Dec 24 2012
No operating system is perfect and Windows Phone 8 is no exception particularly given its relatively recent introduction into the marketplace. That said, issues should be addressed and ironed out in due course. However, a conundrum may be encountered if your handset locks up completely and you cannot pull out the battery. You may think …
Dec 16 2012
You might notice when you fire up particular apps on Windows Phone 8 that you might see an icon at the top of the screen that looks like a circle with a dot in the middle of it. Perhaps not the most self-explanatory icon but here’s what it means. All it means is that an app …
Dec 05 2012
If you use Office 365 and the Sharepoint Online functionality included as part of your subscription you may find that you are unable to add your Sharepoint site to Windows Phone 8 in the Office hub. When attempting to do so, you may encounter the following error: We encountered a problem and couldn’t complete this …
Nov 28 2012
There’s an app for nearly everything these days but sometimes there are features built into the operating system that will do the job of a dedicated app. Shazam is one of those very popular apps which broke ground on the iPhone with its ability to determine what song is playing just by listening to a …
Nov 26 2012
After you get your shiny, new Wiindows Phone 8 handset one of the first things you should do is enabled the ability to track it down should it ever become lost or stolen. For whatever reason, this is not enabled by default so here is how you do it. Tap the Window key to get …
Nov 25 2012
As promised, here is the unboxing video for Nokia’s flagship Windows Phone 8 handset – the Lumia 920! Nokia is betting big on Windows Phone. While Nokia seems to have navigated the potential disaster of original Windows Phone 7 devices ultimately being stranded on Windows Phone 7.8 with some incremental updates the refinements incorporated into …
Nov 24 2012
… the Nokia Lumia 920 🙂 I shortlisted three flagship Windows Phone 8 handsets as a potential new smartphone given my recent acquisition of a Microsoft Surface tablet and using Windows 8 on my desktop computer at home. For the record, there was nothing wrong with my Samsung Galaxy S III (which is going to one …
Nov 15 2012
Yes, I know. I only got the Samsung Galaxy S III back in May this year but I have fancied getting right into the Microsoft ecosystem and seeing what it has to offer across the desktop, tablet and smartphone platforms. Anyway, as part of an old gadget clean out I sold my old first generation …
Oct 31 2012
While there aren’t any Windows Phone 8 devices out just yet this is a good tip to keep in mind if you’re thinking about getting one. A while ago, I posted about how to capture screenshots under Windows Phone 7 using a very hacky method which required you to have a developer unlocked phone. This …
Sep 12 2012
Outside of the technology media, I have seen mainstream media seriously misreport the app situation for Windows Phone 8 and potentially doing Microsoft’s latest mobile OS quite a disservice. In a nutshell, pretty much any app designed for Windows Phone 7 or 7.5 will work on Windows Phone 8 and with 100,000 apps there is …
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