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 &#...
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...
by Bernard
10 years
Microsoft is kicking off a challenge at their retail stores that replaces the #SmokedByWindowsPhone initiative of the WP7 era. With ‘Meet Your Match’ Microsoft is hoping to show people how much more personal Windows Ph...
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...
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....
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...
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...
by Bernard
10 years
Despite claims that the Smoked challenge at the Microsoft Store retail locations has ended, the contest is actually still ongoing on a week-by-week basis. See, the contest is set to end each week on Thursday (hence why other tech ...
by Bernard
10 years
Looking for the white and cyan colored versions of the Nokia Lumia 900? Tired of them going out of stock quickly at AT&T online and retail stores? Well, if you’re lucky enough to be near any of the 15 Microsoft Store loc...
by Bernard
10 years
It’s the promotion that just won’t end! Microsoft has extended its Smoked challenge at their retail stores for another week, albeit with a change. The challenge is the same: Windows Phone vs. customer’s smartphon...
by Bernard
10 years
Two days before the Windows Phone challenge at the Microsoft Stores was set to end, Microsoft has now extended the deal to April 8th, albeit with a change. Because customer demand has been so high and because customers have pretty...
by Bernard
10 years
From now until March 29 at all fourteen Microsoft Stores, Microsoft will be challenging users of other smartphones to their #SmokedByWindowsPhone challenge and offering awesome prizes, whether you got smoked or not. As you may rem...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
by Bernard
11 years
After months of delays, false launch dates, and executive noncommittals, the HTC Trophy is finally now available for online order from Verizon Wireless for $150 with 2-year agreement, after $50 mail-in rebate. Verizon is also offe...
by Bernard
11 years
On this day one year ago, the KIN One and Two by Microsoft/Danger/Sharp went on sale for Verizon Wireless, after years of rumors/leaks/delays on “Project Pink [and Purple]“. At the time both Microsoft and Verizon had a...
