Windows Phone

According to a test report on the WP Bench handset benchmarking site, there is a new top dog among Windows Phone handsets: the Juggernaut Alpha. Next point: officially, no such device exists. Yes, the Juggernaut Alpha — what a name — isn’t a confirmed unit, but is generally expected to be a dual-core Windows Phone Continue Reading →

Fresh out of a report on Fusible, the news is that Microsoft has picked up several Xbox8.XX domain names. Cue the hype wagons. Before we get away from ourselves, let’s go over what we know about the coming Xbox console: Not very much; It’s coming out in 2013. Moving into the realm of conjecture, it’s Continue Reading →

Microsoft’s newest mobile OS — Windows Phone 8 — will add some key functionality to Microsoft’s smartphones, but is it worth waiting for? The new software offers a few more bells and whistles in terms of functionality for smartphone subscribers. But the bigger deal is that it will offer the necessary hooks for developers and Continue Reading →

[wpaudio url=”https://media.shellypalmer.com/wp-content/images/usrn/120621_SHELLYPALMER_GEN_BED.mp3″ text=”Click to play … ” dl=”0″] It’s been a big week for Microsoft. At a press conference shrouded in mystery, the company announced its first tablet computer. Yesterday, it followed up by releasing details about its newest mobile operating system, Windows Phone 8. Since entering the mobile phone market, Microsoft has struggled to Continue Reading →

Windows Phone is finally living up to the name. On Wednesday, Microsoft announced Windows Phone 8, which replaces the old Windows CE core of Windows Phone 7 with the same kernel in its big brother, desktop Windows 8. That means big changes for a critically acclaimed platform that’s been struggling in the market. Microsoft’s announcement Continue Reading →

Nokia on Thursday announced a number of moves as it cut second-quarter guidance and upped its bet on Windows Phone, which has yet to help slow a slide that saw the struggling vendor lose nearly $3 billion over the past two reported quarters. Nokia lost $1.2 billion in the fourth quarter last year and another Continue Reading →

[wpaudio url=”https://media.shellypalmer.com/wp-content/images/usrn/120423_SHELLYPALMER_GEN_BED.mp3″ text=”Click to play … ” dl=”0″] I’ve had my Nokia Windows Phone Lumia 900 for a couple of weeks now and I have to say, I like it way more than I thought I would.  Just like many of you, my company uses Microsoft Office and the new Lumia 900 has absolutely flawless Continue Reading →

Originally posted at www.kellerfay.com When people consume media together, either in-home or out-of-home, does it help or hurt advertising effectiveness? The argument that it hurts the advertiser is the “distraction” model, which argues that the presence of other people distracts people from on-screen content, reducing value to the advertiser. This is an argument put forth Continue Reading →

[wpaudio url=”https://media.shellypalmer.com/wp-content/images/usrn/120404_SHELLYPALMER_GEN_BED.mp3″ text=”Click to play … ” dl=”0″] On April 8 Nokia will bring its Windows Phone Lumia 900 to AT&T for only $99.99.  This is a Windows phone, and the user experience is decidedly different from an Android or an iPhone.  If you’re all-Microsoft the way many iPhone users are all-Apple, and many Android Continue Reading →

On April 8 Nokia will bring its Windows Phone Lumia 900 to AT&T for only $99.99. It integrates seamlessly with Microsoft Exchange, and the Windows Phone 7 interface is an effortless one. The user experience of this Windows phone is decidedly different from Android and iOS, and if you’re all-Microsoft the way many iPhone users Continue Reading →