David K 
Just received an official PR email: I wanted to make you aware of the following announcement on upcoming phones with AT&T running Windows Phone 7.5 (code named “Mango”). Samsung Focus S The Samsung Focus™ S builds on the success of the award-winning and highest-selling Windows Phone in the U.S., the Samsung Focus™. Featuring a 4.3-inch … Read more
Finally: Ok let’s do the Focus Flash: And we’ve seen the Titan but how about with some AT&T branding: This is all from the official Windows Phone Blog. Still no release date, but the Focus S looks awesome.
Microsoft was holding back updates to have a staggered update process so only 50% of the phones that were ready to get updates were being triggered. That wall is now down. If the phone is ready, all phones will now receive update notifications. Of course, in the US that still leaves the Dell Venue Pro … Read more
You have to watch this video. There’s 3D interactions here and as soon as you see it you can start to think of a million ways this can be implemented. Not just in games and prototyping but also if you were triggering real time actions, like a surgeon for example. Here’s how they describe it: … Read more
Ever since they got me hooked on the Kinect version I’ve been a big Fruit Ninja fan. I don’t need to explain it – the sale figures speak for themselves. And now there’s a sequel coming tomorrow and it looks awesome. Check this out: Yeah I’ll be trying the iPad version out tomorrow…I have no … Read more
Man it’s like the same old record. The Ice Cream Sandwich announcement really has some incredible things going for it. The photography apps are particularly stunning with real time photo stitching and some awesome built-in editing all while shooting photos with zero lag. There was dictation in real time that was pretty damn accurate (not … Read more
Just in case you missed this video, SquareTrade (which provides warranties for devices) dropped the iPhone 4S and Samsung Galaxy S II from waist, shoulder and then face down to see how they fared. here’s the video, but a spoiler: the iPhone gets destroyed and the Galaxy gets scratched. Interesting that even face down the … Read more
Arcane’s Tower Defense is a top notch 3D tower defense game for Windows Phones that very popular in the existing paid version (which is only $2). Now there’s a free version of the game that is the same except it has ads. So once you get really into the game and sick of the ads … Read more
Microsoft has some new spots airing tonight (turn on the SNF game and you’ll definitely see it a few times). This ad shows an Xbox with Kinect, beings filmed with a windows phone and then edited on a PC with Windows 7. Of course, on YouTube Microsoft describes it as “http://microsoft.com/family – While dad is … Read more
Wow I didn’t realize they didn’t have their own Twitter handle. Only two tweets so far though with the second one being: Something delicious is coming: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RX4btquQzUE I’m following. Always have to know what that robot is up to so I can defend myself against it…
So Microsoft and Skype have made it official. There are a few countries that still require regulatory approval and as to those limited countries the deal is open but on the whole the deal is done. That means integration can move ahead full speed. In fact, the first thing they did was update Skype to … Read more
This app is awesome. It uses Mango’s ability to use the camera in real time and face detection and then you can do all sorts of funny things. Like it will throw a mustache on any person it sees and it places it in the right location and resizes it too. It’s one of those … Read more