AT&T just announced some revamped prices for the Spring. These are in store and online and require a new two year contract but there’s no mail in rebate: Samsung Captivate™ – $99.99 The Android™ 2.2 powered Samsung Captivate with 4” Super AMOLED display brings users a fully integrated entertainment, messaging and social networking experience packaged … Read more
Mobile world is changing so fast… Less than 3 years ago, I’ve recommended a game called ZNax for Windows Mobile. Sigh… good old Windows Mobile… I really liked it back then, the game was addictive, it had the element of time (countdown) & competition, it was challenging and addictive. Today I found this game (ZNax) … Read more
Wouldn’t it be nice if your WP7 Bing Maps could save a location or address for future reference. Yeah well so would World Peace and three day work weeks. But as I don’t expect either of those anytime soon and any Bing update is probably a year away (unless you use iOS or Android) you … Read more
Don’t believe the great white hype! You know, the white noise that interferences with clarity. As Sherlock Holmes so awesomely put “life is far more interesting than fiction.” (Free reading courtesy of the awesome Amazon Kindle app) Lately I didn’t know what I felt about the state of affairs concerning Windows Phone 7. I … Read more
Browsing the latest Windows Phone releases and noticed a new game called Crescer from Game Production Studios. What’s striking about it is the level of polish to a unique game. Just check out the trailer: And here’s the official description: Grow, grow, grow! Grow plants, earn money, purchase tools, upgrade your plants, and purchase new … Read more
I was flipping around Youtube (new habit of mine) and came across something so damn funny I don’t even want to tell you how many times I watched it. A parody of some feel-good kid music video, Friday by Rebecca Black. The parody’s got four million views on it and counting. Using Youtube’s powerful Related … Read more
Don’t get me started on the T-Mobile buyout. It would be better for my sanity and your eyes if I didn’t rant about that yet. Just want to offer a recent example of an AT&T move that reminds me of how much they sucked, how I kept paying them to continue to suck for years. … Read more
Now that the tech-savvy of us can disable dehydration for faster resume times, the question becomes should you? What are the negative effects? And what happens when you set the registry key to 1 or 2 as opposed to 3(default) or 0(never dehydrate)? Within Windows has done a little experimenting and explaining about what they … Read more
I have been having issues with the Live Tile functionality of several apps recently and while I don’t have any answers I do have a suspicion. BTW, these app developers have been fantastic responding to my questions and trying to find ways to get their app to work on my phone, even to the point … Read more
Having played around with developing for Microsoft’s platform, I found it to be a mostly pleasant experience. I did however, come across a few issues that, if remedied, could vastly improve upon the already good developer experience. 1. Option to Cancel App Submission Being new to the whole developer world, I make my share of … Read more
I’m always a sucker for physics games and Gooo (from Nightin Games) caught my eye when it entered the Marketplace today. The goal is to get the Gooos into the basket and to do that you need to fling them with your finger, tilt the phone, maneuver obstacles into place, etc. It’s a fun little … Read more
Ran across this article today over at Engadget about a French startup called Wysips that has developed a transparent photovoltaic film, basically generating power from light, which could theoretically turn your smartphone’s touchscreen into a self-sufficient, solar charger. The film would be applied directly to the screen, below the capacitive layer, so no effect on … Read more