With all of these different mobile platforms around, it can be tough for a mobile application developer to get their software on every device. Microsoft’s Bing Mobile team is certainly trying though. In the video below, we take a look at 6 different versions of the Bing Mobile app on everything from Windows Phone 7 to the iPhone. We’ll also look at the Blackberry, Windows Mobile 6.5 Professional & Standard, and Android versions. You’re probably …
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Nokia N8 Software Tour (Video)
The Nokia N8 is of course running Nokia’s Symbian ^3 operating system, and it’s the first device with the new OS. The home screen is similar to older Symbian operating systems with two softkeys in the lower corners, and signal strength/battery life in the upper corners. The difference appears in the 3 swipe-able home screens that can contain an arrangement of custom icons or widgets. This is, of course, similar to Spb Mobile Shell and …
Continue readingNokia N8 Hardware Tour (Video)
The Nokia N8 hardware design is really spectacular. It just looks fantastic coming out of the box. It’s got an aluminum metal body with a 3.5″ capacitive glass OLED screen, 0.3Mp front facing camera, MicroSD memory expansion slot, and 16Gb internal storage. In terms of processor speed, it’s nothing terribly impressive at 680Mhz with 256Mb of RAM, however the 12 megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss lens and Xenon flash really is something to marvel at. …
Continue readingNokia N8 Unboxing (Video)
The Nokia N8 has been around for a while, but we heard it was pretty good, so we thought we should check it out. The N8 comes in a fairly large square blue box. There are reflective foil highlight outlines of the device embossed on the box cover and inner layer. Opening the flip-top box reveals the gorgeous Nokia N8 smartphone, and beneath a plastic molded holder are a bunch of extras. You’ve got an …
Continue readingT-Mobile’s 4G Smear Campaign Spreads to Verizon
T-Mobile has been airing some ads making fun of the iPhone 4’s horrible service on AT&T. Lucky for Apple, Verizon just announced that they would be offering an iPhone 4 as well. T-Mobile has fought back with the below ad that makes both AT&T and Verizon look a bit unattractive and slow. These ads are obviously mimicking Apple’s old “I’m a PC” ads which mocked the popular stigmas related to Windows PCs of the time. …
Continue readingSkype To Acquire Qik
Two of the coolest smartphone applications for video broadcasting and voice-over-IP uses have always been Qik and Skype. Well, Skype has just made a deal to aquire Qik. Skype has never been very good at video calls on mobile devices, but Qik has always had some great video broadcasting features. Heck, we used Qik to live-broadcast the Sprint Palm Pre launch event using a Windows Mobile Palm Treo Pro back in 2009. It even let …
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