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Windows Phone 8 to Miss Holiday Shopping Season?

Microsoft has not yet specified a release date for Windows Phone 8. Hardware partners like Nokia already showed their Windows Phone 8 devices, but the OS is not ready.

Sep 7 2012, 4:07am CDT | by

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Windows Phone 8 to Miss Holiday Shopping Season?
 
 

Nokia unveiled this week the Lumia 920 and Lumia 820 Windows Phone 8 devices and they look very promising. The event lacked pricing and release dates. According to Arstechnica the reason for this is...

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Game of Life and Parking Mania available to all, Shoot 1UP returns to Windows Phone 8

Source: wpcentral

Since summer of last year, Electronic Arts and Chillingo have been pumping out Nokia-exclusive Xbox Windows Phone games. Players not fortunate enough to own Nokia phones sometimes feel left out and/or upset ...
Full article at: wpcentral  More like this  1 day ago, 8:52am CDT

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"The adoption of smartphones is growing rapidly across East Africa, and especially in Kenya ... This growth is being driven largely by the affordable smartphone segment, and we are pleased to add the Nokia Lumia 520 to our range, bringing signature Lumia experiences to new price points and consumers."


Source: AllAfrica.com

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Check out what real city builder simulation is like with My Country for Windows Phone

Source: wpcentral

Tired of old-school construction games that lack real action? You're not alone. This very quote kicks off the description for Game Insight's latest release for Windows Phone, My Country. The game is essentially a challenging city builder with ...
Full article at: wpcentral  More like this  1 day ago, 7:53am CDT

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AE Solitaire for Windows 8 Released, Download Now

Source: Softpedia

There are plenty of Solitaire games in the Store right now, but here's an app that's at least worth a shot, especially thanks to the success it has recorded in the Windows Phone Store. AE Solitaire is a game that comes with three scoring modes ...
Full article at: Softpedia  More like this  1 day ago, 6:01am CDT

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Our 5 favourite new Windows Phone apps of the week

Source: Nokia Conversations

Another week, another round-up! We’re here to highlight the best Windows Phone apps that have been released (or overhauled) in the last seven days, and, as always, it’s been tough to choose our favourites. But never fear! We’ve ...
Full article at: Nokia Conversations  More like this  1 day ago, 12:40am CDT

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Windows Phone 8 to Miss Holiday Shopping Season?

Nokia unveiled this week the Lumia 920 and Lumia 820 Windows Phone 8 devices and they look very promising. The event lacked pricing and release dates. According to Arstechnica the reason for this is that Windows Phone 8 is not ready.

At the Nokia event the phones have not been available for the press to play around. Windows Phone developers still do not have a developer SDK for WP8. Rumors saw the release of the Windows Phone 8 devices at the end of October. This seems under this circumstances not likely.

The worst thing that can happen is that Microsoft needs to delay the Windows Phone 8 launch to 2013. It would take away the boost that phone sales get during the crucial Holiday shopping season.

The reasons for the delay are likely the change to the NT Kernel and APIs.

 

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<a href="/latest_stories/all/all/2" rel="author">Luigi Lugmayr</a>
Luigi Lugmayr (Google) is the founding chief Editor of I4U News and brings over 15 years experience in the technology field to the ever evolving and exciting world of gadgets. He started I4U News back in 2000 and evolved it into vibrant technology magazine.
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