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The previous 12 months have seen the mobile space grow by leaps and bounds as superphones went from being rarities to being fairly commonplace these days, next-generation 4G wireless networks are actually being deployed to a certain extent, and on-the-go video chatting is changing our expectations of what we can do with our smartphones. We…
We knew that the nation’s largest carrier would get Windows Phone 7 devices in early 2011 but we may see those handsets arrive very soon, as Verizon Windows Phone 7 apps are already showing up in the Windows Marketplace for mobile. As you can see from the screen shot, Verizon Windows Phone 7 apps include…
LG recently announced the Optimus 2X, billed as the first dual core smartphone to be revealed to the world. That doesn’t really mean much since the first Qualcomm Snapdragon product to be announced was the Toshiba TG01 and it was a steaming pile of Windows Mobile 6.1 running poop. It was only until we got…
There’s a juicy rumor currently being floated by Bloomberg that says Microsoft will announce an ARM version of Windows at the Consumer Electronics show due to take place early next month. Before we even break down why that’s ridiculous, let’s actually define what’s being discussed. Windows 7, as it sells today in pretty plastic boxes…
The Facebook app for Windows Phone 7 has just been updated and the world’s largest social network has added some much-needed features to its app for Microsoft smartphone platform. The first big addition to the Facebook Windows Phone 7 app is the ability to broadcast your location with Places. This feature is similar to the…
Achim Berg, the Vice President of business and marketing for Windows Phone, confirmed in an interview-style press release that manufacturers have sold over 1.5 million Windows Phone handsets in the first six weeks since launch. Unfortunately, this figure is not the number sold to customers, but the number sold to the carriers. This number represents…
These days your smartphone platform is judged not by the quality of the hardware it runs on, nor the fidelity of the user experience, but instead it’s all about the apps. How many do you have, how many are downloaded per day, and are they any good? While I don’t agree with that view, give…
Microsoft’s Bing team inadvertently caused a stir by releasing two new iPhone games and one streaming music application for Android in time for the holiday season. The holiday-themed applications include Snowboard Hero and Powerboat Challenge for the iPhone, iPod touch, and the iPad. As their name suggest, Snowboard Hero lets you test out your virtual…
It has been a wild ride in the mobile world this year, as the pace of innovation has been going along at blistering speeds. Just think, at the beginning of the year, we were still drooling over the Motorola Droid, Microsoft was dead in the water with Windows Mobile, Palm was still puttering along as…
Ever since Stephen Elop became the CEO of Nokia earlier this year, many in the industry have suspected that he’ll use his former ties with Microsoft to get the Finnish handset firm to start making Windows Phone 7 powered smartphones. It’s a rumors that has popped up week after week, month after month, and now…