As soon as the veil came off of the table full of Samsung Infuse 4G devices at tonight’s AT&T Cinqo de Mayo event at Rosa Mexicano’s in New York City, we got to playing with the device. Below is our initial hands-on video where we take a look at AT&T’s newest and fastest Android device. The big deal here is the humungous 4.5 inch Super AMOLED Plus screen from Samsung. Plus, it’s AT&T’s first “4G” …
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Could The Smartphone Market Be More Like Game Consoles?
Most people are thinking that the smartphone market is going to end up just like PCs. Microsoft won that war with 90% of the market, and Apple’s Mac hangs on with 5-10% depending on who you ask. This time back in 2007 Apple did kind of the same thing and released the first iPhone which was heavily marketed and finally brought smartphones to the mainstream public. Microsoft was already in the smartphone market at the …
Continue readingBank of America App Now on Windows Phone
Mobile banking has grown a lot in popularity since the early days of the PDA. Today we’ve got the new Bank of America app for Windows Phone 7 which lets you check balances, transfer money, pay bills, and search for ATMs or bank locations. You’ve probably seen plenty of other apps like this on other mobile platforms, but it’s good to see them coming to Windows Phone as well. Unfortunately you can’t do the whole …
Continue readingAPI Mapping Tool Makes It Easier To Port iOS Apps to WP7
Microsoft released an API Mapping tool that helps iPhone developers learn about API’s with similar functions on Windows Phone 7. The tool can be found at wp7mapping.interoperabilitybridges.com. Basically you select from a list of iOS developer programming interfaces on the left and then you’ll see listings of Windows Phone API’s on the right along with links to documentation for both the iOS programming interfaces as well as the Windows Phone interfaces. It’s not currently complete, …
Continue readingOneNote Mobile 1.1 for iPhone Now Available
Microsoft’s OneNote has become quite popular as part of Office 2010, Windows Phone 7, and even the iPhone. Today, an update to the iPhone OneNote 2010 Mobile app has been released. It features: •The ability to email your notes right from your iPhone •An easier way to delete notes that you no longer want •More intuitive icons and a Home button that makes it simpler to select or move between multiple notebooks •A simplified sign-in …
Continue readingWindows Phones Do Not Track Your Every Move
You know how everyone’s talking about how it was discovered that Apple’s iPhone and iOS 4 have been secretly tracking your every move? According to The Atlantic, forensic software can reveal a whole lot more about you just by accessing your iPhone. Android does a lot of the location tracking too, but in a slightly different way. So what about Windows Phone 7? PC Magazine decided to contact Microsoft, Nokia, RIM, Google, and HP about …
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