My car stereo recently began malfunctioning so I figured why not upgrade to something more to my taste. With my Windows Phone, I take advantage of ZunePass a great deal so I was looking for a Bluetooth capable device as I don’t care much for wires. Fast-forward through all my research and browsing, I came … Read more
Finally. Now our Verizon friends can join in on the fun! Who will be first to purchase?! Get one for me too! source 1800pocketpc
Last month, Microsoft Research team released a beta app for WP7 called TouchStudio which is an app to code another app. As of now, no other mobile platform has got such app. This amazing app might not interest professional developers but students and hobbyists would surely find this interesting. It requires barely any programming knowledge to code a new app which can access your phones data, media, sensors and cloud services like social networks.
“Hardware limitation” – this has been a favourite reason/excuse since a very long time for not providing firmware upgrades to Android devices by the manufacturers. Until recently, Sony Ericsson’s Xperia X10 too wasn’t going to get firmware upgrade beyond Android 2.1 (not officially, atleast.) And now when its official that Xperia X10 is indeed going to get an Android Gingerbread upgrade, XDA member Chumby_666 has managed to port the Android Honeycomb SDK to it.
1800PocketPC put together an article highlighting some of the effort that went into creating the Windows Phone soft keyboard. Aside from all the work that was done researching key presses and user habits, there are a bunch of little Easter eggs that you may or may not know about. I know, your custom keyboard is … Read more
Yesterday, I did something on my phone that took less than a minute and cost me about seven hours of rebuilding. Decided to start tinkering with Advanced Configuration, a homebrew tool from Julien Schapman. Aside from some registry and sound tweaks, the app also has a feature to create/redefine your theme/accent colors. Playing around with … Read more
So Google dropped Android 2.3.4 on stock Nexus S owners. Those not fitting that description have been SOL until the fairly near future as I just scored and flashed me a CM 7.1.0 / Android 2.3.4 “kang” nightly floating hereabouts (I didn’t even know what kang was – means super duper unofficial, so a super … Read more
When Kill the Duck first hit the Windows Phone marketplace I was a bit shocked at how quickly it rose to the top of the charts, being that it was a classic game and a straightforward port. Well flash forward and the same developer has just released a revamped version called Kill the Duck: Town … Read more
I suppose its about time, allow me to introduce you to the beginning of the end for Androids “wild wild west” behavior. Is this a bad thing? NO! it is NOT! If you didn’t pay for the ability to tether then why should you be allowed to do so? In the real world this is … Read more
I could over analyze this with a nice size article, or I could just sum it up in 2 sentences. Lets try the 3 sentences route. 1. Microsoft released a tool to aid iOS developers in quickly porting their applications over to Windows Phone. 2. Microsoft isn’t playing any more, its game time! But what … Read more
One of the reasons, anyone would prefer Google Nexus S over any other Android phone is definitely because of the “Pure Google Experience” – no third party customization, gets update earlier than any other Android device. Google has just announced that the next firmware update, Android 2.3.4 for Nexus S has got bug fixes along with a surprise – video and voice chat support for Google Talk.
Fun Infused Games has released Hypership Out of Control Lite into the Marketplace. It’s a remake of the classic 8-bit space shooters with retro sounds and text to match but finger controls to go with it. It’s a nice balance of throw-back gaming and ridiculously fast paced action that works great on a phone. And … Read more