Wait what? Was the (Phone Who’s Name Is Not Spoken) not Microsoft’s best attempt at having a Facebook phone? Well I didn’t think so and apparently someone else agrees. Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 is a Social Phone Done Right! Gone are the dark days of having to wait for an official app to be released, … Read more
Apparently MS learned that the ad campaign Old Spice was using with Isaiah Mustafa led to them increasing sales by 107% and even though this has to lead to a million jokes about covering up odors, they still went with it. Here’s the spot: Brilliance? I don’t know, but it is funny. via Engadget
Flash is a hot word these days and we’ve known for a while that Adobe was working on bringing it to Windows Phone. At the same time, the entire core of WP7 is based on Silverlight yet even Silverlight doesn’t work within the web browser on Windows Phone. Why? The answer lies within the browser … Read more
We had seen Twin Blades before but it was on prototype hardware and software. Now, we get to see it on a Samsung Omnia 7 with the latest build of WP7 and it is running superbly. It really looks great. And a lot has been made of the game startup times. It’s 20 seconds to … Read more
Mobility Digest just learned from an inside source that Best Buy will be an official launch retailer for Windows Phone 7! Confirmed through our source were three phones from AT&T, the HTC Surround, Samsung Focus, and the LG Quantum. We have yet to learn of any other carriers at this point but we are hoping that … Read more
Apps come and go, but for me, there has always been one that I could not live without, eWallet by Ilium Software. The eWallet app keeps everything I need to know 256 bit encrypted and right where I an get to it quickly. Not only is the mobile app excellent, the Professional version allows you … Read more
So we’ve been yelling at each other, back and forth, here at MobilityDigest.com through our email chaos about the merits of screen size. Doug Smith seems to think that unless you can kill a small child or a full grown adult if he accidentally drops it from his hands, then it doesn’t cut it, having been … Read more
Paul Thurrott, who is one of my favorite bloggers out there, has his newest book coming out later this month or as he states Nov 9th on Amazon. What is interesting about this book is that Paul documented almost the entire writing process on this book. Visit windowsphonesecrets.com for nice amount of information on the … Read more
Internally we’ve been talking about the Windows Phones and we’ve been trying to get a sense as to how much screen size we’ll have to give up to go from an HD2 to the Focus and the Surround. So, why not just make a graphic so we can test it on our phones? OK, so … Read more
Ok so that didn’t take long at all. Since MS had a leak they clarified the situation…and the answer? From Cnet “Later in 2010 Microsoft will make a public beta available of a tool that allows Windows Phone 7 to sync select content with Mac computers.” In other words, it is NOT Zune but it … Read more