Recently sites have been noting that the Windows Phone marketplace has passed the 50,000 apps mark. Ironically enough it comes at a time where we’ve seen tech bloggers and posters point out the relatively small number of apps the marketplace has compared to iOS and Android. What often is overlooked or is failed to be … Read more
Charlie Kindel, former Windows Phone General Manager, set off a firestorm when he spoke his mind about the state of Windows Phone adoption rate. I even contributed a response on the thread that took on a life of its own with various tech bloggers stepping up to match wits. I happen to agree far more … Read more
I have been running overnight battery tests on my Surround using various scenarios for the past month, looking for apps or services that cause excess battery drain. But I digress already; back on topic. One of those tests involved running "WiFi Only", with Data and all Background Tasks disabled. Although I was not paying much … Read more
In Mango you can type in Group names in the “To:” box when messaging or emailing instead of going the extra steps of going into People/Group/Send Text or Send Email. It surprised me and it makes me feel like Windows Phone is on the cusp of something ridiculously awesome. Am I the only one drooling … Read more
Gadget Show is conducting a poll for King of Smartphones. The poll is between Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc S, HTC Sensation XL, Samsung Galaxy Nexus, Apple iPhone 4S, Nokia Lumia 800 and Blackberry Torch 9860. Currently Nokia Lumia 800 is leading the poll with 51.44% votes with distant second by iPhone 4S with 19.56% votes … Read more
Just as the title suggests. Windows Phone 7.5 combined with the Mango update to the WordPress app gives the awesome feature of integration in the “share” option. If you snap a picture and go to the option menu under “Share” you will find WordPress. I’m typing this article having just done these steps! Yet another … Read more
BGR, Boy Genius Report, interviewed Stephen Elop, CEO of Nokia, and in that interview Stephen mentioned a lot of Nokia’s market expandability intentions in the US market. In that interview apart from taking about their market strategy and carrier partnerships with various American Carriers and Nokia’s reachability to American Consumers with Smartphones and Tablets, he … Read more
There is a good news for AT&T version Dell Venue Pro owners. The Dell Venue Pro on AT&T is getting Mango update finally. Microsoft announced it on their Windows Phone Blogs. It is one of the devices that didn’t get Mango along with most of the devices during the initial phase of updates that Microsoft … Read more
Got an email from Dave who just shot a video of Survivalcraft on his HTC Titan and I got to say it looks pretty cool. The HTC Titan, here in our neck of the woods on the AT&T network, is a brilliant Windows Phone with a 4.7inch screen and a 1.5GHz processor. We have a … Read more
Interestingly Windows Phone 7 and Nokia CEO achieved highest honors in the mobile world. Windows Phone 7 has been awarded with Operating System of the Year judged by the panel at the 2011 Know Your Mobile Awards conducted at Vanilla, UK. The panel’s main focus was Windows Phone 7’s differentiation with iOS, Android and others … Read more