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So we recently reported that according to a Kantar World Panel report, Windows Phone is sitting at 4.7% market share in the smartphone operating system market for the US. Considering that Nokia has pretty much put all their proverbial eggs into the Windows Phone basket, we guess we’re not surprised to hear the Finnish company’s CEO, Stephen Elop, reveal that their short term goal for Windows Phone would be for it to hit the double digit mark. Speaking to The Guardian, Elop was quoted as saying, “When we think about the milestones along this journey we are very focused on first getting to a double-digit market share, talking about Windows Phone collectively.”

The plan to reach that goal involves going after some of Blackberry’s 80 million customers, but he did state that this would mean big changes, especially to Blackberry’s corporate customers who might lose their investment in Blackberry’s BES system if they were to make the jump to another platform, such as Windows Phone. Unfortunately Elop did not state how long he thought Windows Phone would take to hit the double digit mark, but hopefully soon rather than later. What do you guys think? How long do you think it will take for Windows Phone to hit 10% market share globally?

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We’ve some really unfortunate news to share with Lumia 810 owners who’d purchased the handset on T-Mobile’s word that a software update would enable LTE support. As it turns out, despite the Lumia 810’s hardware readiness and regulatory approval to access Band 4 LTE, that’s not going to happen — T-Mobile isn’t going to release the update. Sadly, this isn’t an April Fools’ prank. If you’re scratching your head about the revelation, you’re not alone. Representatives for the UnCarrier first revealed to us back in January that a software update would enable LTE functionality, which is a position that it’s maintained up through last week. As it stands, this leaves T-Mobile without an LTE offering for Windows Phone users, as the smartphone field is now limited to the Apple iPhone 5, BlackBerry Z10, HTC One, Samsung Galaxy Note II and Galaxy S4. We’ve asked T-Mobile whether it might make concessions to those who purchased the Lumia 810 on good faith that an LTE software update would be released, but for the moment, you’ll need to find solace in the carrier’s speedy HSPA+ 42 network.

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Folks who happen to live in the world’s most populous country (now that would be China just in case your general knowledge is not up to par), you would be pleased to hear that the Nokia Lumia 720T is headed for that part of the world. Of course, this is not the only new Windows Phone 8-powered device that will roll out in China anytime soon, but the Nokia Lumia 720T will boast of China Mobile’s own TD-SCDMA technology.

This particular smartphone has already picked up the relevant nods of approval from Chinese authorities in recent times, which is somewhat the equivalent of seeing a device getting approved by the folks over at the FCC before it hits the mass markets. So far, we have no idea as to the pricing strategy for the Nokia Lumia 720T, although it might even be “free” if you decide to settle for select plans. Other than TD-SCDMA support, the Nokia Lumia 720T does not depart from the vanilla Nokia Lumia 720 in terms of hardware in other markets.

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Want to get a Nokia Lumia device on T-Mobile’s network and take advantage of the carrier’s newly announce LTE capabilities? Well if the Nokia Lumia 810 was on your list, you might want to rethink that decision because according to Randy Meyerson, Senior Director of Product Marketing at T-Mobile, the Lumia 810 will unfortunately not be able to receive the update that would enable its LTE connectivity. According to Meyerson, “I’m following up as per my note last night.  Unfortunately, the Nokia Lumia 810 is not upgradable to LTE.  While it is true that it has a chipset that is LTE-capable in certain circumstances, the variant that was used in this device can’t be enabled for LTE.”

Indications of the Lumia 810 being LTE-enabled were discovered earlier this year through an FCC filing. However the Lumia 810 was not mentioned as one of the devices that would have its LTE capabilities enabled as only the Samsung Galaxy Note 2 was mentioned. In any case if the Lumia 810 is the handset you were after, we guess you will just have to make do without 4G LTE, at least for now.

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Earlier this morning, we did mention on how the Nokia Lumia 920 over at AT&T has received a spanking new firmware update, which would bump up the version to 1308, but it seems that the entire firmware update has hit an undesirable snag. Normally, updates tend to introduce improvements to a particular device, but when it comes to this flagship Windows Phone 8 powered smartphone from the Finnish smartphone manufacturer, things appeared to have gotten worse.

There is a thread over on Reddit that saw Lumia 920 owners share horror stories after installing the new update, as it concerns the handset maintaining a connection to AT&T. It seems that one user has shared his grievances on seeing his device go through the full works where connection possibilities are concerned, starting from no service to LTE with full bars, EDGE and 4G, all in a single spot without moving anywhere. Definitely not a normal occurrence, we do hope to see Nokia fix this particular issue as soon as possible, and for those who have yet to install the latest firmware update, it makes perfect sense to hold it off at the moment.

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