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How To Change your Images on the Rotating Pictures Tile for Windows Phone (Mango)

January 26, 2012 By Leave a Comment
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Did you notice that the image on your Picture Hub Tile rotates. And you really don't like those pictures. Well, you can change them and have your favorite pictures rotate on this tile.  You can change the background image once you are in the picture hub as well. This has changed a little since "before Mango Update" in our earlier article.Windows Phone 7 has a great fast, snappy User Interface. The Tiles on the home screen are movable and some of them even display live information. It is … [Read more...]

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How to Enable App Purchases for your Children’s Windows Phones

December 31, 2011 By 5 Comments
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If you love the Windows Phone platform it is only a matter of time before your children will have a Windows phone as well. However with a legitimate sign up of a Windows Live ID  Microsoft recognizes that your child is a minor and won't allow them to download a paid application on their Windows Phone. Even after adding a Credit Card to their account using the "add credit card" in the MarketPlace on the Windows Phone.  Since everyone's account set up is different I think with my "How To" you … [Read more...]

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Hands On with the White AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SkyRocket

December 9, 2011 By 1 Comment
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I was lucky enough to have some quality time with Samsung's new flagship on the AT&T LTE/4G network. The Samsung Galaxy S II SkyRocket. This Galaxy S II besides being white has a bigger screen (4.3 ") compared to the earlier released Galaxy S II phone on the AT&T network. The added applications like the Samsung media hub will take full advantage of the LTE/4G network.Like I said before the only differences I can see between the regular Galaxy S II and the SkyRocket version is  in … [Read more...]

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How to force an App Update on your Windows Phone

December 7, 2011 By 7 Comments
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If you are a frequent reader of  twitter, facebook and many technology sites you read that certain updates are available of your already downloaded app on your Windows Phone. However your Marketplace live tile is not showing any notifications of pending updates yet. Don't worry there is a little trick to this so that you can download the update even before you get your notification.These steps will explain nicely how you can force an update on a specific app on your Windows Phone when you … [Read more...]

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Carbon Twitter Application for Windows Phone A Must Have

December 2, 2011 By Leave a Comment
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My great friend Mike Temporale at Mobile Jaw has been involved in a beta application for a new twitter client on the Windows Phone named Carbon. We all know twitter is very well integrated on the Windows Phone, except for Direct messaging. But if you are Twitter power users you really want to have a good look on MobileJaw's review of just the candidate release of Carbon.Some great features and screen shots are explained in very great detail.  Below are some screen shots courtesy of … [Read more...]

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Samsung Focus S and Flash Windows Phone Hands On

November 16, 2011 By 1 Comment
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Last week I had the opportunity to have a quick hands on with the new line of the Samsung Windows Phones. The Samsung Focus S has improved screen quality, 8 mp camera and a added front facing camera and is even slimmer compared to the original Focus S. The Samsung Focus Flash is a new design with trimmed down specifications and has is more like a squared off candy bar design compared to the the Focus S.In the video below I will show you my quick  impressions of the two devices and the … [Read more...]

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Hands on Video with the HTC Vivid 4G LTE from AT&T

November 8, 2011 By 2 Comments
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The HTC Vivid 4G LTE phone is the latest LTE phone that launched this week on the AT&T network together with the Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket. When you hold the HTC Vivid in your hand the first impression will be...wow this is a nice heavy and solid unit. But if you ever had the light weighted Samsung Galaxy S or S II series as your device you might think a little differently.The HTC Vivid is a very powerful device and some great specifications. The Dual Core processor gives you a … [Read more...]

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Developer Unlock your Windows Phone at a Fraction of the Cost with ChevronWP7 Labs

November 4, 2011 By Leave a Comment
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Early this morning ChevronWP7 has launched their ChevronWP7 labs after an extensive beta testing.Why ChevronWP7  Labs:  ChevronWP7 Labs was designed to allow hobbyist developers to install, run, and debug unsigned applications on their personal Windows Phone. You log into the site with your Windows Live ID, pay a small fee, and presto — you’re ready to write and share some homebrew code.For a small fee of $9 you can unlock your Windows Phone. You need a Live ID to be able … [Read more...]

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