If you’re seeking a serviceable Android app for viewing, creating and editing office documents, you may want to head to the Amazon Appstore to download a free copy of Quickoffice Pro. The app normally costs $14.99 on the Android Market where it has received high marks through 3,000 ratings. The promotion ends on 11/15...
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Here’s an in-depth 8-minute video documentary on the creation of the Nokia Lumia 800 Windows Phone. Video Description: We go behind the scenes at Nokia’s London design studio with Stefan Pannenbecker, VP of Industrial Design at Nokia, Chris Linnett, Head of Lumia UX design and Kate Freebairn, Creative Director for Lumia UX design to...
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ChevronWP7 Labs has finally been released for all of your Windows Phone unlocking and resulting Homebrew needs. ChevronWP7 Labs was designed to allow hobbyist developers to install, run, and debug unsigned applications on their personal Windows Phone. For $9, you can get your Windows Phone developer unlocked through Microsoft-approved methods. Still, we warn any...
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Nokia Drive Product Manager, Adrien, took a few moments with Microsoft’s Ben Rudolph at Nokia World 2011 to demo the new voice-guided turn-by-turn GPS navigation app that’s preloaded on the Lumia 800 and Lumia 710 Windows Phones. Check out Nokia Drive in action on the Lumia 800 in the video above. Nokia Drive: Changing...
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Microsoft’s Windows Phone division takes a look at Nokia Music and Mix Radio on the newly announced Lumia 800 smartphone. According to Microsoft’s Ben Rudolph, “it takes the things that you already love about Zune – millions of tracks to download, personalization, and great audio quality – and extends it to make your music...
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Today, at Nokia World 2011, Microsoft gave a quick demo of Kinectimals on a Nokia Lumia 710 Windows Phone. The app isn’t available just yet, although it’s mentioned to be coming very soon, but the demo shows how you can transfer your game from smartphone to Xbox 360, or the other way around, using...
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The Nokia Lumia 710 Windows Phone was unveiled shortly after the Nokia Lumia 800 announcement at Nokia World 2011 in London today. The Lumia 710 features a 3.7-inch WVGA ClearBlack display, 1.4GHz single-core Qualcomm MSM8255 processor, 512MB of RAM, 8 GB of storage, 5 megapixel camera with LED flash (720p HD video capture capable),...
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Nokia CEO Stephen Elop gave the Lumia 800 its proper introduction at Nokia World 2011 in London today, calling it the “first real Windows Phone.” The Lumia 800 features a 3.7 inch AMOLED ClearBlack curved WVGA display, 1.4 GHz single-core Qualcomm MSM8255 processor, 512MB of RAM, 16GB of internal storage, 25GB of free SkyDrive...
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OfficeSuite Pro 5 for Android is free today through the Amazon Appstore (promotion ends 10/27 at 3AM ET). The app, which normally costs a whopping $14.99 on the Android Market, allows you to view, edit and share your office documents on the go. Check out the full Market description below to learn about its...
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The Nokia Sea Ray, Sabre and Ace Windows Phones are all incoming – that’s already documented in great detail. Well, now it seems there’s a new Nokia-branded Windows Phone thrown into the mix, called the Nokia Sun (S46). The Sun appears to be heading to mobile operator Orange in mid-November of this year and...
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Microsoft will soon release a free Windows Phone app that will allow you to control your Xbox 360 console directly from your smartphone. Called Xbox Companion, the app will let you find, learn more about and control content from Xbox LIVE Marketplace on your Xbox 360. Ben Rudolph listed a few real-world usage scenarios...
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Microsoft launched Windows Phone 7.5 Mango just six days ago and they’re already reaching out to handset owners with a status update. According to Eric Hautala (General Manager, Customer Experience Engineering), the update process has been going smoothly, acknowledging successful updates in “every country, on every carrier, and for nearly every Windows Phone model.”...
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Not that we didn’t already know this was coming, but T-Mobile has officially announced the HTC Radar 4G Windows Phone. The handset features a 3.8-inch WVGA display, 1GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor, 8GB of storage, 512MB of RAM, 5 megapixel rear camera, VGA front-facing camera, 1520mAh battery, and it clocks in at 10.9mm (0.43″) thick...
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Today, Microsoft started the initial roll-out of the highly anticipated Windows Phone 7.5 Mango update. The first phase will cover more than 98 percent of existing Windows Phone customers, but may take several weeks to deliver through multiple waves. It’s a simultaneous, coordinated, global update that cuts across carriers, phone models, and countries. In...
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Along with the Galaxy S II LTE and Galaxy S II HD LTE Android smartphones, Samsung also announced the Omnia W Windows Phone. The Omnia W looks to be the international version of the previously announced Samsung Focus Flash for AT&T mobility. Considering the specs, it seems it’s a direct competitor to the HTC...
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