The Windows Phone Guy : Services

Microsoft Vine Beta, now available

Nuno Luz — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 20:41:06 GMT

The new social sharing tool from Microsoft is now live for everyone to begin sharing their life's. With it you can boost or create your own communities and share useful information. To know more visit Vine’s website ....(read more)

Mobiwee: On-line backup services round-up - UPDATE

Nuno Luz — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 22:57:35 GMT

It seems there is one more service to add to this list and its name is mobiwee. With this new service running in Beta you can: Send SMS’s from your PC Set-up your email on your device automatically Install applications from your PC Wirelessly (cool!)...(read more)

On-line backup services round-up

Nuno Luz — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 00:34:16 GMT

It seems that more and more companies are beginning to offer on-line backup services for Windows Mobile Devices and in some cases other devices. First we saw Dashwire arise with a cool innovative, complete and very easy to use...(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)

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)

PocketGear now has own AppStore

Nuno Luz — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 09:23:00 GMT

So it looks like its AppStores time! Heck! I´ve even created a tag just for them!! :) And Pocketgear have just released their own: The App Store for Windows Mobile ® is here. Browse and download over 2,500 apps & games right from your Windows...(read more)

SAMSUNG new website for business smart phones

Nuno Luz — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 19:36:45 GMT

Samsung has launched a new website for mobility workers and enterprises looking for advices on how to implement a secure and reliable mobile communications infrastructure. The site is complete with device information, a mobility advisor, and whitepapers...(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)

Don’t forget to update your phone for DST

Nuno Luz — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 23:36:37 GMT

Daylight Saving Time are used in several world countries, with the clock being updated twice a year: one in the Autumn and the other in the Spring. In order to get automatic DST updates visit the windowsmobile.com website from your device and update your...(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)

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)

SPB TV

Nuno Luz — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 00:06:00 GMT

SPB is now turning to on-line services. The latest one is called SPB TV, and just has the name suggest it allows users to playback TV channels content on your device. With more than 70 subscription free international TV channels and a TV guide, this IP...(read more)

More news on the Windows Marketplace

Nuno Luz — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 17:24:10 GMT

The last days have been quite rich in news about the upcoming Windows Marketplace for Windows Phones, but the following video will for sure clear many of the doubts on how it will work. Another interesting bit of news for developers is that they can submit...(read more)

Exchange Server Remote Connectivity Analyzer

Nuno Luz — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 17:44:23 GMT

This is a great tool to test your server and services like Exchange Activesync and also Autodiscover to check out what could be wrong on your server settings and is making your devices connection to the server fail: “The Exchange Server Remote Connectivity...(read more)

Slideshare goes mobile

Nuno Luz — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 16:56:55 GMT

The famous on-line presentation sharing tool now supports mobile devices, including off course Windows Phones. To access Slideshare from your Windows Phone just enter this url on your favorite browser: http://m.slideshare.com Another...(read more)

Portuguese mobile operator to open AppStore for Wimo

Nuno Luz — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 02:40:21 GMT

Portuguese mobile operator TMN , has recently started accepting submissions from programmers who wish to sell their software for Windows Mobile devices directly to TMN customers via their tmn AppStore . With no submission fee, anyone can create an application...(read more)

Office 14 on-line and on your Windows Mobile!!

Nuno Luz — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 00:39:00 GMT

Seems like PDC is all about good news for Windows Mobile users. I just saw at PocketPCThoughts.com that Microsoft will be launching an on-line version of Office 14. The best is that Windows Mobile users will get lightweight versions of four Office products...(read more)

Live Mesh soon to go Mobile!

Nuno Luz — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 00:29:19 GMT

Reports from PDC say Live Mesh will soon be available for Windows Mobile. According to TheUnwired : With Live Mesh for Windows Mobile, you will be able to take your mesh with you wherever you go. From any supported mobile phone with web access, go to...(read more)

Call transcription for the hearing impaired from Sprint

Nuno Luz — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 15:07:46 GMT

According to EngadgetMobile, Sprint has released a service for hearing impaired persons, that I think could also be useful to everyone. Its called WebCapTel service and seems to be quite easy to use. More info on this thread over at EngadgetMobile ....(read more)