Bernard

I immensely enjoy letting people know how awesome Microsoft and its products are.

Help a 22 year old blogger choose Windows Phone

8 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

8 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...

Get ready to â€˜Meet Your Matchâ€™ at the Microsoft Store for a $25 voucher

by Bernard

8 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...

Live Apps: much ado about nothing

by Bernard

8 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

8 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

8 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

8 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...

Actually, #SmokedByWindowsPhone still going on at Microsoft Stores

by Bernard

8 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 ...

White and Cyan Lumia 900 are definitely in stock at the Microsoft Store

by Bernard

8 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...

#SmokedByWindowsPhone Challenge Extended, Watered Down

by Bernard

8 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...

#SmokedByWindowsPhone scrapped, Microsoft outright giving phones away

by Bernard

8 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...

More detail on the new Windows Phone Challenge at the Microsoft Stores

by Bernard

8 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...

Microsoft Store to open in Googleâ€™s backyard

by Bernard

9 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

9 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

9 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

9 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 Â½ star average rating in the Mark...

Buy a Windows Phone, get 4000 MS points

by Bernard

9 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

9 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...

Award yourself with the Verizon Trophy â€“ available NOW

by Bernard

9 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...

On anniversary of KIN, still no Verizon Windows Phone

by Bernard

9 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...