HTC Announces 8S and 8X Windows Phones

Text and photos by Nicholas Montgomery

New York - Building on HTC and Microsoft's 15-year relationship, HTC's Peter Chou and Microsoft CEO Steve Balmer introduced the HTC Windows Phone 8X and 8S by HTC in a press event in New York this morning. HTC officially joins Nokia and Samsung as hardware partners for the upcoming Windows Phone 8 mobile operating system expected later this year.

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Nokia previews its future Windows Phone 8 smartphones

By Nicholas Montgomery

New York - Nokia showed off  the result of many months of work today with two new working Windows Phone 8 devices. Previewed today were the Lumia 920 and the Lumia 820 which are expected to launch in the US later this year but which have not yet been slated for Canadian release.

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Microsoft reveals new logo and branding

Microsoft has revealed its new logo and branding in advance of some heavy product launches in the coming months. The back-to-basics logo and simpliied font seems to mirror the look and feel of the new Windows 8 interface which borrows heavily from Windows Phone (or the user interface previously known as Metro). 

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Windows 8 branding and packaging revealed

Image from The VergeIt seems like Microsoft's shift to the newer, cleaner and sleeker design and user interface in Windows Phone and Windows 8 is also translating nicely to their product packaging. The first images of Windows 8 boxes were uncovered by The Verge and show the Windows 8 and Windows 8 Variant boxes which somehow reflect the screen and livetile layouts from Windows Phone. Windows 8 is expected to ship October 26 although the Release Preview has been around for months for anyone interested in trying out the revamped OS.

Source: The Verge