According to the IDC (International Data Corporation), smartphones’ penetration is above 50% in developed countries. It’s below 25% in many developing countries. The IDC stated that the sale of ...

Steve Ballmer hasn’t been the CEO of Microsoft for a while now but he can’t seem to keep his mouth shut about how the company is being run. Bloomberg reports that Ballmer got feisty with Microsoft’s ...

TORONTO • For anyone who is married to a CrackBerry addict or has dated someone who refuses to stop texting during dinner, it should come as no surprise that in the age of mobile proliferation, the ...

Based on a recent letter to employees, CEO Steve Ballmer appears intent on focusing more on devices and services, while moving away from simply providing software. Microsoft’s upcoming series of ...

Rumours of Microsoft launching its own phone have been doing the rounds for the last few weeks. First came the buzz about a Zune phone and then the chatter about a new NVIDIA-based smartphone. Now ...

The media is filled with rumors that Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) has tested its own smartphone. The move has many disadvantages, but Microsoft should ignore those. There are many advantages if ...

Ever since I first set my eyes upon the Windows 8 Metro Start screen in June last year, I have wondered about Microsoft's precarious balancing act between Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8. Initially, ...

NEW YORK – Microsoft has unveiled a cheaper smartphone, costing US$135, as it eyes emerging and other low-cost markets for growth. The new model is the first Lumia smartphone under Microsoft’s own ...

Microsoft Corp announced more big cuts to its smartphone business on Wednesday, just two years after it bought handset maker Nokia in an ill-fated attempt to take on market leaders Apple and Samsung.

Microsoft’s fight to stay in the smartphone game will begin on Oct. 6 when the first so-called “Windows phones” will be made available at retail stores worldwide. The new phones will run Windows ...

Microsoft smartphone partners are expected to deliver about 30 new Windows Mobile 6.5 devices by the end of 2009, including models from HTC and To HTC Imagio shiba shown for the first time at a ...

But a quiet year for announcements? Microsoft has responded to accusations that while its Windows Mobile software for smart phones increases the revenue an operator can make off each handset, margins ...