Expansys-USA sells Nokia Lumia N800–Black and takes pre-orders for cyan and magenta versions of it

Expansys USA is selling Nokia Lumia N800 Smartphone for $789.99. Of course this includes free shipping. On their homepage they say they are taking pre-order, but if you dig into their site further they are taking pre-orders for cyan and magenta versions of Lumia N800, but are selling black one right now. The Lumia N800 … Read more

Microsoft took the “slap on the face” like a good Samaritan with NoDo update

Yes, it was the OEMs issue, but some of the media pundits and ABMers (Anything But Microsoft) made fun of NoDo update fiasco and blamed Microsoft without any knowledge of how an update would work with Windows Phone 7. Even they tried to compare it with iPhones where Apple, who is both platform provider and … Read more

Free eBook on Silverlight for Windows Phone 7 Toolkit in Depth for Windows Phone 7 developers

Windowsphonegeek.com is giving away their recently published (11/11/11) eBook on Silverlight  for Windows Phone 7 Toolkit in Depth. This eBook is for Windows Phone 7 Developers or anyone who is interested in learning Silverlight for Windows Phone 7. This book provides in depth knowledge on all the controls from Microsoft Silverlight Windows Phone Toolkit 7.1 … Read more

New educational WP7 app Math Rocks! by Tarasov Mobile hits Marketplace this week

Tarasov Mobile expands its lineup of productivity apps and services by adding a new WP7 app geared to high school students. Created in partnership with WP7Rocks.com, the leading Russian WP7 community portal, Math Rocks! offers tools for solving a wide range of math problems using any Windows Phone 7 device. The app will help students … Read more

Amazon making Windows Phone?–If so, it will be Amazing…

Yesterday we read the news from Citi Group’s Taipei-based Kevin Chang, who is Citi’s hardware research analyst said Amazon was in making of smartphone made jointly by Foxconn Technologies and it would be released during the holiday period of 2012, a year from now. Now Forbes.com states "Channel checks suggest the Amazon smartphone will have … Read more

Verizon and Sprint Again A No Show For The Latest Windows Phones

Anyone see the 2nd generation Windows Phones from Verizon and Sprint? What about a large scale release of Windows Phones from T-Mobile? (You know, more than one device) Anyone else have flashbacks to when Windows Phones were first released? Deja vu and until Microsoft can get manufacturers and carriers in line to release phones on … Read more

Windows Phone 7 as collaboration manager

Modern smartphones are very good communication managers and can do more than managing the communications. There are many 3rd party apps that could leverage the power of internal APIs of these smartphones and extend the communication management into the boundaries of information collaboration.The users of these phones could utilize these apps running on their devices … Read more