Amazon’s Silk Browser Ported To The Thunderbolt

Amazon was touting their Silk Browser as one of the exclusive features of the Kindle Fire. If you’re unfamiliar, it uses Amazon’s cloud to do some of the heavy lifting and compress files and reduce load times on your device (yeah like SkyFire). While there’s questions over whether that in fact is really resulting in … Read more

AT&T Announces Its Black Friday and Cyber Monday Deals–$.01 for Android and WP7 Devices

Ah that’ time of year. Here’s the full press release, including Windows 7 sales…yeah that’s what they said. Just in time for the holidays, AT&T is stepping in to offer customers a wide range of savings on some of this season’s hottest devices—and it’s all online! Exclusively at att.com – starting Friday, November 25 through … Read more

So Brandon Watson Is Using A Kindle Fire…Gone Android Because MS Isn’t Competing In That Segment

This just hurts and I’m not sure if it should. Brandon Watson is the face for Microsoft’s Windows Phone evangelism. And he’s just fired up his new Android powered Kindle Fire. Not only is he using an Android device, but it’s a tablet that so pointedly displays a market that Microsoft isn’t even competing in. … Read more

Verizon and Sprint Again A No Show For The Latest Windows Phones

Anyone see the 2nd generation Windows Phones from Verizon and Sprint? What about a large scale release of Windows Phones from T-Mobile? (You know, more than one device) Anyone else have flashbacks to when Windows Phones were first released? Deja vu and until Microsoft can get manufacturers and carriers in line to release phones on … Read more

HopStop App Coming Soon To Windows Phones

I use HopStop a lot so this is awesome. “You’ve asked for it, and we’re building it. Our free HopStop Windows phone app is coming soon." With our new Windows phone app you’ll get all the functionality of our iPhone and Android apps for your Windows phone: Get directions from your current location Access addresses … Read more

Awesome Comic Explaining Why Windows Phones Make Sense

This is a great read, especially on a quiet Friday. This is from Spillway(Brain) and it’s a great blog post with comics that goes through technology and how we got to where we are. I’ll give you a few images to get you thirsty: iPhone: Android and Windows Phones with a new approach with live … Read more

Confirmed: You Can Use A Photo To Bypass Face Detection Unlock In Ice Cream Sandwich

When Ice Cream Sandwich was first debuted I, along with a lot of people, figure you’d be able to bypass their face detection by showing it a picture. Of course, Google said that won’t be the case: Nope, no credit given because a photo will be recognized. Just check it out: Beta beta beta. Nikhil, … Read more