Lumia 950 review: Windows Phone finally has a new flagship—will anyone care? | Ars Technica Fast forward, Microsoft finally announced a pair of flagships last month: the Lumia 950 and 950XL. The two are close siblings. They differ in screen size (5.2 inches or 5.7 inches), processor (6-core Snapdragon 808 and 8-core Snapdragon 810), and battery capacity (3000mAh and 3300mAh). Otherwise these phones are equivalent: 2560×1440 AMOLED screen, 3GB RAM, 32GB storage, USB Type C with rapid charging, Qi wireless charging, 20MP rear and 5MP front cameras, and biometric iris unlocking.

I think someone cares because this is the top story on Ars this week.

Labels: windows 10, windows phone

How to publish on the new iOS 9 Apple ‘News’ app | 9to5Mac: "Apple unveiled its brand new iOS 9 ‘News’ app today that will bring a reader experience comparable to magazine-style apps like Flipboard that pull in content from various sources around the web."

Well, I guess we could take our 200 billion dollars and use it to take on a 50 billion dollar market opportunity like the Windows desktop, which apparently clocks in at 1.5 billion machines.

Or, I guess we could crush Flipboard and Spotify like bugs and claim their 30 million dollars for ourselves. Rather than open source Swift to build Windows and Android where people will use it, let's release it for Linux where the coders will continue to use GCC+-.

Right now the Surface3 and Microsoft's new open tools strategy is starting to look pretty awesome. The only thing I don't like about the Surface3 is the trackpad.

Labels: windows, windows 8, windows phone

Nokia's Lumia Icon is the best Windows Phone yet -- but it's strategically baffling (review) | VentureBeat | Gadgets | by Devindra Hardawar - Nokia’s PureView camera technology is once again a highlight, though for some reason the Icon’s camera sensor is only 20 megapixels, half the resolution of the Lumia 1020′s 41 MP shooter. The Icon’s camera still produced sharp and vibrant photos, though I couldn’t crop into them as much as I could on the 1020′s camera.

Keep your eye on this emerging trend, people!

Labels: nokia, windows phone