Verizon has just announced at the Consumer Electronic Show the addition of a new mobile hotspot called the Jetpack . The Verizon Jetpack Mi-Fi 4620L is a global ready intelligent mobile hotspot that will allow the user to connect up to 10 Wi-Fi enabled devices.  The Jetpack provides global support allowing consumers to stay connected [...]

I have been running overnight battery tests on my Surround using various scenarios for the past month, looking for apps or services that cause excess battery drain. But I digress already; back on topic. One of those tests involved running "WiFi Only", with Data and all Background Tasks disabled. Although I was not paying much [...]

For all our HD2 owners surfing the blog here, popular ROM author Sternas has released yet another update to his ever popular Artemis HD2 Custom ROM for HTC’s revolutionary HD2. Version 64.0 was more of a simpler performance upgrade with just a few modifications made “under the hood” for memory and performance, but still a [...]

On August 31st, popular XDA DEVELOPERS member Zorc released version 2.1 of one of the community’s favorite Windows Mobile freeware tools, Smooth YouTube downloader. Since its inception, Smooth YouTube Downloader has helped the prolific community of Windows Mobile device holders around the world to download YouTube videos to their device’s more reliable onboard storage or [...]

CRACING’s Latest HD2 ROM Offering: The CR192 Desire ROM While some people have thought that the Windows Mobile scene is dead, the persistent members over at XDA Developers continue to prove them wrong once again with “CRACING”’s release of the next installment to the CR192 DESIRE ROM series for HTC’s Milestone HD2 handheld. The latest [...]

NICQUE, the popular author of Windows Mobile freeware released a brand new version of GczII on July 1st (version “0.2.35.76”). GczII is a popular freeware Geocaching.com client, where you can search for geocaches by Zipcode, cache name, author’s name, trackables, and of course geographical distance from your current GPS location. For those of you not [...]

Back on April 14th I wrote about a new app from HTC, Hidden Wi-Fi, that allows a user to define up to three hidden Wi-Fi Access Points. Problem is when you open the app an error pops up stating, “This application requires the latest Wi-Fi software. Please update your phone to the latest system software”. [...]

Currently, WP7 devices can only see WiFi networks that broadcast their SSID, so no hidden networks. The Unwired is reporting that HTC has released an app to Marketplace which will allow you to define up to three hidden WiFi access points on your device. After the hidden network is added it can be accessed like [...]

AT&T Customers who are on the Tethering plan will be getting a pleasant surprise. AT&T has just announced that it will double the existing Data Cap from 2GB to 4GB for no additional charge which probably a good things since they are already into you for $45 bucks for their Tethering plan. So expect to [...]

With all the posts going around regarding data drain on WP7 devices I decided to do some simple testing on my device to see if any of the claims regarding Microsoft Feedback or Phone Update using excessive data were true. Needless to say, after eight days I am probably more confused now than I was [...]