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When Nokia released its first HERE app for iPhone last year, I simmered that it was better than the built-in Maps app in Windows Phone in many ways. Since then, however, Nokia has expanded the HERE brand out to all of its location-based products and services and has significantly ramped up its release of HERE apps on Windows Phone, both on Lumia and on competing devices. Today, these HERE apps and services are a key differentiator for Windows Phone in general, and for Nokia’s Lumia handsets in particular....More

Well. That was quicker than even I expected: I had a couple of extra hours to kill today, so I used them finish the first draft of Chapter 11, Internet Explorer....More

Excited by the people-centric and integrated design of Windows Phone in early 2010, I set out to write a book about the then-coming platform, convinced that it represented the future of mobile computing. No, not because Windows Phone would suddenly leap-frog iPhone and Android, but because Apple, Google, and others would simply start copying Windows Phone’s best ideas. And so they have....More

Windows Phone Book Chapter 14, Music, Videos and Podcasts, is now complete in first-draft form. I’ve added this chapter to the in-progress Windows Phone Book document and will now move on to a new chapter, about Internet Explorer....More

As promised, here’s an update to the first draft of the Email chapter in Windows Phone Book. This update adds a number of additional tasks, some of which were pointed out by readers....More

Here’s a second update to the Email chapter in Windows Phone Book. As with the first release, this version is pretty straightforward and it’s clear that this chapter will be finished very quickly....More

The first game in my series of Windows Phone 8 app picks, Temple Run is immediately familiar. After all, it was released on the iPhone fully 18 months ago. But don’t let its late arrival on Windows Phone bother you too much: There’s a reason why Temple Run is such a big deal. It’s a great mobile game experience....More

Here’s a very early peek at the Email chapter for Windows Phone Book. Based on a quick run-through of the tasks for this chapter, it’s looking very straightforward, and should be completely very quickly....More

Windows 8 is following down yet another path first blazed by Windows Phone: With developers ignoring the platform in favor of well-entrenched competitors, Microsoft is forced to pay for apps. And this artificial platform growth may be the most telling sign yet that the OS is in trouble....More

Nokia has pushed to improve the Windows Phone ecosystem more than any other device maker and one of the key technologies it’s backed is Qi-based wireless charging. The firm now offers several ways to wirelessly charge its Lumia handsets, and this capability is a huge differentiator for the devices....More

With Microsoft consolidating its communications solutions around Skype for consumers and Lync for businesses, we’re now in a time of rapid change. And following hot on the heels of new Skype releases for Windows 8/RT and the Windows desktop, Microsoft has finally shipped the Skype app we’ve been waiting for on Windows Phone 8 as well. Despite its version number, Skype 2.4 is a major update....More