I was really hoping that Microsoft would release a really great version of Windows Live Messenger for Windows Phone 7. You know, something that would have many of the same features that Live Messenger 2011 on the Zune HD has, but even more impressive. Unfortunately, we were left with nothing but a 3rd party Live Messenger app by Miyowa, who’s first version was a real downer. It crashed a lot, didn’t support push notifications, and …
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Sync Media Playback Between 3 Screens via Zune
You may have heard of Microsoft’s “Three Screens and the Cloud” mantra for describing software and services that works on your television, personal computer, and mobile phone; all of which have different screens and different uses. The idea is that the three screens should work better together. Well, we’ve already started seeing some of this come to fruition with Windows Phone 7. The Zune desktop software will actually remember where you stopped watching a video, …
Continue readingAwesome Xbox LIVE Windows Phone 7 Ad
Microsoft just stepped up with a great commercial showing the Xbox Live integration features in Windows Phone 7. It starts off kind of like an iPhone commercial with a close-up of the phone and a narrator talking about being able to play Xbox LIVE games where ever he wants, even without his girlfriend noticing. I won’t spoil the rest for you, but I think it’s kind of awesome. What do you think? Will this commercial …
Continue readingTop 5 Windows Phone 7 Tips from the AT&T Social Media Team
The AT&T Social Media Team has recorded a little YouTube video showing a few of their favorite Windows Phone 7 tips. The AT&T team will tell you about the pocket to camera feature, Zune Pass, the expandable menu at the bottom of most screens, pinning a contact to the start screen, the tap & hold menu in the email, and the voice control feature for launching apps. You probably already know about all of these …
Continue readingRecover Your Purchased Apps Using Zune’s Purchase History
Say you need to hard reset your Windows Phone 7 or simply buy a new device. When you sign in with your Windows Live ID most of your data will be restored automatically. In some cases, all of your purchased apps and games will also be reinstalled automatically. Sometimes apps don’t get reinstalled though or they’ll take a really long time. If you’ve forgotten which apps you bought or can’t remember which ones were trials, …
Continue readingPC World Lies About Windows Phone 7?
In case you were wondering if we had read Galen Gruman’s “Microsoft Disaster” article regarding Windows Phone 7, we had, and we noticed at least one glaring error. Galen Gruman wrote: “You can’t select ranges of text (much less copy or cut them); what you can do in Word and OneNote is essentially limited to jotting down some characters and adding formatting such as boldface, one word at a time.” Of course, this is totally …
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