While the iPhone and Android OS are known for their gorgeous UI candy, Nokia’s Symbian OS isn’t going to win any beauty contests. Nokia is hard at work on something much, much more attractive for Symbian^4. The mobile company has … Continue reading →

Rumors have been flying about an update to Windows Mobile next month, but it was an open question whether it would be Windows Mobile 6.6 or 7. Well, the gadget blogosphere is leaning toward 7. Our sister site, Engadget, saw … Continue reading →

So, get this: while Windows 7 only accounts for 6% of the global operating system market, 23% of Steam gamers are using Windows 7! The breakdown shows a lot of statistics, including average processor speed (2.5GHz) and NVIDIA (65%) versus … Continue reading →

You’ve probably noticed a complete lack of iPad/iTablet/iSlate news around these parts. That’s because we don’t cover gadgets, nor do we cover hyperbolic crotch-grabbing fanboy speculation. But now that it’s finally been announced (forever will it go down in history … Continue reading →

I don’t like reporting news without exact numbers, especially when making claims like this, but the Director of Marketing at Microsoft is fairly confident about this one: “Windows 7 is by far the fastest selling Operating System in history.” He … Continue reading →

Freescale just demonstrated a tablet at CES running Chrome OS, and there will no doubt be plenty of other manufacturers joining them later this year when Google finally releases their finished code. But why wait – and why shell out … Continue reading →

In its ongoing effort to give every new version of its smartphone operating system a confusingly different name, Microsoft has pulled back the veil covering Windows Phone 7 Series, which will replace Windows Mobile 6.5.3, which in a roundabout fashion … Continue reading →

An announcement from Microsoft regarding Windows Mobile 7 has been a long time coming. There was even talk of simply abandoning the ailing Windows Mobile platform. News today would suggest that it is coming though, but not until 2011. It’s … Continue reading →

Ah, speculations. Where would we be without them? Now that the iPad is out, we can finally start speculating on other things. One of these is Windows 8. I’m actually not convinced it’s all that fascinating — the paint is … Continue reading →

Earlier today Microsoft introduced the world to the latest version of the Windows Mobile operating system: Windows Phone 7 Series. While we aren’t expecting any phones running this OS to be available until later this year, the company had a … Continue reading →