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Texting while walking has been banned in the northern New Jersey town of Ft. Lee since March, but officers are now strictly enforcing the measure after three fatal pedestrian-involved accidents this year. Police Chief Thomas Ripoli states that texting while walking is “a big distraction,” adding that “pedestrians aren’t watching where they are going and…
Microsoft is set to release a software update either this month or next month to Windows Phone devices currently on the market. Known as Tango, the update adds things like being able to MMS multiple images, forward your calls, turn your device into a hotspot, and there are probably countless under the hood tweaks that…
Nokia announced that its ebook service Nokia Reading is now open for business in France, Germany, Italy, Russia, Spain and the UK, with other countries to follow later in the year. Available from the Nokia Collection in Marketplace, the new offering can be used by owners of Nokia Windows Phones, including Lumia 900, 800, 710…
Since Apple released the iPhone 4S in October, its flagship feature Siri has been able to help tremendously in users’ daily lives with productivity and even offering advice. In fact, I bet you didn’t know it can help you with buying or recommending a smartphone. So what’s the best phone out there? According to Siri,…
Samsung has just announced a new Windows Phone called the Omnia M. It has a 1 GHz processor, 5 megapixel camera, 4 inch Super AMOLED display, 7.2 Mbps 3G connectivity, and a decently sized 1,500 mAh battery. What makes it strange though is that it has 384 MB of RAM. That’s not enough to run…
Well, the free ride is over for those of you who like to use HTC’s Windows Phone GPS application called ‘Locations’. The app will now carry a price tag for its navigation services. This offering from the Taiwanese based manufacturer was a counter to Nokia’s offering for its Lumia Windows Phones. I guess all good…
ZTE wants to grow its Windows Phone business beyond Europe and Asia, and eventually bring its smartphones to the U.S. We guess they’re talking about the Tania handset, though as far as we know they may have some other products in the pipeline, as well. At the moment, the Chinese company has a number of…
Nokia announced their decision to bet the farm on Windows Phone roughly 15 months ago. They’ve had their Lumia devices out on the market since November 2011. We know they sold 2 million Windows Phones during the first three months of this year, and now we’re waiting until July to hear how many they sold…
Paul Thurrott is to Microsoft what John Gruber is to Apple. By that I mean he’s been championing the desktop software giant since the 1990s. He recently wrote a piece on The Supersite for Windows where he outlined how Windows Phone 8 might land straight on its face due to the following reasons: First, Windows…
LG has recently said that they’re going to focus on Android and that they have no Windows Phones in the pipeline. They didn’t say they’ll abandon Microsoft’s platform altogether, but just read between the lines. According to FierceWireless, who interviewed Chris Weber, Nokia’s President for the Americas, LG’s decision isn’t necessarily a bad thing. He…