There’s a little line in this “known issues” page about the Microsoft Office 2010 beta that should strike a bit of a nerve for anyone who syncs their Windows Phones with Outlook. Here it is: The WMDC will not be upgraded to work on 64-bit Windows when 64-bit Outlook 2010 is installed. Now, to be fair, that is the Office 2010 Beta known issues page, so there is a chance that maybe once Outlook 2010 …
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The 12 Year Bug
Have all your friends’ birthdays disappeared from your Calendar? Maybe they suddenly decided to change their recurrence pattern to every 12 years instead of every 1 year. Or maybe they’ve changed to recur every 144 months. Either way, this bug is a great way to get you in trouble for forgetting some one’s birthday. My dependency on Outlook syncing birthdays with my Windows Phone has always been essential for planning enough time to buy birthday …
Continue readingNew Bing Maps for Mobile Now Available
A brand new Bing Maps for Windows Mobile is now available and it’s totally different from what you’re used to. Is that a good thing or a bad thing? We’re not sure yet, but if you want to take it for a spin, point your Windows Phone to m.bing.com and click the links to download. In the meantime check out some of these screenshots from the new design. Originally published on Pocketnow on December 2, …
Continue readingPowerPoint 2010’s Presentation Companion
One of the cool new features in Office Mobile 2010 is the Presentation Companion for PowerPoint. To get this to work, first you need a Windows Mobile 6.5 device with the Microsoft Bluetooth stack. Then you can download and install the beta of Office Mobile 2010 from the Windows Mobile Marketplace. You also need a desktop/laptop computer with Bluetooth that also has PowerPoint 2007/2010 installed. Then you need to install the Presentation Companion plug-in for …
Continue readingVerizon’s Touch Pro2 Second Only to iPhone 3GS
According to Consumer Reports as seen in TG Daily, the Verizon Touch Pro2 running Windows Mobile is the second most highly rated smartphone this year. The first was the iPhone 3GS. That’s not much of a surprise considering how often the Touch Pro2 sold out online. Windows Mobile also got top marks for business phones (outscoring iPhones, Android, and Blackberries). Although that might be a surprise if you frequent all the Technology news sites and …
Continue readingHTC’s Bluetooth Software Still Sucks
If you remember our post about the buggy Bluetooth software HTC has decided to use on the Touch Pro2 and new HD2, you’ll remember how annoying it is. Well, now that these new devices have been available for a while, it turns out there are a lot more problems with this non-standard Bluetooth stack. Many users are having issues connecting to other types of peripherals that worked great using the Microsoft Bluetooth stack normally used …
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