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Microsoft’s Build Conference is next week and we’ll see if Windows 8 on a tablet can give the iPad a run for its money. Now, rumors suggest that Samsung will have a quad-core tablet ready for the event and these will likely be given away to attendees. Lucky me. The report suggests that the quad-core…
Samsung launched a novel app for Windows Phone Mango devices, High Fidelity Position, to enhance GPS positioning, relying on Russian GLONASS system (GLObal NAvigation Satellite System) and other sensors like accelerometer and compass to determine your location. I’m not sure anything’s wrong with the built-in location/navigation capabilities, but I guess you could always use an…
The HTC Radar is aimed at Windows Phone users who want a sleek and elegant device but the aptly-named HTC Titan is aimed at those who want more. More screen size, more horse power, more everything. The HTC Titan sports a massive 4.7-inch display and the WVGA resolution looks good but you would really have…
The HTC Radar was officially introduced last week and HTC was nice enough to give us a look at the new Windows Phone Mango device in San Francisco this morning and I’m very glad it did. The HTC Radar is a beautifully-designed smartphone that looks and feels great. The phone feels like HTC throughout. I…
By this time next week, I’ll be in Anaheim schmoozing with Mickey Mouse and the good folks at Microsoft during its Build conference and we should get a much better idea of how the next version of Windows will look like and operate. We should also finally get to see Microsoft’s real answer to the…
While Windows Phone adoption is a bit stale, quality handsets running the operating system certainly aren’t lacking. HTC, known for its great hardware and eye for design has done it again with a pair of new Windows Phones, both of which aimed at different groups. The Titan is the real showstopper of the two Windows…
Just when you thought the location troubles in the mobile industry were finally over, Microsoft is now facing a class action lawsuit for allegedly tracking the location of Windows Phone 7 users without their permission. Apparently, when a user decides to turn off all location services on their device, Microsoft ignores the request and proceeds…
Nielsen just released the latest statistics on smartphone usage in the United States. Slowly but surely, smartphones continue to take over the entire mobile phone industry. As of July 2011, 40 percent of all mobile phones in use are smartphones. The other 60 percent are feature phones, but that number shrinks with every day that…
For about a month we’ve known HTC’s plan of nine upcoming Windows Phone 7 Mango devices. Today, we believe HTC may have something brewing. It’s widely expected the Taiwanese manufacturer plans to announce several new smartphones, including the HTC Omega (a Windows Phone 7.5 device with a single-core 1.5GHz CPU), the HTC Eternity (another Windows Phone 7.5 device…
Microsoft has released a new version of its Windows Phone Connector for Macs, presuming there will actually be some Apple folks using a Windows Phone device. Don’t get me wrong — I think Microsoft’s new mobile platform rocks — but I can’t really imagine that many people connecting their Mac to a Windows Phone device.…