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- August 31
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- More pics of Nokia crashing Samsung’s launch party
- New hands on video of the Samsung ATIV S compares it to the Galaxy S3
- Samsung ATIV S available for preorder in the Netherlands
- Windows Phone 8 to feature standardized USB port location for universal accessories?
- Nokia CEO Stephen Elop to deliver keynote at Mobile World Congress 2013
- Metro Elements for Windows 8 developer contest winners
- HTC Windows Phone 8 devices will reportedly feature Beats Audio
- Could Nokia, Microsoft reveal a Windows 8 tablet next week in New York? New image suggests yes.
- First installment of Xbox games for Windows 8 released
- Nokia Lumia 820 and 920 Windows Phone 8 renders leaked?
- Windows Phone Central Game Roundup: Slider Styled Games
- Over the air podcasts gone from Windows Phone after Tango update?
- August 30
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- Rumor - New image of Nokia Windows Phone 8 'Arrow' device shows up
- Sally's Salon permanently price dropped, Xbox Live Deal of the Week still on extended leave
- Bank of America adds Mobile Check Deposit to the Windows Phone feature list
- Report - Samsung cozying up to Windows Phone, trying to depend less on Android
- ESPN Fantasy Football app headed to the Nokia Collection for Windows Phone
- More pesky spam on the Windows Phone Marketplace. Come on Microsoft.
- Microsoft made an estimated $736 Million from Windows Phone in FY 2012
- Windows Phone Central App Roundup - Football (Soccer) Apps
- Base CRM and sales tracking app for Windows Phone now available in the Marketplace
- Windows Phone users have positive response for Samsung’s ATIV S, cautiously waiting for Nokia, HTC
- Microsoft announces Huntington & White Plains Stores in New York opening September 28th
- Quick look at the Sony VAIO Tab 20 Windows 8 table-top PC
- August 29
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- Bernstein Research: People simply do not want Windows Phone
- Windows Phone Central/Android Central Special IFA Podcast
- Unity is coming to Windows Phone 8 - They tell us why it's going to be a big deal
- More close-up shots of the Samsung ATIV S Windows Phone
- Nokia Italy now teasing September 5th “Things are about to change”
- Microsoft takes Imagine Cup to the next level for 2013 with $300,000 prize pot
- Could this be the Nokia Arrow Windows Phone?
- 'Microsoft Surface is not a business' says Former Windows Phone GM Charlie Kindel
- Samsung officially unveil the ATIV tablet and convertibles for Windows 8
- What’s in a video? Why we think Nokia is teasing a new PureView Windows Phone.
- Samsung’s unveiling of the ATIV-S Windows Phone 8 at IFA (Video)
- Harman’s JBL and Nokia team up for new mobile speaker lineup, confirm yellow Lumia phone
- Demonstration of a NVIDIA Tegra powered Windows RT tablet running Unreal 3 engine. Coming to Windows Phone 8?
- Samsung rumored to announce Windows Phone 8 Ativ-S (aka Odyssey) today
- Sally's Salon Luxury Edition gets cheaper. Could the DOTW be back?
- Australian developers: publish apps to the Marketplace to win a Lumia 710 or 800
- Windows Phone Game Review: World Domination
- Nokia Teaser Video telling us things are about to change on the 5th September
- August 28
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- Register your spot now for the Nokia 9/5 event in New York
- Xbox Live landed in China, without any warning. Coming to Windows Phone soon?
- Microsoft to formally release Kinect for Windows SDK September 15, Windows Phone team involved too?
- Xbox LIVE - Chillingo's Roll in the Hole has rolled onto Windows Phone this week
- Nokia Windows Phone Apollo concept surfaces, what do you make of the design?
- Samsung trademarks Ativ S and Ativ Tab, hints at new family branding for Windows Phone 8?
- Some details emerge about future Windows Phone 8 update program for enthusiast users
- Windows Phone at Casual Connect Seattle Wrap-up
- From the Forums: Is the Apple patent victory beneficial for Windows Phone, and should all good apps be paid?
- Windows Phone App Review: Metro.am
- Switching to Xbox Live provided a huge boost for Wordament, can help other games too
- August 27
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- GroupMe for Windows Phone gets a redesign and Audible gets updated too
- Nokia attempts to patent another phone design. Next Windows Phone 8 device or just the Lumia 610?
- Windows 8 desktop designs make for nice Windows Phone wallpapers
- Freemium games coming to Xbox 360 starting with Happy Wars
- Glu Mobile having server issues with Contract Killer and Gun Bros for Windows Phone?
- Returned LG Optimus 7 Windows Phones being replaced by Android equivalents
- Developers investigate video-out functionality on Windows Phone, present in Apollo?
- From the Editor’s Desk – The Apple-Samsung fallout, Nokia’s new devices and more
- Monday Brief: Apple v. Samsung, Enyo on the road, Microsoft unveils new logo and more!
- Google releases statement, Samsung sends out internal memo on $1 billion US patent battle verdict
- Windows Phone Game Review: Tiny Bee
- August 26
- August 25
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- Nokia Six Flags app gets new Family Locator and Day Planner additions in latest update
- Poll results - Overwhelming majority approve of Microsoft’s new logo
- Keep Alive for maintaining Wi-Fi connections now available in the Windows Phone Marketplace
- Windows Phone Central App Roundup: Hurricane Season
- Windows Phone Accessory Review: NRGdeck Power Bank 5000
- From the Forums: Other Windows Phone manufacturers and what keeps you around?
- August 24
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- What would you do for a Lumia Windows Phone? Would you allow Nokia to paint your car?
- Nokia Lumia 710 available once again at The Carphone Warehouse from just £7.50 a month
- Windows Phone Short-take: Net Swiss Knife
- Fairway Solitaire Windows Phone 8 interview, Part Two
- Windows Phone Central App Roundup: Football Apps
- Surface Tablet ads begin appearing, Microsoft gets fresh with urban art
- August 23
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- HTC Windows Phone passes Bluetooth Certification, destined for Verizon with LTE
- When old becomes new. Samsung and HTC’s Windows Phone 8 rumoured launch hardware.
- Ask WPCentral - Does the Nokia Lumia Phi for AT&T have a curved screen?
- Microsoft's new logo has ties to the past
- Microsoft Store opens in Boston with a massive crowd and loud cheers
- Nokia seeking to advance indoor positioning with In-Location Alliance
- Nokia design patent finally reveals mysterious Phi Windows Phone 8 device
- Microsoft changes their company logo after 25 years, intended to ‘signal the future’
- Report – Nokia to unveil Arrow and Phi Windows Phone 8 devices for AT&T, T-Mobile in September
- Windows Phone App Review: Time After Time
- Windows Phone Central 147 - Verizon, Sprint, Nokia and Windows Phone 8
- Controlling ad content with the Microsoft Personal Data Dashboard Beta
- August 22
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- Samsung and HTC changing strategies for Windows Phone. We look at who wins and who loses.
- Microsoft reduces the price of the Xbox 360 Kinect sensor amid soft console market
- Microsoft's Windows Phone monthly photo contest
- Games development for Windows Phone 8 gets boost with confirmed Unity Engine Support
- Windows Phone Game Review - Dream Sleuth
- Report: Verizon will have a new Nokia Windows Phone 8 device later this year
- Sprint says goodbye to the HTC Arrive with no new Windows Phone in sight
- August 21
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- Apple on the Nokia Lumia in court “Not every smartphone needs to look like an iPhone."
- Nokia teases PureView for Windows Phone but what would it look like?
- Public Beta for the Xbox LIVE update opens up again
- Classic arcade game Jet Set Willy coming to Xbox 360 and Windows Phone this Friday
- SkyDrive set to get Recycle Bin feature in future update?
- WPCentral gets interviewed by AdDuplex on techblogging and Windows Phone developers
- Study shows Global Windows Phone sales now dominated by Nokia
- August 20
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- Windows 8 Upgrade offer now open for registration
- Plummeting marketshare for RIM makes Windows Phone look slightly better in the US
- Touchmeme's Flight Status in the works for Windows Phone
- Plants vs. Zombies 2 announced for late spring 2013. Headed for Windows Phone 8?
- Samsung’s Marco & Odyssey Specs & Pricing Leak as Windows Phone 8 launch gets closer
- Nokia releases The Dark Knight Rises: Prologue app for Lumia phones
- Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary for Windows Phone now available
- Windows Phone App Review: Fhotoroom version 2.0
- Monday Brief: Motorola vs Apple, iPad Mini, WP8, and more!
- HTC to book loss of $40 million US with OnLive
- From the Editor’s Desk – Metro names, Nokia announcements and leaks galore
- August 19
- August 18
- August 17
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- What's in a color? The influence of Nokia on Microsoft design.
- Windows Phone Central Lumia 900 Photo Contest
- Twitter changing how third-party apps use its services. How will it impact Windows Phone?
- Location, Windows Phone 8 and Nokia’s plan to be the ultimate “where” platform
- Windows Phone Xbox Live Achievement syncing issues coming to a close today
- Windows Phone App Roundup: Password Managers
- NAVIGON updated, adds traffic, Bing integration and FreshMaps
- Skype for Windows 8 gets a sneak peek with new Metro UI
- August 16
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- Microsoft fixes Marketplace certificate issue for Windows Phone. App submissions are a go.
- Are Nokia and Microsoft planning a surprise launch for Windows Phone 8?
- Windows Phone tweets now "via Windows Phone"
- ESPN rebrands Soccernet to ESPNFC, new Windows Phone app launching?
- Xbox Live Games on Windows 8 point to exciting new gaming experiences for Windows Phone and tablets
- Chevron Labs unlocks for Windows Phone are now expired
- Windows Phone App Review: MonsterCam
- From the Forums: Which US carrier will you be with for Apollo and how many cores does a smartphone need?
- August 15
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- The story that wasn't. Microsoft is not banning apps with Metro in their name.
- Windows 8 RTM released through MSDN, 90 day evaluation version also available
- Federal Court ruling opens the door to your Windows Phone location service
- Microsoft banning apps with Metro from Windows 8 store. Windows Phone next? [Updated]
- Nokia and Microsoft holding joint press event in NYC on September 5th
- Xbox Live - Little Acorns is now gathering nuts on the Marketplace, Deal of the Week looks MIA though
- AT&T and Nokia begin rolling out Lumia 900 OS update for Tango
- Nokia News Roundup – S&P downgrades, Elop says soon for Windows Phone 8
- Nokia updates augmented-reality app City Lens with new improvements
- Mush: Xbox Windows Phone Review
- Microsoft details ongoing Marketplace errors for some Windows Phone users
- August 14
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- SkyDrive gets new ‘modern’ look with site redesign, new features and an Android version
- Microsoft's Windows RT Surface tablet to launch in October for just $199?
- Ask Ziggy speaks to investors, walks away with a cool $5m to expand its service
- Little Acorns going nuts on Xbox Live for Windows Phone this week
- Microsoft set to rapidly update WinRT with feature packs? Sounds familiar..
- Microsoft releasing Windows Phone 8 SDK on September 7th?
- Boston Microsoft Store Grand Opening set for August 23rd
- August 13
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- Apple licensed 'design patents' to Microsoft, protecting Windows Phone and tablets
- EA: New Windows ecosystem is essential for mobile gaming
- Microsoft details features and performance of forthcoming WinRT tablets. Looking good.
- Windows Phone App Review: Memento
- Maxim Magazine pushes Windows Phone and all things Microsoft in new video
- Nokia Weather updated and is now available in new regions
- SoundGecko adds Zune podcast support, helps busy people everywhere
- Uncapped data package for Lumias in South Africa
- Monday Brief: Ouya Kickstarter, PlayBook 4G LTE, Smaller iOS Dock Connector, and more!
- From the Forums: BlackBerry conversions and doubts about Windows Phone 8
- August 12
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- August 10
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- Windows Phone Dev Center now automatically encrypts all apps to prevent piracy
- From the Forums: The prototype Lumia Windows Phone and which Apollo OEM will you choose?
- Did Nokia fix the AT&T Lumia 900’s camera? We think they have.
- Windows Phone App Review: RT News, the official Russia News app
- Windows 8, Windows Phone 8 and a 7” gap that needs to be filled
- iOS6 Safari currently beats out Windows Phone 8 for HTML5 features
- Talk.to messenger Windows Phone app in development and "coming soon"
- Nokia: WhatsApp for Windows Phone update to arrive within 48 hours
- Carphone Warehouse offer up the Nokia Lumia 710 at a price too good to be true
- Prepare for the Bourne Legacy with our Windows Phone spy app roundup
- August 9
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- Initial impressions of the official Tango update for the AT&T Nokia Lumia 900
- Microsoft's Metro design language to be renamed... Windows 8?
- AT&T Lumia 900 OS and firmware update now on Nokia’s servers, pending release
- Pulse newsreader introduces new web version but pulls Windows Phone app [Updated]
- Nokia to sell Qt software unit to Digia and increase focus on Windows Phone
- Nike+ releases extended ad with Kinect and Windows Phone app
- Windows Phone App Review: SplashID
- HTC to reveal new Windows Phone 8 devices third week of September?
- Sally's Spa finally opens its doors to Xbox Live gamers on Windows Phone
- August 8
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- Editor's Choice - Pinball League - Dr. Pickaxe is rocking our world on Windows Phone
- Windows Mobile game HexaLines on its way to Windows 8 and Windows Phone
- Another late Marketplace update keeping Sally's Spa at bay, plus Fling raises its price
- Registration for the Microsoft Build 2012 opens up with new Windows Phone logo [Update: Sold out]
- Windows Phone sporting a 115% growth increase compared to 2011 according to IDC data
- Synchronise full resolution Windows Phone photos with SkyDrive through Zune
- Windows Phone Xbox Live Review: Pool Pro Online 3
- Windows Essentials 2012 drops Live branding but makes up for it with new features
- August 7
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- Visit Mars on your Windows Phone with these great apps
- Windows Phone 8 Bluetooth profile now publicly listed
- Home Depot using Windows Phone-like kiosks in stores
- Review – Amzer Shellster case + Holster for the Nokia Lumia 900
- Rumor: Leaked yellow Nokia prototype is the ‘Phi’ Lumia 800 successor
- Windows Phone Game Review: LeaderFlip
- App Hub retired – meet the new Windows Phone Dev Center
- From the Forums: Should HTC focus on Windows Phone and which Surface tablet would you buy?
- Farm Frenzy 2: Pizza Party served up hot and fresh on the Windows Phone Marketplace
- August 6
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- Celebrity news magazine Glamour app now available for Windows Phone
- Windows Phone dodges Black Hat 2012 certificate vulnerability bullet - other smartphones not so lucky...
- Getting lost and found with Windows Phone and Nokia Drive 3.0
- WhatsApp removed from Windows Phone Marketplace due to security issue, update on the way [Updated]
- Sprint still has cold feet with Windows Phone 8
- Poll reveals that consumers desperately want a notification center in Windows Phone 8
- Battle of the titans - Nokia plan to show off Windows Phone 8 devices just before Apple’s iPhone 5
- Monday Brief: iPhone 5 event, Samsung unpacked and Microsoft ditching Metro name
- Sally's Spa opens for Xbox Live on Windows Phone this week
- Windows Phone Review: Cat Lab!
- Atoms for Windows Phone now live on the Marketplace
- Images of WhatsApp for Windows Phone 8 leaked early on the web
- ESPN Radio apps lands for all Windows Phones and not just Nokia
- August 5
- August 4
- August 3
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- Windows Phone stock app Markets & Me version 2.0 on the way
- Nokia ESPN Radio app coming to a Lumia Windows Phone near you
- '627 AM' wakes you up to a beautiful Metro day on Windows Phone
- Xbox Live - Skulls of the Shogun for Windows Phone extended hands-on footage
- ARMED version 1.6 update brings a price drop and lots of tweaks
- No more Metro for Microsoft – What do you think they should use instead?
- New custom ROM for HTC Titan borrows heavily from Nokia
- WhatsApp pulled from the Windows Phone Marketplace? [Update #2]
- Windows Phone Central App Roundup: Photo Effects
- August 2
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- Microsoft reportedly moving away from Metro name on trademark claim
- Microsoft is taking the summer and upcoming fall of 2012 by storm
- Community feedback - What’s missing from Windows Phone 8?
- ESPN Fantasy Football app in the works
- How old do you believe you look? Find out with VizAge for Windows Phone
- The Times official newspaper app lands for Windows Phone
- Microsoft on Outlook.com and ads ‘We see our users as customers, not inventory’
- Microsoft looking to hire for opening of Holiday stores in NYC and elsewhere in US
- Windows Phone Review: Calculator Toolbox
- National Australia Bank to release mobile banking app for Windows Phone
- Matchy takes MTN 'Windows Phone App of the Year' award
- From the Forums: the new Outlook.com and migrating your ID
- August 1
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- Microsoft updates Skype for Windows Phone for some bug fixes
- Photo Lock now a freebie on the Marketplace
- ABN AMRO Bankieren app now available for Windows Phone
- Nokia Maps updated to version 2.5, adds Groupon support and more
- Nokia launches Lumia nail polish and goes on US makeover road trip
- Fairway Solitaire Windows Phone 8 interview, Part One
- Verizon rolling out Windows Phone Tango update for HTC Trophy
- Sony taking a leaf out of Microsoft's book with its Android tablet design?
- SuperTube updated with more features for a more immersive YouTube experience
- Xbox Live news - An interview with Beth Goza of Microsoft
- Lenovo ThinkPad Windows 8 tablet specifications leaked
- Need for Speed Undercover finally races past the finish line as Xbox Live Deal of the Week
- Amiga inspired Windows Phone Game, Atoms - quick preview with developer Ross Gouldthorpe
- Windows Phone Review: Nokia Weather Channel App
- Xbox Live - Pool Pro Online 3 now available with online multiplayer
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