Copyright © 2013 Knight Sac Media. All rights reserved.http://www.siliconinvestor.com/subject.aspx?subjectid=58527[graphic] Windows Phone is a mobile operating system developed by Microsoft, and is the successor to its Windows Mobile platform. With Windows Phone, Microsoft offers a new user interface with its design language named Metro, integrates the operating system with third party and other Microsoft serv...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/images/Logo380x132.pnghttp://www.siliconinvestor.com/subject.aspx?subjectid=5852738013210Eric LMarketing Strategy Trivia: Beware the Chasm ... Some innovative and potentially disruptive technologies or products never make it out of that chasm. Those that do have the potential to experience rapid hypergrowth after securing a market niche or two in the bowling alley stage preceding mass adoption. Execution is ke...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289030065/19/2013 10:37:15 AMzax“Law of diffusion of innovation” explains why Windows Phone is about to take off May 18, 2013 | By Surur wmpoweruser.com  [graphic] In an essay on the Verge forums RobbCab explains why Windows Phone is about to take off. He notes that according to the “law of diffusion of innovation” consumers are divided into 5 ...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289025815/18/2013 7:30:45 PMzaxOfficial Windows Phone 8 YouTube app gets a major update via wmpoweruser.com  windowsphone.com http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=288804905/7/2013 2:10:54 PMzaxhttp://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=288800575/7/2013 11:28:02 AMzaxhttp://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=288784145/6/2013 3:57:10 PMzaxhttp://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=288725085/3/2013 9:11:56 AMzaxOK, I'll admit it. I'm a trekkie. I am thoroughly enjoying watching the original series again on Hulu. Star Trek App windowsphone.com  [graphic] Publisher Paramount Digital Entertainment Download size7 MB Last updated 5/2/2013 Version1.1.5.5 ...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=288714315/2/2013 4:26:21 PMzaxhttp://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=288687685/1/2013 12:45:29 PMzax‘Switch to Windows Phone’ App Now Available On Google Play Store And Windows Phone Store wmpoweruser.com  [youtube video]http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=288681745/1/2013 9:13:51 AMzaxTwo Unique Windows Phones show up in China April 29, 2013 | By Surur wmpoweruser.com  [graphic] WPDang reports on two unique Windows Phones that are showing up for sale in China. Above is the TCL S606 3G, the only Windows Phone without a shutter button. The device is being sold in Russia and elsewhere under the ...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=288650334/29/2013 4:37:27 PMzaxRefocus Windows Phone App Allows You To Take A Picture And Change The Point Of Focus Later April 29, 2013 | By Pradeep wmpoweruser.com  [graphic] Refocus app for Windows Phone allows you to capture the full depth of a moment while taking a picture and change the point of focus at any time later. It is some what s...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=288648634/29/2013 2:43:44 PMpyslentFidelity Investments app comes to Windows Phone 8 ONLY It's really starting to seem ridiculous that Microsoft allows WP7.x phones to still be sold. 1/3 of Nokia's Lumia shipments were WP7.x in the past quarter. With the Lumia 520 getting a retail price of $150, there's no longer any reason to dump obsolete devices int...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=288590744/25/2013 5:49:44 PMzaxFidelity Investments app comes to Windows Phone 8 April 25, 2013 | By Surur wmpoweruser.com  [graphic][graphic][graphic] Fidelity Investments® announced today that Windows Phone users now have free access to the Fidelity Windows Phone 8 brokerage app through the online Windows Phone Store to help them manage their ...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=288590184/25/2013 5:11:07 PMzaxGoogle fails to block Windows Phone push email in Germany April 19, 2013 | By Surur wmpoweruser.com  The Mannheim Regional Court in Germany has just ruled that a patent claim by Motorola, Google’s subsidiary, was invalid due to a contractual obligation arising from an ActiveSync deal between Google and Microsoft. ...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=288465904/19/2013 2:03:31 PMzaxNokia’s 5.6 m Q1 sales means about 7 million Windows Phones sold in Q1 2013, 150% growth wmpoweruser.com http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=288446844/18/2013 6:03:07 PMzaxUS Cellular announces its intent to carry Windows Phone 8 devices engadget.com  Mobile By Brad Molen posted Apr 18th, 2013 at 5:17 PM [graphic] In response to a customer's question about Windows Phone plans, US Cellular used its official Facebook page to proclaim its intent to launch a WP8 device in the n...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=288446774/18/2013 5:58:06 PMpyslentWe'll have to see if these Adduplex-based projections have any value in estimating sales. I suspect that new users have a tendency to download apps many times more than old users, such that their Adduplex footprint is inflated relative to older users. In my experience, I only regularly use one third party Windows Phone...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=288251234/9/2013 8:59:41 PMzaxDifferent approach to predict Q1 2013 based on Adduplex data. Even more impressive results. By kamal / April 9, 2013 nokiapoweruser.com  [graphic] First of all, someone asked in the comments about the basis of 21 million WP7.5 and WP8 devices by Q4 2012, so here it goes. It is based on the WP smartphones volume rev...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=288245894/9/2013 3:25:02 PMpyslent"Then just look at the third slide Zax presented (Windows Phone Manufacturers Worldwide) for 16% -- there may be some rounding involved slide to slide to account for the missing 2%. Some quantity of each of those OEMs devices are in use still in use worldwide." I'd assume that among the 18% Other category from the fir...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=288245154/9/2013 2:47:50 PMwaitwatchwanderWindows 3.0 wasn't really all that great. It's just that at that time Microsoft was the only real overall player in the integrating game. In the phone market that's not really been the issue of the day but, as markets move onward, what was once an advantage does tend to become a weight. The competition back in the l...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=288242134/9/2013 12:35:24 PMzaxMicrosoft always obliterates the competition with release 3. :) Windows Phone 7 --> Windows Phone 8 --> Windows Phone 9 Do you remember Windows 1.0 or Windows 2.0? Me neither.http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=288241074/9/2013 11:57:13 AMEric LWindows Phone Worldwide branded OEMs (past and present) ... Syl, << I'd like to know what the 18% other is. >> Then just look at the third slide Zax presented (Windows Phone Manufacturers Worldwide) for 16% -- there may be some rounding involved slide to slide to account for the missing 2%. Some quantity of each ...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=288241034/9/2013 11:55:53 AMwaitwatchwanderThe only reason for a phone to support 1080p is to blast the display up to a big screen. Applications that could possibly use this type of technology would either have to be connected or contain a good bit of on-phone storage. That has to be a dramatic change in how most folks currently use their phone. In order f...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=288240824/9/2013 11:50:26 AMsylvester80With those kind of numbers, IMHO, Nokia can not miss Q1 guidance. And if they can't miss, at current PPS, Nokia is hugely undervalued.http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=288240204/9/2013 11:23:14 AMzaxWindows Phone 8 will support 1080p displays by the end of the year By Tom Warren on April 9, 2013 09:52 theverge.com  [graphic]4 Microsoft is planning to update Windows Phone 8 to support 1080p resolutions. Sources familiar with Microsoft's Windows Phone plans have revealed to The Verge that the company will iss...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=288239874/9/2013 11:10:46 AMsylvester80I'd like to know what the 18% other is. Cause for the life of me, everywhere I looked in stores all I see is Lumias and maybe some HTCs. Nothing else. I have yet to see a single Samsung or any other WP phone. And I consider that very good news for Nokia especially if WP market share continues to rise.http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=288238904/9/2013 10:35:30 AMzaxWorldwide stats blog.adduplex.com  [graphic] The most dramatic change is that Nokia Lumia 920 is now the most used Windows Phone device in the world. It beat previous leader (Lumia 800) by a very small margin, but it is still a huge achievement since it was only at number 4 a month ago. To get a better view on how ...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=288237624/9/2013 9:36:10 AMpyslentSour grapes from Microsoft, but as a Windows Phone user, I thought the same thing, that Facebook was cribbing Microsoft's sales pitch. Welcome to the People Party http://blogs.technet.com/b/microsoft_blog/archive/2013/04/05/welcome-to-the-people-party.aspx 5 Apr 2013 8:26 AM The following is a post from Frank X. Sh...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=288180324/5/2013 1:12:08 PMzaxhttp://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=288115204/2/2013 11:32:43 AMzaxMore evidence of strong growth as Windows Phone web usage increase 40% in Q1 2013 wmpoweruser.com http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=288094304/1/2013 10:19:46 AMzaxHTC 'Tiara' and Samsung Ativ S Windows Phones arriving at Sprint this summer By Tom Warren on March 26, 2013 01:06 pm theverge.com  [graphic] Sprint is bringing two Windows Phone 8 devices to its network this summer, from HTC and Sammsung. After committing to Windows Phone earlier this year, The Verge understa...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=288004403/26/2013 2:09:11 PMwaitwatchwander---> India smartphone shipments ... 5.4 mn unit shipments in 2012 Q4 22M units a year is a pretty small market given that 500M smartphones are now sold worldwide. With this piece, Softie seems to be manufacturing a good feeling. Growth is what matters here and the note of WP8 phones replacing feature phones is likely...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=287983013/25/2013 12:08:23 PMzaxMicrosoft: Windows Phone Is Now No. 2 Mobile OS In India March 25, 2013 | By Pradeep [graphic] wmpoweruser.com  At Teched conference going on in Pune India, Microsoft revealed that Windows Phone has become No.2 smartphone OS in India. India is one of the fastest growing smartphone market right now. As per the IDC Asi...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=287980033/25/2013 10:28:33 AMzaxSprint launches Windows Phone landing page wmpoweruser.com  March 22, 2013 | By Surur [graphic] [graphic] Sprint seems to have forgotten the HTC Arrive, as they have just posted a Windows Phone landing page saying phones running the OS is coming soon. The page notes: Sprint plans to offer a pair of Windows Ph...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=287942423/22/2013 4:09:32 PMniceguy767I'm beginning to understand Elop's recent comment whereby he expects MSFT to challenge for the top spot in the smartphone ecosystem in the not too distant. The NOK/MSFT synergies are massive!http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=287909923/21/2013 11:31:47 AMzaxMicrosoft does not disappoint, delivers Pandora for Windows Phone 8 March 21, 2013 | By Surur wmpoweruser.com  [graphic][graphic][graphic] Microsoft promised last October that a Pandora app for Windows Phone 8 was on the way, and Joe Belfiore has been teasing some great apps since the beginning of the week. Micros...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=287906853/21/2013 9:53:50 AMniceguy767Gotta like the way MSFT is ramping up their support for W8 phones. Also like the way they seem to be initially devoting major attention to the meaty app's, those app's like skype, navigation, etc that most users are interested in. They seem determined to provide the best core app's in the market.http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=287885863/20/2013 9:27:48 AMzaxPhotosynth For Windows Phone 8 Devices Updated To v1.6 With Improvements March 19, 2013 | By Pradeep wmpoweruser.com  [graphic] Microsoft today updated its Photosynth app for Windows Phone 8 devices to v1.6 with improvements that makes the experience of creating 360 degree panorama even better. Updates in version...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=287876243/19/2013 4:26:55 PMzaxMicrosoft Details Skype For Windows Phone 8 Update March 19, 2013 | By Pradeep wmpoweruser.com  [graphic] Few hours back, Microsoft Skype released an update for Skype app for Windows Phone 8 devices. The new v2.4 brings in many new features and also enables people hub integration again. Now Skype blog detailed the ...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=287871573/19/2013 1:14:45 PMzaxMicrosoft resumes Windows Phone 7.8 update push after fixing Live Tile issues By Tom Warren on March 14, 2013 02:53 pm theverge.com  [graphic] Microsoft has confirmed to The Verge that it is rolling out its Windows Phone 7.8 update once again. The software maker temporarily paused delivery of the update earlier t...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=287785153/14/2013 3:55:03 PMzaxIs Samsung Stringing Microsoft Along on Windows Phone 8? March 13, 2013 at 11:20 am PT allthingsd.com  [graphic] Is Samsung’s interest in Microsoft’s Windows Phone 8 on the level, or is it a ploy intended to slow the platform’s market penetration? Boutique research house Detwiler Fenton believes it may be the latter...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=287775713/14/2013 8:32:46 AMzaxWindows Phone may soon get a new low-cost OEM March 10, 2013 | By Surur wmpoweruser.com  [graphic] With the evidence being that the biggest Windows Phone sales are in the low-end and mid-range, the race is on to increase Windows Phone volume by rolling out more of these handsets. Key to this is handsets by Chines...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=287708933/10/2013 1:05:33 PMzax“Wall of Windows” cross-promotion coming to Verizon stores March 9, 2013 | By Surur wmpoweruser.com  [graphic] A recent job post posting by Microsoft for a marketing position revealed that Microsoft and Verizon will launch a new “Retail in-store experience” which included a “Windows Wall” which would promote both ...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=287701093/9/2013 6:23:24 PMzaxTrend Micro: One in ten Google Play Store apps is malware March 8, 2013 | By Surur wmpoweruser.com  [graphic] Trend Micro has been analysing Android apps and their results are rather shocking. They dissected apps from both the official Google Play app store and outside 3rd party stores, and found nearly 1/4 of th...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=287680183/8/2013 1:53:58 PMzaxAuto Trader owners could replace iPhones with Windows Phones By Sooraj Shah 07 Mar 2013 computing.co.uk  [graphic] Trader Media Group (TMG), which owns Auto Trader, could replace its iPhone estate with Windows Phones, while Android will not be considered as it "has too many security vulnerabilities". In an excl...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=287657373/7/2013 1:55:26 PMzaxLatest Comscore numbers show biggest gain in Windows Phone users in more than 2 years March 6, 2013 | By Surur wmpoweruser.com  MicrosoftJan-11Feb-12March-12April-12May-12Jun-12Jul-12Aug-12Sept-12Oct-12Nov-12Dec-12Jan-13US installed base4.43.93.94.04.03.83.63.63.63.23.02.93.1Percent loss0.20.50-0.100.20.2000.40.20....http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=287643983/6/2013 7:54:22 PMzaxNokia Lumia 920 maintains 3rd position on AT&T as HTC 8X slips at T-Mobile USA March 5, 2013 | By Surur wmpoweruser.com  [graphic] Canaccord Genuity released their estimates for handset sales rankings at the various carriers in USA and it shows good progress for Nokia in the country. One of Nokia’s main missions ...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=287605353/5/2013 9:21:01 AMzax8% of Mobile Game Developers working on Windows Phone apps March 5, 2013 | By Surur wmpoweruser.com  [graphic] The Game Developers Conference recently surveyed 2500 developers and amongst other questions asked them about smartphone development plans. They asked: For which smartphone platforms is your company act...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=287599133/4/2013 8:45:56 PMzaxMicrosoft says Windows Phone had double digit market share in Mexico, Finland, Poland and UAE, passed Blackberry in 24 countries March 4, 2013 | By Surur wmpoweruser.com  [graphic] Previously known as the 1% OS, and now hitting closer to 3%, speaking to FierceWireless and Mobile World Congress Microsoft revealed...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=287590183/4/2013 1:34:05 PMzaxHuawei CEO Ascend W1 “sales are good”, now on sale in Russia March 3, 2013 | By mifkys wmpoweruser.com  [graphic] Huawei CEO Wan Biao – Windows Phones “sales are good.” Huawei promises to be an important Windows Phone OEM, especially in China, Russia, Africa and eventually even Europe. Speaking to Business Insid...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=287573863/3/2013 4:04:16 PM