Over at HP’s Wireless Central website, they’re giving away all Palm Pre and Pixi phones on AT&T, Verizon, and Sprint for free (with a new service plan)… AND they’re giving you $50 extra to spend on apps for the devices. As you know, HP recently aquired Palm since they weren’t doing so well. We’re not sure what this major sale means for the Palm Web OS devices. It could mean that there’s some new hardware …
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Should I Automatically Be a Windows Phone 7 Fan?
As many of you know, I’ve been using Windows Mobile based phones since the smartphone was invented. They’ve always been the most powerful and capable devices. However, when we started hearing about Windows Phone 7 earlier this year, it became clear that the classic Windows Mobile (that could run on all sorts of hardware and do all sorts of things) was about to be replaced by a completely new “Version 1.0” product. Even though it …
Continue readingSamsung Tab Event (Video)
Thursday night, Vin Rock of Naughty by Nature and I went to the Samsung Experience Store in Columbus Circle, Manhattan, NY to check out the new Samsung Tab 7″ Android-powered Tablet that they were announcing. The device is a nice size. It’s smaller than normal Windows 7 Tablet PCs, and smaller still than the Apple iPad. Yet it’s plenty bigger than the Pocket PCs, and 4.3″ screened monster phones that are so popular today. The …
Continue readingHow to Sync Windows Phone 7 with Outlook
Everyone has always complained about problems with ActiveSync on the desktop. Many people often ran into errors and wished it would just go away. Well, with Windows Phone 7, ActiveSync is gone. Windows Phone 7 only connects to Zune when you plug it into the PC and only syncs music/videos/podcasts/pictures. That means there will be no more errors or frustrations for you when trying to sync all of your personal information management data between your …
Continue readingYouTube on Windows Phone 7
A lot of people might be wondering about how you can watch YouTube videos on Windows Phone 7. Microsoft’s Brandon Watson demonstrates how simple it is to play YouTube videos from the YouTube website in Internet Explorer… even though the browser does not yet support Flash. It would seem that YouTube autodetects the Windows Phone 7 browser and links it to a YouTube player app on the device. You’ll also notice that the YouTube video …
Continue readingWhen Silent Mode Isn’t Silent
One of the things that may be confusing for newer Android users is the Silent mode. If you’re on the home screen and use the volume buttons to enter silent mode (or use any other possible toggle switch or widget you might have), that may not actually mean “no sounds.” Say you’re at a conference listening to a speaker that really doesn’t apply to you, but you have to be there anyway, so you’re thinking …
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