AT&T’s HD7S website has this image on it: Notice what happens in landscape mode? Yeah, that’s what it should look like but that’s not what happens. Hey MS, your partners keep getting this wrong. If you just updated WP7 and had that layout you’d make them (and us) very happy.
Wow look at the PR we just got. The HD7 is coming to AT&T after all. It’s now with a Super LCD and it’s the largest screen WP7 device AT&T offers. The HTC HD7S smartphone combines gaming, music and more with a 4.3-inch display to create an entertainment powerhouse BELLEVUE, Wash., March 21, 2011 /PRNewswire/ … Read more
Just wanted to share with you what it looks like once the task switching hack is enabled. All I do here is hit the back button to go through the four apps and you can see it flies without the word ‘resuming’ appearing: Sorry for the low quality video. For some reason my cameras don’t … Read more
If you’re a Windows phone user that uses FourSquare then go download 4th & Mayor. It’s free and it embarrasses the official app (which has a 2 star rating). Here’s a side by side to give you a quick overview: Now add to that, that the look and feel utilizes Metro to its fullest and … Read more
I’m sure most of you have either gotten fed up or given up on minimizing the amount of time spent on my phone just so my battery would last all day. And I don’t mean an actual day, we’ve gotten accustomed to being happy with our phones when they survive a lowly workday. My Dell … Read more
New to the Windows Phone marketplace for Samsung users is an app called Ebook. Any guesses on what it is? Here’s their description: ebook is an application to help you read ebooks. There are three panorama screens which show you what you are currently reading, your local library and the internet ebook shop. It has … Read more
So after hearing about this auto resume registry hack I had to give it a go. I mean, if all you need to do is make one registry change [HKLMSoftwareMicrosoftTaskHostDehydrateOnPause=0] and I can always switch it back, well there’s no reason not to try it. Well not only does it autoresume from a lockscreen quicker … Read more
Intuit (yeah the TurboTax/Quicken/QuickBooks people) have just released Intuit GoPayment Credit Card Terminal for Windows Phones. As the name suggests, it lets you accept credit cards from your phone. Here’s the official description and so you know, the app is free but the service has charges: Use your Windows 7 phone to easily and securely … Read more
Microsoft has been keeping a steady stream of apps coming and two more official apps hit the Marketplace today. First up in Rise4Fun: Discover and play with the latest software engineering tools from Microsoft Research right in your phone! Rise4fun features 15+ advanced tools that deal with software testing, verification, concurrency, empirical studies, theorem proving … Read more
We gave you a sneak peak of Terra Explorer about a week ago and now it’s live, for free, in Marketplace. This is the search engine on steroids to remind you. Here’s the official description: Terra Explorer revolutionizes the mobile web browsing experience for Windows Phone 7. It introduces search as a central theme in … Read more