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Popular fitness tracking app/service Endomondo updated two of its mobile apps, one for Android and the other one for Windows Phone. Those of you with smartphones running Google’s mobile OS got interval training and multi-platform sync support. The first of the two features is exclusive to Pro users, allowing them to create custom workouts by…
As a long time fan of SEGA for both their historic games and video game consoles, today isn’t a fun one in the entertainment industry as SEGA has announced it will be cutting jobs in order to focus on its publishing business for digital content with some packaged retail games from the Sonic the Hedgehog,…
Nokia has taken the wraps off a new tool to help users of Nokia’s Windows Phone devices figure out whether or not a software update is available for their smartphone. The tool was inspired (or, perhaps, commissioned) by Microsoft, who once offered a “Where’s My Phone Update?” tool of their own but abandoned it once…
While the upcoming launch of the Nokia Lumia 900 will be AT&T’s largest by far users may want to be wary about how future-proof the device will be. I visited Nokia’s sparkling headquarters in Sunnyvale to discuss the upcoming launch of the Lumia 900 and I asked how confident can people be that this handset…
To say Microsoft’s Windows Phone platform has failed to take off in the mobile OS market would be a huge understatement. In a year and a half since its debut, the Windows Phone platform has still not yet managed to achieve greater than a 5% adoption. Aside from an exclusivity deal with Nokia, Microsoft’s partners…
Almost missed this… And it’s fairly important considering it could potentially add an extra life to Microsoft’s mobile platform. Mobile monetization network Tapjoy released SDKs for Windows Phone to give developers a “turnkey platform” for acquiring cost-effective new users, driving deeper engagement within their apps, and monetizing virtual goods or premium content. Here’s what’s included:…
A report from PC World suggests Dell may kill its smartphone line. According to PC World, Dell’slast remaining phones, the Windows Phone-powered Venue and the Venue Pro, will no longer be sold in the US. A few remaining models will continue to be sold in India, China, Japan and South Korea. An unamed Dell spokesman…
Microsoft announced today that it’s opening the Windows Phone Marketplace in thirteen new countries including Bulgaria, Costa Rica, Croatia, Estonia, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Turkey, Ukraine, and Venezuela. With these openings, the number of countries that have a Windows Phone marketplace now totals 54 and this number will continue to climb in 2012.…
Cellular customers in Europe will soon be paying less for roaming charges incurred while roaming in other European countries. A preliminary deal has been struck between the European Parliament and representatives of the Council and the European Commission that will set EU roaming rules that carriers must abide by starting July 1st. The agreement will…
The Nokia Lumia 900 is launching April 8 and AT&T is saying that this will be its largest launch ever. Yes, that even includes the iPhone. “At all levels, this is a notch above anything we’ve ever done,” Jeff Bradley, AT&T’s device head, said in an interview with CNET. It appears like the rumors of…