The two HTC Windows Phone 7’s available in the U.S.A. right now are the HTC HD7 and the HTC Surround. Both have many similar features, but how do they compare? They’ve both got nice little kickstands, attractive styling, and the beautiful Windows Phone 7, but what are the differences between the screens? Are the Surround’s speakers really that good? What about the cameras? We’ve got the answers in the following video. Originally published on Pocketnow …
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Hawaii Five-O Uses Windows Phone 7 to Fight Crime
Okay, so maybe Kono Kalakaua didn’t really use Bing and Windows Phone 7 to fight crime on this week’s episode of Hawaii Five-O, but when Chin Ho Kelly suggested she “Bing it” after noticing her doubt in the Clifton Bowles sculpture’s price tag, Chin Ho was quick to bing up the artist on her LG Optimus 7. If you missed it on TV, you can also check out the full episode titled “Mana’o” on CBS.com. …
Continue readingSelecting Multiple Lines of Text in Windows Phone 7
Here’s a tip that you might not have known was possible. You already know that Windows Phone 7 doesn’t yet have copy & paste, but you can select individual words by tapping them. Well in OneNote and Word, if you tap the selection again and then drag, you can select multiple lines of type. Of course you can’t do much with it afterwards, but it’s good for selecting a lot of text that you want …
Continue readingKaty Perry’s Windows Phone 7 Launch Party
Yesterday was the first day for U.S. availability of three devices running Windows Phone 7. If you were one of the lucky ones who went to a participating AT&T store, you may have also won admission to the free Katy Perry New York or Marroon 5 San Francisco Windows Phone 7 launch parties. We got to go to Katy Perry’s party in New York City and it was pretty amazing. There were Windows Phone 7 …
Continue readingSamsung Continuum Hands-On (Video)
The Samsung Continuum was shown at a press event tonight in New York City and we were there to get some hands-on with the new device. It’s got a single capacitive Super AMOLED screen with 3 sections to it. A primary section holds the normal Android operating system display area, a middle section displays the capacitive menu, home, back, and search buttons, while a 3rd section shows ticker information. This can be anything from social …
Continue readingProof: HTC HD7 Camera Showing Worse Pink Tinge Than HD2
Lately there have been some reports of the new HTC HD7 having a pink tint to its photos. We decided to test it out on a white door and compare the images with the same pictures from the HTC Surround and the old HTC HD2, as well as a professional Nikon D300 DSLR. Above you’ll see 100% pixel-for-pixel strips of images taken with each device. What’s interesting is that while the HD7 does have a …
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