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Which OS would you sacrifice to see another succeed?

Android Apple’s iOS and Google’s Android operating systems are all the rage. They’ve taken the world by storm, and wiggled their way into the hearts of millions of consumers (literally) all over the globe. Apple, along with the army of Android...

Jan 17th by Evan Selleck 0

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Siri needs a raise

Android Do you ever find yourself using a feature on your phone so much that you think it’s absolutely crucial to its existence? You use it so much that it’s become a learned habit, and you choose to do that one thing over another.

Jan 18th by Evan Selleck 0

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Where is Microsoft's answer to personal assistants?

Windows Phone 8 In my other editorial, To the Smartphone haters of the Web, I touched on certain aspects of each OS in the mobile OS playground. Though Microsoft has perfected graceful day-to-day operation, and harbored a simple in-and-out "git'er'done"...

Jan 20th by Chase Bonar 0

Microsoft said to be prepping CalDAV, CardDAV support for Windows Phone

News Things have been rocky between Google and Microsoft as of late. Just this month, Microsoft complained that Google was blocking it from offering a "fully featured" Windows Phone YouTube app, and then there was some brouhaha surrounding the...

Jan 21st by Alex Wagner 0

Microsoft: Surface Windows 8 Pro launching on Feb. 9, pricing starts at $899 for 64GB model

News Microsoft has let loose a whole mess of Surface news this morning, including specific retail availability information for its Surface Windows 8 Pro model. The Redmond firm today revealed that the Intel Core i5-powered Surface Windows 8 Pro...

Jan 22nd by Alex Wagner 0

Microsoft pushes out Windows Phone SDK update for Windows Phone 7.8

News Microsoft is still remaining fairly tightlipped on when the Windows Phone 7.8 update for existing Windows Phone hardware will drop, but today the company did take a step to ensure that once the new software does start rolling out, there...

Jan 22nd by Alex Wagner 0

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What features should be standardized across all smartphones?

Android Before my time, our expert Evan Selleck tackled a big question: Which smartphone features can you live without? Though there are many I can simply do without, I believe there are many more that should be standardized across the board. We...

Jan 27th by Chase Bonar 0

Microsoft's 128GB Surface Windows 8 Pro will pack 83GB of free space, 64GB version will have 23GB

News After its initial announcement waaaay back in June 2012, the Surface Windows 8 Pro tablet will finally be launching on Feb. 9. Customers will have two options when it comes time to decide how much storage they want included in their...

Jan 29th by Alex Wagner 0

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Are you going to buy the new 128GB iPad?

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Jan 29th by Evan Selleck 0

Nokia: Windows Phone 7.8 update for Lumia devices begins going out today

News Today is a big day for Windows Phone, as Nokia has announced that it's begun rolling out the Windows Phone 7.8 update to its Windows Phone 7.5 devices. The update will bring several features found in Windows Phone 8 to Windows Phone 7.5...

Jan 30th by Alex Wagner 0

Google Sync to support Windows Phone through July 31, Microsoft working on CalDAV and CardDAV support

News Today's the day that Google had planned to cease offering its Exchange ActiveSync-powered Google Sync service to consumers, but it looks like the feature will live on a bit longer for Windows Phone. Google has revealed to The Verge that...

Jan 30th by Alex Wagner 0

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How BlackBerry 10 targets all the major mobile platforms

Android My favorite part about BlackBerry’s press event was realizing I wasn’t at a yard sale when Alicia Keys came on stage. It just happened to be a coincidence that it was the end of the show. Admittedly, it seemed like we were being pitched...

Jan 31st by Chase Bonar 0

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What's your ideal smartphone?

Android Ask me what my favorite food is and I'll say Thai Red Curry. Ask me my favorite car and that's a BMW M3. But if you asked me what my favorite smartphone is I'd have no answer for you. There is not a smartphone on the market that's 100...

Feb 3rd by Chase Bonar 0

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Does BlackBerry take gaming more seriously than Microsoft?

Blackberry Os Way back in 2010, when Microsoft pulled the curtain off Windows Phone 7, I got excited. Really excited. The truth is, I was already pretty bored with Apple’s iOS, even back then; and Google’s Android just wasn’t where it needed to be quite...

Feb 4th by Evan Selleck 0

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What apps do you use every single day?

Cell Phone Apps Right before I started writing this article, I picked up the iPhone 5 I carry around on a daily basis, and counted the number of applications I have currently installed on it. I didn’t count games; just the number of applications that I...

Feb 5th by Evan Selleck 0