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First Impressions from a Long-Time iPhone User Trying a Windows Phone

Yesterday, the HTC Titan that Judie is loaning me for this experiment arrived on my doorstep. I opened the box she had packed it in, saw the AT&T HTC Titan box inside, and I actually stared at it...

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An iPhone User Tries Windows Phone, and the Adventure Continues

My “great experiment” is now wrapping up its first couple of weeks. I had planned to write this at the end of the first week, but the ride has been a bit more interesting than I expected.  More on...

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Award-winning Ant Raid now available on Windows Store

The probability that I will buy a Windows 8 phone or tablet is, to be honest, pretty low.  I am not an Apple Fanboy–I was a UNIX guy for years and years, so I observed the Microsoft/Windows fanboy...

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Angry Birds Star Wars is EVERYWHERE!!!

In case you didn’t hear, Angry Birds Star Wars releases today. For many who are tired of BOTH Angry Birds and Star Wars this represents a black hole of interest. But for everyone else, Rovio has made...

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ReturnGuru Puts Receipt Management at iOS and Windows Phone Users’ Fingertips

I don’t think they’re quite there yet, but I am very, very encouraged and pleased by the plethora of apps that have come out to help you shop.  More, I’m very pleased by apps that provide you...

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Garmin Premium Navigation Apps 50% Off for Black Friday

Oh Black Friday, we can’t quit you! We’ve talked quite a bit about Apple’s mapping app and how lame it was at first.  (I have no idea if it’s gotten any better; I’ve been avoiding it, quite frankly.)...

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Heart and Breath Rate Monitoring App for Android is Now Enhanced with Finger...

Not too long ago, I was overweight.  Not fat–or at least, people kept insisting that I wasn’t fat–but for a guy who’s always been skinny, I felt fat.  Unfortunately, I have a plate in neck and chronic...

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Tozai Announces Lode Runner Classic for iOS and Android

Maybe it’s just a coincidence but . . . the other day I followed a link to an article on The Verge about old video game (and pinball) arcades and how they’ve basically died off.  But then today I got...

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Pandora Available for Windows Phones

Music service app Pandora is now available on Windows phones I’m not big on Microsoft products in general, and my experience with Windows phone software (back when I had my HTC Universal, the Phone...

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Organize, Share and Enjoy Your Dropbox Photos in New Ways

Organize, Share and Enjoy Your Dropbox Photos in New Ways Dropbox is one of the most important productivity tools I use these days. Having my files, documents and images in Dropbox means I can have...

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G5 Entertainment Casual Games Land on the Windows 8 Store

G5 Entertainment Windows Store G5 Entertainment is one of the premier casual game companies for iOS, and has made quite a splash on Android, Amazon Kindle Fire and Barnes & Noble Nook. Now they...

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Microsoft and Zinio Offering Big Incentives to Buy a Nokia Lumia

One of the biggest trepidations I’ve had about my switch to Windows Phone is having to buy all new apps. It’s always hard to kick-start a library of apps on a new platform, and I knew going into this...

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How To Fix the Ugly MIME Headers When Using Gmail on a Windows Phone

If you have a Windows Phone and you use Gmail, then whether you realize it or not, you have sent at least one email that was received looking like this: continue reading

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Battery for Windows Phone Review

I am having fun setting up my new Lumia 928, and part of that is getting to know new apps and settings. On my iPhone I had my battery percentage listed in the status bar, but that’s not an options in...

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2Day Tasks App for Windows Phone Review

When I made the switch to Windows Phone, I had to start replacing my various “go-to” apps. Chief among them was a decent lightweight to-do manager. Something more robust than, say, “Reminders” on the...

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Review: PDAMill Will Have You Running In Circles With Wild Gears

Your car speeds around the track, slamming against the wall as a yellow behemoth speeds up from behind.  If you can just make it a few more feet, there is a power-up ahead.  Inching closer, you can...

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Astraware Bejeweled 2 is a Gem

I like handheld games. I spend a good bit of time playing games on my Windows Mobile handheld and on my Nintendo DS. There have never been, for me, enough good games written for the Windows mobile...

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OmegaOne 1-ToGo Brings The Mobile Internet Straight to Your Device

Doug Goldring has posted a cool write up over at My Today Screen on OmegaOne’s 1-to-Go, a cool new way to access the Internet.  From Doug’s review: Overview: So.  What is 1-ToGo?  I think I have never...

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Photo Viewing Made Easy – Review of iWindowsMobile EyePhoto

With Windows Mobile devices coming with ever increasing quality of digital cameras built into them, the need for applications to view those photos in a quick and easy way has also increased. While the...

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VITO Technology Caters to the Omnia

VITO Technology, developers of Windows Mobile software titles such as AstroNavigtor (Universe in your pocket!) and SMS Chat (Enjoy threaded SMS messaging on Windows Mobile!), has just announced that...

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