Author: Adam Z. Lein

Thirsty for more Samsung Galaxy S III coverage? We just got a nice blue version of the Galaxy S III for AT&T and we’re going to unbox it in this video. It’s surprising to see the box design showing almost zero branding from AT&T. It’s only a solid matte color with a shiny Galaxy S logo on the front. Even on the back the only AT&T branding is an AT&T globe icon. It doesn’t say AT&T anywhere.

Over at XDA-Developers, Bobzero was able to capture the CAB file URLs of the latest Windows Phone updates that have begun being pushed out through the Zune software.  There are separate CAB files for OS updates, language updates, and OEM specific firmware updates.  Once the CAB files are downloaded, if you really want to update your Windows Phone, it’s possible to mimick Zune’s update installer using the “CAB Sender” utility.  You can find out more …

Take a look at the gallery below to see some comparison photos between a number of popular apps on Android and their counterparts on Windows Phone. Which do you like better?

There has been a bit of conflict lately over the new Windows Phone 8 Start screen that was announced last week along with a few other developer features.  Some like the current Windows Phone 7.5 start screen because of its asymmetric aesthetics and uniform structure, while others are excited to have greater flexibility in the sizes and arrangement of live tiles in Windows Phone 8.  The empty right edge of the old Windows Phone 7.5 …

Last week at the Windows Phone 8 Summit, Joe Belfiore demonstrated some features on a Nokia Windows Phone 8 prototype, but he wouldn’t let anyone get close to the phone.  Thanks to a decent zoom lens, some vibration reduction, and creative cropping we put together a few close ups of the test phone.  Sure, they’re wrought with grainy noise and not particularly sharp, but at least you can get an idea of what his Windows …

You’ve probably seen numerous “Skin” products for cell phones and whatnot which are basically specially cut stickers that add some interesting custom graphics to your phone, laptop, etc.  You can usually order these types of things online, but the problem I have with that is having to apply the stickers to your phone yourself.  What if you can’t get it to go on straight or you get a wrinkle in it or tear a piece …