Danny Lam 
Having played around with developing for Microsoft’s platform, I found it to be a mostly pleasant experience. I did however, come across a few issues that, if remedied, could vastly improve upon the already good developer experience. 1. Option to Cancel App Submission Being new to the whole developer world, I make my share of … Read more
I don’t know how some people can live with just one monitor anymore. I’ve been running dual screens in my home setup for years now, and the added desktop space adds a great deal more productivity to my day. Now, us cool kids can take that experience wherever we go, with Toshiba’s 14” USB monitor. … Read more
I got some great suggestions after the initial release last week. I’ve tried to implement as many of them as possible. I made a bunch of changes that I hope will make the app more usable and pleasant on the eyes. I hope you guys continue to enjoy and use the app. I also corrected … Read more
Google Voice and Sprint team up to provide deeper integration and added functionality. Sprint will be allowing customers to use their current Sprint mobile numbers as their Google Voice number. No longer will there be a need to tell everyone that you’ve got a new number when switching to Google Voice. This will benefit users … Read more
I’m sure most of you have either gotten fed up or given up on minimizing the amount of time spent on my phone just so my battery would last all day. And I don’t mean an actual day, we’ve gotten accustomed to being happy with our phones when they survive a lowly workday. My Dell … Read more
Get Mobility Digest on your Windows Phone 7 device today! Why? Because that’s what all the cool kids are doing! But seriously, it’s my very first program of any kind with any language so keep that in mind before you rip me a new one about missing features please. It took me a few weeks … Read more
Up until a month ago, I knew as much about programming as most non-techie people, nothing. The last time I did anything even remotely close to programming was writing HTML and copy/pasting java script snippets, about 10 years ago. But given what I heard about Windows Phone regarding it’s relative ease to learn the coding … Read more
Up until now, the only viable way to get ads on your Windows Phone app was through Microsoft’s own ad service. While Microsoft’s offering works just fine, it’s only viable in the US. AdMob will allow ads to be targeted at international audiences. This will be a big plus for anyone wanting to develop an … Read more
It’s been recently made public that the Zune HD will be the last iteration of Zune hardware. This leaves Zune to be a purely software and based product. David feels that there is potential for Microsoft to spread Zune love to other mobile platforms like Android and iOS. While I think it’s possible, I think … Read more
Most people know that you can stream music from your phone/computer to an external Bluetooth device, like a pair of headphones or speakers. But did you know that Microsoft and the Windows Phone team have added something special for Windows Phone devices that connect to a Windows 7 PC? Yup! They sure did. So I … Read more
I’ve noticed that not all apps in the Windows Phone Marketplace are routinely updated. While some apps really don’t need updates(very simple ones), I find myself scrolling down to the version number before I download any app nowadays. If I notice that the app was relased over 2months ago and its still on version 1.0 … Read more
We’ve all been told that OLED technology is more efficient and less power hungry than tradition LCDs. This is because OLED displays only emit light from the cells that require it, instead of a backlight consuming constant energy, regardless of what’s being displayed. This allows pixels to be turned off when displaying black colors, which … Read more