We’re geeks. We get it. Our phones, be they Android, BlackBerry, iPhone, or Windows Phone, are among the most important things in our lives. We use them for everything, all the time. But in some situations our phones can get in the way, like on a first date. So, from one geek to another, I’m [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Windows Phone’
Keeping it in your pants: Top 10 smartphone etiquette tips for a first date
Posted by ryan on May 20th, 2013
Monday Brief: Google I/O, BlackBerry Live, the Lumia 925, iOS getting BBM… and a fond farewell
Posted by ryan on May 20th, 2013
Mobile Nations Podcast Feed Mobile Nations on iTunes Mobile Nations YouTube Debug – Paul Haddad talks Tweebot, Netbot, NeXT, and his beefs with iCloud and AppKit Everything you need to know about Google I/O 2013! From the Editor’s Desk: After Google I/O Mystery Google media player drops by the FCC Everything you need to [...]
As of today, every major mobile competitor… also makes apps for iOS
Posted by ryan on May 14th, 2013
A few minutes ago BlackBerry announced BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) for iOS. With that announcement, every single one of Apple’s major mobile competitors now makes apps for iOS. Google, who also has Android, makes many very popular apps including Gmail, Maps, Google+, etc. Microsoft, who also has Windows Phone, makes a bunch of apps and games [...]
Monday Brief: The mysterious AT&T XFON, a cheeky Windows Phone commercial, and more!
Posted by ryan on May 6th, 2013
Mobile Nations Podcast Feed Mobile Nations on iTunes Mobile Nations YouTube Iterate 45: Briana Wu and Amanda Warner of Revolution 60 AT&T Optimus G Pro hands-on Mystery Motorola device leaked with AT&T apps on board, labeled XFON AT&T Galaxy S4 unboxing Get ready for it… the CrackBerry Live Show will be coming to [...]
Posted in iPhone, iPad & iPod 
Tags: Monday Brief, Mystery Motorola, Richard Devine Microsoft, Windows Phone 
Comments OffVine is so compelling it gets CrackBerry Kevin back on iPhone!
Posted by ryan on May 5th, 2013
Vine is the Harry Potter-esque short moving picture app for iPhone acquired and launched by Twitter. Kevin Michaluk is the founder of Blackberry-focused website CrackBerry, and the chief media officer of Mobile Nations. The universe seemed to have ordained that never the two should meet. But someone found Kevin’s iPhone, charged it, installed Vine, forced [...]
Posted in iPhone, iPad & iPod Tags: Harry Potter, Kevin Michaluk, Mobile Nations, Windows Phone Comments OffMonday Brief: On a Wednesday!
Posted by ryan on May 2nd, 2013
It began, as many things do with an idea — I was in NYC for #TM13, along with all our Mobile Nations site editors, Kevin Michaluk, Phil Nickinson, and Daniel Rubino, Rene Ritchie, and Georgia, and we had Martin Reisch and his RED Scarlet 4K camera. So, we figured “why not shoot the Monday Brief [...]
Microsoft makes Windows Phone commercial, sells iPhone instead
Posted by ryan on April 30th, 2013
Microsoft has released a new commercial for the Windows Phone Nokia Lumia 920, and in it they show off both Apple’s iPhone 5 and Samsung’s Galaxy S. A lot. So much, in fact, it’s hard to know what the commercial is about until the very end, when the Lumia 920 finally makes an appearance. Anyone [...]
Posted in iPhone, iPad & iPod Tags: Microsoft Michael Stroh, Mobile Kombat, Source Windows Phone, Windows Phone Comments OffJony Ive once again rumored to be painting a kinder, flatter iOS 7 interface
Posted by ryan on April 30th, 2013
We’ve been hearing about Jony Ive taking a sand blaster to iOS 7 — removing a lot of the heavier textures, gradients, shadows, and skeuomorphs that built up at Apple under Steve Jobs and Scott Forstall. According to what I’ve been hearing), iOS 7 will make fans of the richer design style cry. 9to5Mac‘s ace [...]
Posted in iPhone, iPad & iPod Tags: Jony Ive, Mountain Lion, Notification Center, Windows Phone Comments OffMicrosoft reportedly planning to launch Office for iOS in late 2014
Posted by ryan on April 10th, 2013
There has been report after report that Microsoft Office is seriously, for real this time, coming to iOS, but now it appears that Office might not be making its way to iOS until late 2014. Yes, really. In an apparent leak of their Office product roadmap, called Gemini, Microsoft details different waves in which products [...]
Posted in iPhone, iPad & iPod Tags: Gemini Wave, Microsoft Office, Perceptive Pixel, Windows Phone 3 Comments »Monday Brief: Facebook Home, iOS 7, and a major webOS contest
Posted by ryan on April 8th, 2013
Mobile Nations Podcast Feed Mobile Nations on iTunes Mobile Nations YouTube Debug 12: iCloud and Core Data sync Facebook announces Home – a group of social Android apps HTC and AT&T announce the HTC First with Facebook Home, coming April 12 Hands-on with the ‘HTC First’ BlackBerry Q10 OS 10.1 features get detailed [...]
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