Windows 10 Mobile Insider Preview causing apps to bog down? You’re not alone

Windows 10 starts coming to existing Windows smartphones in a couple more months, with Microsoft recently confirming plans for December distribution. Between now and then, there’s still a lot of testing to be done, and just as it has for the past several months, that means relying on plenty of input from users like you, trying the latest Windows 10 builds on your phone as part of Microsoft’s Insider program and reporting any issues you run into. In some of those recent builds, users have ...

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Microsoft posts very short list of Windows 10 ‘ready’ phones, but don’t panic

There’s already a whole lot of confusion as to what may or may not qualify for a Windows 10 Mobile upgrade once the platform’s new release will be ready for primetime, and Microsoft is sure not helping clear things up by filing a limited number of Lumia handhelds under “Windows 10 Ready” in its British e-store, and “Windows 10 Eligible” ...

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Easy come, easy go: T-Mobile says “so long” to Lumia 640 after just two months

As one Mr. Ferris Bueller put it, “Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.” That’s just as true for smartphones as so many other things in life, and with the rapid-fire pace at which new phones seem to always be arriving, sometimes it feels like a new phone is gone nearly just as soon as it arrived. The latest victim of rapid turnover appears to be the Lumia 640 at T-Mobile, as the carrier puts a permanent halt to online sales of the ...

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Get free Nokia headphones with the purchase of a Microsoft Lumia 640 or 640XL

In our full review, we have called the Microsoft Lumia 640 “one of the best values in mobile”; if you’re looking for a Windows Phone, go check it out. If you have already decided to purchase one, or a Lumia 640XL, and you’re living in the US, you might want to grab your smartphone from the Microsoft Store, as they’re adding some extras.While this might or might not be a new deal, it is definitely worth checking out. When you purchase a T-Mobile Microsoft Lumia 640, or an ...

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Lumia 640 and 640 XL could be coming to AT&T later this month

Two of Microsoft’s hottest new devices could be making their way to the lineups of one of the US’s largest nationwide carriers very soon. The Lumia 640, announced at Mobile World Congress this year to build on Microsoft’s affordable smartphone success, is coming to T-Mobile today. And if new information from WinSuperSite is to be believed, both the Lumia 640 and Lumia 640 XL are also going to be making their way to AT&T by the end of the month.Allegedly, WinSuperSite obtained the ...

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T-Mobile Lumia 640 coming June 17

A little more than a week from now, on June 17, 2015, T-Mobile will be launching the Lumia 640. If you haven’t already, go ahead and read our review so you’ll know whether you should be excited about this, or not. The information that next Wednesday, the T-Mobile Lumia 640 will become available comes from two different unknown sources that Windows Central is quoting in this report.By the looks of it, ...

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Microsoft Lumia 640 review: one of the best values in mobile (again)

Ever since Microsoft bought Nokia’s mobile device division, the Lumia line of Windows Phones has been focusing on affordable smartphones that still bring a lot of good-enough features with less compromises. This is probably a good strategy, since I’m sure a huge percentage of the population doesn’t need an $800 iPhone for texting, Facbook, and Instagram. The Lumia 640, is one of the first Lumia smartphones to finally include Microsoft’s own branding, and it removes many of the compromises you might have to endure on other low-priced budget smartphones like the Lumia ...

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