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I’m making the rounds in Finland to survey its mobile tech scene (disclosure: FinnFacts paid for my trip) and it was somewhat surprising to hear that the country’s software industry may see Nokia’s shift to Windows Phone as a big opportunity. I say it’s surprising because there has been a lot of (deserved) doom and…
In our previous Windows Phone how-to post, we talked about cookies and how to turn them off. Today we’ll show you how to keep your location for yourself and not share it with every app that wants it. Sure you had to initially allow every app installed to use your phone’s location but at a…
With the rising privacy concerns and the media attention this issue gets, users all around the world are getting serious about leaving their data to third party companies and websites. Cookies are part of the equation and many folks think it’s a good idea to turn them off in some instances. If you own a…
If you a) use LastPass on your computer (and you should), and b) have a Windows Phone 7 device, you’ll be glad to know that the smartphone application for Microsoft’s mobile platform has been updated. The new release comes with a number of bug fixes, including improved support for multitasking. Moreover there’s the so much…
U.S. Cellular, one of the smaller operators with just over 6.1 million customers, has announced that they’re now offering customers the HTC 7 Pro. It’s the first Windows Phone that does CDMA, and when we reviewed it back in April we weren’t really convinced it was the right device for us. Since then however we’ve…
Last week we wrote an article detailing some features iOS 5 “borrowed,” and now we have another example. The new viewfinder feature of iOS 5 allows you to see the photo you just took by simply swiping to one side from the camera viewfiner, a feature clearly taken from Windows Phone 7. The video below shows…
The Nokia Widnows Phone 7 deal made headlines on all major blogs when it was announced. It’s been a few months, and CNBC interviewed CEO Stephen Elop on TV late last week for an update. The interview talked about everything from how long until we see a Windows Phone from them, in what numbers will…
HTC is taking the market by storm with their Windows Phone 7 and Android devices, but their true OS focus is still in question. If you remember a few months back, Nokia’s outspoken CEO Steven Elop accused other makers of WP7 devices for putting Microsoft’s OS behind Android. This seems like a fair accusation when…
Today Microsoft posted on their developer blog about a new tool to make porting apps from Android devices to Windows Phone much easier. Much like what Microsoft did recently for iOS, the API tool is said to be like a translating dictionary for people that are native Android coders, and will help them to understand…
Microsoft designed Windows Phone 7 with specific hardware requirements and limitations to make updating and keeping application support throughout the phone constant, but there was a flaw in their philosophy. The NoDo update that was released in March, effectively after the February pre-NoDo update, seems to be causing trouble for Windows Phone 7 users that…