A bug has been discovered when using Windows Phone 7.5 Mango with an old Exchange 2003 account that could be damaging in the workplace when trying to keep track of a conversation. When you reply to an email, normally the text of the original email is included at the bottom, and you’ll see it at the bottom of your email reply on Windows Phone 7.5. The problem is that when you send it through an …
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Windows Phone’s Cloud Companion Services (Video)
With the recent update from Windows Phone 7 to Windows Phone 7.5, Microsoft’s Windows Phone cloud-based companion sites have also seen some updates. First off WindowsPhone.com has seen a redesign, but that page just kind of gives you basic information. The new “Marketplace” link at the top is quite useful though. That will let you browse through all the apps available for Windows Phone. You can also purchase them right there and send a link …
Continue readingUsing Pandora with IE9 on Windows Phone (Video)
When Windows Phone 7 was originally announced it was also announced that Pandora would be creating an app for it. That never happened, but now that Windows Phone 7.5 includes a fully HTML5-compatible hardware-accelerated version of Internet Explorer 9 and now that Pandora.com is HTML5 compliant, you can just log-in and play Pandora playlists through your phone’s web browser. You might find the HTML5 site to be a little buggy, but if you try skipping …
Continue reading“Reserve a Table” Button Shows For Certain Restaurants in Bing
We showed you earlier how OpenTable’s new Windows Phone App shows up in the “Apps” tab for restaurants so that you can easily do a search for that restaurant’s name in the OpenTable app, but now it seems that restaurants who are known to be part of the OpenTable network have a dedicated “Reserve a Table” button right in their contact cards. That makes it even easier to make reservations at restaurants that you may …
Continue readingeBay for WP 7.5 Can Now Search Auctions Based on Barcode Scans
The new eBay app for Windows Phone 7.5 brings along some new features that make it a lot more useful and comparable to the eBay apps on other platforms. One big addition that just wasn’t possible before is the ability to do eBay searches based on barcode scans. So say you’re in a store somewhere and you’re wondering if something you see might be available on eBay for a lower price, just scan the barcode …
Continue readingNew HTC Hub Has Lots of Mango Features (Video)
The HTC Hub for Windows Phone 7 has just been updated for phones that have the new Windows Phone 7.5 Mango upgrade installed. The update brings a lot of new features to the app. Originally, it was kind of useless and many people probably unpinned it from the start screen right away or even uninstalled it all together. This new version has an updated two-column live tile, but also a much quicker and cleaner user …
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