Archive for February, 2009
Remote Wiping
The other day we noted that the stolen Diamond 2 had a remote wipe performed so all of the customizations and personal data were removed from the phone remotely. In the comments Karl from AskTheAdmin.com linked this article on how to configure an Exchange Server for remote wipe including setting it to remote wipe [...]
Beware of International Data Charges
I don’t know if any of you caught this story of a Bears fan that fired up his laptop with an AT&T wireless card to use SlingBox to watch a game and it turned out he was at a port in Miami and his data was charged as international (they later retracted it since [...]
Touch Pro 2 Available for Pre-Order
Oh wow- look at what we have here, not just the Diamond 2 but now the Touch Pro 2 as well. The price? $641. BUT:
Well that is the first time we’ve had a date even if it’s highly speculative. Who knew it would take over two months longer to add a keyboard? Now [...]
Iris Updated – FIXED! Rejoice! No More Freezes
The guys over at Torch Mobile have been great about looking into the issue us Fuze and Touch Pro (and Diamond) users have had with Iris freezing up and as you know we made a special posting for them just to try to log information for them. Well good news. A new version (1.1.3) [...]
Buzzwire Mobile Launched
Even though you’ve never used it, you may be familiar with Buzzwire. It’s similar to Digg where users can submit their stories that they think other users would want to hear about. Buzzwire has officially launched m.buzzwire.com as a mobile website to try to expand their audience. A simple click gives you the top [...]
Touch Pro 2 Will Make it to America
After being denied a proper Touch HD it seems like HTC won’t be doing that to us twice. In a one line Twitter entry, HTC stated "And to answer the big question on everyone’s minds, the Touch Pro2 will be broadly available in all major markets, including North America." The release of the Touch [...]
Mark All Emails As Read Or Delete All
Ever want to just mark all of your emails as read or delete them all so you try to highlight as many as you can at once then mark them as read and try again? Well there’s an easier way. Just install the application found here and when you’re in your messages inbox you will [...]
MyPhone Beta Released : Play by Play
Well I just got an email telling me that My Phone (Microsoft’s online backup and synchronization service) was up and running so I jumped right into it. It lets you back up 200megs of data and online you can then view your information/photos/data so it’s like a skydrive in some respects (with a backup/restore [...]
How To Launch Applications Over 30% Faster
What if I told you there was a way to launch applications in a fraction of the normal load time? And that I can verify over a 30% decrease in load times and some people are reporting numbers well beyond 50% better load times? Now what if I sweeten the deal and tell you [...]
Recite: Searchable Vote Notes From Microsoft
Microsoft gave us a gift this morning. it’s called Recite and it’s a very simple (free) application. All you do is press one button and it records your voice notes and then if you want to search your notes later you just press the search key and you can say one word (like ‘milk’) [...]
