Microsoft has announced an agreement to sell its feature-phone business to FIH Mobile, a subsidiary of Taiwan-based electronics giant Foxconn, along with another entity, called “HMD Global, Oy,” for ...

Microsoft's BUILD developer conference was absent of major announcements regarding Windows Phone, and a new report indicates the company's rumored Surface Phones won't arrive until 2017. In addition, ...

You probably haven’t thought about Windows phones in a while. After all, why would you? The last Windows Phone handset to be released was the Microsoft Lumia 650 in 2016, so it’s been a good eight ...

The new crop, the first generation to bear the "Windows Phone" branding, include phones running on AT&T, Sprint, and Verizon Wireless. During her years at CNET News, Ina Fried changed beats several ...

The mix of phones in North America -- both new phones and existing phones updated for Windows Mobile 6.5 -- includes units by Hewlett-Packard, HTC, LG, Samsung and Toshiba and mobile operators AT&T, ...

Microsoft has finally taken the wraps off Windows Mobile 7 — sorry, Windows Phone 7 Series phones (it was very amusing hearing their execs trip over that lengthy phrase again and again at today's ...

Phones running Microsoft’s newest software will hit shelves on Oct. 6, but don’t expect the big lines and excitement that have characterized other iconic smartphone launches in recent years. In North ...

In its clearest sign yet that it is serious about the consumer cell phone market, Microsoft says it is buying the maker of the T-Mobile Sidekick. During her years at CNET News, Ina Fried changed beats ...

At this week’s Mobile World Congress, Microsoft Corp. plans to announce an application store with its newest version of Windows Mobile software and will formally open a limited beta for its My Phone ...

Microsoft plans to announce beefed-up remote Windows Mobile phone management capabilities with the introduction of System Center Mobile Device Manager 2008 on Tuesday. The software will allow IT ...

One of the biggest stories of the Mobile World Conference was the unveiling–finally–of Windows Mobile 7, rebranded as Windows Phone 7. The story within the story is how Microsoft abandoned the ...