Apparently Samsung heard my rant over their lack of good software and immediately responded by making Photogram available to all for free. It’s photo editing software that lets you perform various photo effects like HDR, black and white, glow, vintage, collage and sepia. You can do it on saved photos or on the spot with … Read more
Invites are out and on January 7, 2011 at CES in Vegas Microsoft is set to announce Full House Poker – an Xbox Live and Windows Phone 7 massively multi-player online game with turn by turn play which is expected to allow WP7 and Xbox users to play against each other regardless of device. Full … Read more
Mary-Jo Foley of ZDNet has received some more tips about the Windows Phone updates that we’re all waiting for. Namely, it sounds like the January, February updates will be minimal. They will likely involve copy and paste, some multi-tasking, more UI controls and customizations and other tweaks. Them comes Mango: I’m also hearing talk of … Read more
I have heard a good deal of complains about the speed of Windows Phone applications. Not surprisingly, top of the list is the treasured Facebook app. I am going to really challenge your perception of slow with this one, so take a walk with me. To understand where Windows Phone is coming from, you must … Read more
This is big. Crackdown 2: Project Sunburst is now in the Windows Phone Marketplace. This is the game that has you fighting on your home turf. It ties into Bing maps and you can literally play it in your backyard. So fortify your house or you lose it! It’s just $3 with a free trial. … Read more
Windows Phone, as a platform, was always intended to be a universal experience regardless of device and manufacturer. Of course, you could make it your own with hardware, so long as the minimums were met, and software, with each manufacturer given the right to have their own app store within the Marketplace. If you look … Read more
File this under rumor, but Neowin is reporting that both Verizon and Sprint will announce Windows Phones in January. Now Paul Thurrott already dropped a hint on VZ and now it’s spread to Sprint. Let’s tie this in to CES which starts January 6-9 so yeah, I’m going with January 7 (really, MS loves the … Read more
check it out! There’s a WordPress app for Windows Phone that is now available for free. It’s based on open source code and I’m using it to post this. One warning – there is no spell check or autocompletion and that hurts a bit. But it’s a great start. oh and let’s see how media … Read more
Wow…so so sweet. Here’s Windows Phone OS running on a 1280×800 tablet in an emulator. The shocking thing is that the OS doesn’t resize. It shows you more. In other words, it’s already pretty damn optimized for a tablet. So give it to us already! Check it out: Can we all agree that all we … Read more
The last few weeks have been an interesting set for me. I’ve been asked by many, if Windows Phone 7 (ugh…I will NOT be adding that 7 again) is worth the switch from their current platform. Even being the Microsoft whore I am, surprising like my answers always vary. I’ll list all the scenarios I’ve … Read more