It's apparent simplicity. Despite having access to Xbox Live, full Zune functionality and Exchange email, the Windows Phone OS impressed Gizmodo because all that is cached behind a dead-simple ...

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.

This past weekend, Microsoft made official what was already known for years: the Windows Phone mobile operating system is dead. There’ll be no further development, no miraculous Windows 10 ...

In a prediction that few other analysts probably would share, IDC said in its report that it expects Microsoft’s Windows Phone operating system to account for as much as 20% of the smartphone ...

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 ...

Windows Phone is a proprietary mobile operating system developed by Microsoft. Windows Phone introduced a new design language, previously called Metro UI, but later renamed to simply Modern.

What makes this even worse is that a lot of the groundwork for iPhone OS 4.0-level multitasking seems to be in place in Windows Phone 7; Windows Phone already suspends (rather than terminates ...

But in a swift turn of events, Microsoft came up with a totally new user interface for the Windows Phone 7 OS, which will arrive on multiple phones November 8. But Microsoft had to build Windows ...

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 ...

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 ...

Microsoft unveiled the next generation of the Windows Phone mobile operating system this week—blandly named “Update 3.” The new version of Microsoft’s smartphone platform contains a ...

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 ...