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Should Microsoft create their own Windows Phone device?

Windows Phone 7 Around the mid-afternoon mark yesterday, news started finding its way around the Internet that Microsoft wouldn’t be making its own Windows Phone-based device. This probably wasn’t a shock to most people, but I can understand where the...

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Microsoft's Windows Phone 7.8 isn't a bad deal

Windows Phone 7 It has only been a few days since Microsoft took the stage and showcased the next evolution of their mobile operating system, Windows Phone, but as you can expect people are still talking about it. The Windows Phone Summit wasn’t all about...

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What do you fill your phone's memory with?

Lifestyle Not too long ago, after it became known that the Galaxy S III on some carriers wouldn’t be allowed to take advantage of a cloud storage deal, I asked you if you thought that the carriers should start marketing cloud storage as a feature,...

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Why are you making us wait for Surface, Microsoft?

Business And Money Yesterday, Microsoft managed to reign in all the speculation, rumors and everything in between to step up on stage in Los Angeles, California and showcase what they’ve been hard at work on. it didn’t take long before the rumors suggested...

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Does every major phone release have to revolutionize the market?

Lifestyle There are a lot of new devices released every year from several different manufacturers. However, while there may be more announced in a year than we’d like to count (or even pay attention to), there are a few that warrant extra attention,...

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Cross-platform should be part of the game plan as well

Business And Money If you are invested in an ecosystem just as much as you are totally enamored about a particular manufacturer, then you probably don’t think too much about cross-platform capabilities. The fact that your favorite brand has...

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Microsoft's Metro makes for the perfect complimentary software

Windows Phone 7 I have a pretty firm belief that a device plays a specific, if not integral role in our lives. All things considered, most of the gadgets we use aren’t all that cheap, so when we put down our money to buy it, we expect it to fill a gap in...

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Augmented reality could make driving a lot more interesting

Lifestyle Augmented reality. While I’ve wondered in the past what ever happened to augmented reality, it’s good to see that almost a year later, it’s starting to make a comeback. Not so much on its own, in the sense that I was talking about it last...

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Verizon's new Share Everything plans make sense and save money

Business And Money I don’t know anyone personally who doesn’t like to save money, in some fashion or another. I know people who like to save a lot of money every month, and others who just pick a “small” amount and make sure that it’s tucked away with every...

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Did Apple play it too safely with iOS 6?

Ios Yesterday we saw the Internet freeze in place while Apple took the stage at their first day of the Worldwide Developers Conference and introduced iOS 6. It’s around this time of year that we get to see what Apple has coming down the pipe,...

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Do you prefer physical buttons over gestures?

Lifestyle It looks like we’re still using physical buttons. I’m basing this off the fact that while Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich is geared towards on-screen controls, dropping the need for any physical buttons altogether, the major Android...

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Should extra cloud storage be an included free feature?

Business And Money Our phones seem to be hovering around a nice little area when it comes to storage. We can still find some phones out there that have only about 4GB of storage right out of the box, but it’s the high-end handsets, the ones that grab our...

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Can Windows Phone steal the attention later this year?

Windows Phone 7 This October, Windows Phone will turn two years old . We’re basing that off its launch date, not an announcement window. That’s a pretty big milestone for any company, especially in one that is as hectic and...

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Will Sony's PlayStation Mobile take off?

Business And Money It’s all about gaming this week, and the way that it interacts with the mobile devices we all know and love, thanks to E3 going on in California right now. Which is why it isn’t a surprise that we saw an official announcement regarding...

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Microsoft's Xbox SmartGlass is the right idea

Lifestyle It may seem strange, but there are some people out there who live their lives around conferences and events. They probably wouldn’t admit it out loud (maybe some would), but for those who find themselves in particular industries, the...

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Do you swear an allegiance to one particular manufacturer?

Lifestyle Are you a fanboy? Take a moment and think about that. Don’t take it as a derogatory question, either. I don’t mean it as such. Personally, I don’t think there’s anything wrong with being a fanboy....

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Are you willing to pay for app updates?

Lifestyle Have you noticed there’s been a strange, if not subtle way that we as consumers view our smartphones? More specifically, the way that we view the things we have on our smartphones, or the operating system on it?...

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Do you care about leaked information or pictures?

Lifestyle Unnamed sources. Hushed whispers in a hall that develop into Internet screams. Leaked information. Leaked photos. All of these things have turned the Internet into one of the best places to be during certain points of the year....

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Is the slow and steady pace the best strategy?

Business And Money There are some companies that have an obvious “slow-and-steady” approach to their business plan. We’ve talked about how Microsoft’s strategy, to just take things at their own pace, could either be a good thing or a bad thing in the...

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Do you care about the data speeds you get on your phone?

Lifestyle Earlier today, I asked you whether or not if you had purchased, or planned on purchasing a 4G-enabled device. I focused on Verizon’s network, mentioning off-hand Sprint’s and AT&T’s networks here in my area, as while the wireless carrier...

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Would you buy a 4G phone without having any coverage?

4g While where I live may not be on the front of bleeding-edge technology , at least we have 3G. Well, from Sprint and Verizon, anyway. (That's right, even AT&T only has EDGE-connectivity where I live. Still.) And while 3G...

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Are you bored with iOS?

Ios Earlier today, a new batch of rumors regarding the new iPhone, and even the new iPod Touch, made their way onto the Internet. Much as we’ve heard in the past, the rumors were centered around what seems to be the biggest point of contention...

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How do you use cloud storage?

Lifestyle Cloud storage has become quite the standard feature, hasn’t it? It wasn’t too long ago that it wasn’t everywhere, even if some of the most popular apps out there were based on the usage. We’ve seen...

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Do you prefer web apps over applications?

Lifestyle Last night, I was talking with a friend of mine about Facebook. No, we weren’t going over the company’s IPO, or even the fact that one particular person got married. Nope, nothing like that. Instead, we were...

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Can GameStop Mobile last longer than a year?

Business And Money MVNOs, or mobile virtual network operators, aren’t anything new. They’ve been around for quite some time now. They are a strange thing, though, in that they can pop up unexpectedly, without any kind of warning, and disappear in the same...

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When it comes to the Nexus name, there should be only one

Android Every year, there are a few things we can expect to happen in the mobile industry. We have grown to expect that Apple will unveil a new iPhone. We’ve grown accustomed to Google showcasing their latest and greatest major update to the...

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Have you been able to try NFC payments yet?

Lifestyle I live in a town that isn’t really considered a city, but is home to two colleges and one satellite university campus. There’s plenty of people here, and while I would call it small, I know there are plenty of...

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When it comes to playing games on your phone, are you a casual or hardcore gamer?

Games Playing a video game for some people has been normal behavior for as long as they can remember. For others, it’s just a random occurrence, something they do to waste a few minutes in a day here and there. And then there...

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Should Microsoft bring the Zune Pass to other mobile platforms?

Business And Money I had a lot of fun testing the differences between popular subscription music services Rdio and Spotify. While both options have their own pitfalls, there’s no doubt that each service will offer up just enough to attract plenty of...

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How would you change Windows Phone's notification system?

Windows Phone 7 As we get closer to the end of 2012, our conversation about potential and Windows Phone will ultimately have to change. While talking about the great things that Windows Phone could possibly have, or will have, at some point down the line...

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