Could the Windows Phone operating system become Microsoft's operating system of choice for 7- to 10-inch tablets? Based on new rumors, courtesy of Windows SuperSite's Paul Thurrott, this scenario ...

Microsoft (MSFT) unveiled a fresh-faced revision of their mobile phone OS on February 15th, and industry reactions have been virtual paeans. But the praise isn't about connectivity or ...

Windows Phone OS 7.0 is built from the same core building blocks as its Windows Mobile OS predecessors: A Windows CE/Embedded Compact layer at the base, with a bunch of mobile customizations on top.

corporate vice president of Windows Phone. The operating system will begin appearing on devices late this year and will run on the same core code as the forthcoming Windows 8 operating system for ...

Don’t call them Windows Mobile phones anymore. In announcing the latest revision of Microsoft’s OS for handsets at Mobile World Congress today, MIcrosoft CEO Steve Ballmer said that henceforth ...

Microsoft’s new Operating Systems Engineering Group — responsible for OS development across Windows, Windows Phone and Xbox — is filling out its executive team under new operating systems ...

Windows Phone, and Xbox operating systems into "one single converged operating system." Microsoft had previously made some moves towards unification with Universal Windows Apps that run across all ...

Tom Warren is a senior editor and author of Notepad, who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years. Now, Windows Central has obtained an early test version of ...

Moorhead said one of Build’s biggest insights will be ways that Microsoft further aligns itsWindows Phone 8.1 with the desktop OS Windows 8.1. “But to me, that’s not something that ...

Here’s how it works. Last night we broke the story about the international version of the HTC 8X receiving the Windows Phone 8 OS 10211 (Portico) update, which included a fix for the rebooting ...

Will the next major version of the Windows Phone OS work on 7- to 10-inch devices? The latest Windows Phone rumors indicate it might be possible. Mary Jo Foley has covered the tech industry for 30 ...

"It's a mouthful to say, 'You want a Windows Mobile phone?'" Ballmer said when asked about the decision to once again re-brand the OS, which has over the years been known as Windows CE and Pocket PC.