One of the cool features baked right into Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 is its hub-centric Xbox Live games panel. By connecting Windows Phone 7 directly to your Xbox Live account, you can keep up to date on your Xbox Live account – points, avatars, unlocked achievements, etc. And, because the Windows Phone 7 platform is…
Zune and Windows Phone 7 Series – A look at how to manage music from your desktop
Windows Phone 7 Series owes a lot of its design aesthetic and features to the Zune music player from Microsoft. From the sleek user interface to the incredibly integrated Zune music hub, it’s clear that Microsoft is really trying hard to give Apple and its iPhone’s iTunes-based music ecosystem some hard-hitting competition. As such, the…
Exclusive: Windows Phone 7 Series smartphone from Samsung
We just got a juicy little scoop on a previously unknown Windows Phone 7 Series handset during Joe Belfiore’s UI demo at MIX10. We all know about the LG WP7 handset, but we were surprised to see a new Samsung jobby rocking the Windows Phone 7 mobile operating system! Mr. Belfiore didn’t mention the name…
Microsoft releases Windows Phone 7 Developer Tools, shows off ease of app development
Today is the start of Microsoft’s MIX10 conference in Las Vegas, and there’s some good stuff coming down the Windows Phone 7 pipeline. First up, Microsoft has announced that they have made their Windows Phone 7 Developer Tools available for download through their MSDN download center. The tools will give eager devs a chance to…
Voluntary pay cuts continue through 2010 for Motorola’s CEOs
Motorola has been fighting hard to reestablish itself as the giant mobile phone maker it once was. The new wave of Android phones – like the Motorola Droid and Devour – prove that Moto’s well on its way back to prominence, but the company’s fight is a long way from over. As such, co-CEOs Greg…
Qualcomm patent hints at a new kind of tablet
Tablet computers are a dime a dozen these days, but they all have one thing in common. They’re all slate-style devices with a single touch-sensitive touchscreen and run some sort of mobile operating system. Case in point, the Apple iPad is getting a lot of attention as one of this year’s headlining slate tablets. Well,…
Apple iPad pre-order rush snags 50,000 units in two hours
Whether or not you like the Apple iPad, and whatever your thoughts on its lack of Adobe Flash support may be, there’s no denying that Apple’s marketing hype just can’t be stopped. Case in point – following Apple’s move to open the doors to pre-orders this morning, reports are pegging initial sales at a whopping…
Vodafone shutters Wayfinder in face of free navigation service from Google and Nokia
How does a company that sells a product make money when they’re made to compete against competing products that are offered for free? Well, they don’t. Companies in this position have two choices – change their business model, or get out of the business. For Vodafone, they’ve made the choice to exit stage left with…
Tap Tap Revenge rocks out to King Of Leon with new iPhone app
Nimble-fingered fans of rock band Kings Of Leon will be glad to know that the popular Tap Tap Revenge franchise is back again with another artist-themed iPhone game. Tapulous has announced that it has joined forces with the band to launch the Kings Of Leon Revenge game on the AppStore. The game sports some interesting…
Foursquare preps for SXSW with redesigned iPhone app
This weekend will see all manner of tech geeks converging on Austin, Texas for the annual South By Southwest (SXSW) Conference, and that can only mean on thing – socialized mobile “check-in” apps are going to be getting a lot of attention as the traditionally iPhone-heavy crowd rushes to try out new features. Foursquare, one…