Author: Adam Z. Lein

In the past couple years we’ve seen a huge surge of tablet-style devices in the market. It started with Apple’s iPad, which was essentially an iPhone with a bigger screen and no phone. It ran the same iPhone apps, just on a larger screen.  A few other manufacturers went in the same direction with putting Android on large-screened tablet devices (such as the original Galaxy Tab). Again, initially, this was no different than an Android …

The next evolution of Microsoft’s Hotmail free service was revealed today and it will be now called Outlook.com.  The redesign and rebranding of Microsoft’s free web-based email service is very “Metro” styled and looks a lot like some of the apps included in the Windows 8 Release Preview.  Many parts of the interface seem very touch-friendly, so we thought we’d try it out on a Windows 8 Tablet PC. Currently only the email and people portion …

Nokia’s version of the Weather Channel’s app has been updated to version 2.0 which is completely redesigned and brings some fantastic new features along with it. The Weather Channel app has been my favorite weather app for Windows Phone ever since they added the double sided live tiles that show radar maps in addition to the forcast. That feature is still there of course, but we’ve also got some new things. First of all you’ve …

WP7.hu has posted a large number of screen captures from the leaked Windows Phone 8 SDK emulator which reveals plenty of new Windows Phone 8 features.  You’ll notice a few very interesting additions. First up is the “Backup” settings which lets you save things to Microsoft’s cloud service automatically attached to your Microsoft ID.  There’s an option for saving your app list + settings which will make it easy to reinstall all of your apps to …

Chinese Windows Phone site, WPDang reports that the Windows Phone 8 consumer-oriented features will be unveiled at Nokia World on September 5, 2012.  Up until now we’ve only seen a handful of developer-oriented features at the Windows Phone Summit in San Francisco.  We know there will be a new start screen, a new web browser, a shared Windows 8 core, and a number of new ways to build apps, but that’s about it.  If Windows …

If you’re one of the many fans of the Xbox 360, you may already know that there are a number of Xbox LIVE companion apps for different smartphone platforms. You’ll find some nice Xbox LIVE apps for Windows Phone, Apple’s iOS and Android, but they all have varying degrees of Xbox integration. Windows Phone probably has the best support for the Xbox 360, but it’s split throughout the Games Hub and two other apps called …