You can read WP8 Review Part 1 here. Syncing Going through Zune is no longer necessary, as all devices on the platform now use MTP, so you can access it like a regular USB drive. There’s also OTA updates, as well as cloud backups for your phone content (app list, messages, IE10 bookmarks, settings and more). Wallet This is, basically, a combination of Google Wallet and Apple Passbook, serving as a hub where you can...
Back when Windows Phone 7 first rolled out, it was, for the most part, universally lauded. It looked great, worked intuitively and made sense for mobile devices. Unfortunately, it wasn’t the great comeback Microsoft had wanted: two years in, the platform has less than 5% of the smartphone market worldwide. Whether Windows Phone 8 will expand that userbase for Microsoft is something that depends on a lot of factors. Today, though, we’ll look at whether...
Microsoft has taken the wraps off its upcoming Windows Phone 8 software at the Windows Phone Summit in San Francisco. While they didn’t reveal all end-user features (according to Microsoft, they’ll release a more complete roster of details during the summer), they did rattle off eight specific platform updates that are considerably significant for the mobile OS. Hardware updates. Finally, Windows Phone will support multi-core processors, which should make the platform more competitive in today’s...
The Samsung Focus 2 doesn’t have the best specs in today’s smartphone market. But it sports an attractive design, a beautiful display and 4G LTE, making it a well-equipped option among the ever-growing roster of handsets in stores. Design We love the way it looks — hard plastic shell, spritely curves and a generally youthful aesthetic. While not as pretty as Nokia’s Lumia 900, it’s a definite looker, punctuated by solid construction. It’s a little...
The Nokia Lumia 900 may have imprinted itself as the “quality Windows Phone handset for budget users,” but Samsung won’t take it lying down. In fact, they might give the Finnish handset a solid run for its money with the Samsung Focus 2, a new affordably-priced Windows Phone device joining the roster of AT&T. Available in every color of your choosing (as long as it’s glossy white), the phone doesn’t really challenge the Lumia’s appearance...
For the first time in Windows Phone history, we actually have two drool-worthy handsets in the market that both run Microsoft’s fledgling mobile platform. And we’d like to chime in on the most pressing issue in any current Windows Phone convert’s mind: which one should you get between the Nokia Lumia 900 and the HTC Titan II? The OS Since Windows Phone is a closed platform, there’s very little variance in the software between the...
A while ago, Acer officially revealed a new attractively-priced Windows Phone handset. Other than the name, however, no details about the device were released. Well, we finally got the specs on that, as the Acer Allegro finally gets an official announcement out in France. Aimed at budget users interested in a Windows Phone device, the handset packs the bare minimum hardware required to run Microsoft’s mobile platform. While that doesn’t really make for an exciting...
Nokia announced two smartphones yesterday, both running Windows Phone OS. Billed as the Nokia Lumia 800 and the Nokia Lumia 710, the two handsets will be the first two releases from the Finnish manufacturer to run Microsoft’s mobile platform. Nokia Lumia 800 Remember how folks salivated at how awesome the N9 looked, but balked at the fact that it still ran Symbian? Well, those folks are likely to give this one a consideration, since it’s...
Who needs sneaky bloggers? Company CEO Stephen Elop can leak Nokia devices all on his own and pretend to be playing innocent while doing it. And this one’s really newsworthy: the Sea Ray (codename), Nokia’s first Windows Phone handset. As you can probably tell, the phone looks a heck of a lot like the Nokia N9 they announced the other day. Except it doesn’t run the obscure Meego operating system. Instead, it touts the latest...
Microsoft showed off the latest iteration of Windows Phone 7 today. The build, codenamed “Mango,” claims to bring over 500 new features to the platform, which go beyond the previously-reported enterprise solutions (which, on their own, were pretty substantial already). Notable changes include: Internet Explorer 9. Mango gets a new mobile version of the desktop staple, featuring HTML5 support, full hardware acceleration and Silverlight 4 support, among others. Web search integration. The release adds services...
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