AT&T’s Windows Phone Transition – The Verge

AT&T’s Q1 roadmap leaked: Titan II for $199.99 on March 18th, Galaxy Note for $299.99 on February 18th?

2012-01-25T15:15:04-05:00

Gallery Photo: HTC Titan II for AT&T first hands-on

If your AT&T contract is just about up, you might want to hold off for a bit as it looks like some new phone options are on their way. In addition to the Lumia 900 - which is rumored to arrive for $99.99 on contract - AT&T's got another LTE Windows Phone 7 device in the hopper: a source has told BGR that the HTC Titan II will come out on March 18th for $199.99. Of course, if Windows Phone doesn't suit your fancy there are also plenty of LTE-equipped Android phones coming to AT&T: the Sony Xperia Ion, Samsung Exhilarate, and Samsung Skyrocket HD are all slated for release towards the end of the first quarter. The site also says that AT&T's ver …

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Joe Belfiore interview: Windows Phone will compete on quality, not specs

2012-01-11T18:24:45-05:00

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Microsoft's Joe Belfiore, VP for Windows Phone, dropped by our CES HQ this week to discuss Microsoft's mobile future. He was classically reluctant to reveal the specifics of that future, though he did say that the words Tango and Apollo "sound nice." He did share his thoughts on how Windows Phone differs from iOS and Android, positioning it as the happy balance between the two leaders in mobile software. You get the greater variety of Android with the reassurance of tighter quality control that Apple offers. Quality, in fact, was the overriding theme of what Joe had to say. According to him, having a better user experience is what will diffe …

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LG Quantum quietly discontinued by AT&T

2011-10-20T19:00:43-04:00

LQ Quantum

First-generation Windows Phone 7 devices should be shaking in their phone-boots. First the HTC Surround disappeared from AT&T's site without a trace, and now the LG Quantum, one of the original three Windows Phone devices for AT&T (the Surround and Samsung Focus being the other two), appears to have been discontinued similarly without fanfare. It's just the latest casualty in AT&T's plan to move toward newer post-7.5 handsets. There are only two pre-Mango devices left in AT&T's lineup, the aforementioned Focus and the HTC HD7S, and we wouldn't be surprised if we're writing their obituaries soon, too: likely successors Samsung Focus S and the …

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HTC Surround disappears from AT&T site

2011-10-19T11:13:36-04:00

HTC Surround

HTC Surround, we hardly knew ye. One of the first Windows Phone 7 handsets to hit the market just a year ago, the Surround appears to have been one of the first to leave the market - it vanished from AT&T's site this week, with only a "no longer available" mention left in its place. (Though, oddly, it's still featured on the AT&T WP7 landing page.) Telus, a Canadian carrier, also appears to be phasing out the Surround; it's marked "Discontinued" from a Telus retailer, but it still appears to be available on the carrier's site. Though fans of its kickstand and landscape speaker will be sorry to see it go, the move makes sense - with more power …

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