Walter Sullivan, Senior Product Planner for the Microsoft Windows Embedded Automotive team gave us a little demo of the new MyFord Touch in-car computer out in Bellevue, WA this week. The new car computer system is available in the Ford Edge and it features two in-dash screens right behind the steering wheel as well as a large touch screen in the center column. You can connect your Windows Phone 7 (or any phone) via Bluetooth …
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moTweets Now Available for Windows Phone 7
You may remember moTweets as a great twitter app for the old Windows Mobile 6.x platform. Well, Panoramic software is back with a new version of moTweets rebuilt from scratch for the new Windows Phone 7 platform. The new Twitter app has some unique features that other Twitter apps may have neglected. For example, moTweets has a live tile that shows the number of direct messages and mentions that you may have for each account. …
Continue readingSamsung Galaxy S 4G Software Tour (Video)
This video goes over all of the added customizations and software bundles that T-Mobile has added to the Galaxy S 4G. There are a lot of add-ons from T-Mobile and Samsung including T-Mobile’s Wi-Fi calling feature, account status, device help, visual voicemail, T-Mobile TV and a full copy of the movie “Inception”. The Inception icon on the home screen doesn’t take you directly to the Inception movie like the previous version’s “Avatar” icon did. Instead …
Continue readingDid Your Pinned Contacts Disappear Last Week?
Back on February 19th, something weird happened with many Windows Phone 7s. Pinned contacts dissappeared from the start screen. In most cases, people will pin their favorite contact right at the top of their start screen, and usually it’s a spouse. The natural reaction would be to think that they don’t love you anymore, but in reality we’re guessing this is a bug in how Windows Phone 7 connects to a cloud service… most likely …
Continue readingSamsung Galaxy S 4G Unboxing (Video)
In this video we unbox the Samsung Galaxy S 4G that just became available on T-Mobile. The box includes the Samsung Galaxy S 4G, a wired headset, microUSB sync/charging cable, a microSD to SD adapter and wall charger. The box itself is very similar to the HTC HD7 and HTC HD2 boxes with a little inset full-color graphic edge around the sides. Stay tuned for the hardware and software tours coming up next. Originally published …
Continue readingIlomilo Updated with Second Story
I noticed this morning that my favorite Windows Phone 7 game, ilomilo had an update in the marketplace. I figured it was just some bug fixes or whatnot, but it turns out the game has been updated with a whole new second story. That means two new gorgeous worlds, 23 new levels of cubistic puzzles, new eggs to find in order to unlock two new challenging bonus levels, and new brain teasing cubes! Check out …
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