Jim Szymanski 
Here is a fun little FREE app that just hit the Marketplace. I’m a WP7! shows you WP7 users nearby or around the world. You start out by having the app identify you by current location or via Postal Code. Or for the really paranoid, you can list yourself as ‘In the Cloud” so you … Read more
If you have been keeping up with all the news coming out of of MIX 11 this week, you have undoubtedly read that amongst many other things, Live Tiles will be getting a big refresh, with all kinds of new features like; multiple tiles for the same app, front & back images, deep toast, local … Read more
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 … Read more
Factory reset my Surround a couple weeks ago to research/resolve a Live Tile issue and when I reinstalled my 140+ plus apps/games I left about 20 off, thinning things out a bit. One of the apps I did not reinstall was Attentive Phone, a utility exclusive to HTC devices that offers a few options when … Read more
Looks like we will be getting an alternative to Messenger by Miyowa soon. IM+ All In One Messenger, originally expected for a January-February release, is nearly complete and a beta version (don’t know what that means) is due in April. Although the updated version of Messenger is working pretty well, with a live tile and … Read more
I was scanning Engadget today and noticed that yesterday was the Osborne 1’s 30th birthday. It brought back a flood of memories from my early computing experiences with this 24 pounder. As MD is a site about mobility, and the Osborne 1 was disputably the first portable/mobile computer in the World, I thought a piece … Read more
This will be the final part of my continuing series on Live Tiles. While it’s hard to draw definitive conclusions based on limited testing and some anecdotal comments by a few readers, I think I can establish a fairly strong hypothesis from what I have learned. But be warned, this is a long post. So … Read more
Been having problems with my Live Tiles acting pretty “dead” lately and tried to work through it by Dev unlocking my phone yesterday and doing some investigating. Decided that the only solution (actually it wasn’t) was to do a factory reset. Did a bunch of pre-planning, recording as many links and settings from third party … Read more
A few days ago I reported here that I have been having problems installing new apps with Live Tile support that would either; not allow me to turn on the Live Tile feature or the tile simply would not update. I theorized that as I had nowhere near 15 third party live tiles installed/active or … Read more
Wouldn’t it be nice if your WP7 Bing Maps could save a location or address for future reference. Yeah well so would World Peace and three day work weeks. But as I don’t expect either of those anytime soon and any Bing update is probably a year away (unless you use iOS or Android) you … Read more