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This week was so jam-packed full of news that I can’t wait to have Memorial Day off to recover. Google Wallet was introduced and it could change the way we pay for goods, Microsoft unwrapped the details of Windows Phone Mango and Verizon had a big week with the release of four high-quality smartphones on…
Citi Analyst Walter Pritchard says Microsoft is earning a licensing fee of $5 per Android device made by HTC. This adds a bit more context to the patent agreement the two mobile giants reached last month, and according to the report, Microsoft is looking to nail other Android smartphone manufacturers with a similar agreement for…
Earlier this week during Microsoft’s Windows Phone Mango event, we learned that new hardware partners were joining the software company for WP7 devices. Now it looks like Huawei, a ZTE competitor, is looking to get into the Windows Phone market itself. The Chinese manufacturer says that it is currently watching the Windows Phone market unfold…
It’s a huge day for Verizon with the release of four major handsets and we just had the nice delivery man drop off the HTC Trophy and thought we’d show it off to you before we do an official review. How does the first Windows Phone 7 handset for Verizon stack up against the competition?…
As Microsoft starts putting up the shutters on their Windows Mobile app marketplace, a fresh browser-based store is in the works for the upcoming Mango release. The web store will host the usual fare, like reviews, screenshots, purchasing, searching, and parental controls. Marketplace apps can be shared via e-mail, Facebook or Twitter. Once you buy…
It’s a huge day for Verizon Wireless users, as there are four new quality smartphones available. The Motorola Droid X 2, LG Revolution with 4G LTE, Sony Ericsson Xperia Play and the HTC Trophy with Windows Phone 7 are all available now. Let’s take a quick look at each. LG Revolution The LG Revolution is…
Chinese infrastructure vendor and mobile handset maker ZTE has told Reuters that by the end of this year they plan on bringing several LTE devices to the American market. ZTE’s U.S. CEO Cheng Lixin specifically said devices and not smartphones, so we’re thinking that could mean something either really boring, like a couple of USB…
Although we’ve missed the first batch of Paramount’s Silverlight movies for Windows Phone 7, we now decided to give the titles some space on IntoMobile. The movie studio obviously had some success with the first Silverlight movies when it decided to launch another 10 in the Windows Marketplace for Mobile. The new titles announced include…
Microsoft unveiled all the goodies of Windows Phone 7.1 Mango this morning and the company has made the new developer tools available. That should mean we should get some cool apps soon which are on par with what is on the iPhone and Android. Something like Instagram or a barcode reader haven’t been possible on…
Today, Microsoft has been talking up their next Windows Phone update, and they’re newest best friend, Nokia, has confirmed that their first handsets running the operating system will be built on Mango. There are apparently over 500 new features to be included in the update launching this fall, but the big ones are a unified…