In a press release this morning AT&T has announced their plans to rollout 4G LTE (long term evolution) in the St. Louis area as early as next month (April 2012). The press release states that the rollout to St. Louis and the other cities announced, “are scheduled for April, May and into early summer.” LTE [...]
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AT&T Announces LTE Plans for St. Louis & other cities
Posted in Gadgets, Hardware, Mobile, Network, Nokia, tagged 4G, ATT, LTE, St. Louis, STL on March 12, 2012 | 1 Comment »
HTC Titan
Posted in Apps, Gadgets, Hardware, tagged 4G, ATT, WP on March 6, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
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 [...]
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 [...]
Windows Phone Tango Confirmed
Posted in Development, Gadgets, Hardware, Microsoft, Nokia, tagged Developer, Nokia, Tango, WP on February 27, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
As of today Microsoft is releasing a preview of their Windows Phone SDK which allows for devices running as low as 256mb of memory. This is to help spread growth in 23 additional markets including, “Bahrain, Bulgaria, China, Costa Rica, Croatia, Estonia, Iceland, Iraq, Israel, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Qatar, Romania, Saudi Arabia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Thailand, [...]
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.
Windows Live Passwords: A Lesson in Security and Frustration
Posted in Live, Microsoft, tagged Hotmail, Security, Zune on December 3, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I have learned the hard way how important a good password management plan is. My windows live account is easily my most used account. I have had it hacked once and ever since then I’ve taken care to carefully follow my password management plan. That plan includes using password management tools (such as KeePass) and [...]
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 [...]
