You may have heard of the recent new build of Windows Phone 7.5 that’s started showing up on some devices. This update brings a lot of bug fixes including a fix to the SMS bug where a specially formatted text message can make your entire messaging app inoperable requiring a hard reset. There’s also a fix to the bug where an app that has a background process updating may cause the keyboard to disappear while …
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Free HTC Radar 4G & $100 For Your Old Phone
The T-Mobile HTC Radar 4G was a bit of a surprise hit when it was released last October for a very fair price of just $99 with a 2 year contract. Now there’s an even better deal where you can get the phone for free, and T-Mobile will give you an extra $100 for your old phone. First off, the deal is only good through 1/5/2012 which is tomorrow. Secondly, it’s a web-only deal, so …
Continue readingDoes Google Music Work for You?
There’s been a pretty good sale going on in the Google Android Market’s new Music section that offers a number of songs for free as well as deep discounts on many other songs. I thought that sounded pretty good, decided to take advantage of it and try out Google Music. So I clicked the free song of the day and Android returned an error; “Error retrieving information from server.” I figured okay maybe my reception …
Continue readingGalaxy Nexus Browser & Video Editor (Video)
One very nice new feature in Ice Cream Sandwich is the Movie Studio video editor. It’s similar to other mobile device video editors like the one that comes with the Nokia N8 and Apple’s iMovie which you can buy for the iPhone on the App Store. You’ve got all the basic functions like combining different video clips, adding titles, transitions, and a few simple effects. Android’s Movie Studio works quite well, but often times you’ll …
Continue readingVerizon Samsung Galaxy Nexus Software Tour (Video)
Since we’ve already shown you most of what’s new in the Ice Cream Sandwich version of Android that ships with the GSM version of the Samsung Galaxy Nexus, this video is going to show you a couple things that Verizon has added and then we’ll go through some of the things that I personally really like, as well as a few things that might be confusing or frustrating for some people. I really like the …
Continue readingIf You Got a New Windows Phone, Do These Five Things Immediately
If some one gave you a new Windows Phone as a present this Holiday season, here’s a few basics you need to learn right away. 1. Set up your Windows Live ID. First off, you probably noticed when first booting up the phone that it wanted a Windows Live ID. Of course it’s not at all necessary to use one, but you’re going to want to since it unlocks a lot of great features including …
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