Microsoft has announced that Windows Phone 7 handsets will be available on the five biggest mobile carriers in the UK. In a release, Microsoft has revealed that Windows Phone 7 devices will come to Orange, O2, Vodafone, T-Mobile and Three customers, although there is no mention of Tesco and Virgin Media, which run on those networks. Mobile push The announcement is all part of Microsoft’s latest push into the mobile phone market, with Alex Reeve, Director, Mobile Business Group, Microsoft UK, explaining: “Following our announcement at Mobile World Congress that Orange will be our lead partner, it is wonderful now to have all of the UK’s network operators supporting the launch of Windows Phone 7. “This means we can provide network choice and also a range of phones across networks for customers to choose from, all with the power of Windows Phone 7.” Microsoft will be hoping that its mobile OS has enough – like Xbox and Zune integration – to steer consumers away from the slickness of the iPhone and Android
Break out your tinfoil hats and stock up on tinned food, because we’ve uncovered a conspiracy that makes a Dan Brown novel look like a big load of badly written crap. It’s global in scale, affects millions of people and involves some of the world’s most famous firms. We’re talking, of course, about the conspiracy to bring down Google’s Android OS. Google’s enemies aren’t the people or organisations that you might expect.
UK animators Aardman have successfully managed to create the world’s smallest stop-motion animation using a Nokia N8 smartphone. The animation features an 0.35-inch model fittingly named Dot who has to flee a world made of fabric which is being unstitched. The animation was filmed through a CellScope – microscope for mobile phones – which was attached to the N8 and its 12MP camera.
What’s better than free Wi-Fi access? Knowing where to find it. Free Wi-Fi Finder is now a convenient universal iOS app that can help you easily find free access Wi-Fi hotspots throughout the world on any iDevice you own.
VLC Media Player is popular among Windows, Mac OSX and Linux users because it allows you to play back virtually any media file without the need to install additional codecs. It’s free and open source, and has developed over the years into a very polished piece of software. The one place we didn’t expect VLC to pop up was on any of Apple’s iOS devices – Apple has traditionally preferred to keep the iPhone, iPod touch and iPad somewhat locked down with regards to the media formats it can play. Consequently it’s been hard to get DivX, MKV and FLAC files, to name but a few, to play without first converting them