A quick look at the new features in Mango, the Windows Phone 7 update that is scheduled to be released this fall.

According to a research report by Gartner, Android is expected to have an almost 50% share of the worldwide smartphone market by 2011. Windows Phone 7 and iOS will be the other dominant platforms.

The Windows Phone 7 Marketplace now has over 12,000 apps, after adding close to 3000 apps in March. It is slowly gaining support among developers which are increasingly interested in developing for WP7.

Microsoft has now posted details on which phones Windows Phone 7 devices (and carriers) are ready for the NoDo update. Looks like AT&T is definitely not acting in good faith.

Microsoft rolling out Windows Phone 7 ‘NoDo’ update for current market handsets. Bringing copy and paste, Marketplace fixes and general improvements to users.

HTC recently announced the HTC HD7S smartphone. This handset runs on the Windows Phone 7 operating system and it will be exclusively available on the airwaves of AT&T in the US.

HTC Arrive is currently up for pre-order at Amazon. This handset originally comes with a price tag of $199.99 on contract, but you can pre-order this smartphone from Amazon for just $149.99.

Stephen Elop told Reuters that, the company have already begun to work on its first Windows Phone 7 device and it might be unveiled before the end of this year, instead of early 2012.

Microsoft and Samsung have partnered up to bring in next generation Windows Phone 7 handsets.

At the SXSW convention Microsoft is wooing developers with free Windows Phone 7 handsets and foam figures of the phone known as Win Foam 7.

Images of a Sony Ericsson prototype running Windows Phone 7 have leaked out. It has a 4 inch display, a 1 GHz processor and a sliding QWERTY keyboard.

Couple of days ago, when Microsoft sent out a Pre-NoDo update for its Windows Phone 7 handsets, Samsung devices faced a lot of problems  including  inability to backup, devices crashed & burned during  the update process and few were even un-bootable. Microsoft ultimately had to halt the update process on Samsung devices. Today, Microsoft will [...]

Sprint recently announced its first Windows Phone 7 powered smartphone, the HTC Arrive. This handset comes with a tilt-up display and a slide-out QWERTY keyboard.

Nokia has announced in an email that it will be giving a free Nokia E7 and a Windows Phone 7 device by Nokia to every Launchpad developer, in order to drum up developer support.

The guys at WP Central recently shared a leaked slideshow of the Dell’s 2011 smartphone roadmap. According to the leaked roadmap, Dell will launch some powerful smartphones based on Windows Phone 7 and Android Ice Cream, later this year.