It took longer than I thought it would but MarcHoover from the XDA forums has found a registry edit to Windows Phone that allows us to use our phones as storage. It seems to be a simple solution to an annoying problem. Check the forum to get more information and download the .exe file. Source: XDA
NewsI personally don’t care about whether or not I know the exact percentage of how much battery power I have left. Just knowing that the battery is either full, half way or low is good enough for me. For those who need to know down to the exact percentage though have no need to fret. […]
AppsWe have 2 pretty cool homebrew BETA applications that just came out for Windows Phone 7. The first is the device manager that we reported on a while ago. The other is TouchXperience which is a navigation app for your apps. The device Manager features include: Applications management: view, install/uninstall homebrew applications File management: explore […]
Apps, NewsIf you have a developer unlocked WP7 device, you can try out this cool app that is being worked on by Martin_S over at XDA. The app streams TV shows from the unknown and plays them pretty nicely on your Windows Phone. You can get this homebrew app on the XDA Forums Source: WPcentral
AppsEric Huatala, General Manager of Customer Experience Engineering put out the weekly post regarding the NoDo update. In his post he emphasizes that users should not use homebrew solutions to get their update but should instead wait for the update to come through from your carrier. He explains that since the homebrew methods have not […]
NewsJaxbot, the same hacker that brought us that dehydration trick not to long ago is at it again with ‘Multitask7’. It is a program (hack) that gives us multitasking on Windows Phone 7. Yes I know the famous Mango update will allow us to do that later this year but what would be the fun […]
Apps, NewsMicrosoft has spoken about building a solution for the homebrew community. We had ChevronWP7 to sideload apps before but phones with NoDo (March Update) can’t use that same application anymore. The guys over at XDA though aren’t taking that laying down and now are working on bringing an unofficial homebrew marketplace. Developer kuerbis2 has released […]
Apps, NewsYesterday a develepor stumbled upon a pretty interesting hack on the WP7 registry. Jaxbot over at Windowsphonehacker found a way to basically give Windows Phone 7 full multi-tasking through the use of the back button. He warns though that this hack isnt for the average user and does come with a few side effects. If […]
NewsOver at the XDA forums they are cooking up a Skype client for Windows Phone 7. They are up to ‘bumpy’ Version v0.8 right now but judging from past experiences. Those guys over at the XDA Forums will have something up and running pretty soon. You can get all the info from the XDA Forums here. […]
AppsI love Microsoft’s Zune software. It’s clean, fast and everything itunes isn’t (Sorry but its true… even some apple fanboys hate it.) The one thing I don’t like though is that fact that it only works as a syncing device with the Windows Phone (and barely that) Enter Windows Phone Device Manager by Julien Schapman […]
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