This new app is well timed for me as we are looking for a new home and I’m a big fan of zillow on my PC. For those who are unfamiliar with zillow, here is the spiel: “As the leader in mobile real estate, Zillow now provides real estate data and info for all U.S. [...]

So that black slabby sexiness to the left is what appears to be HTC’s new Windows Phone 7 device called the Mondrian.  This has all been beaten out of a leaked ROM version that’s currently being sliced up over on XDA.  The ROM doesn’t boot, but few do on first try and it certainly doesn’t [...]

I was really excited to learn that Bing now has voice-guided navigation. I have a Nuvi GPS unit, but that just means one more tech device I need to carry around when I travel. I installed the Bing update yesterday and took the voice nav out for a test drive seeing if it could get [...]

I know you all don’t troll the comments but Jimski and I have been discussing WP7 push notifications and how the always on connectivity of WP7 would work and how much of a hit it would take on battery life. If you’re getting constant updates to all of these social networks and online forms of [...]

One of America’s most cherished rights is citizens’ right to privacy, as former Supreme Court Justice Harry Blackmun noted, "the right to be let alone." Passions are stirred by debates about the right to privacy and it has become a political hot potato in recent years due in part to the domestic wiretapping controversy, identity [...]

How often has this happened to you (it happens to me all the time)? You’re at a cocktail party and, in the middle of a deep philosophical debate that includes references to Descartes and Kierkegaard, you absolutely must add Chuck Norris’s perspective on the discussion. Well, folks, now you can. There is no doubt that [...]

In my post from a few weeks ago, I indicated that I had finally attained what I considered to be a perfect set-up for my Fuze. A commenter asked what precisely that set-up was, so I thought such a query deserved another posting. I’ll start with the basics and then go deeper into the phone. [...]

On one of those rare occasions, Google is actually playing catch up with MS’s Bing (which I actually prefer and use as my primary search engine and map app). Google Maps now as Voice Search in their v4.1 for Windows Mobile. To search by voice, simply press the call hardware button, which will pull up [...]

Xda-developers just created a home for all things ROM. It provides valuable information such as the phase of ROM development (e.g., Alpha, Beta, RC, RTM), ROM series, and ROM comparison (see pic on right), and user ratings. An d there are more than 20 devices listed, so you will likely find the ROMs available for [...]

 A few days back I posted this.  Anyone who’s proverbial rocks got off on the news should check this out.  Ruttensoft will be handing out a free Beta version of their app by, what they hope, is Monday the 19th with the final version coming in at $6.99.  Only hi-res screens supported in the first [...]