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Windows Phone 8 Surfaces, Current Windows Phone Devices Need Not Apply

Mordechai Osdoby — Wed, 20 Jun 2012 19:00:38 +0000

Microsoft is making it a habit to surprise me when it comes to Windows Phones. After years of frustration with the power user-centric Windows Mobile OS, Microsoft managed to put out a viable, consumer-based smartphone operating system aimed at the general public. Indeed, the tile system used in the OS has proven popular enough that […]

Nokia’s Internals Fall Just Short of Awesome, But May Be Enough

Mordechai Osdoby — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 14:50:57 +0000

Darnit Nokia, we were rooting for you! Unless you’ve been sleeping under a rock (in which case, ouch) , you picked up on Nokia’s announcement of their first Windows Mobile phones, the Lumia 800 and 710. The 800 manages to look a lot like the previous Nokia flagship, the Meego sporting N9. It’s actually .2 […]

Tablet Thursday News Digest

Mordechai Osdoby — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 21:37:34 +0000

This was a pretty big week for tablets, as every company under the sun seems to be rushing to exploit the market. While it may seem like their fighting for Apple’s table scraps, there are a huge number of potential tablet users out there, and everyone seems to be trying to grab them. The most […]

SugarSync for Mobile Getting Desktop Management

Yoni Gross — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 17:36:58 +0000

I’m a big fan of file syncing service SugarSync. The 5 GB of free online storage had me happy from day one. Being able to easily send files of any size to others via email, even if they don’t use the service, has been invaluable. And the fact that, unlike competitor Dropbox, SugarSync allows me […]

Racing for Third Place: Is Windows Phone 7 Being Hobbled?

Mordechai Osdoby — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 15:02:27 +0000

PC Magagzine has an excellent article about Windows Phone 7’s problems in the marketplace, and it’s one that brings up familiar issues. Back when WebOS was owned by Palm and hailed as the Next Big Thing, posters at sites like Precentral and everythingpre would report being actively steered away from the Pre Plus on Verizon […]