Here’s a great tip to prevent a lot of unwanted key taps when you accidentally hit the capacitive keys on your phone (yeah Focus, that’s you). Just don’t let go for over 1 second and the action is canceled. The one exception is the Windows key that triggers voice navigation/search if held.
Just minutes ago I posted about the possibility of tethering on Windows Phone and BAM I’m tethered! Patrick (from MobilityDigest as well as Xbox 360 Digest to name a few) gave me the login and password for AT&T tethering and once I put them in I was connected using my Focus and my laptop was … Read more
So the Windows Phone reviews are coming out and I keep reading complaints that the apps have to restart when the phone is unlocked. That complaint is confused for a lack of multitasking. Not the case. By default Microsoft has set a line of code to deactivate idle applications and the OS will detect an … Read more
Anyone who has used Windows Mobile probably installed the HTC Action Screen. That’s the 9 (sometimes more) button page that launches tasks so from there you can start a new email, toggle bluetooth, compose a text, etc and you could map this to a hardware key. Well with Windows Phone 7 you need to know … Read more
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again – NRGZ is a genius. I saw this tweet from him yesterday and since my HD2 (since the TMo ROM upgrade) had a weird freezing issue especially in Sense and I don’t like the lockscreen anyway I figured I’d go about disabling it to see what … Read more
I was watching a Channel9 video on WP7 apps and how they exist on the phone (I know, really interesting:)) but I saw an image of the Mobile Spoon app in their demo. Now I assume it’s a placeholder for testing but noticed it had a cost that the other platforms lack. So I fired … Read more
Having a proximity sensor on a phone is great. If the screen is near your face it turns off. But what it you use a bluetooth headset, speakerphone or wired headset? The dang backlight just stays on. And if you’re smart like you you probably tried to hit the ‘power’ key to turn it off. … Read more
From XDA member tboy2000 comes 91 tips and registry tweaks for the HD2. These cover things like what gloves work with the HD2, how to exit HTC album (instead of minimize which is the default action) and a ton of helpful registry and ‘use’ tips. If you have an HD2 take the time to go … Read more