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Windows Phone Internals 2.2 can unlock all Lumia phones (root, custom ROMs, and more)

by Brad Linder Comments Off on Windows Phone Internals 2.2 can unlock all Lumia phones (root, custom ROMs, and more)

Microsoft may have pretty much given up on Windows Phone, but if you’ve got a Lumia smartphone running Windows Phone software there’s a new tool that you can use to unlock the bootloader and flash custom firmware. About two years after releasing a version of Windows Phone Internals that could unlock some Lumia devices running […]

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Early Microsoft Lumia 950 concept included Surface Pen support

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Windows may be the dominant operating system for notebook and desktop computers, but Microsoft’s Windows software for phones has an ever-dwindling market share. While the company continues to offer updates to Windows 10 Mobile, Microsoft hasn’t launched any new smartphone hardware since the fall of 2015. At the time, the Lumia 950 and Lumia 950 […]

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Microsoft sold 13.8 million Lumia phones last year

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It’s no secret that Microsoft’s Windows software for smartphones has a relatively tiny market share. But the same week that Apple is trumpeting the sale of its billionth iPhone, Microsoft has released financial documents showing that the company sold just 13.8 million Lumia phones in 2016… and just about 1.2 million in the last quarter. The […]

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Microsoft “streamlines” smartphone hardware business to focus on enterprise market

by Brad Linder Comments Off on Microsoft “streamlines” smartphone hardware business to focus on enterprise market

Microsoft has been making smartphone operating systems for just about as long as anyone, and the company started selling its own hardware under the Lumia brand after acquiring Nokia in 2014. But Android and iOS continue to dominate the smartphone market and Gartner estimates that Windows had a market share of just about 1 percent last […]

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Microsoft Lumia phone sales plummet

by Brad Linder Comments Off on Microsoft Lumia phone sales plummet

There aren’t a lot of companies offering smartphones running Windows software these days… and it looks like there aren’t a lot of people buying them either. In its latest SEC filing, Microsoft revealed that it sold only 2.3 million Lumia phones in the most recent quarter, down from 8.6 million during the same period a […]

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1.4 billion smartphones shipped in 2015… not many were Lumia phones

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Apple may be seeing declining growth for iPhone shipments, but overall it looks like an awful lot of smartphones were shipped last year. According to a report from Strategy Analytics, the number hit 1.4 billion in 2015, representing the most smartphones ever shipped in a year. On the other hand, Strategy Analytics also notes that shipments […]

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Smartphones could get second screens thanks to a flip cover (Microsoft Research)

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A handful of companies have tried to put a second screen on a smartphone by slapping an E Ink display on the back. But Microsoft Research has another idea: add a secondary screen through an optional flip cover. According to WMPowerUser, Microsoft’s research division is developing the technology, and the team is in talks with […]

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Windows Phone Internals opens door for root, custom ROMs on Lumia phones

by Brad Linder 18 Comments on Windows Phone Internals opens door for root, custom ROMs on Lumia phones

Some folks like to hack their smartphones to add support for apps and features that wouldn’t otherwise be available. That’s why there’s a community of iOS users that jailbreak their devices (or find new ways to do so), and a huge community of Android users rooting their phones and tablets, unlocking bootloaders, and installing custom […]