As frankps sees the world!

A year ago Stephen Elop, Nokia’s CEO, said that Nokia was “standing on a burning platform” because rivals like Google’s Android mobile operating system and Apple’s iPhone were consuming the Finnish company’s market share and profits. Nokia then chose Microsoft’s Windows Phone for its main smartphone operating system. The reason for this was that the smartphone battle is now a war of ecosystems rather than just devices. So how is the third ecosystem […] Continue reading →

One of the applications that I have been missing when upgrading to Mango and starting to use my primary Live account (the one registered with an address in Norway). The Twitter client, along with Flickr and GoWalla, was not available in the Norwegian Marketplace. As of yesterday, Twitter is updated to support Mango and now available worldwide in Marketplace. Other then fast-app switching, I have not find any new features (no Live Tile or push notifications). The version number has only […] Continue reading →

Let me follow up on the review of 500px, with a small tip of the day for Windows Phone 7 users. There excists one 500px app for you, the 500px Editors’ Choice Viewer. It’s a great little app when you have some time on your hand, as it lets you flick through the selected best of the best photos published 500px. […] Continue reading →

I have followed the developers behind ChevronWP7 closely, as I want to be able to do screenshots for the support pages that I have done for Windows Phone 7 at work. This weekend ChevronWP7 Labs went live. It’s an inexpensive unlocking tool for Windows Phone for enthusiast developers. Before ChewronWP7 labs went live developers would need to pay for Microsoft’s expensive ($99 per year) developer program, even to run self-made apps on a physical device. Enthusiast developers only […] Continue reading →

If you already have a Windows Phone 7, Windows Phone Device Manager seems to be the answer to all your prayers: The application is still in a closed beta, but the developer is promising that it will let you do the following: Applications management: view, install/uninstall homebrew applications File management: explore device, exchange files with your phone Files & folders synchronization Integration with Windows Explorer Send to Windows Phone (to send files, apps, ringtones, web links […] Continue reading →