Windows Phone Zune Marketplace Now Charged as Xbox Music

  A few days ago I purchased a few songs from the Zune Marketplace and as usual I received a purchase confirmation detailing the transaction. Who charged my account? Zune. Well today something caught my eye. I bought a song today from the Zune Marketplace but it wasn’t Zune who charged me. The purchase was … Read more

Angry Birds has graduated from Fad to Official Money-Maker

How can you tell that Angry Birds has gone from fad game to part of our culture?  When Lucasfilms, Inc. allows it to cross over into the Star Wars universe. Lucasfilms, that bastion of merchandising, has allowed Rovio to announce “Angry Birds: Star Wars.”  Mark your calendars for November 8, when it will be released … Read more

T-Mobile News Sign Up Page For HTC 8X Now Live

  If you’re on T-Mobile and a fan of Windows Phone you probably know that the HTC 8X is coming to T-Mobile. Well pricing and availability has still not been confirmed. T-Mobile has really just been pushed into the background as vocal Verizon customers have been voicing their disappointment over the whole Lumia 920 exclusivity … Read more

Making The Case For Samsung ATIV S

  Hardware Fresh off the remarkable quarter powered by the Galaxy S III, Samsung is prepared to release their first Windows Phone 8 device, the ATIV S. Its 8.7mm thin body with brushed aluminum finish belies the fact it houses the largest Windows Phone 8 screen of any device at 4.8”. The screen is using … Read more

AT&T Now Lumping Phones & Tablets as Windows Devices

  What’s in a name really? For AT&T it seems they’ve decided to eliminate all the fuss and just call everything running any modern version of the NT Kernel as Windows Devices. That includes the soon-to-be launched Windows Phone 8 devices and the tablets running Windows 8 and Windows RT. I’ve got to admit it … Read more

Nokia Lumia 820 & 920 To Be Aggressively Priced?

  Yes, we’ve seen the European pricing be announced for the Lumia 920 & 820 and the flagship product does seem on the higher side of the scale compared to the HTC 8X which will be released around the same time. In the U.S. the big question is pricing. Will Nokia and AT&T price the … Read more

AT&T Officially Announces the Nokia Lumia 920 & 820 [Video]

We can all rest a little bit easier as this morning AT&T officially announced the inclusion of the Nokia Lumia 920 and 820 as part of their fall lineup. Nokia Lumia 920 will come in-store in Red, Black and White. The Yellow and Cyan versions can be ordered online. Yes, the Cyan version is back … Read more

Nokia Xpress Coming to Lumia Windows Phones

  Once again Nokia is demonstrating its ability to add tremendous value to their user’s mobile experience. Announcing today that they will be bringing Nokia Xpress to their Lumia line of Windows Phones after outing the app on their Asha 308 & 309 phones last week. The advantage of Nokia Xpress data compression is that … Read more