The Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 3i is a budget friendly laptop that should handle basic computing …
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ActiveSync for Hotmail is Now Official
If you’re a Hotmail user who’s always been jealous of Exchange ActiveSync’s great support for push sync of email, contacts, calendar, and tasks, then we’ve got good news. Hotmail has now been enabled for direct-push ActiveSync! The official instructions for setting this up are available here. Supported devices and operating systems include: Windows Mobile 6.x, Windows Phone 7, Apple iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad, Nokia E-Series, Nokia S-Series, and Nokia N-Series with the Mail for Exchange …
Continue readingHTC Tilt 2 ROM Update Now Available
Well, look at that! HTC has just released a new official ROM upgrade for the AT&T Tilt 2. Here’s the details on what’s new: •HTC Sense replaces TouchFlo 3D •Ability to Format the SD Card directly in the device •Inconsistent Caller ID function Hotfix •TILT 2 Freezes in SMS application Hotfix •Phantom SMS/MMS Count Hotfix •Overall improvement in the devices stability/operation Unfortunately it’s not the newer Windows Mobile 6.5.3, but still, overall imrpovements and hotfixes …
Continue readingWhy the Windows Phone 7 Start Page Has Blank Spots
A lot of people were made a bit uncomfortable when they saw the new Windows Phone 7 start screen and it’s long area of blank space on the right side. What’s with the wasted space? The offset grid and negative space are clearly by design. The key phrase there is “by design.” This isn’t your average boring grid of program icons that every other smartphone employs in their user interface designs. The layout actually follows …
Continue readingWindows Phone 7’s MyPhone Portal Screenshot
Wondering what the Windows Live MyPhone companion site for Windows Phone 7 might look like? Here’s a blurry photo of a screenshot shown off at TechEd Australia 2010. It’s pretty difficult to see or read anything, but you can definitely make out a picture of a phone at the top as well as a couple nice grids of either contact images or actual photos taken with the phone. You can expect it to include most …
Continue readingAndroid Fail: Multitasking (Updated with Apology)
Update: Apology… I sincerely apologize for erroneously portraying what happens when you don’t wait for a phone to boot up as a problem with multitasking, and please allow me to clarify the intentions behind the article in question. Many suggested that I wait for the media scanner to finish before attempting to use the device since clearly that process was not finished and that’s what was slowing the operating system down. In other words: do …
Continue readingFind the Golden Ticket!
“Invention, my dear friends, is 93% perspiration, 6% electricity, 4% evaporation, and 2% butterscotch ripple.” Has Windows Phone 7 got the formula, right? It sounds like Microsoft has gone a little bit Willy Wonka, at least at TechEd Australia 2010. They’re giving away 250 Windows Phone 7 branded blocks of chocolate, but 5 lucky winners may find a Golden Ticket inside those chocolate wrappers. If you do, you’ll win a Windows Mobile 6.5 device today, …
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