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SkyDrive App for Windows and Mac are now Available with Free Upgrade to 25 GB Storage

April 23, 2012 By Leave a Comment
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I just stumbled upon the download for the Skydrive app for Windows. And I have to say it is pretty awesome. SkyDrive allows you now to upgrade your Manage Storage from 7 GB to 25 GB for free and for some small other fees you can add more if you need to. The desktop apps for Windows and mac allows you now to stay in sync similar to Live Mesh used to be and as Dropbox is now. However you have whopping 25GB free Cloud storage. How did I find it ? It is actually listed under the apps for SkyDrive … [Read more...]

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Windows Phone 7 Technical preview

July 19, 2010 By Leave a Comment
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Last week, Microsoft has begun to ship Windows Phone 7 hardware to developer partners  and it is loaded with the latest Technical Preview of the new Windows Phone 7 Operating System. Some of you did get a chance to play with the device, like I did at the first Windows Phone Get Together but there was no way we could spend some time alone with the device. There was only one (LG Prototype) Windows Phone 7 device there and it was heavily guarded by Maarten Sonneveld, Business Group Lead Mobile … [Read more...]

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Acer P300 reviewed at TracyandMatt

May 26, 2010 By Leave a Comment
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Vince from TracyandMatt has reviewed the Acer P300: For Acer, making itself a known brand in the mobile industry will be difficult task, as with any brand that's new to the market. Acer already have a small portfolio of both Windows Mobile and Android smartphones available, but none have really been able to capture the media spotlight and secure carrier promotions and subsidies as well as phones from manufacturers more established in the mobile market. However, their lack of brand image in … [Read more...]

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WinMoSquare Foursquare client for Windows Mobile review

March 17, 2010 By 3 Comments
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Recently the first Foursquare client, named WinMoSquare showed up in Microsoft's Marketplace. For those of you, who don't know what Foursquare is, here is a brief description of the Foursquare principle: People use Foursquare to "check-in", which is a way of telling your whereabouts. When you check-in someplace, Foursquare tells your friends where they can find you and recommend places to go & things to do nearby. People check-in at all kind of places - cafes, bars, restaurants, parks, … [Read more...]

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Windows Phone 7 Series Detailed Video and Backstage Entrance

March 5, 2010 By 3 Comments
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Since the release of the Windows Phone 7 Seriesquite some videos have surfaced online. Mark Briggeman and I were fortunate enough to have had our hands on this new Windows Phone platform during the Microsoft MVP Summit.  A video today was posted by Chris Pirillo that actually gives one of the best overviews of part what we have seen and experienced during the summit. This explains our excitement for this new platform as well. More and more information will be released soon. If you are a … [Read more...]

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First look at Windows Phone 7 Series

February 16, 2010 By Leave a Comment
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Today Windows Phone 7 Series was announced at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain. Laura Foy from Channel9 interviewed Joe Belfiore, Corporate Vice President of Windows Phone Program Management who was able to give us a full overview of all the new exciting features of Windows Phone 7 Series. The topics that were covered are: The new user experience Integration with social networks like Facebook Internet Explorer Photos, videos, and music E-mail and texting GPS and … [Read more...]

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Win a Windows Phone using your MyPhone story on twitter

December 1, 2009 By Leave a Comment
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The worst scenario which you can think of: You lost your Windows Phone and cannot find it anymore. It doesn't answer if you call it and nobody reported your phone as being found. Of course it contains all your phone numbers, your calendar and your private files. What to do ? Hopefully you have connected your Windows Phone to the Microsoft MyPhone service. MyPhone enables you to sync everything on your device to a secured location, so that in case of a lost phone you can easily recover all your … [Read more...]

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HTC unveils new QUIETLY BRILLIANT campaign

October 27, 2009 By 3 Comments
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HTC Corporation unveiled a global advertising campaign that is based on HTC’s new “Quietly Brilliant” brand positioning.  As HTC’s first global advertising campaign, the YOU campaign is being rolled out across 20 countries in the coming weeks and features the tagline, “You don’t need to get a phone. You need a phone that gets you.”  This represents HTC’s commitment to focus on people, their needs and how they work and live to ensure that HTC devices suit them. ‘Quietly … [Read more...]

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Samsung Omnia Language packs. Do they really exist ?

September 23, 2009 By 8 Comments
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In the Microsoft Social Windows Mobile Forums, an interesting discussion took place a few days ago: In this thread a user of the first Samsung Omnia (SGH-i900) asked if it was possible to change the language of his phone. Normally it is not possible to change the language of your Windows Mobile device due to license restrictions from Microsoft. However, Samsung seems to have found a way to overcome this and is offering Language Packs for several languages. This way you can change the … [Read more...]

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SPB Software in the mix on Bundeled User Interfaces on Mobile Phones

July 14, 2009 By 1 Comment
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SPB Software just announced today that it will have their popular softwares pre-installed on the Pharos Pack Traveler 137.  Bundeling these popular softwares will give the Pharos cunsomer a "Wow" factor and add a lot of new features and functionality to the phone. The SPB Softwares that are going to be included in the bundle are: SPB Mobile Shell SPB Keyboard SPB TV The user experience on mobile devices is becoming so more important and manufacturers are using this to make the … [Read more...]

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