Apr 17 2012
Here’s something that travellers might find handy if they find themselves in a bind. Microsoft has quietly developed an app that offers translation of typed text, optically recognised text (i.e. using your camera) and voice while using the power of its Bing platform to do the translation for you. Sure, there have been a few apps out …
Feb 27 2012
Okay Windows Phoners, you’ve been hanging out for this for a while and now there is light at the end of the tunnel. Skype for Windows Phone is now in beta as per this announcement on the Windows Phone Blog and you can try it out for yourself. However, it seems to be region locked perhaps to …
Nov 17 2011
Just a quick note tonight that at last I have my Zune Music Pass working on my Windows Phone as well as the music streaming. I had left it recharging wherever possible all day and late this afternoon the Marketplace. I’ve only had a brief play with it but plan on making full use of …
Nov 15 2011
It’s a day early but you can now activate your Zune Music Pass in Australia by visiting http://www.zune.net/en-us/products/zunepass/default.htm and logging in with your Australian-based Windows Live ID. You can sign up for the 14 day free trial after which your credit card will be debited $11.99 on a monthly basis (or you can switch to the annual …
Nov 05 2011
Here’s a tip that has me a bit excited particularly as it will help me enrich my Windows Phone 7 entries with native screenshots! Thanks to Jerry Jiang over at XDA Developers there is a side loadable app called Screen Capturer to enable screenshots on a Windows Phone 7 device by half pressing the camera …
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