David K

iPhonies Come Clean – You Want Opera

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Man the truth is great. After all you people telling me about how perfect Safari is it turns out that as soon as Opera is available for the iThingies it becomes the number one download in all 22 markets. The truth will set you free. Now admit you want a WVGA screen, 5mp camera with … Read more

Bing Updated For WM

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Bing just got an upgrade. The latest version I had (which was recent) was 5.0.11249.0 and the new version is 5.1.2010.3290. Those numbers sound like a big upgrade, so what’s changed? No freaking clue. I don’t know where the change log for this thing is, so it’s a mystery to me:) All I know is … Read more

Co0kie’s Home Tab v1.7.0 is Sick

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OK so after NRG tweeted about 20 times about CHT (CoOkie’s Home Tab) I figured it was worth taking a look. Wow. I thought I was done messing with TF3D 2.5 but really, this is the only tweak you need. Just watch this video from PocketNow. Yeah, you can customize everything…like everything. Pretty sweet and … Read more

AT&T Carries Less Data Than VZ and Sprint

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This is a little shocking to me. Despite the iPhone, which is always touted as a data whore, it turns out that both Verizon and Sprint carried more data last year than AT&T did. That really tells you how pathetic AT&T’s network is. It turns out that data cards carry a lot more traffic than … Read more

Hold Off on Visual Studio 2010 RTM

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If you were thinking of getting Visual Studio 2010,  which was just released, and using it for WP7 development you may want to hold off. “We need to highlight that the Windows Phone Developer Tools CTP (WPDT CTP) released last month is not compatible with the retail (RTM) release of Visual Studio 2010.” MS says … Read more

Task Managers Compared

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If you’re like me you probably stopped paying attention to task managers. There are lots of them and they all seemingly do the same thing, so what’s the difference? Well XDA compared four of them to each other to show precisely how they do differ. They compared MMTaskManager, Showcase, ArkSwitch, XTask. The most praise is … Read more

WP7 Apps Come To Your TV

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We’ve heard the term 3 Screens and The Cloud from Microsoft for a while but an announcement from the other day is starting to finally paint a cohesive picture of where this is headed. To recap where things stand, 60% of PC’s have Silverlight loaded on them (including Macs) and WP7 is highly Silverlight dependant … Read more

Apple Slaps Adobe…Adobe Slaps Back

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So the other day the new iPhone SDK came out and it states that any app has to be written in native code and cannot be made using non-native code. This is really an attempt at stopping people from using engines which make it easier on people to make apps but it’s pretty clear that Apples real motivation was a direct attack on Adobe who is set to release Flash Professional CS5 which lets you write a Flash application and package it for the iPhone. Why did Apple do this? Cause Steve Jobs is a douche bag. But that’s just me speaking. On Adobe’s Blog there’s a new posting that was originally from an official spokesperson and then was reworded to make it clear that it was unofficial. Anything notable? “Speaking purely for myself, I would look to make it clear what is going through my mind at the moment. Go screw yourself Apple.” Anyway, commenting was turned off on the Adobe blog, but not here:) So here’s the complete blog posting and of course, comments are open so go to town.

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The HD2 Is Frying My Balls

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I’ve never had a phone with even close to this level of interference. If I get an email on my phone my computer speakers go nuts. With my Fuze I used to keep it on my desk about a foot away from my speakers- I never had any interference. With my HD2 I have to … Read more

WP7 v iP4…OMG WM6.5.3 Wins!

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So iPhone OS 4.0 was released today…yup still generations behind WP which is up to 7 (yes, I joke). With it comes things like multitasking, ability to set your own background and some other gap fillers that make up for what it’s been missing for years. Engadget put together a great tale of the tape comparing WP7 and iP4 and they did an incredible job…one that no one should undertake unless they’re writing a blog:) And I don’t want to detract from their work but I want to highlight a few points that are applicable to WP7 that I think are worth noting since they aren’t as pronounced in the chart as I think they are in reality. But also one important note – WM6.5.3 was included and look at which column has the most ‘green’. It’s WM 6.5.3 which is clearly the best OS ever!:)

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