September 28, 2011
Microsoft announced today that Samsung has finalized a patent deal with the tech giant. They both join the ranks of HTC, Acer, Viewsonic and many others in licensing the proper patents from Microsoft in order to avoid lawsuits from them in the future. It is being reported that Samsung will have to pay Microsoft $10 […]
Tags: Android, Google, Microsoft, Patent, Patent Deal, samsungNews
September 22, 2011
Not only has Flick + Share recieved a Mango update, they also have launched their Android version as well so you can share pictures with friends outside of Windows Phone (even though you should be convincing them to switch lol). Flick + Share is a fun Developer: Tufty Time With a simple flick, you can send […]
Tags: Android, Apps, Flick + Share, Free Apps, images, Pictures, Tufty Time, Windows PhoneApps
September 20, 2011
When you are a relatively new OS and your battling your way to the top, you have to take your wins wherever you can get them. Smaato has released their Q2 mobile ad metric reports, Windows Phone has come out #1 US and worldwide in ad click throughs. Apple’s iPhone is a close 2nd in […]
Tags: Ads, advertising, Android, Apple, developers, Google, iPhone, Microsoft, Smaato, Windows PhoneNews
September 12, 2011
Even though HTC has continually been supportive of Google’s acquisition of Motorola, they are still considering purchasing their own operating system. Cher Wang, of HTC has gone on record to say: “We have given it thought and we have discussed it internally, but we will not do it on impulse.” Wang went on to say […]
Tags: Android, HTC, motorola, Windows Phone, windows phone 7, WP7News
September 12, 2011
There is a huge rumor making its rounds around the Internet lately. First time I heard it – I dismissed it because it sounded to absurd but then after sometime, I realized it made some sense. Samsung will stop making Windows Phones after the end of 2012. The rumor in question was started by non […]
Tags: Android, Apple, Bada, Rumor, samsung, Support, Windows PhoneNews
September 11, 2011
To say that Microsoft has spent a lot of time and money on the cloud would be an understatement. They feel like that is where the future is headed and I totally agree with them. You can see the change already with services like dropbox and the tons of online storage just like it. Skydrive is not new and […]
Tags: Android, Cloud, IOS, Microsoft, Skydrive, Skydrive Wave 5, Windows PhoneNews
September 8, 2011
Google might say that even though they purchased Motorola, things will still be running the same way with all their Android OEM’s. Recently though in their court hearings with Oracle, an internal presentation has been exposed to reveal that Motorola will in fact have a huge edge over other manufacturers. I doubt that Android manufacturers like Samsung, […]
Tags: Android, Google, HTC, motorola, Motorola Mobility, samsung, Sony, Windows PhoneNews
September 8, 2011
Microsoft announced today that both Acer and Viewsonic have finalized patent deals with the tech giant. They both join the ranks of HTC and many others in licensing the proper patents from Microsoft in order to avoid lawsuits from them in the future. No word yet if Acer has to pay Microsoft per Android device […]
Tags: acer, Android, Google, HTC, Microsoft, viewsonicNews
September 6, 2011
A big issue with Microsoft’s SkyDrive has been the inability to manage multiple files on your SkyDrive account simultaneously. It seems that the upcoming update for SkyDrive will correct that issue aside from other things. These improvements are coming at an opportune time since Microsoft is developing SkyDrive applications for Windows, Windows Phone, iOS, Mac […]
Tags: Android, file management, IOS, mac, Microsoft, Skydrive, windows, Windows Phone, WP7News
August 31, 2011
Microsoft has just announced an update to Windows Azure Toolkit for Windows Phone. THey have also announced a toolkit specifically for Android Developers. To make it easier for Windows Phone developers to use Windows Azure, we have created the Windows Azure Toolkit for Windows Phone. This toolkit provides a set of Visual Studio project templates […]
Tags: Android, dev, Developer, Microsoft, Windows Azure, Windows Azure Toolkit, Windows PhoneNews