My new HTC 8X comes with a feature rich mobile operating system. The phone simply doesn’t feel like a smartphone, and shouldn’t be compared with Android and iOS. It is tightly connected to Microsoft services and there are very few applications in the Store that I actually want to install. Microsoft desperately need software houses to develop apps for the platform. Please think twice before buying your next phone, huge advertisement campaigns for Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8 […] Continue reading →
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 →
The possibility of using your Windows Phone as a mobile hotspot (accesspoint) was originally a function reserved for new Mango units. This week HTC changed that when releasing an update for HTC HD7 og Mozart. I have the Mozart model and was soon to update my phone. The update is only through Zune on your PC. With internet sharing (tethering) you can share your internet connection with up to 5 guest units, and the sharing is automatically getting disabled after a few minutes of inactivity […] 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 →
With Windows Phone now officially out there, the question is whether Microsoft’s latest attempt on making an useable OS for mobile phones has succeeded. Early reviews suggest no: MobileCrunch’s verdict is that “it still sucks“, SlashGear thinks it “falls short of a knock-out blow” while Gizmodo says “there’s no excuse for this“. I can, as so many others, only say: Ouch! I have search the Internet to find positive reviews of Windows […] Continue reading →
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