The Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 3i is a budget friendly laptop that should handle basic computing …
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5 New “Must-Have” Games Coming to Windows Phone in February
At CES this week, Microsoft is previewing 5 new Xbox LIVE games that will be coming to the Windows Phone Marketplace in February. Some of them we’ve seen previewed before and have been waiting quite a while to see released. We don’t know exactly when each of these will come out just yet, nor do we know the prices, but which ones are you going to plan on dropping a few dollars for next month? …
Continue readingMicrosoft’s Last CES Keynote
Microsoft’s 15th and possibly last keynote address happened tonight at CES. Ryan Seacrest guest-starred in the address and it took on a more-conversational format rather than simply a presentation. Steve Ballmer talked about how Windows Phone puts people first. He showed how his phone gives him instant access to what’s important to him… what’s going on with the people in his life. The NY Times called it “Gorgeous, classy, fast and coherent.” Pocketnow alum, Derek …
Continue readingAverage Customer Satisfaction by Mobile OS
A Customer Think survey recently published some data regarding customer satisfaction results based on smartphone operating system. The survey found that Windows Phone 7 ended up being the most satisfying operating system of the bunch, followed by Blackberry, then Apple’s iOS, then Android, with Symbian rounding out 5th place. The number of users surveyed wasn’t equal for each OS though, so you have to take that into account. Actually, only 1% of customer reviews were …
Continue readingManually Upgrade Windows Phone to Build 8107
You may have heard of the recent new build of Windows Phone 7.5 that’s started showing up on some devices. This update brings a lot of bug fixes including a fix to the SMS bug where a specially formatted text message can make your entire messaging app inoperable requiring a hard reset. There’s also a fix to the bug where an app that has a background process updating may cause the keyboard to disappear while …
Continue readingFree HTC Radar 4G & $100 For Your Old Phone
The T-Mobile HTC Radar 4G was a bit of a surprise hit when it was released last October for a very fair price of just $99 with a 2 year contract. Now there’s an even better deal where you can get the phone for free, and T-Mobile will give you an extra $100 for your old phone. First off, the deal is only good through 1/5/2012 which is tomorrow. Secondly, it’s a web-only deal, so …
Continue readingDoes Google Music Work for You?
There’s been a pretty good sale going on in the Google Android Market’s new Music section that offers a number of songs for free as well as deep discounts on many other songs. I thought that sounded pretty good, decided to take advantage of it and try out Google Music. So I clicked the free song of the day and Android returned an error; “Error retrieving information from server.” I figured okay maybe my reception …
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