Since Samsung is pretty much “persona non grata” these days most of the discussion on Windows Phone dominance is centered around HTC & Nokia. At the launch of Windows Phone 8 Microsoft surprised many by forming what seemed like a strong partnership with HTC and had their flagship, the 8X, branded as the Windows Phone … Read more
Even though Windows Phone always had Twitter cooked native into the OS, it was always lacking Live Tile support which forced you to go third party for extra features. It seems that everyone using Twitter on WP used a third party app. Using iOS and Android, the Twitter app has always been pretty good, and … Read more
Zuma’s Revenge for the Windows Phone is an Xbox title, and is exclusive to the Nokia phones. As such, unless you have a Nokia phone you aren’t going to find it in the Marketplace, nor will you find it on the web-based App+Games Store. Now, line-exclusive things don’t tend to stay that way, so I’m … Read more
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Well that was fast. Just when people started to get clued in that Spotify had finished coding and submitted the popular music streaming app to the Windows Phone store for approval Microsoft takes to their blog to let anticipating users know the wait is over and those with Windows Phone 8 devices can get their … Read more
As discussed in an earlier piece, I have a fair bit of envy towards Android and even iOS when it comes to notifications. The notification curtain in Android till this day is its best feature, so good that Apple blatantly copied it without shame. Even the upcoming Blackberry 10 has its own interaction of this … Read more
We’re now firmly in year three of Microsoft’s mobile platform reboot. We’ve progressed from the initial release, got a reprieve with NoDo, thoroughly enjoy Mango (WP7.5) and have been recently introduced to Apollo (WP8). Unless you’ve been living underneath a rock you should know by now that Windows Phone has not taken the market by … Read more
The unfortunate part of a growing and maturing app ecosystem is that the awesome apps and games that arrive at launch gets forgotten and overshadowed. This new series, App Effect, is meant to highlight awesome apps that I’ve personally used and recommend on a consistent basis. TVShow I’m not a fan of spending hours … Read more
In case you forgot today was BlackBerry’s big official launch of the BlackBerry 10 platform and the first two hardware devices, the Z10 & Q10. I wanted to take a look at one of the features BlackBerry has been touting for the consumer-the Time Shift camera tech to help photo enthusiasts capture the best … Read more
Google has given a reprieve for Windows Phone users by extending their support for new Windows Phone connections via Google Sync until July 31, 2013. We give Google a ton of criticism so it is only fair we give them a golf clap for extending an olive branch to the Windows Phone community. In the … Read more