In 2010 Microsoft's smartphone share was just 4.2 percent. With the arrival of Android, Symbian's market share evaporated and RIM (later BlackBerry) would also find the competition too hot, ...

Last week's showcase event by Microsoft demonstrated Windows 10 in many form factors. The most interesting to me was the demonstration of the new OS running on the Lumia 1520 smartphone. Microsoft ...

By the time the company released its first real modern smartphone OS – Windows Phone 7 – Microsoft’s overall share had shrunk to a fraction of what it was in 2005.

Microsoft is not a force in phones and never has been. The software giant’s $7.6 billion write-off of its phone business makes it even less likely now that consumers will opt for its phones.

NEW YORK — Smartphones are the new PCs. Especially for younger people, they are the devices upon which important communications are made, documents are viewed and, in some instances, even created.

Microsoft is not getting out of the smartphone business, at least not entirely. However, the company is dramatically changing its approach to the market with the news today that it will be cutting ...

Microsoft makes the Surface and Surface Pro devices while simultaneously encouraging third-party manufacturers to create their own Windows tablets. By contrast, the smartphone division responsible ...

Microsoft wants to be known as the people's smartphone company. The software giant said on Monday that it had lowered the minimum requirements to build a Windows Phone, a move that allows vendors ...

Running Windows 11 on a smartphone could pave the way for hybrid devices that blur the line between traditional computers and phones. For those willing to experiment, ...

— -- When buying a new smartphone — or adding one to a holiday gift list — there's just one question: iPhone or Android? (Friends don't let friends buy BlackBerrys.) But what if someone ...

When Microsoft announced earlier this year that it will launch an own-brand tablet to compete directly with its various vendor partners working on Windows 8-based on tablet PCs of their own, there ...

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella unveiled the latest of the “tough choices” Microsoft is making to streamline its business, and it’s a doozy: the company is significantly cutting back its ...