The Galaxy S phones boast a speedy processor, a large Super AMOLED screen, and a lot of tweaks made to Android to make the device more unique. The Galaxy S 4G is essentially a refresh of T-Mobile’s previous Samsung Galaxy S Vibrant that was also available on T-Mobile. The new Galaxy S 4G makes a number of welcome changes while keeping the same great screen and thin form factor. Is this update now the best …
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Windows Phone 7’s “Surprise” Commercial
Everybody really loved that first new “What if” commercial for Windows Phone 7 which started really showing off what Windows Phone 7 is capable of. The other day a new one was released that has the same type of style and theme but goes on to ask “When was the last time your phone surprised you in a good way?” You’ll see some quick showing off of Netflix streaming, Microsoft Office, and some impressive Xbox …
Continue readingReport: WP7 Mango Update Won’t Hit This Year
Paul Thurrott recently wrote an article about Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7’s update problems and mentions that, “Mango will be finalized by the end of 2011, and while Microsoft recently promised to ship this release to customers by the end of the year as well, my sources tell me that schedule is a near impossibility.” Does that sound likely to you? Microsoft can’t afford to push back their next major update. Maybe some features they were …
Continue readingMyFord Touch and Windows Phone 7 (Video)
Walter Sullivan, Senior Product Planner for the Microsoft Windows Embedded Automotive team gave us a little demo of the new MyFord Touch in-car computer out in Bellevue, WA this week. The new car computer system is available in the Ford Edge and it features two in-dash screens right behind the steering wheel as well as a large touch screen in the center column. You can connect your Windows Phone 7 (or any phone) via Bluetooth …
Continue readingmoTweets Now Available for Windows Phone 7
You may remember moTweets as a great twitter app for the old Windows Mobile 6.x platform. Well, Panoramic software is back with a new version of moTweets rebuilt from scratch for the new Windows Phone 7 platform. The new Twitter app has some unique features that other Twitter apps may have neglected. For example, moTweets has a live tile that shows the number of direct messages and mentions that you may have for each account. …
Continue readingSamsung Galaxy S 4G Software Tour (Video)
This video goes over all of the added customizations and software bundles that T-Mobile has added to the Galaxy S 4G. There are a lot of add-ons from T-Mobile and Samsung including T-Mobile’s Wi-Fi calling feature, account status, device help, visual voicemail, T-Mobile TV and a full copy of the movie “Inception”. The Inception icon on the home screen doesn’t take you directly to the Inception movie like the previous version’s “Avatar” icon did. Instead …
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