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I personally use iOS, Android and Windows Phone mobile devices and would definitely put my vote in favor or "Windows Phone 7.5" for common non-tech, day-to-day, cellphone usage. Microsoft kept the "new release" announcement momentum going after unveiling the Microsoft Surface tablet computer, with revelation of successor to its popular Windows Phone 7 - the all new, company's next generation mobile operating system "Windows Phone 8".

The announcement revealed only the new core platform capabilities and no end-user features were disclosed apart from the fact that Windows Phone 8 comes with a newer Start Screen allowing users to re-size the tiles and customize their colors. To start the new mobile OS will feature support for multi-core processors having upto 64 cores, support for two new screen resolutions—1280x768 and 1280x720, support for removable MicroSD cards, NFC wireless sharing, Internet Explorer 10, Digital Wallet, Better maps and directions with integrated Nokia Maps and more. Details and videos posted after the jump

Sadly, the announcement also comes with some bad news for existing Windows Phone device owners. Microsoft has now confirmed existing users won't be able to upgrade to Windows Phone 8 citing the fact that the new core-features are not tailored to work with legacy device hardware. However, another update "Windows Phone 7.8" will allow existing users to upgrade and enjoy the new Start Screen with ability to re-size tiles and color customizations.

Microsoft has finally unveiled it's own branded Windows 8 and Windows RT operating-system powered tablet computer named "Surface".

Positioned as an long-awaited alternative and evolution to the current generation of Apple iPad, Android and Blackberry tablets - this tablet definitely seems to be "The gadget of the future", specially with it's new style, kickstand and magnetic physical keyboard bridging the gap between current tablets, laptops and desktop computers.

Specifications, features, high-resolution images and an awesome video introducing users to "Surface" are posted after the jump.

Microsoft rolled out an update to their Internet Explorer web-browser, the security update "KB2699988" fixes a total of thirteen security vulnerabilities. All versions of IE were patched including the latest IE9.

While Apple iOS devices have the most simplest usability, the accompanied "PC Suite" management application Apple iTunes is equally frustrating to use. There are numerous free iTunes alternatives and today we are reviewing yet another application in this niche.

The root cause of all this trouble is "iTunes Library" concept, which ties a user to a single account and computer - forcing them to sync audio, video and other items from a single computer. But there is way out, with free iTunes alternative application - "PhoneTrans" the user gets the power to just drag-and-drop files in & out of there iPhone, iPad and iPod touch just like windows explorer from ANY COMPUTER without worrying about deletion of earlier content as in iTunes Sync.

PhoneTrans fully supports adding, removing, backing-up and recovering of music, movies, music videos, TV shows, podcasts, voice memos, ringtones and eBooks etc. from Apple iPhone, iPad, iPod touch.