Operating Systems

May 102012
 
As Much As I Like Gizmodo, They Are Still Getting It Wrong!

Gizmodo posts lots of news. I read them often and I mostly like the detail and quality of their articles. Lately, they’ve been posting not only shallow, but flat-out technically wrong content about Microsoft news and products. Their latest gaffe was to claim that Microsoft is treading a dangerously similar path to the one that lead to the Department of Justice [Click for More]

Apr 142012
 
Review: Onavo Count - Data Usage App for Android

At work we get loads of customers that have upgraded from a simple Nokia, Samsung or Sony Ericsson that would last 5 days on standby and had no data connection, then wake up one day and decide to I’m going to buy my first Smartphone and its going to be an Android device. What is [Click for More]

Apr 012012
 

Nokia has announced that they will be giving away 3,000,000 Lumia 900 to the first US FaceBook members to like their FaceBook page (facebook.com/nokia) AND post a message on their wall about what they would do with their new Lumia 900. This comes as part of the strong investment that Nokia is making to promote [Click for More]

Jan 052012
 
NOKIA Lumia 710 Free on WireFly Preorder

Nokia Lumia 710 is available for preorder from WireFly FREE with a new T-Mobile account. The new Nokia Windows Phone smartphone is part of the re-launch of Nokia on the smartphone market in the US. The new Nokia Lumia line (so far made up of the 710 and the 800 handsets) is part of the [Click for More]

Mango is here!

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Sep 272011
 
Mango is here!

It is not quite a full week into the fall and Microsoft delivered on its promise of releasing the Windows Phone OS 7.5 update. The “where’s my phone update” page hosted by the Redmond giant is reporting that all US carriers (except Sprint) are scheduling the update to all their existing Windows Phone 7 smartphones. [Click for More]

Android + Zune = Awesome!

 Posted by on 2011/08/07 at 7:49 pm  No Responses »
Aug 072011
 
Android + Zune = Awesome!

So, what happens when you cross an Android smartphone with the Windows Phone Music UI? You get Metro’s minimalistic UI in an Android app, and it looks just great! Just in case you have not noticed, these pictures show a Windows Phone on the left and an Android phone on the right. It is said [Click for More]

Jul 192011
 
Windows Phone Marketplace, Preparing the Field for Mango

It looks like Microsoft is preparing the field for releasing the Mango update or as it will be officially known: Windows Phone OS 7.5. One of such changes preparing the field is the reorganization of the Marketplace, where I have noticed today a re-categorization of all apps. The Marketplace is divided at the top level [Click for More]