Windows Phone 7 in pictures

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  IN PICTURES: Nokia Australia's Lumia Launch
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  The first Windows Phone 7 smartphones
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  In Pictures: Windows Phone 7 Australian launch

• APP OF THE DAY: Flixster

  By Patrick Budmar | 17 May, 2012 10:46

  Before you want to go and watch a movie in the cinema, you usually want to be certain that it is actually good before investing in a ticket.

• APP OF THE DAY: Weather Flow

  By Patrick Budmar | 14 May, 2012 11:51

  Getting the latest weather reports should not be a boring affair, and Weather Flow goes out of its way to spice up an admittedly everyday activity.

• APP OF THE DAY: Qantas

  By Patrick Budmar | 03 May, 2012 11:56

  When travelling, keeping track of your flight itinerary can be a challenge, especially when it comes to checking-in and boarding the flight.

• APP OF THE DAY: Skype

  By Patrick Budmar | 26 April, 2012 10:15

  It’s been a long time coming, but Skype is finally available on the Microsoft’s own Windows Phone 7 platform.

• Analysis: BYOD could hurt Windows Phone growth

  By Colin Neagle | 26 April, 2012 05:34

  Some of the researchers behind last year's high expectations for Microsoft's Windows Phone mobile operating system are beginning to dial back their predictions, citing the bring-your-own-device (BYOD) trend as a roadblock in some markets.

• Qantas app lands in Windows Phone Marketplace

  By Patrick Budmar | 18 April, 2012 12:00

  Keeping track of your Qantas flight is going to be more manageable now with the advent of an exclusive Windows Phone app.

• BlackBerry most secure, but iPhone is second: Trend Micro

  By Patrick Budmar | 17 April, 2012 12:18

  Despite having its market share consistently eroded, RIM can take solace in knowing that its BlackBerry platform is the most secure.

• APP OF THE DAY: Vimeo

  By Patrick Budmar | 17 April, 2012 11:26

  YouTube is great, but for slightly more different content at higher resolutions, Vimeo is the place to be.

• RIM BlackBerry forecast: Grim, with hope on the horizon

  By Ian Paul | 07 September, 2011 23:26

  Mike Lazarus, a Sydney-based software design consultant, relies on his RIM BlackBerry daily to manage his contacts database, store important documents, and keep his information secure. "I use my mobile phone essentially as a mobile office," he says. "Nearly, everything I need to do in the office, I can do from my phone."

• Essential apps for Windows Phone 7

  By Megan Geuss and Armando Rodriguez | 29 June, 2011 23:44

  For any smartphone user, adding some simple-to-use and practical apps is a great way to get the most out of a handset. Our package of essentials should be more than enough to get you started.

• Android vs. iOS vs. Windows Phone

  By Preston Gralla | 18 March, 2011 05:43

  The past year has been a remarkable one for smartphones, with the meteoric rise of Google's Android OS, the restart of Microsoft's mobile strategy with its much-ballyhooed release of Windows Phone 7 and the continuing success of Apple's iPhone, buoyed by its new availability to Verizon subscribers. Never has there been so much choice in the smartphone market. As a result, hype and overstatement have been the order of the day.

• Windows Phone 7: What Microsoft needs next

  By Jared Newman | 17 February, 2011 05:01

  The last week has brought nothing but good news for Microsoft and Windows Phone 7. Between Nokia's hardware commitment, Angry Birds on the way and Microsoft's own announcement of a roadmap for vital features such as multitasking, Windows Phone 7 seems to be catching a second wind in 2011.

• Can Windows Phone 7 save Microsoft's mobile bacon?

  By John P. Mello Jr. | 20 July, 2010 02:25

  Windows Phone 7 is inching closer to market. Microsoft has sent the operating system for its brand of mobile phones to the labs of carriers for testing, as well as to developers of applications for the phones, which are expected to reach the market in time for holiday shoppers.

• Windows Phone 7 technical preview: Hot and not

  By Jared Newman | 20 July, 2010 06:04

  Microsoft is so desperate to prove Windows Phone 7's worth in the fiercely competitive smartphone market the company's already giving technical previews to the press, months before the platform's holiday launch.

• Windows Phone 7 offers superior business smartphone

  By Tony Bradley | 15 July, 2010 05:13

  Microsoft used its annual Worldwide Partner Conference (WPC) in Washington, DC this week to reveal more details about the impending Windows Phone 7 smartphone platform. While Microsoft's smartphone market share has been plummeting, Windows Phone 7 could emerge as the best smartphone platform for businesses, and help Microsoft regain ground it has lost to RIM, Apple, and Google.

• Windows Phone Live details emerge: What we know so far

  By Jeff Bertolucci | 14 July, 2010 08:23

  The Windows Phone 7 operating system won't arrive for a few more months (expect a splashy debut as the holiday season nears) and Microsoft is using the extra time to dole out morsels of information about its upcoming mobile OS--one with the unfortunate task of competing with Apple's iPhone and a bumper crop of Google Android-based phones.