Dell’s XPS 18 Portable All-in-One Desktop is now up for pre-order. It’s a desktop/giant tablet (I’m calling it a gablet unless you have something better). This is a full Windows 8 desktop PC running Core i3 or i5 chips, with varying memory, but in all cases sporting a tremendous 18.4” 1080 IPS display and weighing … Read more
Each time I read articles like those published this week regarding the less than stellar sales of personal computers and blaming Windows 8 as the primary catalyst of such demise, I have to wonder: “Where are these people getting their information?” Is it from the same guy who blames traffic on the rain, because it’s … Read more
Spoiler alert. No, this is not a game. Anyone who regularly visits MD knows that I have this thing about tasks and task apps. I went as far as to offer a bounty for a functional (by my definition) Windows Phone task app back in 2010. I finally found something that worked, and worked well, … Read more
In this brave new world of the new “Device & Services” Microsoft where the company had been promising to move more quickly you don’t really expect for proof to happen so suddenly. Today in separate blog posts rank Shaw talks Blue & Steve Guggenheimer clued the world in to BUILD 2013 coming to San Francisco … Read more
Mary Jo Foley was the first to report a while back that Microsoft would be providing updates to the core apps in Windows 8. Specifically the calendar, mail and people apps would be receiving updates. A short while ago Microsoft took to the Windows Blog to let everyone know that these much needed updates will … Read more
For all that Microsoft’s Blue represents, the most significant change it will bring is actually it’s tight integration with Intel and their new Haswell line of chips that are going to drop around June as well. Why is this such a big deal? Intel’s CEO calls Haswell “the single largest generation-to-generation battery life improvement in … Read more
Passing such a significant milestone just four months after launching Windows 8 is a good start. By comparison the Mac Store has roughly 15,000 apps. It is worth noting that developers still have yet to fully embrace the platform and deliver top notch apps across all categories. The Windows Store is shared by Windows 8 … Read more
My brain still can’t digest this all. Yes these are the things we were told could exist but this is it. i-mate is debuting this bad boy at MWC. It’s a 4.7” touch display running an Intel Clovertrail (Atom) processor, 2GB of RAM and 64GB storage capable of using HSPA+ and LTE with 10 hours … Read more
DIE NAZI! Seriously if you don’t know Wolfenstein 3D you need a history lesson. So classic. Well a port is available for free for Windows Phone and for Windows 8 (including ARM). I can’t imagine this is going to be available for long but I did play it on my WP and it’s bringing back … Read more
Every few months we hear (again) that Microsoft has aligned their code base and made it so easy for devs to write cross platform that any Windows 8 – Windows Phone dev will just be jumping at the opportunity to write for the platforms. And then that doesn’t actually work out because there’s still no … Read more