One cool app for Windows Phone is the Bing translate app. Not only does this app allow you to put in text and have it translated between different languages, but it also allows you to use the camera to translate written text you can see into other languages in semi-real […]
Hands tied? No problem. Windows Phone has the ability to convert speech to text (and it’s actually pretty accurate and fast). You can use this feature anywhere that you can type text (from email, to text, to any other text input). Here’s how to use the voice recognition in place
Nokia added a “glance” screen to their Windows Phone devices. The idea was great, put a low powered screen where you can get quick information like the time without having to unlock the device. Unfortunately, they didn’t combine this very well with the existing lock screen so it sort of
In today’s world, you need to be able to multitask. That concept is no different on your mobile device. Windows Phone added the ability to switch between recent apps and it can be accessed quickly from any screen. Here’s how to use multitasking on your Windows Phone device. 1. Hold
Sometimes you hear a song and just can’t quite think of who the artist is or the title of the song. Windows Phone recently added the ability to use their Bing song recognition to solve this issue with just a few taps on the device. Not only can you get
Most Android manufacturers put some type of custom UI on top of their Android devices to help differentiate theirs from the pack (and it’s a huge pack). Some of these can add nice features, but all of these usually come at a price. The price I find the most annoying
If you are worried about losing your photos, texts, or other data on your Windows Phone device, you can turn on the settings to automatically back all of them to your SkyDrive account so you don’t have to worry about it anymore. I. Turn on Backups 1. Go to Settings.
Multilingual? As with most mobile operating systems, Windows Phone has the ability to utilize different languages for the keyboard and actually has support for a decent amount of languages. For each of them, you simply need to download the keyboard from the settings and then select it when composing text
Going blind? Maybe just want to be able to read your phone’s screen from a bit further away? Windows Phone 8 has the ability to change the text size across the entire operating system pretty easily and can really save you some wrinkles around your eyes. Here’s how to change
Sometimes things just happen. You know, the type of things that just render a device useless. You can’t turn on the screen, or it won’t respond, none of the buttons seem to be working, etc. Luckily most manufacturers put in some type of reset button combo in order to fix
Sometimes there are people that simply can’t take a hint. Whether it’s an ex, a pesky “friend”, or that person you randomly gave your number to the night before and then quickly forgot about, there’s a way to help fix the issue. On Windows Phone 8 devices with this installed,
Sometimes a mobile site is a great thing. It loads faster, organizes the site in a way that’s easier to navigate by finger, etc. but once in a while they either aren’t implemented well or are just missing some of the features the full desktop site offers. Windows phone has
Need something to quell your kid’s temper tantrum? Maybe you think of the phone as a neat way to divert their attention, but you are quickly hesitant as you don’t want the kid to start emailing your boss with random letters and explicitives. Well, kid’s corner on Windows Phone 8
Want to quickly let someone know where you are so they can meet you? Windows phone has added the ability to quickly attach a location (either as a link to a map for non-Windows Phone devices or as an actual map for Windows Phone devices) inside a text message. Here’s
You can add a bunch of different accounts to your Windows Phone device in order to pull in contacts from all the different service including LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, etc. Sometimes though it’ll end up making duplicates because it can’t tell which contacts are actually the same people from different networks.
