Since January 10th, users of Windows Phone smartphone can no longer access the mobile services of YouTube website. The http://m.youtube.com is originally designed for feature phones and it’s based on HTML5 technology, which is useful for devices with no Adobe Flash support. But, many WP users also prefer to use the service directly from web browser. Now, Google seems to …
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Latest display technologies have been cooking at Samsung’s labs for awhile now. At CES 2013, Samsung’s officials talked up latest display technologies, specifically the YOUM. The improved form of mobile display would deliver better contrast and color, while achieving super-thin form factor. A device prototype using the display is shown and it allows users to see content from the sides. …
In recent years, Lenovo has been focusing only on one mobile platform; Android and the company introduced no less than six new Android smartphones at CES 2013. There’s the IdeaPhone K900 along with five other more affordable models. According to recent reports, there’s a fair chance that the company will spice up its mobile devices portfolio by releasing a new …
Windows Marketplace has delivered 75,000 new Windows Phone apps in 2012. While this seems like a small increase compared to how much other major apps stores get, Windows Marketplace has doubled in size over the past year. The marketplace has also launched new feedback supports and payment methods. Proponents of Windows Phone OS have suggested that there has never been …
Packing a 3.7” Super-AMOLED display, 1.4GHz Snapdragon processor and Mango, the Samsung Focus Flash looks rather unassuming in this Windows Phone 8 era. Even with its plastic-dominated body, the Samsung Focus Flash surprisingly feels nice in out hands. The Adreno 205 GPU won’t do much to help the Focus Flash keeps pace with the likes of HTC 8X and Nokia …
Microsoft and its new mobile platform, Windows Phone 8, have been in the news for quite a while. The company has also released an intermediary version, the Windows 7.8, which is intended to deliver some features of Windows Phone 8 to older Mango devices. Like its usual practice in the desktop environment, Microsoft is already busy working on the next …
Compared to the Mango (Windows Phone 7.5), the Windows Phone 8 “Apollo” comes with plenty of goodies under the hood. But if the revamped tile-based interface and much smoother animation just don’t cut it out for you, a few other features may will. Microsoft is working with Devicescape to offer support for more than 11 million WiFi hotspots around the …
It appears, Microsoft won’t add the central notification feature to the Windows Phone 8 and there’s a good argument behind this decision: Live Tiles can also display any real-time information. Previously, a Microsoft official admitted that the company might actually add a notification system similar to what we see on the iOS and Android today, if it hasn’t run out …
Microsoft’s plan to make a strong entry into the mobile industry will be restarted with the release of various Windows Phone 8 devices. Recent sales of handsets powered by Windows Phone 7.x have been pretty weak and the company couldn’t get much a bounce in sales while it partnered only with Nokia. Nokia sales continue to collapse by about 63 …
Since its releases, Windows Phone OS continues to limp along behind Android and iOS. But with the release of Windows Phone 8, it really starts to catch up. It is reported recently that Windows Phone Marketplace now has more than 125,000 apps published in its catalogue. Obviously, this is still a drop in the bucket as Apple’s iTunes Store has …