UK Windows Phone fans who weren't sufficiently inspired by the 3.7-inch display on the Nokia Lumia 800 to make a purchase can now get their grubby mits on a pristine 4.3-inch-toting Lumia 900, with Phones4u offering the black or white version, replete with Windows Phone Tango functionality. The Nokia Lumia 900 will be offered through O2, Vodafone or Orange on a variety of tariffs, or SIM-free for £36 (about $53), which is a wee bit steep compared to the HTC One X and Galaxy S3, premium devices which will only set consmers back an extra $7-8 per month. The Lumia 900 offers a vibrant 4.3-inch Clearblack AMOLED panel with 800 x 480 pixels, jogging along smoothly on a 1.4GHz single-core [...]

LG E740 Fantasy may never be launched because the company has decided not to produce any more windows based phones. In early 2012 LG decided to focus on Android projects as a result of which development of windows based E740 was stopped. In a way it is a wise decision to cancel the launch of this phone as it seems to be an ordinary window based model and frankly speaking, even if it was launched it would not have been successful because Nokia Lumia 610 is simply far more superior than LG E740 in all aspects. The features of LG E740 are nothing great. It has a 4” TFT LCD display, the CPU is 1 GHz Scorpion. It has 8GB storage out of which 5.6GB is available. Its memory is of 512MB [...]

The Wall Street Journal has reported that Microsoft and Nokia may have placed a bid for Canada's Research In Motion RIM, makers of the firesale Blackberry PlayBook and recently rocked by weak earnings figures for Q4 2011. RIM is apparently seeking financial support, and rumours suggest Microsoft might insist on RIM ditching its Blackberry OS, instead supporting another operating system, possibly Windows Phone or even, if the company continues to turn out its rather excellent tablets, Windows 8. The same source says that Microsoft has also stipulated it would require thats its Direct Exchange server would take the place of all the Blackberry Enterprise Server. The move would be [...]

Microsoft is ratcheting up the development process for the Windows Phone platform, announcing a partnership with Nokia and Aalto University in Finland with joint funding of $28 million. The app development program is nicknamed 'AppCampus' and will speed up the development of apps for Windows Phone, Symbian, and Series 40 devices. The program should mean more WP apps and better quality too, thanks to training in best practises and comprehensive support, not to mention funding, offered by the project. Participants in the scheme will be given business coaching to help them make their ideas more commercially viable. Hopefully the new versatility will see apps for the WP7 platform evloped at resolutions [...]

The Windows Phone marketplace continues to expand - it recently passed the 70,000 app mark, with 300 new apps being launched every day. Microsoft's CEO for Greater China, Simon Leung, revealed that the company plans to launch a total of 63 markets, which will please the 100,000 Windows Phone developers currently registered with Microsoft. In a move to further encourage developers to write for the platform, Microsoft has cut the certification process to just three days. The widespread success of the Nokia Lumia 800 around the globe and the rush of manufactureres now embracing the Windows Phone ecosystem should ensure even faster growth in the Windows Phone Marketplace in time for the launch [...]