Reboot! – A softreset Windows Phone app from Quantum Concepts

In this article I will provide a short overview of Reboot! 1.2, a small and helpful application developed by Quantum Concepts. On the Reboot! product-page you can read the following description:

Reboot! Is a tiny application which simply allows you to reboot or power-off* your phone. [...] Most phones require you to hold down a specific [...]

NotepadWS 2.57 review – A text editor for Windows Phone with integrated Google & Wikipedia search

The friends from 1800 PocketPC recently published an article about NotepadWS v2.56, in which you can read the following description of the application:

“NotepadWS is a text editor application for windows phone with tabs feature and some interesting tools such as the Web Search.”

Sometimes it can be really helpful to have a plain text editor at [...]

Windows Phone 7 hits the release to manufacturing (RTM) milestone

Windows Phone 7 development reached the most important milestone yesterday, with hitting the Windows Phone 7 release to manufacturing (RTM) status !

“While the final integration of Windows Phone 7 with our partners’ hardware, software, and networks is underway, the work of our internal engineering team is largely complete.”

Terry Myerson, Corporate Vice President of Windows Phone Engineering, published the  article “Windows Phone 7 [...]

Movon MB20 Buzz Band – Feel your bluetooth smartphone, never miss incoming calls.

Two of my international friends Nghia Nguyen Dai and Jerome Tranie, the people behind the largest Windows Mobile website in France – Mobifrance-, have launched MaxiMobileShop with cool accessories for various mobile devices.
In the past I reviewed the iClooly iPhone 3GS Alumi Stand, and one of my favourite accessories the MaxiMobileShop 4-port USB Power Adapter Kit (that allows [...]

Xbox LIVE on Windows Phone 7 – A closer look and blockbuster title lineup from Gamescom 2010

I recently covered a list of Windows Phone 7 Technical Preview articles on my Personal Blog, in which I described the MIX 2010 conference as the second chapter of the Windows Phone 7 story.
Joe Belfiore, corporate VP of Windows Phone, demonstrated the Harvest, a 3D Xbox LIVE game on Windows Phone 7, that highly impressed in terms of performance and power.

Arne Hess, [...]

SanDisk Mobile Ultra 16GB microSDHC and SanDisk Media Manager

Earlier this year Mark Briggeman reported about the SanDisk 32GB microSDHC memorycard and the fact that SanDisk was the first vendor to ship a memorycard of this storagesize. In this article I will have a thorough look at the SanDisk Mobile Ultra 16GB microSDHC card with reader !

Unboxing the SanDisk Mobile Ultra 16GB microSDHC card
The [...]

SKROSS Midget USB Car Charger – Small size giant performance !

A few months ago I had a detailed look at the product design, features and practical use of the SKROSS World Travel Adapter 3, which I found a brilliant piece of engineering and an excellent travel companion.
In today’s article I will have a look at another great accessory that easily fits the bag of every [...]

WMWifiRouter 2.00 review – Turn every Windows Phone into a Wireless Hotspot

In this article I will review WMWifiRouter -the first phone-as-a-hotspot software- of which a test version was released in November 2007. The first commercial version of WMWifiRouter was released in March 2008, and roughly estimated there have been more than 600.000 downloads of the WMWifiRouter application.   
      

Introduction
A little while ago I reviewed the Wi-Fi Router application on [...]

mySquare review – A new Foursquare client for Windows Phone from Rising Mobility

Mark Briggeman reviewed Touchality WinMoSquare client for Windows Phone a little while ago, which at that point was the only available Foursquare client for Windows Mobile.

“Foursquare on your phone gives you & your friends new ways of exploring your city. Earn points & unlock badges for discovering new things.”

Foursquare is a location based service co-founded [...]

Team HTC-Columbia Velostream – Google, Highroad, HTC & SRM power realtime riderinfo during Tour de France 2010

Le Tour de France 2010, the largest yearly recurring sportsevent in the world, is unfolding in all its glory.
I really like the live stream of the NOS, one of the broadcasters in the Dutch public broadcasting system. You can not only watch the live coverage of the stage, but you also get a graphical overview of the [...]

Windows Phone Get Together Event – Microsoft engaging with end-users !

The very first edition of the Windows Phone Get Together Event was yesterday evening in Mediaplaza, Utrecht. It is a great  initiative of the local Dutch Windows Phone team, to get in touch with the actual users of Windows Phones and interact with them in an open setting. 
 
Who is who !?
Maarten Sonneveld, Business Group Lead Mobile @ Microsoft [...]

Worldcup 2010 v0.1 review – Follow 2010 FIFA Worldcup in South Africa on your Windows Phone

Jose Gallardo Salazar, a senior mobile developer and architect who works at Clarius Consulting, developed a nice application for Windows Phone to stay up to date with the 2010 FIFA Worldcup in South Africa.
You can read in the article “World Cup 2010 Application for Windows Mobile: The panoramic UX proof of concept is here!” on the Mobile [...]

Samsung Omnia Pro 4 B7350 Hands-on @ Microsoft Office 2010 launch event

This morning I was fortunate to attend the local Microsoft Office 2010 launch event for consumers, after the Microsoft Office 2010 launch event for businesses back in May.
One of the cool things for me as a Windows Phone enthusiast was a demo of Microsoft Office Mobile 2010 on the Samsung Omnia Pro 4 B7350, which [...]

Google Nexus One extensively reviewed by Just Another Mobile Monday

Just Another Mobile Monday has published a very extensive review of the Google Nexus One, in which Chris Spera, JAMM Editor, even goes beyond the Google Nexus One itself. 
Johan van Mierlo, recorded a 9 minute unboxing video, but unfortunately the timeframe didn’t alow him to provide a full review of the Google Nexus One. So let’s have a [...]

SPB TV 2.0 review – Turn your Windows Phone into a TV

SPB Software, a leading developer for Windows Phone and probably best known for SPB Mobile Shell 3.x, has released a major upgrade for one of their great multimedia applications. Say hello to SPB TV 2.0 , that I will thoroughly discuss in the following article.  
  
SPB TV 2.0 – A step-by-step application overview
When you open SPB TV [...]

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