Engadget obtained a a picture of the Samsung-i916 next to an iPhone 4. I love the picture because you get a good sense as to the size of the Samsung device and I think it’s pretty good. Just a drop larger than the iPhone. Aesthetically, I can live with this. You?
WMPU got their hands on the spec sheet for the HTC 7 Trophy (a slightly smaller version of the HD7) and the specs are essentially identical. 8gb RAM, no TV-out, no front facing camera, just 5mp camera. I would disregard the 16m color line- the screen can have that ability but the OS dictates the … Read more
So J.D. Power and Associates released the findings on wireless use and customer satisfaction. Here’s the interesting part: For a fourth consecutive time, Apple ranks highest in customer satisfaction among manufacturers of smartphones with a score of 800 on a 1,000-point scale, and performs particularly well in ease of operation, operating system, features and physical … Read more
The Street did an article on Windows Phone 7 today and in it they quote a Morgan Stanley analyst who predicts that Windows Phone 7 will attain 15% of the OS market share within 2 years. Doesn’t sound like a lot to you? Currently RIM is 18%, Android 17% and Apple at 14% according to … Read more
“TranslateIt allows you to translate this text on pictures (optical character recognition), to simple translation and listen to the translated text.” Yup, this is the trick that Google Goggles can do, but here it is on Windows Phone 7. The video is in French (I could use the app now to translate it) but it’s … Read more
There is an ongoing debate between the iOS people and the Android/Windows Mobile people regarding the importance of Flash. No doubt, Flash is a very popular web technology used by many sites, but recently a question popped up about the importance of Flash in those sites, especially when accessed from a mobile device. Some believe … Read more
I will warn you now that this is not for the faint of heart. It made me a nervous wreck just watching it. But as a frequent airplane traveler, I always noticed the incredibly tall towers and the lights at the very top of them. I have always taken for granted that someone had to … Read more
About to fly to Hong Kong and later Bali for our honeymoon. It’s a transpolar flight, crossing over Santa’s factory, which means there will be some magnetic intrigue. Also because it’s so burrr cold up there and because you don’t want your jet fuel to freeze on you (total bummer if that happens), according to … Read more
WMPU must have a good source because they’ve just gotten another HTC HD7 leak. This time it’s the specifications. Not to preempt your enthusiasm, but it’s pretty much an HD2 with a few minor modifications to the button layout. The size is even almost identical. Still looks like no tv-out and I’m still not happy … Read more
Just yesterday we brought you video of Fuse – an RSS reader for Windows Phone 7 with a totally unique look and feel that I love. Well the developer loaded Mobility Digest and our YouTube into the RSS and provided us with these frames showing the three themes of Fuse. Seeing the site load that … Read more
DailyHoroscope is already available for Blackberry, iPhone’ and Android and it’s now confirmed for Windows Phone 7. They’ve provided a brief demo of it which does as expected – gives you your daily horoscope: My only complaint would be that the icons are rounded have shading and WP7 tends to follow a sharp edged graphical … Read more
