While the lack of Spotify and Instagram apps has meant I've not changed over to Windows Phone 8 myself, if you're equally as addicted to Skype, then you've got no reason not to switch platforms, as an early preview version of the VoIP app is available from today. Read More >>

Need to push your product on the masses? What better way to do it than with a veritable army of celebrity spokespeople? This seems to be Microsoft's line of thinking when it comes to Windows Phone 8. They've lined up not just one or two celebrity endorsements, but closer to a half dozen, and those include some pretty big names. Read More >>

This is it, guys. Smartphones are now significantly bigger than your average penis. And it's China's fault. China and its monstrous 5.9-inch Windows Phone screen, which is baffling and probably warrants a nuclear strike from the US. This is happening. Read More >>

Microsoft just hammered out a deal to get Windows Phones access to 12 million Wi-Fi hotspots from its new partner Devicescape. Read More >>

One of the more obvious things missing from Windows Phone 8 is a notification centre. When something happens to trigger a notification, up it pops for a second or two, only to disappear into the OS ether and never be seen again. Turns out, Microsoft simply ran out of time to code up a solution. Read More >>

While rumours have circulated in the past about Microsoft developing its own phone, the Wall Street Journal now claims that Ballmer and co are testing a new device in Asia. Read More >>

Microsoft just launched Windows 8 last week and it's already getting sued over Live Tiles by an OS development company called Surfcast. Read More >>

Microsoft officially launched Windows Phone 8 yesterday and showcased some of the upcoming hardware on offer from the likes of HTC, Samsung, and Nokia. Phones and rough plans are available on our various networks and the phones themselves will arrive from mid-November with some pretty cheap priced handsets on show. Read More >>

Windows Phone 8 is better. Better than the auspicious mobile re-imagining Microsoft trotted out in 2010, and better than the bag of promises it delivered last year. Those felt like betas compared to Android and iOS, a half-baked platform long on promise. Read More >>

Nokia has been alone on the vanguard of worthwhile Windows Phone hardware for a while now. But that's no longer the case. Here's HTC's 8X. And it's got enough firepower to go toe-to-toe with anything on Android or iOS. Read More >>

Think of a modern smartphone and you probably imagine a black rectangle, running the same software and apps as everything else out there. But Nokia's newest Lumia models are different. They look new, work differently and are packed with innovative apps you only find on a Nokia Lumia smartphone. Read More >>

You've probably heard a lot about Nokia's Lumia 920 already, as it's the hot, new, second-generation Windows Phone from Nokia. New display technology; an amazing camera and cutting-edge speed all combine to make the most advanced smartphone on the market today. Read More >>

Nokia's Lumia 820 is the new latest generation Windows Phone 8 model from Nokia, combining the latest Windows Phone OS with some incredible tech evolutions you simply won't see anywhere else. Read More >>

Microsoft has tried it everyone else's way, and Windows Phone still hasn't made much headway. That could still change, but two separate reports, from WPCentral and BGR, are claiming that Microsoft's taking the next step and making a phone on its own. Read More >>

We've seen a few Windows 8 phones in the flesh, namely the HTC 8X and 8S, plus Nokia's Lumia 920 and 820, but no one's had a chance to thoroughly poke around Microsoft latest and greatest yet. Until now that is; courtesy of a leaked, final WP8 SDK, meet Windows Phone 8. Read More >>