April 11, 2008 at 12:27 pm ·
Filed under PR, Technology, Releases, Mobile
We just launched a viral video featuring the new shopping experience at AT&T, transformed by Microsoft Surface. This is exactly how Surface technology can be used in a store environment. It’s a new way your world connects with the digital world. Beginning April 17th in NYC, Atlanta, San Antonio and San Francisco. I can’t wait to see the follow-up on this and take a closer look at what the other partners are cooking up right now for their products and services. Imagine how it will be for banking, in bars or lobbies… Innovation has a new front door, come on in!
Link: AT&T / Surface
Link: YouTube clip
March 26, 2008 at 12:00 am ·
Filed under Community, Mobile
I’m a very satisfied user of Windows Mobile 6, and since I’ve signed up for their newsletter, I’m learning more and more shortcuts and tricks to handle my HTC Tytn with ease. It’s really cool how they make things better by sending out free ringtones, by giving you tips on how to maximize your experience and how to gain time by using shortcuts to handle your data. This month’s newletter pointed out how to easily put a phone number in your contacts book starting from a missed call. You can read all about that here. For a full overview of all tips and tricks so far, click here.
The Windows Mobile team actually tries really hard to make me happy, and they succeed pretty well. For instance, this link goes to their ‘themes’ web page, where you can download a bunch of cool themes to redecorate your phone. I’m not a guy that pimps the phone twice a week, but a nice change every now and then really is appreciated.
One of the best things I like about the Windows Mobile Owners section is the free ringtones. It’s always great fun to sit in the restaurant at Microsoft and hear the standard ringtone go off, only to then find a dozen of people grabbing their phone to see if it’s them. With the selection of free ringtones, I’ve already found quite a few really nice custom sounds that differ my device from a bunch of others. You can also compose your own ringtone, but I haven’t gotten into that yet. I’ll do that the next time I’m on holiday, somewhere in 2012 :-)
This month, the mobile newletter pushed out free invites for Zumobi, a really cool app you can download. Zumobi lets you use your smartphone to easily zoom in and out of snack-sized bites of entertainment and information throughout the day. When first downloaded, Zumobi includes a 16-subject arrangement, but you can download other subject-specific widgets for free or even create your own. From your Windows Mobile phone, go to http://wmoc.zumobi.com to download Zumobi directly. Your version of Zumobi will include a Tile first available only to Windows Mobile Owners Circle members, the On 10 Tile, which brings you great content from Channel 10, the Enthusiast Evangelist channel, which is definitely worth a look!
