Jim Szymanski 
SkyMusic made its way to the Marketplace today so figured I would give it a test drive. The app name should make it clear, but just in case, SkyMusic steams music from your personal SkyDrive account. The layout of the app is very familiar, mimicking Zune for the most part. Before doing anything I first … Read more
Reading the description of this app might make you think you just found something better than sliced bread. Everyone is telling you to "STOP TEXTING"! Laws are popping up every day that are regulating texting on a cell phone! Parents are telling their children to stop spending so much time texting! Doctors are even … Read more
…but not for long. Looks like the good folks at XDA Developers have decided to take a stand on SOPA and PIPA, so will join other sites and go off the air at 8:00am on January 18th. The site will remain down until 8:00pm the same day, or until they have received 50,000 pledges from … Read more
There have been a few good scanning applications available for Windows Phone almost since launch, but I was missing the ability to fax from my phone. Something I have been able to do since my early PocketPC days. A few days ago we were reorganizing our office and they decided to relocate the fax machine. … Read more
Mehdoh, disputably the best Twitter app for Windows Phone has been on a rocky road the past five weeks and officially disappeared from Marketplace a few days ago. There were a few reasons for all this, but basically it came down to nearly zero return on investment. It’s amazing that such a good app has … Read more
Earlier this week I was relieved to hear that update 8107 for Windows Phone was beginning to rollout to fix the “disappearing keyboard” bug, that I suppose was one of the 500 new features we got with the Mango update. That disappearing keyboard thing is one of those dark WP secrets that we fanboys (and … Read more
Here is one from Social Ebola, the Urban Dictionary guys, that slipped past me in the Marketplace. With our minds becoming more cluttered every day with information, it’s no wonder we all occasionally forget something. Sure, I have a great tasks app that includes a reminder feature, but it takes several taps to load up … Read more
Until battery technology catches up with today’s electronic gadgetry, we have to constantly be vigilant of battery banditos that snatch our juice before we know what happened. While I am not a fan of battery conservation measures that may affect my user experience, I do aggressively search out/stamp out battery sappers, those apps and functions … Read more
Reading all this stuff about patent infringement of intellectual property lately I got to thinking. What about the Carriers? It can be said that they are simply transferring the stolen property from one entity to another. But once they take possession of an OS, and work their magic (basically adding useless crap) on it, have … Read more
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 … Read more