The Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 3i is a budget friendly laptop that should handle basic computing …
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SIM and Micro SIM Tips for Switching Between Phones
The SIM card, or subscriber identity module, has been a standard in GSM phones for many years. It’s always been very easy to switch your mobile network account between GSM phones since all you had to do was take the SIM card out and put it in a different phone and everything worked because all of the SIM cards and SIM card slots were the same. Unfortunately we’re starting to see some manufacturers implementing a …
Continue readingNokia Lumia 710 Review
The Nokia Lumia 710 is by all means not a flagship device. For all intents and purposes this is designed to be an inexpensive low-end smartphone. You won’t find anything particularly fancy in this device, but that’s the point. Many people don’t want anything terribly expensive and fancy. Many people just want something functional and reliable and that’s what Nokia’s going for with this device… albeit while giving consumers a cheap way to get in …
Continue reading“Smoked by Windows Phone” Challenge Copy Cat Appears
Ben Rudolph’s “Smoked by Windows Phone” challenge got a lot of press and interest at CES in Las Vegas last year. The deal was that if your phone could beat Ben’s Windows Phone in a speed test of an average task you often do with your smartphone, he’d give you $100. It seems some one else has decided to try these tests on some carrier store employees. Brian Lalley identifies himself as being “with Windows” …
Continue readingYouTube’s HTML5 Embedded Video Bug and Workaround (Video)
Some of you have been frustrated when trying to watch the YouTube videos embedded in Pocketnow articles on a mobile device. We’ve been investigating this problem and it turns out that it only happens with YouTube videos that have revenue sharing turned on. YouTube’s iFrame embed code is supposed to be able to detect the user’s browser and feed them a video in an appropriate format. On Windows Phone 7 and iOS 5, YouTube’s code …
Continue readingFragger: Xbox LIVE Game for Windows Phone (Video)
This week’s new Xbox LIVE game for Windows Phone comes out tomorrow and it’s called “Fragger”. The game is a mobile version of the popular Miniclips.com game of the same name which you can play online here and has seen over 100 million plays. The Xbox LIVE Windows Phone version is a little different, but the basic premise is the same. You have to throw your grenades so that they’ll explode and kill the enemies. …
Continue readingWindows 8 to Support Windows Phone 7 Apps?
Here’s a nice rumor started by Nvidia CEO Chief Executive Jen-Hsun Huang as reported by CNET. He says that Windows 8, Microsoft’s next desktop and tablet operating system, will support running Windows Phone 7 applications. I’m not sure if I would believe that it will run un-modified Windows Phone 7 apps since many desktop computers don’t have some of the sensors required by certain phone apps. Accelerometers for example won’t always be found in Windows …
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