Jim Szymanski 
Although this charger is not very new to the world, it’s new for me, so figured I should share my experience. I am not one of those people who uses energy conservation (user limiting) efforts on their phone; like dimming the screen to unusable levels, setting auto off to 30 seconds, or disabling any of … Read more
I originally set out to write an article about how 3G being needlessly active on phones (thanks AT&T for that) was wasting energy unnecessarily, but as I can’t actually test my theory without turning off 3G on my phone, I was stuck in a Catch 22. Turns out that when your phone is sleeping, even … Read more
With all the new stuff that came with the Mango update. nothing has been more visually obvious than the new flipping Live tiles. Don’t remember which app started the wave on my phone, but they just seem to keep on coming. No matter where I scroll to now, my screen appears to be alive, with … Read more
Back in my WinMo days I was a battery bloodhound, constantly checking for apps and tweaks that stole more juice than they were supposed to. With my Tilt2 Extended Battery, along with logging tools and my snooping efforts, I squeezed as many hours as you possibly could out of my phone, without compromising the user … Read more
While Windows Phone offers a fairly complete package out of the box, especially with Mango onboard, there are always going to be a couple missing features on everyone’s wish list.. Although I developer unlocked my device back in March in order to get to the bottom of the Live Tile debacle., I will admit I … Read more
A little more than a year ago, and a few days after picking up my first Windows Phone device, I published this article noting some features that I was already missing from Windows Mobile. With the anniversary of the US WP Launch quickly approaching, thought it would be a good time to review my punch … Read more
Congratulations to developer Scott Peterson, as the i’m a wp7 app passed the 100,000 user mark sometime this morning. I know that for iPhone and Android users, news like this is meh, but for us WP folks, this is one more indicator that the platform is moving forward. Seeing that the built-in Facebook apps reached … Read more
Figuring that tomorrow is National 4S Day, decided to squeeze this one in tonight. It’s not that difficult to create custom ringtones for your Windows Phone, but for those lacking the skills, software or DRM free music there is easyRing. The app provides access to millions of song snippets (those 30 second previews) via Amazon.com … Read more
Last November, just two days after the launch of Windows Phone, I offered a $50.00 bounty to the first developer who could provide a Task application with some basic functionality, along with three “no compromise” requirements: Reminder Alert – Day/Time Recurrence Function Live Tile w/ # Due & # Past Due (in red), like Tasks … Read more
While my Mango update was relatively painless (Mango, Mango Beta cleanup & HTC Firmware) last night, it’s what I had to do later that kept me up to the wee hours, although I did get to bed before the birds woke, which is always a priority (more like a challenge). You see, back when … Read more