Ever since mobile smartphones stopped syncing Exchange notes, I’ve been keeping track of usernames and passwords using a much more secure method: eWallet. Today, the Windows Phone version of eWallet Go! has been updated with one feature that was sorely missing from the previous version: search… and one feature that’s pretty nice to have: the ability to pin specific eWallet “cards” to your start screen. The software still does not support automatic cloud-syncing like eWallet …
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Dodonpachi Maximum for Windows Phone Preview
This week’s new Xbox LIVE game comes out Wednesday March 7th and it’s called Dodonpachi Maximum. This is another vertical scrolling two dimensional spaceship shooting game. You use your finger to control the movement of your ship while it auto-shoots lasers and bullets at the enemies. Tapping the screen with two fingers will fire off a laser bomb which will clear everything on the screen and make you invincible for a little while. The game …
Continue readingFacebook Events Sync Error 83CF1109 & Workaround
A couple weeks ago it seems something has changed in the way Facebook Events sync to Windows Phone 7’s calendar. This caused many issues with Windows Phone’s Facebook sync. You can tell if you have the problem by going to Settings > Email+Accounts and you’ll see an “Attention Required” note under your Facebook account which will then list off Error Code 83CF1109. If you hadn’t set up Facebook Chat on your phone before this error …
Continue readingWindows 8 on a Tablet: First Impressions (Video)
After the Windows 8 Consumer Preview was released this week, it took me a few hours to decide wether or not I wanted to install it on my old HP TouchSmart tm2 that I use daily and bought a while before the original iPad came out. Needless to say I took the plunge after the setup program told me just about everything I had already installed would be compatible. It turns out Windows 8 is …
Continue readingToy Soldiers: Boot Camp for Windows Phone Preview
“Toy Soldiers: Boot Camp” is the last Windows Phone Xbox LIVE “Must Have Game” of February and we’ve been waiting for this one for a long time, too. The game is essentially a port of 3 mini-games that you’ll also find in the full Xbox 360 game called “Toy Soldiers: Cold War”. The graphics look quite good and are very close to being the same as what you’ll see on Xbox. The “Cardboard Theater” mini-game …
Continue readingNokia Drive 3.0 Will Include Free Traffic Rerouting
Nokia’s GPS Navigation software on Windows Phone 7 didn’t really impress me much at version 1.5, however The Verge has gotten a look at Nokia Drive version 3.0 which will definitely include some new useful features. Version 2.0 of Nokia Drive should be coming even sooner with support for full offline destination searching (previously you had to be online just to set a destination even if you had downloaded maps for offline use.) Version 3 …
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