday sales.And retailers may be the key to helping it achieve that goal. As the only company not releasing a new or at least enhanced version of its video game system, Microsoft faces stiff rivalry for the holiday shopping dollars.  READ MORE >>

The Windows Phone 8S by HTC has been announced as a mid-range, multi-coloured Windows Phone 8 handsets during a special event in New York. Following on from the launch of the HTC Windows Phone 8X, the 8S slides in below the flagship handset sporting a 4-inch, WVGA LCD display, 1GHz dual-core processor and 512MB of  READ MORE >>

Yesterday, Nokia announced the Lumia 920 with a PureView camera, except here, PureView did not mean the pixel oversampling that we saw on the 808 PureView but rather the use of optical image stabilization to achieve steadier low light photos and videos. Related PostsNokia Lumia 920 and iPhone 5 head to head comparison New RAZR i  READ MORE >>

Nokia announced their first Windows Phone 8 smartphone earlier today, the Nokia Lumia 920, and now we have full specifications on the new Lumia 920. Related PostsNetflix for Android updated, brings WiFi only playback Android 4.1 update for Samsung Galaxy Nexus available for some territories Motorola Droid Razr Maxx HD Full Specifications Android Jelly Bean  READ MORE >>

Today at the Nokia Switch To Lumia event in New York, Nokia unveiled their new Lumia 820 smartphone, together with the new Lumia 920, both of which run Windows Phone 8. Related PostsHTC Desire X Appears On Official Video Nokia RM-581 Revealed in leaked pics – Columbus Harmattan Leaked Motorola Droid RAZR M Images And  READ MORE >>

Nokia and Microsoft are holding a joint Windows Phone 8 event later today, where we are expecting to see the new Nokia Lumia 920 and Nokia Lumia 820 Windows Phone 8 devices. Related PostsThe Kupa UltraNote Powerful Windows 8 tablet preview Asus Windows 8 Tablet “Vivo Tab RT” AT&T Panasonic AX Windows 8 foldable hybrid  READ MORE >>

Nokia’s Windows Phone 8 secrets may have been spilled – in part – already, but the company is still teasing ahead of its big NYC event on Wednesday this week. Latest is a short video for what looks to be an augmented reality app, pulling together the company’s City Lens technology – released as an updated Windows  READ MORE >>

The Verge had gotten an exclusive look at what was deemed to be the Windows 8 companion app for the upcoming Windows Phone 8 mobile operating system. After all, it is well documented that Microsoft was working to retire its fair share of Zune desktop app features in recent memory, paving the way to move  READ MORE >>

If you find yourself more interested in the tablet running Windows RT on an ARM processor rather than a normal Windows 8 tablet this might interest you. Nvidia has announced that it and Epic Games have worked together to port Unreal Engine 3 to Windows 8 and Windows RT. Certainly most interesting is the thought  READ MORE >>