If you don’t know about Microsoft’s Photosynth, it’s effectively a 3D photo stitcher that has cloud access to share your photos and it’s pretty remarkable in action. And as you’ve probably read they’ve make it available for the iPhone. That’s great for the project and great for iOS users. What’s not so great is their … Read more
Wow.. Sonos for iPhone has been out for a long time, and they’ve just released the app for Android. I guess it’s a good thing though as it’s finally here. I still have to wonder why it takes so freaking long for things like this to hit Android. Why no love for Android? Why all … Read more
Impressive, isn’t it, what comes out of XDA. Also impressive is how Microsoft has managed to at least retard the inevitable with Windows Phone OS, the new official name I believe. We’re about half a year in so let’s check the scoreboard because this is a war of genius and tenacity between The Man and … Read more
Wall Street Journal reported that the Mega-crazy-valuable Apple ($305 billion or #2 in the world) is suing the not as mega-crazy-valuable Samsung ($120 Billion or #37 in the world) for what they feel is the unabashed copying of their designs and interfaces from the iPhone and the iPad for Samsung’s own phone and tablet lineup. … Read more
Found another number crunching outfit, SocialNuggets. Seems their thing is combing through the web, social operations in particular including both the heavyweights (Twitter, Facebook) and blogs, XDA probably and hey, maybe even us, or completely different sources depending on what it is they’re after to give their clients actionable information. Their social approach strikes me … Read more
One of our vocal readers, Joe, advised me that Google’s not a software company. Took a while but I came up with an example of Google making great software (his point was that because their core business is brokering ads their software is therefore inherently shitty – and that I should “remember” his telling me … Read more
Have you noticed a trend here on Mobility Digest? I have, and it seems the new theme is all about Windows Phone 7, pretty much every news item is all about WP7… There’s not much love for anything else it seems, I need to start posting more Android stuff I think to make up for … Read more
The LG Quantum and Samsung Focus are now confirmed as having completed the testing stage and have moved into the scheduling phase which means we’re close to getting an official NoDo update. We were initially told that part of the delay was because of “software supplied by companies that make the phone itself and the … Read more
We mentioned Silver Navigator GPS a week ago and introduced it as a turn by turn navigation alternative for Windows Phones. Well it just got a huge update today: * Voice indications included !!! * Allows to choose between optimize route distance or traveling time * Huge performance improvements * Better battery life * Startup … Read more
If you missed it, on Wednesday Gridrunner Girl was released for Windows Phones. It’s an arcade space shooter that is ridiculously good, and now it’s available in a free/ad based version. To give you a sense of the quality of this game here are some of the reviews users have left behind for the paid … Read more
Here is a fun little FREE app that just hit the Marketplace. I’m a WP7! shows you WP7 users nearby or around the world. You start out by having the app identify you by current location or via Postal Code. Or for the really paranoid, you can list yourself as ‘In the Cloud” so you … Read more
Walt Ritscher was able to get a lot more details about the separation of the public, private and beta Marketplaces that Mango will be bringing. It’s very interesting to see the segregation but ultimately, the way it plays out, there’s still not a robust method to deploy apps on a private corporate level. let’s get … Read more