For those that think that the Surface RT is like an iPad, think again. Thanks to USB goodness, you can connect your Windows Phone 8 to your Surface RT and voila. Some real love. View and backup photos, see installed apps. It’s the real deal. Check out this video that shows a first time connection … Read more
The more Windows 8 reviews I read, the more frustrated I become. Having migrated directly from XP to Win8. maybe I am missing something that was available in Win7 that has suddenly been stolen from the user experience. Not sure. Without any concrete evidence, my guess is that these reviewers are allowing their subjective opinions … Read more
You likely know of RetroUI by now as a way to get the feel of Windows 7 back in Windows 8. Well a Pro version is on the horizon (for release tomorrow) and it really ups the ante. From what’ they’ve shown so far, they’ve made the star menu more usable. A real standout feature … Read more
For those of you on the outside you may not know how things happen on this side of the site. At any time there’s a string of emails flying back and forth with various thoughts and comments about what’s new in tech and what we’re seeing. Of course, sometimes they make it to Mobility Digest … Read more
The Surface RT 32GB was in 3 week delivery mode as soon it was launched for pre-orders two weeks back. And 32GB with Black Touch Cover and 64GB with Black Touch Cover were also back-ordered immediately after couple of days of pre-orders for Surface RT have been started at Microsoft Store Online. Now the Microsoft … Read more
If Windows 8 upgrades sales are in the comparative range of Mac Lion upgrades then Microsoft has a problem. Put simply, the number of PCs is a large multiple of the number of Macs. So when Ballmer tells attendees at Build that there have been 4 million copies of Windows 8 sold in the three … Read more
I took a quick trip over to Best Buy today to check out what new shiny hardware I could play with. Unless you’ve been hiding underneath a rock you know today is the day Microsoft released Windows 8. I took the chance to grab a brief hands-on with the Asus VivoTab RT. A 10.1” … Read more
1: Analysts Are Egotistical, Self Centered Blow Hards Have you read the flaming pile of poo David Gerwitz wrote? This guy creates a magical scenario for the “typical” consumer and basically pulls any and all asinine reasons why the Surface RT will be returned in a few days by the alleged bamboozled buyer. Yes … Read more
I guess this is mobile related as you can use it on the Windows tablet right? I have WeatherBug on my HTC Titan Windows Phone, but it drives me nuts as the tile doesn’t always update. My other tiles do and I have it set to update, but it doesn’t do it all the time.. … Read more
Awful quiet out there tonight (unless you are in Times Square, NYC). Sort of like the way it gets after a snowstorm up North (you Southerners are just going to have to trust me on this one). Windows 8 is coming tonight. So is the Surface RT, and more than 1,000 other PC configurations running … Read more