The Windows Phone Guy : Free Software

TIP: Download YouTube Videos

Nuno Luz — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 23:17:45 GMT

This is something we are used to do on the PC, but now that we can easily view YouTube videos on our devices thanks to browser support and other apps, why not download them? In order to download videos, you can use Web Video Downloader, aka WVD. Here...(read more)

Speed City – Free 3D game!

Nuno Luz — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 23:06:30 GMT

Speed City is a fast paced motorbikes 3D game from OmniG Software: For touch screen and non-touch screen phones Free full version An endless challenge with randomly generated racing routes Stunning city scenes and lifelike physics simulation 3-D graphics...(read more)

Dasher – Innovative Input Method

Nuno Luz — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 19:04:22 GMT

Dasher is an innovative piece of software that allows us to input data easily without the use of the keyboard and by recurring to just one hand. You can use the finger or the stylus to visually navigate between the letters and numbers collections that...(read more)

Delete or select multiple contacts easily

Nuno Luz — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 23:06:31 GMT

A common question I get from costumers is how can they manage more than one contact at once, for instance to import them to their SIM card or delete several contacts. The answer is a free app called PPCContactsMgr v1.6 which is free and can be downloaded...(read more)

UCWEB6: Fast internet Browsing!

Nuno Luz — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 01:15:07 GMT

So you thought Opera Mobile was the fastest internet browser around? It seems that UCWEB6 is a new alternative for fast internet browsing. Although it doesn't have all the bells and whistles of Opera, the differentiator factor is the speed, where...(read more)

Video chat with VZOmobile

Nuno Luz — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 11:42:50 GMT

VZOchat is a free video call and conferencing service that works on the PC, and now also has a Windows Mobile client! I’ve been testing it on my Sony Ericsson Xperia X1 and it works well despite a small delay. When someone calls you, it almost like a...(read more)

Increase your HTC Diamond battery life

Nuno Luz — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 00:13:15 GMT

Ricardo Chaves from pocketpt.net wrote an article about nueDynamicClock which is a software that allows the user to control the CPU Clock. But unlike many CPU Clock management software, this application doesn’t allow over clocking, instead it helps...(read more)

Call history export application…

Nuno Luz — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 19:34:33 GMT

This is still a very simple application but it might prove useful for some: CallHistory export will allow you to export to a tab-delimited text file your call log. As the author describes, this could be useful for statistics purposes, call analysis, etc...(read more)

Follow the F1 2009 season from your phone

Nuno Luz — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 21:13:19 GMT

Deepweb Internetsolutions have released an application that allows users to follow the Formula 1 championship right from your Windows Phone. With it you can get updated information about the cars, the drivers and teams, get the season calendar, get to...(read more)

My weekly top 10 - updated

Nuno Luz — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 00:15:00 GMT

Here is this weeks top ten of free software: ShoZu File Explorer Extension WKTask Batti 2.4 Microsoft MyPhone Finger Keyboard and Finger Suite Call Firewall Windows Sideshow Logmein Group SMS Shozu has entered straight to number one!...(read more)

Very complete guide to Windows Mobile Screen Unlockers

Nuno Luz — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 21:44:00 GMT

Although the author considers it incomplete, the list is the most complete one I have ever came to. Mobilespoon has published list of 8 ways to lock and unlock your device! Here is the application list: S2U2 ThrottleLock OrganicLock mLock TouchLockPro...(read more)

ShoZu Rocks!

Nuno Luz — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 12:41:00 GMT

I found this little application on the Samsung Valencia, but now I am adopting it on my other Windows Phone devices, since it is quite practical and it helps you to centralize you social communications in just one place. At the moment you can access and...(read more)

Windows Live for Mobile Updated!

Nuno Luz — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 00:12:00 GMT

Windows Live Mobile has been updated and now includes Live Messenger! If you had a Windows Phone with Windows Mobile Standard but no Messenger, now you can navigate to this page via your mobile browser and download it: http://mobile.microsoft.com/live...(read more)

Windows Phone Guy goes qik!

Nuno Luz — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 23:56:10 GMT

I’ve just created a qik account, while I was providing Windows Mobile training. The impact of the demo was so good I decided to make have my own channel, where I will be posting some of my findings and device evaluations. To follow my qik channel just...(read more)

Windows Phone Guy now on Twitter!

Nuno Luz — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 23:03:04 GMT

I have just created a Twitter channel where you will be able to follow the Windows Phone Guy adventures into the mobile business world. Here’s the link: http://twitter.com/WindowsPhoneGuy Also if you wish to twitter from your Windows Phone, you can download...(read more)

Chronobis – sync with Exchange via OWA

Nuno Luz — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 11:41:39 GMT

With Chronobis you can both sync with an Exchange which EAS has been blocked, or even sync with two Exchange Servers, being on via Activesync and the other via Chronobis. Chronobis is free and has some limitations: Currently Chronobis supports one way...(read more)

Windows Marketplace better than Apple App Store

Nuno Luz — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 09:48:00 GMT

According to Pocketnow.com , it seems that overall Microsoft’s Marketplace will top Apples App Store, read on: “All in all, Marketplace for Windows Mobile is an emulation of the app store for the iPhone and iPod Touch. It's really hard...(read more)

My weekly Top Ten favorite applications - Updated

Nuno Luz — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 18:12:12 GMT

This week I have two new entries on my Top 10: Fingersuite (number 2) and File Explorer Extension (10): WKTask Finger Keyboard and Finger Suite Batti 2.4 Microsoft MyPhone File Explorer Extension Call Firewall Windows Sideshow Logmein Group...(read more)

FingerSuite – WM 6.5 menus style!

Nuno Luz — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 17:56:46 GMT

I must say that typical Windows Mobile menus are not very finger friendly. I guess this though is shared by many since it seems to have reached Microsoft, and the next version of Windows Mobile will see this improved. While we are waiting for Windows...(read more)

Handwriting recognition software roundup

Nuno Luz — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 18:41:00 GMT

I have been asked by several people which is the best free and commercial Handwriting Recognition Software or HRS for short. So I just made a list of some of the solutions I know: Title Link Remarks License MobileWrite http://www.inkmarksoftware.com/page5...(read more)