Neowin News Feed for: Tango

No Windows Phone 7.8 update for T-Mobile's Nokia Lumia 710

Andy Weir — Sun, 03 Feb 2013 21:46:21 +0000

The Windows Phone 7.8 update is rolling out, but its distribution is carrier-dependent - a fact that will hurt owners of Nokia's Lumia 710 on T-Mobile US, who won't be offering the update. Read more...

Lumia 900 Tango update available for US and Canada

John Callaham — Thu, 16 Aug 2012 02:38:10 +0100

The long awaited Windows Phone "Tango" upgrade for the Nokia Lumia 900 is now available for owners of the smartphone in the United States and Canada to download and install. Read more...

Lumia 900 for AT&T close to getting Tango upgrade

John Callaham — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 18:55:09 +0100

A new report claims that the "Tango" software update for Microsoft's Windows Phone OS is close to being launched for owners of the Nokia Lumia 900 for AT&T subscribers. Read more...

Tango update starts to reach Samsung and Dell Windows Phones

Andy Weir — Mon, 02 Jul 2012 14:31:05 +0100

A couple of weeks after the Tango update began to roll out to Nokia Lumia devices, Windows Phones from Samsung and Dell are now beginning to receive the new Windows Phone 7.5 Refresh too. Read more...

Wave of new features uncovered in Windows Phone Tango update

Andy Weir — Mon, 02 Jul 2012 14:01:05 +0100

As Windows Phone 7.5 handsets start to receive the latest 'Tango' update, various new features of the new OS build have been identified, including new wallpapers and notification improvements. Read more...

Windows Phone 7 Tango update rolls out to Lumia 710/800 phones

John Callaham — Thu, 28 Jun 2012 02:51:31 +0100

Nokia has announced that the Windows Phone 7 "Tango" update has begun the rollout process for the Lumia 710 and Lumia 800 smartphones. It should be completed by the end of July. Read more...

T-Mobile to start Tango updates for Lumia 710 today

John Callaham — Wed, 20 Jun 2012 17:10:08 +0100

A recently leaked memo from T-Mobile indicates that owners of the Lumia 710 in the US will start to receive the Windows Phone Tango update beginning today, with completion by the end of July. Read more...

Windows Phone update history page lists Tango upgrades

John Callaham — Mon, 18 Jun 2012 18:57:28 +0100

A newly updated Windows Phone update history page from Microsoft lists the features that are a part of the "Tango" upgrade, but there's no word on when existing devices will get this update. Read more...

Low-end Windows Phones won't run Angry Birds or Tango [Update]

Andy Weir — Mon, 28 May 2012 12:10:04 +0100

We knew that entry-level new Windows Phones with 256MB of RAM can't run 5% of the platform's apps - but it now seems that that includes popular titles such as Angry Birds, Tango and PES 2012. Read more...

Skype for Windows Phone pulled for Nokia Lumia 610

John Callaham — Tue, 22 May 2012 21:27:00 +0100

The Windows Phone version of Skype is reportedly no longer available to download for Nokia Lumia 610 users, with the company saying that the "user experience is not up to par." Read more...

Lumia 900 now on sale in the UK with Tango update

John Callaham — Thu, 10 May 2012 16:07:40 +0100

The Nokia Lumia 900 is now being sold in the UK, several weeks after its US and Canadian debuts, and the smartphone apparently comes with the Tango update for Windows Phone Read more...

HTC Mozart getting Windows Phone Tango already?

Tim Schiesser — Sun, 06 May 2012 07:14:42 +0100

According to reports by a Microsoft evangelist, an update to Windows Phone Tango is starting to roll out to owners of the HTC Mozart, bringing the device to OS version 7.10.8779.8 Read more...

Nokia Lumia 610 now on sale; Philippines gets it first

John Callaham — Sat, 28 Apr 2012 14:10:35 +0100

Nokia has officially launched the Lumia 610 smartphone, its latest addition to the Lumia family. The low budget (and low memory) Windows Phone device went on sale Saturday in the Philippines. Read more...

Nokia: Skype for Windows Phone working on Lumia 610

John Callaham — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 14:19:33 +0100

Nokia has announced that, despite the memory restrictions on the first version of Skype for Windows Phone, it will still work on the 265 MB-based Nokia Lumia 610. Read more...

New Skype Windows Phone app doesn't support low end Tango devices

John Callaham — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 13:17:29 +0100

The newly launched Skype app for Windows Phone has a number of issues, with the biggest being that its memory requirements prevent it from being used on Tango-based phones with 256 MB of memory. Read more...

Nokia Lumia 610 sales begin next week

Andy Weir — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 13:29:26 +0100

Nokia confirms that the new Lumia 610, running Windows Phone 7.5 Refresh (the 'Tango' update), will go on sale next week in Asia, with plans to bring it to other regions before the end of June. Read more...

Rumor: Windows Phone "Tango" landing in early June

Tim Schiesser — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 13:21:25 +0100

A new rumor has surfaced from sources in the industry that suggests Microsoft will roll-out their Windows Phone "Tango" update in early June to all devices worldwide. Read more...

Samsung reportedly working on three new Windows Phones

Andy Weir — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 21:41:09 +0100

Samsung has been focusing heavily on its Android devices of late, but a new report indicates that it hasn't given up on Windows Phone, with three new handsets due before the end of the year. Read more...

Tango update to be branded ‘Windows Phone 7.5 Refresh'

Andy Weir — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 19:09:13 +0000

While Windows Phone 8 will be the next big OS release later this year, the 'Tango' update will arrive before then, and a Microsoft executive has now revealed the official name for the interim update. Read more...

Microsoft offers Windows Phone app hints for Tango

John Callaham — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 20:45:42 +0000

Microsoft has posted up a new entry on its Windows Phone developers blog, offering hints to app developers to make their apps work better on Tango devices with just 256 MB of memory. Read more...