Archive for the ‘Microsoft’ Category

Transfer contacts from Address Book for Mac to Windows Phone 7

If you’ve been disappointed by the lack of synchronization options for Windows Phone 7, you’re in luck, at least in terms of contacts. If you’re on a Mac and use Address Book to store all of your contacts, exporting them and importing them (via the Windows Phone website) is somewhat of a pain, as you [...]

Windows Phone 7 – First impressions (HTC 7 Surround)

Today, Windows Phone 7 went on sale in the US. AT&T gets the Samsung Focus, HTC 7 Surround, and the LG Quantum. T-Mobile gets the Dell Venue Pro, and a few others (but who cares about T-Mobile anyway?). I went ahead and played with a HTC 7 Surround (which I should actually be receiving a [...]

Find My Windows Phone

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Find my iPhone Windows Phone. Apple showcased  the “Find My iPhone” a while back but it is surely not alone anymore. At Microsoft’s event today they added themselves to that mix, which also includes Verizon Wireless who will soon be adding that feature to it’s smartphone line up.

Why Windows Phone 7 interests me

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Yes, this is primarily an iPhone-related website, but it’s nice to get a dose of some different things every once in a while (which is what our writers try and accomplish). So! Why does Windows Phone 7 interest me? It’s different. It’s completely different than anything we’re all used to seeing or using. Sure, the [...]

Download iOS 4.2 beta 2 for all devices & iTunes 10.1 beta for Mac and Windows NOW!

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Apple this evening has released iOS 4.2 beta 2 for the iPad, iPhone 4, 3GS, 3G, iPod Touch 4G, 3G, 2G, as well as the beta of iTunes 10.1 for Mac OS X, Windows x86, and Windows x64. At the moment, actual details of what’s new in this release are unknown, but there are some [...]

IE9 vs. Chrome 6 – Speed Test

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Today, Microsoft released Internet Explorer 9 beta 1 in both 32-bit and 64-bit flavors. How does it stack up to the rest of the competition? Well, it’s not quite there yet, but it is much better than the previous version of Internet Explorer. IE9 beta also boasts a nice new icon, which looks a lot [...]

[Win] Jailbreak iOS 4 with sn0wbreeze

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ih8sn0w has released sn0wbreeze 1.6.1 for Windows (PwnageTool for 4.0, sn0wbreeze’s Mac OS X equivalent, is available here). You can jailbreak the iPhone 3GS (old bootrom, not jailbroken with Spirit), iPhone 3G, and iPod Touch 2G (non-MC model). It creates a custom already jailbroken IPSW that you can restore to from within iTunes. Instructions and [...]

Download iTunes 9.2 (DIRECT) for Mac & Windows

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Apple has just released iTunes 9.2 for both Mac and Windows. It contains several new features, including syncing for iOS 4, Folder management, and more. iTunes 9.2 also makes “scrolling much faster”. Read on for direct download links.

[How-To] Windows Phone 7 Series Emulator

Want to check out Windows Phone 7 Series before it hits the stores? Instructions on how to run the emulator (with all of the applications unlocked) are after the jump.

IE9 Developer Preview – Download Inside

Microsoft today has released the developer version of Internet Explorer 9, Microsoft’s next web browser.