Microsoft Surface Pro is now available in the UK
Remember a few months ago when Microsoft announced the Surface tablets? The Windows RT version and the Windows 8 versions seemed to be the answer to everyone’s problems. The RT came out and people complained about installing non store based [...]
10 reasons why I am looking forward to the Lumia 925
After being lucky enough to see and feel the Lumia 925 last week I have had a good long think about what I am looking forward to about the phone. I have now managed to string some sort of thought [...]
Windows Phone, why don’t you want it?
A particularly dangerous and infrequent activity has been occuring in my brain recently…. …I’ve been thinking. Yes, both brain cells have worked overtime these last few weeks as I’ve read the scare stories surrounding Microsoft products. You’ve probably seen the [...]
Google complain about the Microsoft made YouTube app for Windows Phone
It isn’t often I laugh out loud at a letter. Especially when it’s two companies arguing about apps and services. Normally the letters between the two are very straight forward and not that funny, but this one is great. Let [...]
Windows Phone Update on its way…..
Microsoft have begun to reveal details regarding an upcoming update to Windows Phone 8. The launch of the Nokia 925 bought with it an announcement that the new device would be running Windows Phone 8.1 In a blogpost about the [...]
Growth slowing in Windows Phone app catalogue
If you’ve got a Windows Phone then you’ll noticed that a lot of the “big apps” are now available to download. Microsoft are going to great lengths to show that major Android or iPhone apps are available, or versions of [...]
Vodafone confirm new Lumia due soon
Nokia are due to announce their latest Lumia phone to the world next week in London where we will also be attending to bring you all the news as it happens. However, Vodafone have come out already and posted on [...]
Microsoft are rumoured to be buying Nook Media
Every self respecting ecosystem needs books and magazines, don’t they? Apple have them, Google have them, Amazon have them and Microsoft don’t really have them. Relying entirely on third parties like Kindle and Nook. So what better way to start [...]
Having a bad day?
Try being involved in Microsoft or Nokia right now. First Microsoft, who received lots of attention yesterday for all the wrong reasons. The Financial Times compared Windows 8 to “New Coke”…. Microsoft is preparing to reverse course over key elements [...]
Bill Gates – iPad users are frustrated and should get the Surface instead
Seriously, don’t do drugs kids. Bill Gates, yes, the Bill Gates, is a very clever chap. Today though he’s stated that iPad users are frustrated and.. oh my… they’re .. mad and … can’t cope with the thing any more. [...]
The Nokia Lumia 920 is now the most popular Windows Phone device
The Nokia Lumia 920 is a great device, it is also the most expensive Windows Phone device and yet it has appeared at the top of the list of Windows Phone devices. So where do these facts come from? Well [...]
Microsoft Boss calls Android “a mess”
Yes, Microsoft should be trying to portay everything in a positive light but this recent interview with Windows Phone Chief, Terry Myerson, seems to to have a slight distortion in the reality field. The Windows Phone OS is good yes, [...]
Lumia 928 Details and images leak
Over in the USA this, the Nokia Lumia 928, looks set to be announced on Verizon this month. It’ll run the new Windows Phone 8 update and has a 4.5″ OLED display with 4G LTE tech. Other than that though [...]
My Windows Phone experiment – Part 2
A while back I set about doing something a bit rash, I decided I was going to use exclusively Windows Phone and Windows RT in my day to day life. The plan was to ditch Android for a while and [...]
Apple fans and the NYT get angry as Windows Phone see a small success
Poor Windows Phone and Microsoft! Microsoft’s Corporate Vice President of Corporate Communications (yeah, we know), Frank X Shaw, dared to state in a recent blog post that Windows Phone outsold iPhone in a several territories. Now the Apple blogosphere has [...]
The Surface Pro…a new horizon or simply another lackluster contender?
So, it has been a super long time since I have written a blog on here and I apologize for that. During this past month, I have been playing with my new toy: the Microsoft Surface Pro. This thing is absolutely [...]
MWC – Exclusive photo of the Microsoft stand
The Microsoft stand this year took a very different appearance. It’s relatively small and carpeted, but has no logos, staff or products on display. The same can be said for the Android / Google stand, which is similarly sparse with [...]
MWC – Nokia Lumia 520 hands on
So we have had some time with the Lumia 720 yesterday after it’s announcement, today we managed to get hold of one of the reps for the Lumia 520 and talk us through some of the main features of this new [...]
It’s not Google’s, Apple’s or Microsoft’s responsibility, It’s yours – Opinion
I read an article today with interest. The shortened version is that people have been faced with huge mobile bills due to their children making in app purchases. The report goes on to specify a particular case whereby somone was [...]
Bill Gates not happy with Windows Phone. Past releases “a mistake”
OK, I’ll stick this right out there. I’ve met Bill Gates *. You may remember the guy, he used to be the CEO of Microsoft and is now Chairman. Nowadays Steve Ballmer is generally the guy you see bouncing around [...]
