Hasta La Gadget!

The Nokia Lumia 625 was announced late last month, with an expected arrival date of sometime in September. However, it looks like the Finnish company is moving that date up just a bit, and they have now announced that the budget phone will be coming to UK carriers starting on August 28. The device will […]

With the longstanding duopoly of iOS and Android, a number of mobile platforms constantly wage battle for the third position in the global market. In some markets BlackBerry is ahead of Windows Phone 8, in others its the other way around. Many analysts believe that Windows Phone 8 is actually in a much better position as opposed to BlackBerry, even with its new BB10 platform. Nokia is one of the biggest manufacturers of WP8 devices, its Lumia range has produced decent hits. On the other hand there’s HTC which is yet to see immense success with any one of its WP8 device. Rumor has it that HTC is likely to move away altogether from Microsoft’s mobile platform.

Before Microsoft and Nokia signed a billion dollar deal making Windows Phone the default OS on Nokia smartphones, HTC was the biggest vendor of Windows Phone device. Now it accounts for roughly 5 percent of all WP8 devices, as opposed to Nokia which has the lion’s share of 80 percent, followed closely by Samsung in second place. Digitimes cites sources based in Taiwan who claim that HTC might move away from WP8 and focus even more than it is already doing on development of Android devices. One reason cited for this change is HTC’s desire to gain more share in the global smartphone market, and given Android’s popularity, the move seems perfectly logical. Does his mean HTC will stop making WP devices altogether? Presumably not, the company hasn’t dropped any such hint as yet.

HTC Likely To Move Away From Windows Phone 8 original content from Ubergizmo.

While Microsoft’s Windows Phone GDR2 update has yet to fully roll out to all Windows Phone devices, it seems that according to The Verge’s Tom Warren, Microsoft is already testing their Windows Phone 8 GDR3 update. For those wondering what’s the difference, the GDR2 update basically brings about some improvements and few features, but with the GDR3 update, it is expected to bring about new hardware support in the form of 1080p Full HD displays along with quad-core processors and is supposed to roll out later this year, at least that’s what we hope.

With the GDR3 update, Microsoft’s Windows Phone offerings should be able to stay on par with Android’s hardware, at least on paper. In any case we guess this isn’t too surprising especially if Microsoft wants to stay in the smartphone game, although sometimes the number of cores your phone has may not matter, but we suppose it looks good on paper from a marketing standpoint. In any case we have also heard that Nokia is working on a phablet with a Full HD display, so we expect that they would need this update for it to work. Take it with a grain of salt for now, but we’ll definitely be keeping our eyes peeled for more updates.

Windows Phone 8 GDR3 Update Reportedly Being Tested original content from Ubergizmo.

Microsoft’s Bing and Windows Phone will be working in tandem upon the announcement that the acclaimed Bing Apps for Windows 8, which will include News, Sports, Weather and Finance, will become available for Windows Phone 8 smartphones via a download. These new apps will be able to deliver a similarly comprehensive, customizable and visually immersive experience that will be powered by Bing in Windows 8, ensuring that the desktop solution gets even more mobile now. This would make life easier for folks to track and prioritize what’s important to them regardless of whichever Windows operated device that they use.

Bing News will deliver a comprehensive experience that enables you to keep tabs on the most recent headlines, in addition to videos of breaking news as well as the news sources that are closest to your heart. As for the Bing Sports app, it will let you keep track of the sports and teams that you are a huge fan of, allowing you to be in the know when it comes to recent scores, top sports headlines, videos, photos, schedules, standings, statistics and much more.

Of course, there is also Bing Weather and Bing Finance among others, so you might want to give it a go on your Windows Phone 8 device.

Bing Apps On Windows Phone Now Available original content from Ubergizmo.

If you’re brave enough to head into the little-traveled universe of hacking on Windows Phone devices, you’re in luck this week – Amber ROMs have leaked for both the Nokia Lumia 820 and Lumia 920. These updates include all of the high-powered goodies spoken about earlier this year when the Nokia Lumia 925 was released. […]