Windows Phone 8 and Two Other Stories You Need to Know

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Stan Schroeder
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Windows Phone 8 and Two Other Stories You Need to Know
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Microsoft Unveils Windows Phone 8

At its Windows Phone Developer Conference in San Francisco, Microsoft has unveiled its next generation mobile platform -- Windows Phone 8.

Unfortunately, some bad news came with the announcement: Nokia will not be upgrading current Lumia devices to the new platform. Instead, some of its features will be brought to Lumias in the form of Windows Phone 7.8 -- check out our first look here.

Samsung Galaxy S II on AT&T and Sony Xperia S Get Android 4.0

AT&T customers who have a Samsung Galaxy S II will be happy to know that they can finally upgrade their device to Android 4.0.3. The same goes for Sony Xperia S, which got its own Ice Cream Sandwich update.

New iPhone to Have a Smaller, 19-Pin Connector

The next generation iPhone will have a new dock connector, slimmer than the current one and sporting 19 pins, TechCrunch reports, citing unnamed sources. If true, this means that a large number of iPhone accessories will not be compatible with the new device.

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