Category Archives: Windows Phone
Game Review: EA Real Racing 2 for Windows Phone
It has been a very long time now that I did my last game review, but Real Racing 2 somehow made me changing this. Although the game is a Lumia Exclusive and has a relatively high price ($4.99/€4,99), I love racing games. After playing around with the trial version, it was clear that I’ll [...]
Are lockscreens outdated?
In one of their latest shows, Vernon and Andrew from the awesome Glance and Go Radio discussed whether or not having a lockscreen still makes sense. Unlike many people may think, lockscreens were not really meant to protect a device from being accessed by other individuals, but derived from the keypad locks cell phones used [...]
Editorial: Samsung Ativ S – a Windows Phone that should not be
I managed to get my hands on a Samsung Ativ S recently and to play around with it a bit. This post is about my experience. First, of course I am happy about every OEM that releases a Windows Phone Device. But Samsung achieved something I never thought it would happen to me: I wish [...]
How to search the Windows Phone Store within your app
I am currently working on my NFC app, and I want to make it easier for the end user to search for the AppId which you need for the LaunchApp record. So I thought about a possible solution for this, and of course the easiest way is to search the app. If you only want [...]
Who is it that actually complains about WP?
That’s a question that’s been driving me for some time now. When I first came to Windows Phone – on my HD2 back in the days – I was kind of disappointed too. Coming from Windows Mobile and Android I was used to have access to almost anything in the system. I used to have [...]
Tap+Send: The Love Story of 2 NFC Devices
Innovation in technology is hit and miss for a number of reasons. To prognosticate what advances in technology will be accepted by the general public is by no means, an exact science. There’s a constant barrage of new expensive toys with exclusive features that are “sure” to turn the world upside down, only to hit the market [...]
January 15, 2013 App Reviews, Windows Phone
Tags: Android, marketplace, Microsoft, NFC, Samsung, Tap+Send, Windows Phone, WP7, WP8
Editorial: 2012 – what a year!
The year is coming to an end soon, so I wanted to write a short summary of my 2012 with Microsoft and MSicc.net. I started the year with a clean install of the Windows 8 preview, and was using it since then as my main PC OS. Everyday I felt more in love with the [...]
Merry Xmas from Msicc’s Blog
We had an amazing year. Microsoft launched Windows 8, Windows Phone 8, updated the Xbox Dashboard and the Xbox Live services. And there are a lot of things that are worth a mention, but this post is a short salute from our small team here at MSicc’s Blog. A special thanks goes to Mark and [...]
(Update) Join the WinPhan movement, now with local country groups!
[German version below] (Update: added Facebook pages for local groups in East Africa and Australia) Do you know the WinPhan movement? No? No worries, I am going to tell you something about it. Sean (The WinPhan) started the movement sometimes last year. The idea behind the movement is simple. Apple-Fans have their “iFan” movement, Android-Fans [...]
Sean’s Editorial: This Is How I Use “Rooms” For WP
With the release of Windows Phone 8, there are a tremendous number of new features available Many aren’t available for WP7, or are but have inherent limitations. Some are major additions and some are minor changes. The feature that I find myself utilizing more than any other option on my Lumia 920 is the new [...]
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