Help a 22 year old blogger choose Windows Phone
by Bernard
10 years
Taylor Soper, blogger at GeekWire.com, is in the market to replace his HTC G2 for T-Mobile, and is debating between the Apple Phone 5 and the Samsung Droid Galaxy 3. He hasn’t discounted Windows Phone, though he thinks he &#...
Bing Rewards comes to Windows Phone 8
by Bernard
10 years
The ability to earn Bing Rewards points has now come to the built-in Bing search app in Windows Phone 8, even if Microsoft isn’t speaking about it. Previously in WP7.x, the only way to earn points was to use the browser-base...
Live Apps: much ado about nothing
by Bernard
10 years
Over the weekend Neowin received a tip from a Best Buy employee concerning marketing material that referred to something called “Live Apps” coming to Windows Phone 8, and folks have been trying to decipher exactly what...
Nokia Lumia 610 now available in Mexico
by Bernard
10 years
Nokia Mexico yesterday announced that the Lumia 610 is now available for Telcel in black, cyan, magenta and white. The phone is available both on regular contract (Plan Telcel), or prepaid with an Amigo Kit for $MXN 3,499 (approx....
Windows 8 Release Preview is out
by Bernard
10 years
Today Microsoft announced the availability of the Windows 8 Release Preview (fancy name for Release Candidate) in 14 languages. The build is 8400. You can download it here. In his Building Windows 8 blog, chief Steven Sinofsky say...
Almost 50,000 people have been #SmokedByWindowsPhone
by Bernard
10 years
As was reported here a few days ago, the #SmokedByWindowsPhone challenge continues at Microsoft Stores, despite claims by some reporters that it had ended. Now Microsoft has updated their Facebook cover picture to reflect new stat...
Microsoft Store to open in Google’s backyard
by Bernard
10 years
A job listing for an Assistant Store Manager in Palo Alto, CA has been posted on the Microsoft Store Careers site. Palo Alto, of course, is adjacent to Mountain View, home to the headquarters of Google, Inc., otherwise known as th...
Get in shape with Windows Phone!
by Bernard
10 years
With the new year comes new or renewed promises to lose weight, eat healthy, and live an active lifestyle. Why not use your Windows Phone to help meet your fitness and nutritional goals? Over the next few days we will be reviewing...
Sports Tracker now available for ALL Windows Phones
by Bernard
11 years
The wait is finally over for those who have been waiting for a competitive, Mango-optimized, cross-platform fitness tracking application. Sports Tracker today announced the availability of their Windows Phone application, which yo...
Megavideo App Receives Mango Update
by Bernard
11 years
An app that allows you to watch Megavideo (and now VideoBB) videos you find on the Web has received an update that adds a couple of requested features from the community (it currently holds a 3 ½ star average rating in ...
Buy a Windows Phone, get 4000 MS points
by Bernard
11 years
Planning on buying a Windows Phone? Get a 4000 point Xbox Live card for free also by swinging around Best Buy, who are offering this deal on their whole range of devices. The free 4,000 Microsoft Points card can be used to: Downlo...
Yes, Virginia, the Verizon Trophy has microSD
by Bernard
11 years
Like its European cousin, the HTC Trophy for Verizon, when disassembled, reveals a microSD slot, where a SanDisk Class-4 16GB microSD card resides. This should be helpful for the individuals for which 16GB isn’t enough (espe...