Jim Szymanski 
Back in April we showed you how you could enable Edge on a Lumia 900. While options to change your cellular connection have been available on some WP handsets, AT&T typically made this option unavailable. So this was big news, and gave users hope that they could save some battery power when the high speeds … Read more
I was reading through a forum last night and picked up a tip that I think you will be interested in. I was skeptical at first, but after repeated tests I am convinced this works. There appears to be a bug (or feature) with the iHeartRadio app, or possibly other music type apps, where once … Read more
I wouldn’t have bothered with running a battery drain test for the Facebook app (not to be confused with the integrated FB feature) but there were enough rumors floating around that I needed to find out for myself. I do have Facebook active on my phone, and the integrated option does most everything I need … Read more
Board Express Pro has never been one of my Top 10 Favorite apps. But it has been one of my Top 10 Essential apps since it was released. I estimate that I spend between 1 and 2 hours (or more) per day browsing forums and venting., making this my most used application. The app has … Read more
Since the Windows Phone Summit earlier this week and the announcement that current WP7 devices will not be receiving an update to WP8, there have been a lot of angry people out there, swearing off Microsoft forever (again), calling anyone who purchased a WP7 device these past several months suckers, and even implying that anyone … Read more
Think the “push email” myth was pretty well busted here a while back. This time up, we taka a look at email in general. It’s been a busy few weeks in the Microsoft/WP world, with the introduction of the Microsoft Surface Tablet, the unveiling of WP8. And, oh yeah, another firmware update for the … Read more
Like most others, as soon as I read about a new update for my L900 being available last week I connected my phone to my PC and was immediately greeted with the “An update is available” message. Firmware: 2175.1003.8112.12085, here we go. The primary purpose of the update was to fix a purple hue issue … Read more
When Windows Phone first launched it brought us Live Tiles, which were updated in one of two ways; a developer setup a “push” server which would feed information to your phone on a schedule or on demand, or a task was scheduled on your phone (in the background) and “pulled” from the Web, as often … Read more
Battery Saver (Settings>Battery Saver) was introduced to Windows Phone with the Mango update. What it essentially does is limit automatic updates on your phone when it is active. So, while the feature is enabled; email will not sync, background tasks will not refresh (except locally) and push applications will not update your Live Tiles. Battery … Read more
Much has been written in blogs these past 18 months about how Feedback and Phone Update (can find these in Settings) transfer boatloads of data and drain your battery down. While I have never believed either of these myths to be true I thought it would be good to put them to the test. While … Read more