HTC Titan VIEW SLIDE SHOW DOWNLOAD ALL The first thing that will stand out when you see an HTC Titan in person is its size. It is big, but not uncomfortably so. This 4.7 inch Windows Phone 7.5 (Mango) device that runs on AT&T’s network fits comfortably in the hand and in the pocket. Since [...]
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HTC Titan
Posted in Apps, Gadgets, Hardware, tagged 4G, ATT, WP on March 6, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Skype for Windows Phone: Beta Released
Posted in Apps, Microsoft, Mobile, tagged Skype, Titan, WP on February 27, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Joe Belfiore tweeted early this morning about the availability of a Skype beta for Windows Phone. Obviously this news is spreading fast so I had to try it out on the HTC Titan I’m currently reviewing (as it has a front facing camera). My first impressions are below. If you want to download the Skype [...]
What does Windows Phone look like?
Posted in Microsoft, Mobile, tagged WP on February 26, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
The Windows Phone Blog recently posted an animated GIF representation of Windows Phone 7.5 start screen. If you haven’t seen what live tiles look like check it out.
St. Louis Windows Phone Inner Circle Event
Posted in Hardware, Microsoft, Mobile, Nokia, tagged Inner Circle, St. Louis, WP, WP7 on November 12, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
On October 24th, Brian Seitz announced on the Windows Phone Blog that an event called the Windows Phone Inner Circle would be coming to multiple cities in the United States. I was happy to see many smaller markets including places like St. Louis and Nashville. MWGEEK is based in St. Louis, so there was no [...]
First Nokia Windows Phones Officially Announced
Posted in Hardware, Microsoft, Mobile, Nokia, tagged Mango, Nokia, WP7 on October 26, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Well Nokia lived up to their promise by having Windows Phones out by the end of the year. They did so via the announcement today of the Lumia 800 and Lumia 710. These will only be released overseas by year end. Reviews around the web so far are positive. I’m excited that the Windows Phone [...]
Pin It: Local Scout
Posted in Apps, Microsoft, Mobile, tagged Mango, WP, WP7 on October 25, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Local scout is one of the nicest features of Windows Phone 7.5. Newer Windows Phone device have a live tile Local Scout on the start screen right out of the box. If you updated a gen 1 Windows Phone to Mango you don’t see that Local Scout link unless you add it manually. This is [...]
Mango Moments: Favorite Features
Posted in Microsoft, Mobile, tagged Mango, WP7 on September 28, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Having used Mango (beta) for a few months there were many features that immediately made a positive impact on my day to day usage. I’ve picked some of my favorites from the official list from Microsoft (this post will be updated over time). Speech Commands: text messages – Depending on your settings if you have [...]
Mango Moments: Little surprises
Posted in Microsoft, Mobile, tagged Mango, WP7 on September 27, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I had been using Windows Phone Mango for a few months prior to the official update today. I had expected to find a few surprises once I had updated, and I have. Below are the little things that I’ve come across. These may or may not be new for the official Mango release, but I [...]
Impatient? Try to force the Windows Phone Mango update.
Posted in Microsoft, Mobile, tagged Mango, WP7, Zune on September 27, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
This is being shared all over the internet, but for my loyal readers I thought I would let you know that it appears you can trick Zune into giving you the Mango update even if it says it is not available yet. The folks over at wpcentral have put together these steps and I can [...]
Windows Phone 7.5 (Mango), Where’s my phone update? Web Marketplace & More
Posted in Apps, Microsoft, Mobile, tagged Mango, Marketplace, WP7 on September 27, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
UPDATE: 9/27 If you have a Windows Phone, you no doubt have been asking yourself this question. Well today, we have an answer…sort of. It has been rumored over the last few days that Mango would be released today. According to Microsoft’s Where’s My Phone Update? website (updated 9/27) Mango is in the scheduling ”delivering update” [...]
