Yesterday we saw Fhotoroom release Windows 8 & Windows RT apps to go along with their Windows Phone offering. Today, the third-party Pinterest app Pinspiration has been made available for Windows 8 & Windows RT. Windows Phone users know there is both a free and paid Pinspiration app available on the platform. Several advantages … Read more
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
Over on the NokiaUK YouTube channel Nokia has released their first two official TV Adverts. Sticking closely to the “More Personal” theme championed at the Windows Phone 8 launch Nokia is doing their own version of “This Is My Phone”. I gotta say I like where this is headed. Hopefully the trend continues once … Read more
One of the new abilities that Windows Phone 8 brings to the table is the ability to share your location by text. It’s a fairly simple task to do so. Simply go into a message conversation or start a new one. Next click on the attach button and you’re presented with a list of … Read more
It looks like Gameloft has jumped in with a lot of support for Win Phone 8 with this latest announcement that 12 of their most people games are going to be available. I have to give Gameloft credit as they do make some great games, so I’m looking for to seeing how these play on … Read more
After Microsoft trotted out Jessica Alba out on stage today for the big Windows Phone 8 launch event praising Windows Phone and her Nokia Lumia haters of the mobile platform took to Twitter to debunk the actuality of Jessica Alba making the switch from the iPhone. So I decided to do a little perusing … Read more
If you haven’t seen this Windows Phone 8 advert which shows off Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer’s Windows Phone take the time, it is really good. No disrespect to Ballmer but I’m thinking on a national, consumer stage the better option for such a commercial is Jessica Alba. If you have Jessica Alba touting Windows Phone … Read more
Continuing to build off the recent string of successful adverts Microsoft has released another great advert on its Windows Phone YouTube channel and hopefully it will make the jump to TV. Say what you will but Microsoft is really trying to put its best face forward with consumers. Good stuff.
Put simply, Rooms is Microsoft’s answer to RIM’s BBM, Apple’s iMessage and any other third party chat app. It takes the Group concept to another level for the platform. Its also a feature I’m most excited about. The key feature? Cross-platform inclusion. Not all features of Rooms will be available to everyone on Android … Read more
Today at 1pm EST we got to see Belfiore gush about Windows Phone 8. After a pit stop, nuking a couple of pieces of leftover pizza from last night, and grabbing a giant glass of punch-flavored Kool-aid, I was ready to drink the virtual Kool-aid. I’m going to start with a run down of the … Read more