David K 
With Build about to get under way lots of news is going to start flooding in. There are screenshots of Win8 already starting to make the rounds as some attendees are using it. Along with that comes the hardware. Samsung was rumored to be providing a Win8 tablet for all attendees and that appears to … Read more
Every day we hear a dozen new (and conflicting) iPhone 5 rumors: the screen size will be 4” or the same; it’s revolutionary or a just a speed bump increment; it’s release date is October __ or it was released yesterday. There’s no end to the degree to which these rumors come and the fact … Read more
Mango brings with it the ability to do augmented reality on Windows Phones since you can access the camera and the gyro and compass sensors. Jared Bienz of Microsoft has shown off the Geo Augmented Reality Kit that will be on CodePlex soon. For developers, he states that you can write an AR app in … Read more
The newly announced Windows Phone Samsung Focus S really is thin. In fact, the specs have it as 8.55mm. How does it compare it the current Focus? The current Focus is about 9.9mm. OK what about the king of design – the iPhone 4. That’s actually 9.3mm so the Focus S really is thin. I … Read more
Wow what a way to start a Monday. Here’s the specs on the phones: 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 Super AMOLED Plus display, 1.4 GHz processor, 4G-capable speeds and a thin profile at … Read more
After Neowin reported pictures of what is believed to be AccuWeather’s Windows 8 tablet application I did something crazy. I read the comments and that lead to this link on AccuWeather’s website that lets you install their Windows Slate application. Neowin speculates that this is a Windows 8 application. It is Silverlight out of browser that … Read more
The Platformance series has a following and now a second Platformance title is available for Windows phones. This is a popular platformer that has a relatively simple looing board that’s notoriously challenging in a good way. To give you a better sense of the game, here’s the Xbox trailer: Here’s their description of the game: … Read more
Windows 8 is the mother of your future phone so start paying attention to it. In their latest release, Microsoft went through the speed at which the new OS can boot (and resume). Not only is it fast, but it’s just a few seconds. So fast that it’s faster than a Windows Phone. Just check … Read more
I’m sure you followed us yesterday and you know the AVG Security Suite is potentially just a method of collecting personal data. Well that’s what it was. It’s gone for now: Let’s see how this plays out once MS looks into it. It also questions how the app passed certification in the first place and … Read more
Most of you know AVG – the free antivirus and internet security software for your PC. They’ve branched out to mobile devices and have an Android security app. Their most recent app is actually for Windows Phones though. The AVG Security Suite has the following description: Free Security Suite from AVG Mobilation – security software … Read more
Microsoft’s Project Hawaii is a series of cloud based services that can be used when making Windows phone apps. They include OCR, speech to text and a series of other services. The SDK and details are here. Based on these services, Microsoft had students submit their apps and the results are pretty impressive. here are … Read more
The Xbox Live titles are the best selling in Marketplace so what’s happening now? New Release: Starting this week, run for your life against the laws of gravity when “Gravity Guy” comes to Windows Phone for $2.99. Guide Gravity Guy through a series of mazes to escape from the evil Gravity Troops. With three different … Read more