Microsoft confirms spring updates for Windows, Windows Phone

Announces 7 new—and two old—partners that will build Windows Phones.

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Old_Fogie_Late_Bloomer[/url]":1ccm4w5s]By the way, that glance functionality is so ridiculously simple that I can't believe it isn't on every smartphone ever. Pull the phone out of the pocket, and a low-power clock and notification display pops up. Wait a few moments and it turns back off. Or if you have your phone on your desk? Palm it, and bam! Saves the need for a notification LED (or at least compensates well for the lack of one).

Agreed. I love the similar functionality on my Moto X. I really want to go back to Windows Phone at some point, but Nokia, in their infinite wisdom, left Glance compatibility out of the Lumia Icon. Sigh.