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Nokia rebrands OVI services to Nokia services anticipating Windows Phone

May 16, 2011 By Mark Briggeman Leave a Comment

The word is out: the name OVI will disappear. Nokia has announced to start rebranding the OVI services in preparation for the move to Windows 7 Phone. Right now it sounds more dramatic than it is. The only change we will see is that all OVI services will be called Nokia services instead. This will take place from July 2011 and the whole name change process should be completed late 2012.The services themselves and the roadmaps for all these services remain unchanged. It's purely a name … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Windows Phone 7 Tagged With: Nokia, ovi, Windows Phone 7

MobilityMinded is looking for contributing editors!

May 4, 2011 By Mark Briggeman Leave a Comment

As you may have noticed, we have been caught up with another exciting project and the flow of new articles must go on. As we all have daytime jobs and new challenges ahead of us, time to write articles has become somewhat limited and we are looking for some help which we hope find at our loyal readers. Are you interested in mobile technology and want to contribute on a regular basis by writing articles and/or reviewing programs or hardware ?When you are interested, have a look at the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Website Backstage Tagged With: contributing, editors, reviews

Windows Phone 7 update 7.0.7392 now available

May 4, 2011 By Mark Briggeman Leave a Comment

Since May 3rd, the latest update for Windows Phone 7 devices is being rolled out. The first reports started in Europe to be soon followed by reports from the USA. This 7.0.7392 update contains all previous updates like 7.0.7008 and 7.0.7390 (NoDo). So if your device for some reason missed one of these previous updates, you'll be up to date with this update. What does 7.0.7392 contain? This update contains a fix for fraudulent third-party digital certificates. This update includes a critical … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Windows Phone 7 Tagged With: 7.0.7392, update, Windows Phone 7

Connect to hidden WiFi networks on Windows Phone 7 with HTC

April 15, 2011 By Mark Briggeman Leave a Comment

Until now it was not possible to connect to hidden networks on your Windows Phone 7, leaving a lot of disappointed users with no other choice to connect other than visible networks. The reasons to make a network hidden are obvious. What can't be seen isn't there. Although a lot of laptop or tablet users can connect to hidden networks without any problems, Windows Phone 7 users can't even see those networks. Now HTC has developed a small app to let your HTC Windows Phone 7 connect to those hidden … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Windows Phone 7 Tagged With: Hidden, HTC, network, wifi, Windows Phone 7

WP7NL Apps for Windows Phone 7

April 13, 2011 By Mark Briggeman Leave a Comment

At this moment there are over 13000 apps in the MarketPlace for Windows Phone 7. A lot of them are created by dutch developers. Although a lot of dutch developers are using the hashtag #WP7NL on Twitter to draw some attention to their apps, Tom Verhoeff went a few steps further and developed a small app called WP7NL Apps, which was initiated by the WP7NL community. The dutch MarketPlace is still not available, but with the help of this app, you can quickly look up all dutch apps and developers. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Windows Phone 7 Tagged With: marketplace, Windows Phone 7, WP7NL, Zune

HTC unveils HTC Sensation

April 12, 2011 By Mark Briggeman Leave a Comment

Today in London, HTC renews the definition of mobile entertainment by announcing the HTC Sensation. This pocket-sized entertainment center is the first device to feature HTC Watch, giving you on-the-go access to an entire library of the latest premium movies and TV shows. View purchased content on up to five HTC devices or on the HTC Sensation's qHD 4.3-inch widescreen super LCD display with the highest resolution ever used on a HTC device: 540x960 pixels ! The touch screen surface is … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Google Android Tagged With: Android, HTC, Sensation

Otterbox Defender for Samsung Galaxy Tab review

March 17, 2011 By Mark Briggeman Leave a Comment

Otterbox is well known for its protective cases for a lot of devices. One of the latest additions to the Defender Series is a Defender case for the Samsung Galaxy Tab. I have used several Otterbox products before and I must admit when my device is protected by a Defender case I don't have to worry it gets damaged or suffers any influences from outside. The Otterbox does not make your device waterproof, although a small spill can easily be survived. It protects your device from scratches, dust, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Travel Gear Tagged With: Defender, galaxy, otterbox, Samsung, tab

Winner of the Samsung Focus announced

March 11, 2011 By Mark Briggeman Leave a Comment

First of all: we need to make an excuse for announcing the winner of the Samsung Focus contest so late. The MobilityMinded team consists of 5 editors who all have a full time job and due to a lot of traveling and other causes we were unable to post this earlier. Now back to the contest ! The rules of the contest were:Follow @mobilityminded and Tweet the following: ” Like ,Post & Follow @MobilityMinded and Win a @SamsungMobileUS Focus @windowsphone 7, easy … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Windows Phone 7 Tagged With: Contest, samsung focus