Nokia has stepped into the boxing ring between Apple’s iOS and Google’s Android. In an interview with Pocket lint, Niels Munksgaard, a Nokia director, explained how the younger crowd are tired of their iPhones and Android devices.
Yesterday, we talked about Bazaar - an alternate apps/tweaks distribution platform for Windows Phone 7 (dubbed as the Cydia of WP7) - and today, we will be talking about Themes - a theming platform for Windows Phone 7 (which we would like to dub as the WinterBoard of WP7). Details after the jump!
Earlier today, we talked about Bazaar for Windows Phone 7 - an alternative apps distribution platform that lets in apps that are rejected from the official Windows Phone Marketplace based on violation of some of the guidelines put in place by Microsoft. In this post, we’ll be guiding our readers on how to install Bazaar on their Windows Phone 7 device. Check it out after the jump!
Just like iOS; Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 platform is a well monitored and closed system. All apps that are submitted for Marketplace goes through a strict screening process. If an app is found to be violating guidelines set by Microsoft, then well, it is rejected and sent back to the drawing board.
If you’re a platform-agnostic smartphone enthusiast who has had extensive playtime with the iPhone, Windows Phones and Android smartphones, you’ll probably have noticed how the former two mobile operating systems offer a much more “smoother” user-experience compared to the latter’s general “choppiness”. Well, it appears that Android will never be as smooth as iOS or Windows Phone 7 because of the way its very foundations were laid down back in 2005-2006. Details after the jump!
If you're an Xbox 360 owner then you're probably acutely aware that Microsoft has a brand new, completely revamped version of the Dashboard is on the way. Being the main interface into everything that goes on inside an Xbox 360, the Dashboard is an integral part of the experience, and this upcoming update is the biggest change it has undergone in quite some time.
A few days ago a video surfaced of one YouTube user comparing the abilities of Apple's Siri and Microsoft's Tellme software. With Siri found on the new iPhone 4S and Tellme being part of Windows Phone 7, it was really only a matter of time before the two were compared head-to-head.
It’s been quite a steady year for mobile OS usage this year. Worldwide, the top eight mobile OS platforms have relatively stayed in their same positions, in terms of usage, for most of the year. While Symbian OS has kept its throne successfully, the real action is between iOS and Android.
While Black Friday is done and dusted, it is time for Cyber Monday. For those unaware of the term, Cyber Monday is a term used for the Monday that follows Black Friday. It is a one-day online shopping event where companies lower prices (and hence, profits) in order to gain more revenue. Generally speaking, Cyber Monday deals aren’t as good as Black Friday’s, but they are still something every consumer electronics/gadgets enthusiast should look into. Since we’re a technology blog, we’ll be covering different Cyber Monday deals throughout the day. In this post, we’ve listed Cyber Monday deals on Microsoft products which you can check out after the break!
All things considered, it's been a pretty solid year for Microsoft. With Xbox 360 + Kinect still selling like hotcakes, allied to Windows 8 being greeted warmly by PC users far and wide, the Redmond-based company's mobile OS has now been acknowledged as the 'Operating System Of The Year'.
