Microsoft will stop supporting Windows Phone 8 and Windows Phone 7.8 in mid-2014, according to a product support lifecycle table (see below). Updates, including those to help secure the mobile operating systems, will last until 8th July 2014 for Windows Phone 8, while Windows Phone 7.8 users will see its life cycle support continue until […]
T-Mobile confirmed to TmoNews that its version of the Nokia Lumia 710 will not be updated to Windows Phone 7.8. When Microsoft first announced Windows Phone 8 and 7.8 in June 2012, Nokia initially pledged to update all its Lumia phones to WP7.8. However, T-Mobile said, “At this time, the Nokia Lumia 710 will not […]
Nokia today announced that it is making Windows Phone 7.8 available to its older Lumia smartphones. The update will be pushed out on a carrier-by-carrier basis over the coming weeks and through February. In addition to the new Start screen with adjustable Live Tiles, Windows Phone 7.8 adds new functionality to the lock screen, such […]
Microsoft today made available a new version of its Windows Phone software developers kit (SDK). The Windows Phone 7.8 SDK will allow developers to make their WP7.1 and WP7.5 compatible with WP7.8, which includes some of the new behaviors for the home screen. Since no Windows Phone 7.1/7.5 devices can be upgraded to Windows Phone […]
Nokia has reportedly started to roll out Windows Phone 7.8 to some of its handsets. At the same time as the mobile operating system upgrade to some of the company’s handsets, Nokia has also launched the Lumia 505 in Mexico, and the Lumia 510 in India, both of which will launch with Windows Phone 7.8 […]
Microsoft is set to launch Windows Phone 7.8 for the Chinese market in the “coming weeks.” The comments of the Greater China Vice President of Microsoft made the comments, suggesting that a release of the upgrade for older handsets will be taking place in the rest of the world in the not too distant future. […]
At Windows Phone Developer Summit, Microsoft has unveiled official details on its upcoming mobile OS, Windows Phone 8. Dubbed Apollo in the past, the software will launch on a host of new devices this fall, as predicted late last year. Current Windows Phone devices will not be getting the update to this OS, however. The […]
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