Category: General

  • Windows Phone 7 Live Tiles not the same Everywhere!

    Windows Phone 7 Live Tiles not the same Everywhere!

    So If you are like Courtney1985 (from here on out she will be referred to as Courtney) around here on PPCG you are consistently asking me or other fellow WP7 PPCG’s what the heck Live Tiles are. Well in short, a Tile is your application on the home screen in WP7, which is how you access what you…

  • The Glasses-Free 3D Phones Are Being Launched In Japan Soon!

    According to Androidheadlines, Japanese carrier Softbank will be launching a couple of phones that will feature glasses-free 3D displays. Isn’t that just more awesome news for the day? Each model will have a 1 GHz Snapdragon chip, and one of them (the 003SH) will have a 9.6 MP camera, while the other (the 005SH) will…

  • Samsung Mobile showcasing a 4.5″, Flexible & AMOLED Screen

    Samsung Mobile showcasing a 4.5″, Flexible & AMOLED Screen

    Apparently Samsung Mobile is currently developing a 4.5″, flexible, AMOLED screens and they seem very interesting. Yesterday, BGR mentioned that Samsung may be doing this and today they have found an image showing you an example of the screen found at Samsungamoled. This just lets us know that is definitely is happening. I think it’s…

  • The Official Opera Mobile for Android is coming November 9th!

    The Official Opera Mobile for Android is coming November 9th!

    Opera Mobile & Android fans the time is near for you to have the official Opera Mobile on your Android phone. In fact, it’ll be here in just four short days, November 9th. You may already have the beta version on your phone but most of us have been dying to have the official version…

  • WP7 Data and Voice Usage Summary vs. Apple iPhone!

    WP7 Data and Voice Usage Summary vs. Apple iPhone!

    So the luming question about Windows Phone 7 and the live tiles is: How much data do we need to plan for? Is this going to be a HUGE spike in service costs since everything is live, from cloud data? Or is this going to be about same usage as other phones? Well my fellow…

  • Microsoft Releases SP1 for WP7 in January!

    Microsoft Releases SP1 for WP7 in January!

    So some of the biggest beefs of WP7 is no flash, no Copy and Paste, no real good navigation program. Well it appears that Microsoft listened, and in the unveiling of Windows Phone 7, Steve Balmer did say we would get these features in the early 2011 time frame. Well now we have confirmation.

  • Iphone + Skyfire = Troubles?!?

    Iphone + Skyfire = Troubles?!?

    So it appears that the internet has blown up about the Skyfire download being pulled off of iTunes in the US. This comes as a huge surprise to us. Skyfire app, unlike for windows mobile and android, is charging it’s users $2.99 in the app store to use their system. This was happening so fast…

  • [Review] Rover puck 4G Unlimited Internet – A Wonderful Internet Experience!

    [Review] Rover puck 4G Unlimited Internet – A Wonderful Internet Experience!

    Thanks to our friends at Rover I’ve had the privilege to review the Roverpuck, which is a portable 4g wi-fi hotspot. I must say this is one impressive puck and did I mention it is the size of a hockey puck, maybe even smaller? Boy oh boy have I had some fun with this device!…

  • Holiday Goodies Begin Coming To Verizon Wireless Soon!

    Holiday Goodies Begin Coming To Verizon Wireless Soon!

    Verizon Wireless has a couple of new smartphones coming out for the holidays; the Motorola Citrus and the Samsung Continuum. Release date is set for November 11th, which is just the beginning of the holiday season. We can almost guess that there will be a few more devices released by Christmas time, or at least…

  • 8pen Keyboard for Android – Try It Now!

    8pen Keyboard for Android – Try It Now!

    Yesterday you may have heard about a new Android keyboard, the 8pen. Some were thinking it was a few more weeks away when SURPRISE, it’s here now. 8pen is available now for you to download in the Android market. Keep in mind you must be on an Android 1.6 or higher for the keyboard to…

  • UPDATE: Windows Phone 7 – Calling and texting + special treats!!

    UPDATE: Windows Phone 7 – Calling and texting + special treats!!

    Following our article describing that custom ring-tones could not be put on a Windows Phone 7 device, Coolsmartphone did some testing to see if they could possibly figure out a way to add these custom tones to the device successfully. With the Zune integration and wireless music sync they figured there had to be a…

  • Froyo – Eclair Dominating The Android Mobile Platform?

    Froyo – Eclair Dominating The Android Mobile Platform?

    Can we say Froyo is the most popular platform? According to these statistics I think so. Thanks to Android Developers for keeping track of data relative to the number of active devices running any given version of the Android platform.

  • UPDATE: HTC HD7 MicroSD Successfully Swapped

    UPDATE: HTC HD7 MicroSD Successfully Swapped

    In our recent article describing how the MicroSD of the HTC HD7 was irremovable, we had great feedback as well as other sites did too. Some of you said this will of course pressure the more advanced users out there in the world to figure it out and that’s just what someone over at XDA…

  • Dolphin Browser HD Version 4.0 for Android Is Impressive!

    Dolphin Browser HD Version 4.0 for Android Is Impressive!

    Several members here at PPCGeeks have been hooked on this browser since our first review found here by PPCG member bradart. Of course, like most browsers or new applications, there were a few bugs and many of us saw a little room for improvement. This sure didn’t hold many users back from using it over…

  • The PPCGP For 10/30/10 2010!

    The PPCGP, All the Mobile News You’ll Ever Need! Season 2, Episode 1 for 10/30/2010!