The Microsoft Store is having a pretty nice Black Friday sale today through Monday while supplies last. Amoung other good deals on PCs, Xbox bundles, games, and accessories, there’s also some free Windows Phones. Of course, that is to say free with a new contract (or upgrade), but still that’s pretty good. The free phones available are the new HTC Radar 4G on T-Mobile, the HTC Trophy on Verizon, or the HTC Arrive on Sprint. …
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This Week’s Xbox LIVE Sales
Since so many stores are having big sales to kick off the holiday shopping season this Friday, this week there are a few extra sales on Xbox LIVE games in the Windows Phone Marketplace. Usually, we only have on deal of the week on games, but this week you’ll find three additional games on sale. The normal deal of the week is Tetris again. You’ll find Tetris in the Marketplace for $2.99 this week, down …
Continue readingNokia Lumia 800 Review
The Nokia Lumia 800 is probably the most highly-anticipated Windows Phone ever. We’ve been wishing and hoping for Nokia to use a powerful Windows-based mobile operating system since 2003, and finally we see the incredible phone manufacturing expertise from Finland merged with the gorgeous new Windows Phone software. It’s not all good news, though, since Nokia only recently decided to go with Windows Phone around 6 months ago, and that means they really did not …
Continue readingNokia Lumia 800 Software Tour (Video)
Even though Nokia is probably the Windows Phone manufacturer with the most freedom to customize the operating system, at least with the Lumia 800, they haven’t done much at all. The bundled apps consist of only the Nokia Drive GPS navigation program, a “We care” app, and a bluetooth contact transfer app. That’s it! Well, you also get the Nokia blue theme color, a bunch of Nokia ring tones and sound effects, some nice Nokia …
Continue readingSamsung Focus S Review (AT&T)
Last year the AT&T Samsung Focus ended up being the best new Windows Phone around as it shot to the top of the charts in satisfaction surveys. This year, Samsung has released two Focus successors and the Focus S is meant to be the high-end model. It improves on last year’s Focus significantly in almost all areas, though the other Windows Phone manufacturers have stepped things up a bit as well. If you’ve already got …
Continue readingNokia Lumia 800 Hardware Tour (Video)
The Lumia 800’s hardware design is very impressive. It’s unlike anything we’ve seen before with the exception of the Nokia N9 which is essentially a Meego version of this. The single piece of polycarbonate plastic feels great in the hand and the shape of the device with its curved screen is pretty incredible. The phone’s dimensions are 61.2×116.5×12.1mm, and it weighs 142g. The 32bit Qualcomm Snapdragon MSM8255T 1.4 GHz CPU and 512MiB RAM keep the …
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