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Freda Review: best Windows Phone eBook Reader
A lot of ereaders are available for the Windows Phone platform. Believe me, I have tried them all and most, if not all, fail miserably in providing a decent reading experience to me. I own a Galaxy Note (an Android phone) and Nokia Lumia 710 (a fairly popular Windows Phone) and spend most of my reading eBooks on my Galaxy Note on the Aldiko app. Aldiko is touted as the best reader app for Android ...[Read More]
Windows Phone Color Banding Fix
Windows Phone Color Banding Fix Tweet Tweet The NoDo introduced ย a very peculiar problem in the HTC and Samsung WP7 devices โ it forced the apps and games to use only 16 bit colors irrespective of what the display was actually capable of rendering. Microsoft said that it is the fault of HTC (in case of hTC Windows Phones) that they upgraded the color depth to 32 bit. This was outside the design re...[Read More]
Windows Phone Tango Review
With the new Windows Phone Tango update, Microsoft has laid new guidelines that will allow the mobile phone manufactures to make less-spec demanding and thus cheap phones that will target the low-end market. In fact, we are already seeing windows phone with these specs โ Lumia 610 and ZTE Orbit, both of which feature just 256MB RAM. Find out more about Tango in this short to-the-point review. The ...[Read More]
Windows Phone Review: NFS Hot Pursuit
EA took quite a long time in getting Need for Speed (NFS) Hot Pursuit to our Windows Phones, but hey, since it is finally here, we are loving every bit of it. The game is just like the xBox / iOS version โ you become either a cop or a thief. So when you are a good guy (cop), you chase the bag guys (or fellow cops) โ the guy who has to be beaten and vice-versa. There are some levels (when you play ...[Read More]
HTC One M8 for Windows on sale on T-Mobile USA
The HTC One M8 for Windows is now on sale from T-Mobile USA for just zero dollar up front fees if you go with their Simple Choice plan. If you wish to go contract free, you will have to pay 585 dollars upfront. Here are its specifications: Size and Weight โ 5.68 x 2.77 x 0.37 inches; 5.64 ounces Operating System and Processor โ Windows Phone 8.1; 2.3 GHz Quad Core Processor Battery Life โ Up to 20...[Read More]
HTC HD7 Extended Battery Review
While the HTC HD7s and HD7 have been overshadowed by sheer power of HTC Titan, it is still one of the best windows phones out there. Being an HD7 user myself, the only thing that I do not like about it is its battery life. Blame HTC for equipping it with 1230mAh battery, which is just not enough to power its huge 4.3 inch display and myriad of connectivity radios like 3G, Wi-Fi, Edge and so on. Th...[Read More]
Download HTC 7 Mozart Official Mango (Windows Phone 7.5) [leaked]
HTC is going to release Mango (Windows Phone 7.5) update for its windows phones sometime later this month. But someone at xda-devs has already got hold of this soon-to-be-released ROM. It has been confirmed by many users that it is infact the official ROM meant to be released to the public. Earlier, there were many unofficial ways that allowed the users to upgrade to the RTM or the developer versi...[Read More]
Deal of the Week: Bubble Town 2
This weekโs Microsoft Marketplaceโs Deal of the Week is Bubble Town 2 whose price has been slashed from 3 dollars to 2 dollars for this week. Bubble Town 2 is basically a puzzle game where a stack of bubbles descend from the top to basically crush you (the player). You fire bubbles at them to destroy the bubbles coming from top. Sounds fun? Well, only on paper as the controls are absolutely...[Read More]
Copy, Import Bookmarks To Windows Phone
Every Windows Phone comes with Internet Explorer web browser that uses same engine as its Desktop counterpart to render webpages. However, since Microsoft does not bundles any tool to sync your IE bookmarks / favorites, getting them on your WP7 device has been almost impossible โ until now. Follow my step-by-step guide to get them on to your smartphone, that too, free of cost. First, download Oper...[Read More]
Windows Phone 7.5?
Windows Phone 7.5? Tweet Tweet Windows Phone surely is getting a lot of attention these days, thanks to the infamous NoDo update. Now, Dark Force Team (DFT), the famous hackers who did the hard work in bringing WP7 to the HTC HD2 have already got hold of the upcoming Windows Phone Mango update. Today, they released a video of NoDo update running on an HD2 and guess what we found? โ A new “se...[Read More]
Windows Phone Battery Life: How to Improve it [Tips]
Many users have been complaining about the terrible battery life they are getting from their Windows Phone. The main reason behind this is the fact that most services are on by default which gobble up the battery pretty quickly. So, here are some tips to improve the battery life of your Windows Phone smartphone Shorter Screen time out โ You can set this by going to Settings > Brightness > Au...[Read More]
Galaxium: Windows Phone Space Shooter Game
Lately, I have seen a lot of quality games hitting the marketplace. When my friend told me about this game called Galaxium, I immediately got an idea that it would be a typical space shooter game. But boy, this game is much more than that. The game, Galaxium is unpredictable and exiting โ two ingredients which are mandatory for a space invader / shooter game. Its game developer has created a game ...[Read More]