Articles having tag: MANGO

These 20 tweeters just got cured of their #DroidRage

This week the internet was buzzing about howupwards of 5 million Androidusers have phones infected with annoying adware. To help out, we offered up 20 free Windows Phones to people who shared their story about their frustrations with their Android phone,...

VIDEO: Check out the “best of” #smokedbywindowsphone

By Ben Rudolph

As I wrote last week, our final tally from the CES 2012 #smokedbywindowsphone $100 challenge was30 wins, 3 losses, and 1 draw. Not all of the challenges made it into digital shorts (which you can check out on the$100 YouTube playlist) so my team...

Pinworthy: Apps for listening to music while working out

By Andy Colley

Like many of you, I've returned to the gym to burn off some unwanted leftovers from 2011 and need easy access to music on my phone for workouts. As I climb on the bike, I don't want to fumble through a catalog of artists, albums, and playlists inside...

VIDEO: Windows Phone wins 88% of #smokedbywindowsphone challenges at CES 2012!

By Ben Rudolph

#smokedbywindowsphoneis a wrap at CES 2012, and it was a raging success! Thousands of people (yes, we had crowds watching the challenges happen) saw first hand why Windows Phone connects them to the stuff and people they care about faster and easier...

VIDEO: More wins (and a loss) for #smokedbywindowsphone

By Ben Rudolph

The challenge is in full swing! Today we've had challengers coming at us with iPhones, Blackberries, and a whole host of Android phones. Almost all of the challenges (nearly 30 of them!) we won hands down, like this one where we showed how...

Day 1 results from the #smokedbywindowsphone $100 challenge

By Ben Rudolph

It was a busy, busy first day on the show floor at CES, and the$100 challengesaw over 25 competitors step up against Windows Phone. The result? A pretty impressive record of:21 wins2 losses1 tieA few surrenders from people who took one look at Live...

VIDEO: Watch a Galaxy Nexus get #smokedbywindowsphone

By Ben Rudolph

Ourfirst challengeryesterday stepped up with a brand-newGalaxy Nexus, which, if you're not familiar, is the latest Android phone from Google and the first to sport Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich). The challenge was to find a 4-start Chinese restaurant...

I’ve got $100 that says your smartphone will get #smokedbywindowsphone

By Ben Rudolph

In the tech world, words like "fastest" and "easiest" are thrown around a lot. If youfollow my tweetsyou've probably even heard me use them to describe Windows Phone. But those words mean very little if you're not prepared to back...

VIDEO: First look at the Nokia Lumia 710 and LTE-powered HTC Titan II

By Ben Rudolph

Earlier this morning I was able to score a bit of time with two of the brand new Windows Phones that are stealing the CES spotlight \u2013 the coming soon toT-MobileNokia Lumia 710, which Ifirst played with at Nokia World, and the big, beefy, 16-mexapixel packingHTC...

Who built that button? Now you know.

By Michael Stroh

The Microsoft News Center today offersa fun peek behind the curtainat some of the people responsible for what Slate’s Farhad Manjoorecently called“the best-looking smartphone operating system in the industry,” cornering four members...