We are very excited to introduce Follow - a way to personalize your Windows Central experience and get notified when new content is added. In addition to Windows Central, the Follow feature is also available across our family of Mobile Nations properties, including Android Central, iMore, Windows Central, CrackBerry and Connectedly. We have built a system that is easy to use yet...
My 17 reasons to buy a case for the HTC One (M8) for Windows Phone in reality boils down to ONE BIG reason - it's a slippery phone! In addition to the hardware being beautiful in all its metal-given glory, it is also easy to drop. And drop my HTC One M8 I did... I accidentally dropped mine SEVENTEEN TIMES in the past four months. What follows is an account of how it held up over that...
Calling all Windows Phone and Microsoft fans... Today, on behalf of Mobile Nations and the WPCentral team, I'm extremely happy to announce the opening of our WPCentral Canada Store . The store resides at http://ca.wpcentral.com, but don't worry - if you're on a Canadian IP address we will automatically redirect you to the Canada store when you click on WPCentral's site navigation...
May is quickly coming to an end, which means it's your last chance to enter to win some awesome prizes in Connectedly's site launch contest! In case you missed it, Connectedly is the newest site in the Mobile Nations family, which focuses on the world of wearables, smart devices and the Internet of Things. Entering is Easy Simply jump over to the contest post on Connectedly at the...
When we Welcomed Smartwatch Fans to the Mobile Nations family on January 1st of this year, we told the story of how the site came to be. In reality, we actually started 2013 with the goal of building a community and resource with a broader focus, covering not only smartwatches, but also other wearables and the broader world of connected devices often referred to as the internet of...
I’m excited to introduce you to a new initiative we’ll be piloting on Android Central, iMore, Windows Phone Central, CrackBerry, and Smartwatch Fans this April. Internally we’ve dubbed it Mobile Nations Newsroom and it represents a change to our organizational structure and workflow designed to provide you, our readers, with a better experience. The goal of Newsroom is to get you the...
Earlier today at Nokia's Mobile World Congress press event, Stephen Elop announced on stage that BBM will be coming to Lumia devices soon. BlackBerry followed up shortly after with their own announcement, clarifying that BBM will be coming to the larger manufacturer / brand base of Windows Phones as well as Nokia X devices, and that the rollout of BBM for Windows Phone would occur...
Satya Nadella hasn’t even been Microsoft’s CEO publically for a full day, but he’s already off to a great start. Now he just needs to follow up with Daniel Rubino for an interview in the next 48 hours and we'll be really happy. :) Or, if not in next two days, at least at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona coming up at the end of this month. Source: Twitter
Happy 2014! There is no better day to launch a new website than January 1st, so we're doing just that. Today we welcome Smartwatch Fans to the Mobile Nations family!! We're incredibly excited to launch SmartwatchFans.com. We actually entered 2013 thinking it was the year we needed to go beyond phones and build a new "connected accessories" community to join the ranks of Android Central...
We've had a lot of demand from users to begin accepting Bitcoin at the Windows Phone Central Store, and today I'm happy to announce that support is here! Just in time for the holidays, Bitcoin users can now checkout with the digital currency at the Windows Phone Central Store and our other Mobile Nations stores including ShopAndroid, the iMore Store and ShopCrackBerry. To kick off the...
Following last night's BIG Microsoft / Nokia news, we've been receiving a bunch of tweets from media sources wanting to speak with us but unsure of the best way to reach out to us for commentary or to setup an interview. So here's a friendly note on the best way to do just that. Simply send an email to mediarequests @ mobilenations.com and put WPCentral Interview Request in the headline...
Developer? Take a 10-minute online survey and you could win great prizes! Results will be freely available in June via @visionmobile. Our friends at Vision Mobile reached out to let us know they're once again running their Developer Economics survey. The Developer Economics research series, now in its 5th year, examines top mobile platforms, app monetization & many more key issues...
Mobile Nations Network Movember Funds Raised so far: $11,330 (USD) The MO-bile Nations crew in the 'Peg eating deep fried chicken... it's great for 'stache growth! WE DID IT! Movember isn't quite over, but we've already surpassed our Mobile Nations Network goal of raising over $10,000 for the cause. Mo-Mazing! We have witnessed some great fundraising efforts across the team, and...
Click the image below to jump over to the official contest thread and leave a comment on that post for your chance to win! Remember, leaving a comment to this post won't get you entered... click the image above to head to the contest post and leave a comment there. Good luck! The Contest ends at 12 Noon PT on Monday, November 19th, 2012, so HURRY UP AND ENTER!
Mobile Nations Network Movember Funds Raised so far: $9358 (USD) Is this a new boyband, or the MO-bile Nations crew in Winnipeg? Welcome to our third Mobile Nations Movember update. We're be bringing you these updates every Sunday throughout the month of Movember (formerly known as November) as we grow out our moustaches and raise awareness and funds for prostate cancer research...
And we are BACK! After a few hours of planned downtime, we successfully pushed out a major upgrade to Windows Phone Central's forums tonight. The best Windows Phone community keeps on getting better! In addition to a ton of feature and design enhancements, we also reorganized the structure of the forums to make them more friendly to both new and existing members, and casual visitors...
Login to Windows Phone Central and leave a comment to this post to be entered to win the Ultimate Windows Phone Prize Pack! Last week we rolled our new Mobile Nations Passport account system, which makes it easy for any member of Windows Phone Central to also participate across our other sites. With Passport, you have one account and to rule them all! In honor of the successful roll...
Mobile Nations Network Movember Funds Raised so far: $6,639 (USD) Welcome to our second Mobile Nations Movember update. We'll be bringing you these updates every Sunday throughout the month of Movember (formerly known as November) as we grow out our moustaches and raise awareness and funds for prostate cancer research and men's mental health issues. Our Mobile Nations effort has grown...
Easily access all of Mobile Nations, all with one account! You can now also register and login via Facebook, Twitter, Google and Microsoft! Your most-requested feature is finally here! Instead of having to maintain separate account logins and passwords for each and every one of our five communities -- Android Central, CrackBerry, iMore, Windows Phone Central and webOS Nation -- with...
Mobile Nations Network Movember Funds Raised so far: $3858 Ok folks, it's time for our first Mobile Nations Movember update. We'll be bringing you these updates every Sunday throughout the month of Movember (formerly known as November) as we grow out our moustaches and raise awareness and funds for prostate cancer research and men's health issues. We had 82 individuals from around the...
