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
Not sure what to really file this under, it’s a rather large press release from T-Mobile. I think it’s basically an announcement of the upcoming phones from them and the deals they’re offering. An interesting thing that I’ve never noticed before is a payment plan for phones?! For example you can get the Lumia 810 … 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
In what is probably one of Microsoft’s remaining trump cards to be unveiled next Monday a leak has given Windows Phone uses plenty of reason to be excited. WPCentral’s Daniel Rubino has posted about the inclusion of this feature and its significance beyond delivering eye candy. Its well worth the read. Personally I’m ecstatic … Read more
Everytime I see mockups or press shots of upcoming Windows Phone 8 devices I cringe at the sight of first party apps. The beautiful and live tiles fill the screen and the first party apps like Games, SkyDrive, Skype and the upcoming Xbox Music & Video tiles just stick out like a sore thumb. … Read more
Market analysts and pundits just love a good negative story. So much so that they will disregard obvious and consistent rules when it comes to consumer behavior. I tossed the idea back and forth and decided to go ahead and pen this article. Okay you got me; this is less an article and more … Read more