Office Vice President, Takeshi Numoto, recently wrote a blog post about Office Mobile on the Microsoft Office Blog. It happens to include the below video from Guy Gilbert, Group Product Manager for Office Mobile, showing how easy it is to use Office Mobile on Windows Phone 7. If you’re not yet totally familiar with Office 2010 Mobile on Windows Phone 7, the below video will show you many of the cool features it’s got. You’ll …
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Windows Phone 7 App Showcase: YouTube by Lazyworm
If you downloaded the original YouTube app for Windows Phone 7, you might have been disappointed to see that it only really links to the mobile YouTube site. Sure it does enable YouTube video playback for embedded YouTube videos, too, but it’s not as feature-rich as some of the YouTube apps on other platforms. Well, a 3rd party developer decided to make a better interface for browsing YouTube on Windows Phone 7. YouTube by Lazyworm …
Continue readingWindows Phone 7 App Showcase: Avatar Gadgets
Here’s a fun app that makes use of your Xbox Live Avatar. Avatar Gadgets is $0.99 in the Windows Phone 7 Marketplace and it gives your avatar a few fun utilities to play with. You’ve got a ruler, flashlight, lighter, coin flip, level, and bobble head. Your 3D Avatar character will interact with all of these little utilities and it’s pretty funny to see him do so. You can also switch characters and load some …
Continue readingHTC HD7 vs. HTC Surround (Video)
The two HTC Windows Phone 7’s available in the U.S.A. right now are the HTC HD7 and the HTC Surround. Both have many similar features, but how do they compare? They’ve both got nice little kickstands, attractive styling, and the beautiful Windows Phone 7, but what are the differences between the screens? Are the Surround’s speakers really that good? What about the cameras? We’ve got the answers in the following video. Originally published on Pocketnow …
Continue readingHawaii Five-O Uses Windows Phone 7 to Fight Crime
Okay, so maybe Kono Kalakaua didn’t really use Bing and Windows Phone 7 to fight crime on this week’s episode of Hawaii Five-O, but when Chin Ho Kelly suggested she “Bing it” after noticing her doubt in the Clifton Bowles sculpture’s price tag, Chin Ho was quick to bing up the artist on her LG Optimus 7. If you missed it on TV, you can also check out the full episode titled “Mana’o” on CBS.com. …
Continue readingSelecting Multiple Lines of Text in Windows Phone 7
Here’s a tip that you might not have known was possible. You already know that Windows Phone 7 doesn’t yet have copy & paste, but you can select individual words by tapping them. Well in OneNote and Word, if you tap the selection again and then drag, you can select multiple lines of type. Of course you can’t do much with it afterwards, but it’s good for selecting a lot of text that you want …
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