Author: Adam Z. Lein

Last week a free preview version of Office 2013 was released for Windows 7 and Windows 8 Preview.  We decided to install it on our Windows 8 Release Preview release equipped HP TouchSmart TM2 Tablet and take it for a spin.  The coolest part of Office 2013 is the new OneNote MX which is a Metro-style version of OneNote that is fully compatible with the new Windows 8 interface.  It doesn’t have all of the …

Remember when we showed you a series of comparison photos between a number of popular apps on iOS and Windows Phone?  And then we showed you another series comparing Windows Phone with Android?  In those galleries, it was clear that Windows Phone’s design language was much different from Apple’s iOS and Google’s Android.  In this series of images you’ll see more of the same popular apps and how they differ on iOS and Android.  In many …

Nokia’s free GPS Navigation software available for Nokia Lumia devices tonight has seen its 3.0 update which brings some great new features.  The feature I’ve been waiting for is the ability to pin destinations to your start screen.  It’s a bit difficult to find, but if you go to the Set Destinations window and then tap and hold on a location in the History or Favorites listing you’ll find the “Pin to Start” option. That …

Nokia is interested in learning more about how exactly people use their phones and more-specifically how they use their Nokia Lumia phones. Last week they were happy to see that Nielsen’s survey showed that 96% of Nokia Lumia 900 owners were extremely satisfied. If you’ve got a Lumia 900 or any other Nokia Lumia device, feel free to head on over to Nokia Conversations and fill out their survey.  We imagine Nokia will use the results to …

In Microsoft’s Smoked By Windows Phone campaign you’ll see a lot of informal speed tests that make Windows Phone out to be faster than other platforms. Most of those things are due to Windows Phone being designed to have less steps required to perform certain tasks, but what about very basic tasks like launching an app or getting to the home screen? Can Windows Phone on an ancient processor really be faster at those simple …

Nokia’s ship is sinking, can they build a new ship that will keep them afloat before it’s too late?