Category Archives: Tips

Workaround for multiple Google calendars on Mango

Posted on July 8, 2011 by

Anthony Chu, the lead developer of Wonder Reader for Windows Phone, has posted a wonderful workaround for Windows Phone “Mango” users that wish to access multiple Google Calendars from the same account. As I’ve documented separately, this should be possible … Continue reading →

Posted in Tips, Windows Phone | 14 Comments

Windows Phone 7 workaround: Tasks integration

Posted on May 3, 2011 by

Windows Phone 7 offers excellent email, calendar and contacts integration for Exchange ActiveSync-type accounts (through the Outlook, Windows Live, and Google account types on the phone). But it doesn’t offer any tasks integration at all. A new third party app … Continue reading →

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Windows Phone 7 workaround: Hidden Wi-Fi networks

Posted on April 16, 2011 by

HTC has released a Windows Phone 7 app that nicely overcomes one of this platform’s latest limitation: It can’t see hidden (non-broadcasted) Wi-Fi networks. Dubbed Hidden WiFi, this new app lets you add up to three new Wi-Fi access points … Continue reading →

Posted in Tips, Windows Phone | 19 Comments

Windows Phone 7 workaround: Over the air podcasts

Posted on April 2, 2011 by

As most readers of this blog know, Windows Phone 7 is an amazing but deeply flawed new mobile OS, with tons of missing features and bugs. Some were fixed in the first update, “NoDo,” while others will be fixed in … Continue reading →

Posted in Tips, Windows Phone | 18 Comments

Tip: Create transparent lock screen wallpapers for Windows Phone 7

Posted on December 7, 2010 by

The Phone 7 blog has a cool tip for creating transparent lock screen wallpapers for Windows Phone 7, though it comes with one major downside: The image has to be a PNG file as it can has a transparency channel. … Continue reading →

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Tip: Enable Find My Phone

Posted on November 24, 2010 by

While Microsoft hasn’t provided Windows Phone users (yet?) with the full set of “MyPhone” features it previously provided to users of Windows Mobile 6.5, it does offer a free and excellent Find My Phone service that will help you recover … Continue reading →

Posted in Tips, Windows Phone | 17 Comments

Some tips for moving from iPhone to Windows Phone

Posted on November 24, 2010 by

Microsoft’s M3 Sweatt–not his real name? :)–has produced an interesting post aimed at helping iPhone users make the transition to Windows Phone. If I had had another month for the book, I would have spent much of it documenting phone … Continue reading →

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Tip: Pin it to the Start screen

Posted on November 18, 2010 by

Most Windows Phone fans know that you can pin apps to the Start screen and move them around in order to customize the screen to your liking. But you may be unaware that a number of other items can be … Continue reading →

Posted in Tips, Windows Phone | 6 Comments

Tip: Tap and hold on the virtual keyboard

Posted on November 17, 2010 by

Most Windows Phone users are familiar with the fact that the “tap and hold” gesture is akin to the right mouse click in desktop versions of Windows, often resulting in a pop-up menu of commands related to the selected object. … Continue reading →

Posted in Errata and Additions, Tips, Windows Phone | 7 Comments

Tip: Swipe to hide notifications

Posted on November 16, 2010 by

If you’re using Windows Phone 7, one of the things you’ll notice pretty quickly are the little notification overlays that appear over the top part of the screen. These notifications arrive when Wi-Fi is enabled and you come in contact … Continue reading →

Posted in Errata and Additions, Tips, Windows Phone | 4 Comments