We’ve been fans of Spb’s shell UI replacements for a while. They started original on Windows Mobile back in 2007 (See our review of version 1.5), but have since expanded to offering shell replacements for Android and Symbian as well. Today we’ve got a new version of Spb Shell 3D for Symbian and we’ve got it running on the Nokia N8 with Symbian Anna. Spb Mobile Shell has evolved quite a lot over the years, …
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Designer & web developer since the mid 1990's starting on the DEC intranet. User experience consultant since 1998. Photographer since 1995. Tech journalist since 2002.Fediverse Profile
Mango Multi-Task Toggler in the Works
Windows Phone 7.5 Mango features new multi-tasking and fast-app switching that will help you quickly switch between recent applications as well as allow certain things to keep running in the background. While there is a spot in the settings for you to selectively choose which apps can run in the background, these new features could still affect your battery life. XDA-Developers user “GoodDayToDie” has decided to make a home-brew Mango app that toggles the multitasking …
Continue readingMicrosoft’s Response to the Privacy Lawsuit
Last week a lot of news sites picked up a story from Reuters about a Michican woman who is sueing Microsoft for collecting location data without the user’s permission. A number of our readers found that odd since Windows Phone always asks for permission whenever there is anything remotely related to privacy concerns. The litigation claims that the camera software transmits GPS cooridnants to Microsoft when active and without the user’s permission, so I decided …
Continue readingNavigon for Windows Phone 7 Supports Offline Maps
If you’re a smartphone user that likes to travel a lot, then a decent GPS navigation program that supports offline maps for decreased data usage and increased battery life is probably important to you. Sure, Windows Phone 7.5 Mango comes with a sort of okay GPS navigation program, but Navigon plans to release something much more feature-rich and useable. A new version of Navigon for Windows Phone will support offline maps, as well as offer …
Continue readingAT&T LG Thrill 4G Unboxing (Video)
The LG Thrill 4G comes in your average orange AT&T branded box that contains the phone, a battery, a wall charger, sync/charging cable, HDMI cable, and some guides. An 8Gb Micro SD card is also included and pre-installed in the device. There’s nothing special or impressive about the packaging, but I like the full color quick start guide with images and instructions for basic tasks. It’s also great that the phone comes with an HDMI …
Continue readingWhat Should Nokia Call Their Windows Phones?
Nokia seems to have made a nice big list of possible names that they might use to signify their news series of Windows Phones in the U.S., and they thought it might be nice to see what everyone on the internet thinks of them. They’ve created a little poll on polldaddy where you can vote for the names they are currently thinking about. Nokia “Elite”, “Fusion”, “Metro”, and “Genesis” have gathered a lot of votes, …
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