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Microsoft: Windows Phone 8 to launch with top hardware, most popular apps

Microsoft is convinced it now has the high-end hardware and a rising number of the top applications to make a convincing push into the smartphone market with Windows Phone 8, according to a senior Microsoft executive.

Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile get ready for Microsoft's Windows Phone 8 push

Microsoft formally unveiled its new Windows Phone 8 software, demonstrating several new features, and also emphasized the carrier support the platform is receiving from AT&T Mobility, T-Mobile USA and, perhaps most importantly, Verizon Wireless.

Nokia unveils Lumia 920 and 820, its first Windows Phone 8 smartphones

NEW YORK--Nokia used its media event here to unveil its first two smartphones running Microsoft's Windows Phone 8 software, its latest effort to kick start its smartphone business.

AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile throw support behind Windows Phone 8

Wireless carriers and handset makers alike threw their support behind Microsoft's revamped Windows Phone 8 operating system, giving the company crucial backing as it looks to make a bigger dent in the market.

Nokia to undercut Android pricing in U.S. Windows Phone push

Nokia ( NYSE:NOK ) is planning an all-out effort to make sure that its decision to switch to Microsoft's ( NASDAQ:MSFT ) Windows Phone pays off in the U.S. market, the head of Nokia's U.S. subsidiary

Microsoft's Ballmer defends Nokia-WP7 deal

BARCELONA, Spain--Microsoft ( NASDAQ:MSFT ) CEO Steve Ballmer used his keynote address here at the Mobile World Congress trade show to outline some advances coming to the Windows Phone 7 platform--and