For many years, most mobile phones came with some sort of hands-free voice dialing interface. Today there are many popular options on smartphones including Apple’s very often advertised and fun to use Siri software. Android has numerous options including Google’s Voice Actions, and Microsoft has a “TellMe” based speech interface as well. However, those are all just programs that process your voice and then carry out some action. They really just have a few tie-ins …
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Nokia City Lens Beta Now Available
We’ve seen the Nokia City Lens app demo’d a while back at CES, but now you can actually try it out for yourself. Nokia City Lens Beta is now available on your Nokia Windows Phone if you know how to find it. The app’s main feature is its augmented reality lens. After you start the app you’ll see a list of subjects to explore such as food or shopping. Then once you select one, you …
Continue readingFirst Custom Painted Nokia Lumia 800/900
A tatoo artist company in the UK called “I Ain’t No Saint” has started working on some custom paint jobs for the Nokia Lumia 800 and 900. They currently have custom painted battery covers available for the Nokia Lumia 710, but it looks like they’re testing some designs for the Lumia 800 and 900 as well. Above you’ll see a test of a custom painted Nokia Lumia 900 and below you’ll see a Lumia 800. …
Continue readingWill Microsoft Announce Windows Phone 8 at the Developer Summit?
We just got a “Save the Date” email for a Windows Phone Developer Summit that will happen June 20-21 in San Francisco, CA. We can’t help but wonder if this may be when Microsoft decides to announce Windows Phone 8 and of course detail all the new bits and API’s that developers will need to know in order to make great apps for the next version of Windows Phone. The graphic in the email is …
Continue readingPAC-MAN Kart Rally Xbox LIVE Game Preview
This weeks new Xbox LIVE game has a very exciting new feature that hasn’t yet seen much action on Windows Phone 7; real-time multiplayer! PAC-MAN Kart Rally is a racing game similar to any other racing game except you’ve got PAC-MAN characters along with some power-ups and booster features. The graphics aren’t terrific, but I’m actually happy to see touch screen controls for this racing game instead of the usual tilt-controls that so many others …
Continue readingWhy People Love Windows Phone
If you look at user reviews for any Windows Phone available today you will be hard pressed to find any with less than a 4 star average rating. The majority of users who buy these phones rate them very highly. Only once in a while you’ll find some one that returns a Windows Phone and rates it poorly because it doesn’t do something esoteric like Bluetooth file transfer (which may have been useful in 2005) …
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