Jim Szymanski 
After several months of anticipation, developer Nicolo has unveiled the Sky Wallet Desktop Companion. To refresh your memory, Sky Wallet, is a full featured, encrypted password/electronic wallet app for WP, that syncs effortlessly with your secure Windows Live SkyDrive account. I introduced you to Sky Wallet here, although it has undergone more than a half … Read more
A pet peeve of mine, going back to my Pocket PC days, has been the inability to reliably backup/sync input from a mobile device. Anyone who spent time with ActiveSuck over the years knows the frustration of channels sometimes not syncing or folders/files being overwritten or ignored. Full backups are nice, but very time consuming, … Read more
Take this one with a little skepticism, but wireless vet, who has identified himself as a Verizon employee, posted the following in the “Called Verizon Today” thread at WPCentral: There have been plenty of warning signs lately so this looks like it may be a lock. Get your credit cards ready.
Marketplace rolled out v1.3.0 of I’m A WP7 yesterday, a social app that brings the Windows Phone community together. Once registered, you can see how many WP users are near you or search anywhere in the world. Or try Surprise Me and let the app select a location with WP7 users almost anywhere. Database now … Read more
It is a good day for AT&T Surround users. Reader IDrankBlueKookAid tipped me off so I plugged into Zune and there was the February update. Got the notification on my phone at the same time. February update took about 7 minutes. Without unplugging I went to check for another update and noticed the message was … Read more
1800PocketPC put together an article highlighting some of the effort that went into creating the Windows Phone soft keyboard. Aside from all the work that was done researching key presses and user habits, there are a bunch of little Easter eggs that you may or may not know about. I know, your custom keyboard is … Read more
Yesterday, I did something on my phone that took less than a minute and cost me about seven hours of rebuilding. Decided to start tinkering with Advanced Configuration, a homebrew tool from Julien Schapman. Aside from some registry and sound tweaks, the app also has a feature to create/redefine your theme/accent colors. Playing around with … Read more
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”. … Read more
With the NFL Draft underway, thought it would be a good time to highlight Sports Calendar, an app that pretty much offers complete schedules for any and every sporting event you can imagine. Not sure of that. Ok, how about: Baseball: AA (Eastern, Southern, Texas), AAA (International, Pacific Coast), MLB and NCAA, Basketball: NBA, NCAA … Read more
Here is one you are going to want to take a look at. And priced right at FREE. I have tried a few drawing note apps but this one combines the best features of the others, and adds a few new tricks. InkNotez lets you draw or take notes using your finger tip, or a … Read more