Back around the turn of the century, Windows Mobile had a very large hacking community. This was very important because many stock devices shipped with annoying and frustrating bugs. I remember the HTC Himalaya (XDA II), one of the very first touch screen Windows Mobile phones with functional Bluetooth and an internal antenna. It shipped with a limitation of support for only 32 processes which quickly were used up by most of the built in …
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Latest Trend: Windows Phone Cakes
For some reason it seems people like to bake cakes that look like Windows Phones. Quite a few have appeared on the Windows Phone Facebook page in the “Fan Art” section and it looks like Microsoft has decided to start a little contest to encourage even more Windows Phone themed cakes. The top three with the most “Likes” for their Windows Phone themed cake photo wins a new Windows Phone for themselves. The submission deadline is 5/30/12 and voting ends …
Continue readingNokia Wants to Call and Help You With Your New Phone
We had a talk with Nokia the other day and they wanted to tell us more about this “Smart Start” program which sounds like it would be especially nice for all the new users out there. Normally when people buy a new phone they’ll usually try to get a few basics about the functionality from the sales person. It’s not really their job to teach you how to use the phone, but it’s important that you at …
Continue readingWhy People Love(d) Symbian
You may have noticed recently that we’ve been exploring different reasons as to why people love specific smartphone operating systems such a Windows Phone, iOS, Android, and Palm’s Web OS. So this time we’re going to look at Symbian. Symbian’s an interesting beast. For a long time it was the most popular smartphone operating system in the world. Symbian’s market share surpassed everyone else up until recently. There are still plenty of Nokia fans who …
Continue readingFrustrations of a Windows Phone User
Those who know my work know that I’ve been a big fan of Windows Phones since I first got my hands on a Samsung Taylor developer prototype. There are a lot of reasons to love Windows Phone, but as you might expect with any technology there can also be some frustrations. In this article we’ll talk about a few annoyances about Windows Phone that I personally have been frustrated with, however if you’re also a …
Continue reading“Butterfly” Concept for Windows Phone
Chris McDermott, Ben Darvill and Russell Hepton created this concept design artwork and video for a product that works with the Windows Phone system as well as Metro-style tablets to easily link devices to a TV, Projector, etc. and then control the remote display with a phone or tablet. The design was nominated for a D&AD digital design award. Of course these images are just design concepts and explorations that aren’t really part of any …
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