Windows 10 Mobile transition slow, but happening with OS share at 14 percent

Posted on by Jules Wang

The faster the word “Phone” fades and the word “Mobile” brightens, the better off Microsoft will be. But it’s gonna be a long, long, long run.AdDuplex has issued a new report for Windows device statistics for this month and it says that while Windows Phone 8.1 still makes up about 77 percent of the ecosystem, Windows 10 Mobile’s stance at 14 percent represents accelerated growth from previous months.“Last month the growth doubled from 0.5% to 1%. This month it more ...

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Nokia Lumia 520 cedes top spot in global Windows Phone usage to Lumia 535

Posted on by Adrian Diaconescu

It’s been a really long time coming (almost three years), and finally, the 2013-released Lumia 520 falls out of first place in AdDuplex’s Windows Phone popularity charts.Unfortunately for those of you who perhaps hoped the global crown would be passed on to a contemporary mid-ranger or the Windows 10 Mobile-powered Lumia 950 flagship, it’s the 535 that moves in the top spot.Essentially, a crappy (by ...

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AdDuplex estimates more than half of Windows phones in use should get W10M

Posted on by Adrian Diaconescu

While it’s certainly nice to see more than a dozen devices confirmed for Windows 10 Mobile updates, many of which are getting the sweet software goodie packs as we speak, we can’t overlook the fact Microsoft over-promised and under-delivered in terms of both ETAs and hardware ...

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Windows 10 Mobile exceeds Windows Phone 8 usage, Nokia Lumia 520 remains most popular device

Posted on by Adrian Diaconescu

For a mobile OS iteration that’s been struggling with various bugs and stability issues essentially since its very inception, putting off updates of devices running on older builds more than once, Windows 10 is ...

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Does the Moto E threaten Lumia on the low-end?

Posted on by Adam Doud

Motorola made some waves the other day when it announced its Moto E smartphone. This phone started at a low price of just $129 and was targeted at a global market out shopping for a durable phone. A phone that doesn’t necessarily have to be powerful. A phone that does the basics very well. In other words, a phone that’s cheap and low-end. Well the intersection of Cheap Street and Low-End Lane has had an occupant for some time now. The Lumia 520 is the very definition of cheap and low-end. There are some similar specifications here, but the main difference is Windows Phone versus ...

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Which is more important: value or budget smartphones? (Poll)

Posted on by Taylor Martin

Last year certainly helped change and shape the future of the wireless industry – more so than years past. Android, for one, transgressed beyond the false pretense that specifications are the be-all and end-all of great smartphones. Before, it was always about bigger, better, more impressive specifications – optimization be damned. OEMs were more worried about packing smartphones with 1080p screens, high-res cameras, faster CPUs with more cores, etc. All the while, prices of most the viable smartphones remained the same. Nearly all the affordable smartphones of yore offered a terrible ...

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GSMA 2014 Global Mobile Awards announced; HTC, Nokia, Apple come out on top

Posted on by Stephen Schenck

Part of what makes the Mobile World Congress such a special event to cover – as opposed to a trade show like CES – is that its focus is so specific to the mobile industry. That gives the manufacturers involved the opportunity to really put their smartphones and tablets front and center, not drowned out by new gaming consoles, HDTVs, and connected appliances. The organization behind all of this is the GSM Association (yeah – like from the phone standard), and in addition to putting on this whole shindig, the GSMA recognizes some of the ...

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Microsoft offering free Lumia 520/521 with year of Xbox Music

Posted on by Stephen Schenck

Nokia’s Lumia 520 and 521 have become the best-selling Windows Phone 8 models around thanks in no small part to their incredibly affordable price tags. Not only did they launch cheap, but they’ve been getting even cheaper, and we regularly see them selling for well under $100. When you’ve got a smartphone phone going for $50 off-contract during one of these promotions, sooner or later someone’s going to ask, “why aren’t we just giving these things away?” As it ...

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Pocketnow Weekly 081: Lenovo buys Motorola, Galaxy S5 fingerprints, & interview with special guest Ryan Negri

Posted on by Michael Fisher

When you can kick off a tech podcast with a string of expletives taken right from your publication’s teamwide chat records, you know it’s been a crazy week in the news. The Lenovo Motorola deal, announced late yesterday afternoon, threw our whole week -and perhaps our whole world- into disarray, and we’re grateful for the chance to sit down and talk it through on today’s show. But the news doesn’t stop there. Galaxy S 5 speculation is still coming fast and furious, with details like Samsung’s rumored fingerprint scanner beginning to take shape; ...

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Top 5 best priced devices for 2013

Posted on by Jaime Rivera

Even though most of your holiday shopping is over, we know that there is a slight possibility that Santa didn’t leave the gift that you really wanted this Christmas. Still, if you’re like any of us, then we’re sure you’re most probably broke already from so much celebration. The great thing is that it’s never too late to get the smartphone or tablet that you wanted, and there are some great devices out there that are worth every penny. Watch today’s Top 5 as we talk about some of the best deals you’ll find in this holiday season. We’re not ...

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Moto G vs Lumia 520 (Video)

Posted on by Michael Fisher

We spend a lot of time at Pocketnow talking about high-end luxury smartphones – but there’s a whole other side to the mobile market, a more affordable sector often dismissed as too laden with underperforming products to warrant much attention. Well, this year, Motorola and Nokia have done a very good job surprising us in this area, delivering the low-cost Moto G and Lumia 520, respectively. Our own Taylor Martin just

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Pocketnow Weekly 071: Lumia 2520, jumbo-phones, and the new iPad mini

Posted on by Michael Fisher

“Avalanches above, business continues below.” That’s a lyric from a very weird song, but it also encapsulates the goings-on in the Pocketnow offices this week – with technology news bubbling up from the outside world even as review devices tumble down from above. We’ll talk about those devices as well as the rest of the happenings in the mobile technology world, and we’ll take questions from your listener mail in the ninety minutes of this week’s podcast. (We’ll also ...

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Moto G versus Lumia 520? I’ll take the 520

Posted on by Adam Doud

Yesterday, I wrote that Google is attacking Microsoft on yet another level – hardware. The Moto G and the Nexus 5 both from “Google” are not going to hurt major Android OEM sales all that much, but could and very likely will cut into Windows Phone sales around the world, including the emerging markets into which Microsoft has made some significant inroads.  Of course, this is likely not Google’s primary motive at bringing these to devices to market, but all the same it’s probably going to hurt. The Moto G ...

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Is Google targeting Microsoft in the hardware department now too?

Posted on by Adam Doud

Last week, Googlerola brought us a frying-pan-to-the-face shocker – The Moto G. While the Moto G isn’t exactly a spanker on the spec sheet, the price – starting at $179 off contract – cannot be ignored. It’s a really cheap phone. Well played, Google. Google has become known as Microsoft’s nemesis over the past year or so. Perhaps you see it as the other way around. Either way, they’re not sending each other Christmas cards. Google services remain one of the most crucial missing components from the Windows Phone experience. Third party apps exist, but lets do us all a favor ...

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Microsoft de-Nokia-fies Lumia 520 in ad; a sign of things to come?

Posted on by Stephen Schenck

Microsoft sure is acquiring Nokia’s Devices & Services divisions, but there are still plenty of details about this transaction, and what it means for both Lumia devices and Windows Phone in general, that aren’t yet clear. One big question we’ve had concerns the naming strategy of these devices going forward; would we still see the Nokia branding, or might the Microsoft Lumia line emerge? Certainly, we’ve heard Steve Ballmer singing the praises of brevity. It’s far from a hard answer, but a ...

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