This week’s new Xbox LIVE game is called Gerbil Physics. It comes out on Wednesday March 13th and will cost $2.99 for the full version. Gerbil Physics is a lot like “Implode!” except instead of chalk outlines of structures drawn on a chalk board, we have buildings made out of stacks of gerbils. The gerbils were put into these indestructable boxes by the evil toads and flying penguins. In addition to the much more interesting …
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“Tango” Was Just a Codename for Engineering Work
There seems to be a lot of hype over when “Tango” will be released with new features for current Windows Phones as well as new support for low-end emerging-market Windows Phones. Microsoft’s PR firm told us that these updates are still called “Windows Phone 7.5”. There is no new name. Yes it is an update that you could call a “refresh” and there will be higher build numbers, but it’s still going to be called …
Continue readingeWallet Go! Now Supports Password Pins & Search
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 …
Continue readingDodonpachi 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 …
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