On July 26, Microsoft made it official: The "Mango" operating system update for Windows Phones has RTM'd (released to manufacturing). From a note on the Windows Phone blog: "This marks the point in ...

A big update to Microsoft’s Windows Phone platform is coming this autumn, filling in many of the missing pieces that made Microsoft an also-ran in the smartphone wars. But the so-called “Mango” update ...

With Mango, Windows Phone 7 gets Wi-Fi tethering so you can turn your phone into a hot spot and share its 3G or 4G connection with others. There are some caveats: This feature only works on new phones ...

Microsoft is retooling the Music+Videos Hub for Windows Phone. When the Mango software update rolls out later this year it will bring new tools for managing podcasts, a “Smart DJ” option which creates ...

If you buy through a BGR link, we may earn an affiliate commission, helping support our expert product labs. According to WPCentral, Dell will not launch any new Windows Phone 7.5 (Mango) smartphones.

Though most of its features were already common knowledge, Microsoft has put a date and, indeed, official name to the next major update to hit Windows Phone 7. Or, rather, Windows Phone as it appears ...

It seems to me like WinPho 7 Mango just keeps getting more and more features. The feature list is really getting pretty ridiculous at this point and more is leaking to us all the time. What stuns me ...

I get the feeling that, when Mango releases, the other smartphone OSes will have moved much further and Windows Phone will be left behind yet again. We may then have to wait another 8 months for ...