There are many RSS readers on Windows Phone, but few are as good as Feed Reader 2.0. The app has a great set of features, excellent performance, a good Metro look, and a steady stream of updates. In fact, Microsoft recently featured it during one the MIX 11 keynotes. We sat down with the developer, Sam Jarawan, to learn more about the app and what went into developing it.
Anytime you update something, the process is usually annoying. Dealing with things breaking, and worrying about when you’ll actually get the updates are just some of the problems. It is interesting to see how Google and Microsoft handles their slow updates. Microsoft just kind of makes excuses, while Google cannot really do anything about it except on their Nexus devices. Continue reading…
Recently, I got my paws on the HTC 7 Surround, a Windows Phone aimed at audiophiles with its glorious Dolby Digital surround sound speakers. I have had this phone for about a week, and I have to say I am quite impressed with Windows Phone 7. Like all current Windows Phones, it offers Xbox Live integration, Zune, and a neat and interesting Metro User Interface (UI). You also get the marketplace with a semi-decent selection of third-party applications. How well did things go for me? Let’s find out!
Last night, I saw an iPhone ad that deeply disturbed me. It showed features of the iPhone, like any iPhone commercial. What bothered me was the fact their campaign seems to be saying that iPhones can only do this, or that they are the best with the features. Let’s break this down.
Smartphones are just that- smart. Apps enable them to do to anything, and that includes dozens of ways of communicating that does not involve sticking the device close to your ear and talking aloud. Various IM services, social sites like Facebook and Twitter, email, IRC, text messages, forums, and last but not least Internet calling services like Skype. With all of these options available- most of which are a lot cheaper and more convenient than phone calls- do you still use your phone to place actual calls?
The beautiful Nokia Lumia 900 is manufactured from a single-piece injection-molded polycarbonate shell and features a 4.3-inch AMOLED ClearBlack Display (CBD), 1.4GHz processor, 16GB of internal memory, 512MB of RAM, and a 1830mAh battery. Performance-wise, it can best nearly every device on the market. The 8MP Carl Zeiss camera takes fantastic photos, and the quality of the 1MP front-facing camera is astounding. The intuitive Windows Phone OS, support for AT&T’s 4G LTE network, and $99 price tag are just icing on the cake.
The Motorola DROID RAZR was easily one of the best Android phones of 2011. It was one of the first seriously thin phones and it had the best specifications, durability, and styling to come out of Motorola in a long time. Now, with the introduction of the MAXX variant, it's almost irresistible, even to those currently locked into a contract. With Verizon’s 4G LTE, a 1.2GHz processor, 1GB of RAM, 32GB of internal storage, and a 3300mAh battery pumping out over 21 hours of talk time, the Motorola DROID RAZR MAXX is ecstasy wrapped in Kevlar.
