Back in December, the Dell Venue Pro’s started shipping. We reviewed the 8Gb version and it seemed like the best Windows Phone 7 on the market. Unfortunately if you ordered a 16Gb version, the story might be awfully different. I got my first 16Gb Dell Venue Pro on December 23rd, 2010 and I soon noticed that it would freeze up or go to a totally black screen (except for the clock) while downloading and installing …
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Tips for Watching Your Data Usage
Now that many carriers are offering more frugal yet limiting data plans to their customers, people are worrying a lot more about how much data usage their phones are using. We’ve seen this recently especially with Windows Phone 7 since it was revealed that a “third party solution” is using larger-than-expected amounts of data. Here’s a few tips that might help you manage your data usage in order to keep from getting overage charges. 1. …
Continue readingHTC HD7 Now Only $99
For a limited time, you can now get the HTC HD7 Windows Phone on T-Mobile for only $99 with a 2 year contract. That’s 50% off of its normal price of $199. To grab the deal, you can head on over to T-Mobile’s website. The HTC HD7 features the new Windows Phone 7 operating system, 5Mp camera with dual LED flash, kickstand, large 4.3″ LCD screen, and 16Gb of storage. Also, don’t forget to check …
Continue readingGuess Which App is Using Up All of Your WP7 Data
Some Windows Phone 7 users have been reporting strange and excessive amounts of 3G data usage on their phones when the device is not even being used and furthermore is actually near a WiFi access point. One would hope that if WiFi was on and the phone needed network access, it would use the WiFi, but sometimes that’s not always the case. Microsoft recently issued the following statement to seattlepi.com: “We have determined that a …
Continue readingOneNote for iPhone Now Available
I’m a huge fan of OneNote 2010 on Windows as well as Windows Phone 7. Being able to sync and access all of my notes and research from any of my PCs and phones is a great thing. Well, now OneNote is available for the iPhone, too! The new app is free for a limited time on the iTunes App Store, and yes it does sync with Windows Live SkyDrive so that you can also …
Continue readingWindows Phone 7 Backup is More Like System Restore
You may have noticed some other sites reporting on how the upcoming update to Windows Phone 7 will bring a Backup & Restore feature. The feature is already part of the Zune client, and it’s not what you might expect. The backup is really more of a system snapshot that’s taken before and only before a system upgrade. There’s no user-configurable or scheduled backup happening. The only reason for this backup that happens before a …
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