In a new interview, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates called the company's failure in the mobile space his "greatest mistake ever." Gates said the space "was a natural thing for Microsoft to win" and regrets ceding the non-Apple portion of the mobile market to Android.
Having tried a range of Android hardware since the death of Windows Phone, the Samsung Galaxy line is where I feel closest to home.
Another entry in the Seven+ Android project is StatusBar+. StatusBar+ is, as it sounds, a complete status bar replacement, but what makes it so revolutionary is that it doesn't require root or any flashing .zips in recovery. You simply install the app, enable it, and it replaces your normal status bar.StatusBar+ is technically still in its first alpha, but the only bugs I noticed were...
I've recently stumbled across Seven+ Android, which is an initiative to create apps that can replace default Android UI's and stuff to give your phone a more WP7 feel. The whole thing is pretty intriguing and ambitious, so I decided to give their lockscreen replacement a shot.WP7Lock Pro is a full blown lockscreen replacement that, as its name implies, gives your phone a nice Windows...
Continuing our line of Windows Phone-inspired apps, we find ourselves looking at Seven+ Calculator. A calculator is a funny thing, because it's one of those apps we never think to download, it comes preinstalled on our phones, and at one point or another, we're going to need it. While the typical calculator apps are basic in function (and Seven+ Calculator doesn't deviate from this...
Android is the top operating system in the United States, according to June data just released by Nielsen. Android hold a 39 percent share of the U.S. smartphone market, with iOS coming in second with 28 percent and Blackberry in third with 20 percent. Bringing up the rear is WP7 with nine percent, and Symbian and WebOS with 2 percent each.Though Android is the OS to beat, Apple still...
The U.S. Army is just about finished with a six-week experiment in which it took iOS, Android and Windows Phone 7 devices into the field to see which of the operating systems best suits its needs. Out of the three, two will be selected to be approved devices, and the reason behind narrowing it down was in hopes of keeping the development costs down, they won't need to ensure all three...
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Youtube link for mobile viewing Over the past little while we've seen plenty of portions of the Windows Phone 7 UI land on Android devices. The music player, contacts, app launcher and more have all made their move but now we're getting a look at the Windows 8 live tiles up and running on a Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 courtesy of the folks over at WP7Android. It's a preview of their...
There's a definite lack of Windows Phone-themed music players in the Android Market -- can't imagine why -- but simplePlay hopes to remedy that. SimplePlay is actually a dual music/podcast player that boasts a clean UI, innovative navigation system, and some slick, eye-catching effects. Setup is simple, with the app asking you to locate your music and podcast folder on its first boot up...
Microsoft gave its mobile offerings a huge overhaul with Windows Phone 7, putting them on par with phones running iOS or Android in the eyes of many. All bias aside, I think they have a winner in the works; it's very nice for a Version 1 product. We all know (whether we agree or not) smartphone platforms are only successful if developers get on board. Developers only want to get on...
Word on the street today is that Dell is working on an Android version of the Venue Pro, the Windows Phone 7 vertical slider coming on T-Mobile. That's all well and good, and what's one more Android smartphone, when it comes down to it? But I was at the Windows Phone 7 launch and had my hands all over the Venue Pro. And while it's a pretty cool phone, it's also pretty top-heavy when the...
The HTC Evo 4G and Motorola Droid X no longer are the only 4.3-inch monsters around. (OK, OK. There's the HD2. Sheesh. Microsoft's putting Windows Mobile 6.5 behind it, and so were we.) HTC unleashed the Windows Phone-powered HD7 today -- another 4.3-inch device that'll be available on T-Mobile in mid-November for $199. True to its form, it's an HTC device through and through. But...