Microsoft should have moved much faster to make its own smartphone hardware, said former CEO Steve Ballmer, in a recent interview with Bloomberg. "I would have moved into the hardware business ...

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

Microsoft has had a vested interest in smartphones for some time. The problem is, they haven’t really had much impact, at least in the U.S. In the U.K. and other parts of Europe, however ...

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.

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 ...

Redmond has lowered the specification bar for vendors looking to make a Windows Phone, which could appeal to more cost-conscious customers and first-time smartphone buyers. The Lumia 610 ...

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella just 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 ...

In-house development delays are putting a stealth Microsoft-Verizon smartphone project in danger of collapse, Channelweb.com has learned. Microsoft and Verizon Wireless have reportedly been ...

Though events may play out a bit differently in the smartphone market where Microsoft has yet to stage the comeback it promised two years ago, BGR has learned that the Redmond, Washington-based ...

Microsoft is hoping the age of the smartphone is over, and it's almost certainly wrong. And give him yet more credit for working swiftly to bring the company's most indispensable services ...

Running Windows 10 on a smartphone is possible with QEMU, but it's a slow and not worth it process. It's a very involved process requiring creating a QCOW2 of the ...