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Brace yourself, Windows Phone users, because everything's going to change.

Numerous features of Microsoft's next-generation Windows Phone 8 platform, aka Apollo, have leaked out. Many of the most-requested features of this operating system are apparently on the way.

Will nick the NT OS kernel from Windows 8

Deep integration with Windows 8 and SkyDrive, NFC support, and variable screen sizes for mobile devices are among the wealth of new features coming to the next version of Windows Phone, including according to two online reports. Speculation about what the next version of Microsoft's mobile OS, dubbed Windows Phone 8 and codenamed Apollo by the company, has been rampant for months.

Microsoft’s Windows Phone OS is often criticized for lagging far behind iOS and Android, the other major operating systems in the mobile space. But on Thursday, a leaked description of Microsoft’s next big mobile OS, Windows Phone 8, came to light, revealing how the operating system will improve.

Despite the success of Windows 7, the legacy Windows XP still rules the world.

Microsoft's next-gen OS will have an 'awareness advantage' with consumers that Google can't match with Android, ARM CEO Warren East told analysts this week.

Apple OS X Lion is hands-down the best consumer OS on the market today.

REDMOND, Wash. , Jan. 12, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Microsoft Corp. and LG Electronics have signed a patent agreement that provides broad coverage under Microsoft's patent portfolio for LG's tablets, mobile ...

The shocker is that AT&T may price the phone at $99 with a two-year contract. The low price is a game changer. At present, comparable phones from Apple and Samsung are priced at $199 with a two-year contract.