Tag Archives: Play
Microsoft overtakes Google in direct billing stakes
Not only the future but the present, too
The guys running the Windows Phone development blog here have come up with some very interesting stats on the WP ecosystem since the launch of Windows Phone 8. Microsoft has seen over a 100 per cent increase in app downloads and a nearly 140 per cent increase in paid app revenue. However, the most interesting revelation is that Windows Phone has added 15 new mobile operator billing partners since August 2012, That brings its total number of supported partners to 25 in 19 markets – which actually surpasses Google Play. As Michael Whelan, CEO with txtNation, points out, “Operator Billing is not only the future, it is the present.” It’s obviously the way to go. Continue reading
Posted in Microsoft, WP8, direct operator billing, google
Tagged Kantar Worldpanel ComTech, Michael Whelan, Play, txtNation
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A quicker way to re-install favourite Android apps
Rating: The fastest method GoMo could come up with
In a separate story here, GoMo News was describing the joys of moving the contact entries from one Android handset to another. One of the options we considered to remove the addressbook entries was a remote wipe. That facility used to be part of Motorola Blur but the latest RAZR HD doesn’t support Blur. The obvious answer is to install a remote wipe app but that means migrating all your favourite apps from one handset to another. Continue reading
How to recover from 2,700 entries in an Android addressbook
Rating: Fun and joys of migrating from one Motorola RAZR to another
Unlike rival publications, when GoMo News tests hardware it’s from a real world perspective. No quick run-down of a phone’s specs followed by a cursory glance at its screen for us. Here we’ve been trying out Motorola’s RAZR HD smartphone. Ironically, it looks such a cool Android phone that many people assume it must be a Samsung Galaxy of some kind. However, we want to share with you some of the downsides of migrating from one Android handset to another. As well as having to reinstall our favourite apps all over again, although it might sound unbelievable we ended up with 2,700 entries in the Android addressbook. Continue reading
BBC confirms you can’t watch F1 on a WP7 phone
Rating: No iPlayer support but Android tab bugfix
Those hoping to follow the Formula One motor race today [September 2nd 2012] at Spa Francorchamps on a Windows Phone 7.5 (W7 Mango) smartphone are going to be very disappointed. The Beeb (BBC) has told WP Central here in no uncertain terms that it has no plans to develop a version of its iPlayer app for the Microsoft mobile OS for the foreseeable future. What’s more the broadcaster is adamant than there’s a bug in the mobile Internet Explorer app which Microsoft hasn’t fixed despite knowing about it for at least 12 months. Fortunately, GoMobile News has stumbled across a bug fix for those with Android tablets who aren’t be served the iPlayer download correctly. Continue reading
Posted in Microsoft, WP7, WP8
Tagged adobe, BBC, Daniel Danker, F1, flash, google, iPlayer, Play, WP Central, ZDNet
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So, Android Market rebrands to Google Play
Rating: Move may backfire as sounds more like games store
It’s right up there with Microsoft getting Windows users to click on the Start button when they need to switch the computer off. Renaming the Android Market to Google Play doesn’t seem to have been thought through properly. When GoMo News‘ loan Motorola Razr volunteered to download the new client ‘Play Shop’ yesterday [March 12th 2012], we were quite astonished. Market is such an obvious place to look for suitable apps. Why would anyone searching for mobile security software think to look in the Play Shop? It just sounds as if Google wants to flog more games software. Continue reading
Posted in App stores, Apple, Featured, Mobile Music, google
Tagged google, itunes, market, Music, Play
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Worst kept secret or publicity stunt – Xperia Play?
Rating: More rumours about the SE Android PlayStation handset
A catch up on the rumours of the PlayStation Android handset which we last mentioned here ‘Sony’s Qriocity music may run on Android‘. The handset’s existence was described over the weekend by the Sunday Times as “either the worst-kept secret in the world of technology or [...]
Posted in Games, MWC, Sony, YouTube, android
Tagged android, Biohazard 2, Countdown2MWC, Engadget, MWC, Play, Playstation, R800i, Sixth Axis, Sony, Sunday Times, xperia, Z1, Zeus
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More details on Say and play emerge
Rating: Great little voice reognition app
I’ve been following up on the really useful ‘Say and Play’ feature which I discovered was inside the recently launched Nokia 5320 XpressMusic handset. Details are very thin on the ground but I’ve published below what Nokia has managed to provide so far.The most important point is that Nokia has [...]
Posted in Mobile Devices, Mobile Search, Music
Tagged 5320, Music, nokia, Play, Say, Xpress
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