If you haven’t heard the news, (and a lot of people heard the news and thought “what’s that?”) Microsoft killed the Kin, the smartphone designed to be a semi-smartphone for young people and teenagers looking for a device that had…
Windows Phone 7 Will Not Have Multitasking, Copy/Paste
Two interesting stories came to light today – first that Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 Series OS won’t support multi-tasking and that Microsoft plans to eliminate it altogether, and second that Windows Phone 7 Series won’t support copy/paste. That’s right, you…
Who’s Suing Who in the Mobile World
The image above is from a post on the Bits Blog from the New York Times; a lovely infographic detailing who’s suing who in the mobile space right now. A lot has been made of Apple’s lawsuit against HTC over…
Set Up a Fully Automated Media Center
This one goes in the box of “things I definitely need to do.” Lifehacker has an excellent wrapup of how you can build a fully and completely automated media center; that is, not only does it automatically snag the movies…
Spinning Gears :: Thoughts on Windows Phone 7
Earlier this week at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, Microsoft took the stage and finally announced a product that people in the mobile space have been waiting for for a long time: Windows Mobile 7, or more appropriately (since…
CES 2010: Microsoft Unveils the Arc Keyboard
Aside from being pretty sexy and shiny and curved to fit perfectly on your lap while you’re sitting on the couch, Microsoft’s new Arc Keyboard is designed to be portable and let you work wherever you may roam. Whether you…