There’s been a lot of news around Windows Phone 7 Series as of late and while it’s not expected to be available until later this year, Microsoft has begun to share resources with the developer community so that they can get a jump on application development for the new platform. Things have changed from the [...]
FourSquare gets Fancy on Windows Phone 7
FourSquare has been exploding on the mobile community over the last year. For those of you that are not familiar with FourSquare, it’s basically a location based social media game. By using your GPS co-ordinates, or AGPS if required, you can check into venue’s close to you. If you check into a venue more than [...]
HTC Goes Supersonic with Launch of Sprint Evo
HTC and Sprint announced the new EVO 4G Android based smartphone at CTIA earlier today. The EVO will work on Sprints new 4G wireless network offering speeds up to 10 times faster than 3G. While the 6MBps speeds that 4G offers is yet to be proven, the EVO is clearly targeted to take the best [...]
Palm, You’ll Be Missed
I hate to say “I told you so”. Actually, in this case I really do hate to say it. Palm is going down the toilet. I’m certainly not on my own in writing doom and gloom on Palm. It certainly seems that something will need to change in a very large way for Palm to [...]
HTC Responds to Apple’s Patent Lawsuit
In case you’re not already aware; Apple is claiming that HTC has violated a number of intellectual patents during the implementation of Google’s Android on their hardware. The patents in dispute include things like touch-screen finger gestures to unlock a mobile device and dynamically changing the voltage supplied to a processor to achieve better power/battery [...]
SBSH Updates PhoneWeaver for Touch Devices
PhoneWeaver allows you to create simple profiles and will automatically switch between them based on the time, agenda, phone status or even location. I’m new to PhoneWeaver, and was surprised to see just how cool this application is. I’ve been looking for just such an application for years. I only wish there was a non-touch [...]
Google Nexus One Crosses the Canadian Border
Google’s Nexus One is coming to Canada…but it’s more of a single-file hike that a full-on invasion. The Nexus One has been well received in the press but not so much by consumers. The problem is nothing to do with the phone itself – it’s a fantastic phone – but rather with the distribution model. [...]
Multitasking in Windows Phone 7 Series; How Crucial?
Windows Phone 7 Series is set to storm into the market later this year but many are concerned about recent news, most notably the lack of multitasking. Let’s take a look at what that may mean for end users. (The information in this article is not based on materials from Microsoft directly but rather a [...]
How To Tweak Windows Mobile 6.5 Today Screen
With the launch of Windows Mobile 6.5, Microsoft brought the XML based today screen that has been used on non-touch devices, to the touch world of Windows Mobile. While it’s not the exact same XML template, it still allows us to get our hands in there and do some cool customization. And customize we shall [...]
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