Yesterday, HTC announced that they will be bringing us the Touch Cruise, the first location-centric smartphone, onto the market in Q2 of 2009. The primary value proposition and differentiator from other smartphones is its HTC Footprints™, which is a software on the device that can “record every adventure in precise and vivid detail – down [...]
If you have multiple computers and mobile devices, and you are tired of manually keeping the data on them in sync, we have a solution for you – and it’s free! Unless you are in the tech industry and you read C++ Language Reference for fun, you probably haven’t heard of Live Mesh. It’s a [...]
The folks Neowin posted some pretty sweet looking screenshots that they claim are from the upcoming Windows Mobile 6.5. We really dig the honeycomb layout and think the UI is pretty sexy. We all know Windows Mobile needs a lot of UI improvement for it to stand a chance with the competition this time around. [...]
Well well well, what have we got here? Looks like Microsoft is still doing whatever they can to keep pace with the competition on their current mobile OS while they are working on the next big revision. The Windows Mobile blog just announced an updated version of the Windows Live Search client today. Among the [...]
Ok, this is not really on topic since it’s not mobile related, but we think you might want to know about your next Windows OS. At the CES keynote earlier this evening, Steve Ballmer announced that Windows 7 Beta is available for immediate download on MSDN, TechNet and TechBeta customers. The rest of the world [...]
What better way to kick off the new year than to make a few predictions and check back next year to see how accurate we are? Take a look at our 2009 predictions and tell us what you think. 1. Mobile phones will see their first major form factor breakthrough since the iPhone. It seems [...]
Everyone loves to hate Microsoft for some reason. I guess when a company is as successful as Microsoft, it draws a lot of envy and hate. Well, in recent years, Microsoft hasn’t exactly been known for being innovative. All the mindshare has been going to Apple and Google. While I have great things to say [...]
Ok, so after the .NET branding disaster in the early 2000 where Microsoft started naming every product possible .NET, the “Live” branding seems like a repeat of that disaster. Microsoft likes to brand everything “Live” these days with Windows Live, Live Search, Live Mesh, Windows Live Messenger, Live Spaces, … Anyway, I am not super [...]
