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Toggle FM Radio sound between headset and phone speaker

Prof Julie — Mon, 21 May 2012 17:32:00 GMT

When you listen to the FM Radio on a Windows Phone, a wired headset must be plugged into the phone because it acts as the FM radio antenna, but that doesn’t mean you can only listen to the radio through a wired headset.

To listen to the radio through the phone speakers, open up the FM Radio by tapping the Music+Video tile on the Start screen, on the Zune screen, tap radio,

Select the station you want to listen to and tap the play icon on the bottom of the screen.

You can toggle the sound between the wired headset and the phone speaker by pressing and holding your finger on the screen and choosing “switch to speaker” or “switch to headset” (the menu selection changes based on the phone’s current FM sound setting.

Delete, forward and copy text messages on Windows Phone

Prof Julie — Sat, 19 May 2012 14:15:23 GMT

To delete an entire text message thread, tap the Messaging tile on the start screen, then press and hold your finger on the thread you want to delete and select “delete” from the menu that pops up. All of the individual text messages in that thread are deleted from the phone:

To delete, forward, or copy an individual text message, tap the Messaging tile on the start screen, then tap on a message thread and press and hold your finger on the single text message you want to delete, forward, or copy:

PhotoDom is a wonderful Flickr companion app for windows phone

Prof Julie — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 18:50:17 GMT

I wanted an app that would let me copy links for my Flickr pictures to use in blog posts and forum threads, as well as share with friends and social networks - something the official Flickr app doesn't do - and PhotoDom does it very well!

Also it's really nice to view my sets.

I wish PhotoDom would also let me add pictures to my sets.

Go check out PhotoDom here.

Run Your Dailymile with Be Fit

Prof Julie — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 14:52:36 GMT

I'm glad to see this app (Be Fit) in the Windows Phone marketplace. I especially like how it mimics the windows phone start page & rotating tiles with its own start page and rotating tiles.

Some things I'd like to see in future updates:

integration with photo hub so I can share pictures directly to Dailymile;

ability to tap users that are nearby to view their profile & friend them;

nicer & larger icons on the app's start page - really like the start page;

use of the phone's theme instead of the app's default blue theme;

integration of dailymile forums (this could just be a link to their forum)

Go get "Be Fit" here.

Manage your music collection with "Speak to Play"

Prof Julie — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 16:15:00 GMT

Here's an interesting and useful app that let's you play the music on windows phone via voice command.

Click here to learn more and download or purchase “Speak to Play” from the marketplace.

Text N Walk looks like an interesting Windows Phone app:

Prof Julie — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 00:28:57 GMT

Click the screenshot below to learn more about the application and download it from the Marketplace.

How to restore contact pictures to your windows phone

Prof Julie — Wed, 24 Nov 2010 02:57:33 GMT

If you’ve set up the Outlook Hotmail Connector to sync your contact and appointment data to your Windows Live account, and then sync this information to your windows phone, you’ve probably noticed that pictures that were included with your Outlook contacts did not sync to Windows Live.

Windows Live accommodates photos with contacts, but the only contacts you'll see in your Windows Live Contacts that have photos are your Live Messenger contacts who have also posted a picture of themselves to their Windows Live account.

You'll need to manually restore the photographs to your contacts on the phone.

The easiest way to restore your contact pictures to your windows phone is to upload the pictures to your Windows Live account and then sync the pictures over to your phone.

Upload the Pictures to your Windows Live Account

Gather together all your contact photos and place them in a folder on your computer
Then, using Internet Explorer, login to your Windows Live account > go to Photos > Select the Mobile photos album > Create folder > input "Contact Photos" in the space provided (or whatever you prefer to call the album) > Next
Open up File Explorer in a new window on your computer, navigate to your contacts folder and select all the contacts.
Drag all of the pictures to the "Drop photos here or select photos form your computer" box in Windows Live (the drag option will only work if you are using Internet Explorer)

Sync the Pictures to your Phone

On your phone, open up the Pictures hub > tap all > now you'll see a "Contact pictures from Windows Live" album. Open up the Contact pictures album and tap each picture to download it from your Windows Live account, then tap the three periods in the lower right hand corner of the screen and tap "Save to Phone"
Go to the people hub
Select a contact that you want to add a picture to and tap the pencil icon
Tap "add photo" and then select the picture from your Saved Pictures.

When you sync your phone to Windows Live, the pictures will also sync to Windows Live. You won’t see the pictures there, but if you get another phone and sync to your Windows Live account, the pictures will be synced over to your new windows phone.

At the airport, waiting to board the flight to the Netherlands

Prof Julie — Sat, 07 Aug 2010 20:08:32 GMT

Viewing YouTube on a Windows Mobile Phone

Prof Julie — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 16:48:20 GMT

The easiest way to watch YouTube on a WM5.0 or WM6.x device is to input m.youtube.com into the Windows Mobile Standard or Professional phone’s mobile browser.

Then click the Link, “Download the YouTube application,” to download and install a YouTube client to your phone.

If you have a Windows Mobile Classic device that runs WM5.0 or WM6.1 (the classic devices are not phones), you can download the software directly to your device by entering this link address into your device’s mobile browser.

After you’ve installed the YouTube application, select/tap Start > Programs > YouTube

I’ve installed the YouTube application to two WM5.0 devices (IPAQ rx1950 & IPAQ hw6925) as well as to my WM6.1 Standard phone (IPAQ Voice Messenger) and my WM6.5 Professional phone (HP IPAQ Glisten).

Technorati Tags: YouTube, Windows Mobile, IPAQ Voice Messenger, HP IPAQ Glisten, IPAQ rx1950, IPAQ hw6925

Waiting in line at the Dunkin Donuts for my morning brew

Prof Julie — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 13:13:10 GMT

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Agenda One is a great addition to any Windows Mobile Phone

Prof Julie — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 18:07:29 GMT

Agenda One is one of the first applications I install to my Windows phones.

I like its quickness, its simplified user interface, and its ease of use.

I've used Agenda One on WM 5.0 & WM6.x professional and standard phones. It is especially useful on my “candy bar” phones like the HP Ipaq hw6925, the HP Ipaq 910c Business Messenger, the HP Ipaq Voice Messenger, and the HP Ipaq Glisten, because the software is optimized to work “one handed” with the phones' keypads.

Unthreaded versus threaded text messaging...what is your preference?

Prof Julie — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 16:13:26 GMT

You lose details, like time, with threaded (conservation) view (see 2nd screenshot). I prefer unthreaded view (see 1st screenshot).

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Tracking my movements on my HP Ipaq Voice Messenger, GPS, and Trackr

Prof Julie — Sat, 27 Mar 2010 18:57:00 GMT

Use Trackr to document your travels, runs, bicycle rides, motorcycle rides, etc. Trackr uses the GPS radio in your windows mobile device to track you. If you want your friends to track you in (practically) real time mode, you can use your phone's data connection to capture your movements and place them on a private, personal web page.

I use Trackr on my windows mobile professional and standard phones. (these screenshots are taken from the IPAQ Voice Messenger , which runs WM6.1 standard).

Get Trackr here: http://www.trackr.eu/

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Google maps with GPS enabled on the HP Ipaq Voice Messenger

Prof Julie — Sat, 27 Mar 2010 17:14:18 GMT

Open up Google on the Voice Messenger. Select Menu > Options and choose GPS Settings. Place a checkmark in the box next to "Manage by Windows (see first & second screenshots)

Then select Menu > Use GPS

Place the Voice Messenger in a window with a clear view of the sky and after a few minutes, the phone will start fixing on GPS satellites. Once it finds your location, you'll notice the blue circle on your location on the map (see third & fourth screenshots).

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The Trillium & Celadon Poppies are blooming in my woodland garden!

Prof Julie — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 16:58:59 GMT

Image captured with an HP Glisten

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My Mobiler is a "must have" application for every windows mobile device

Prof Julie — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 02:37:57 GMT

I love My Mobiler and use it with all my windows mobile devices. My Mobiler is software that you install to and run from a computer. The software works in conjunction with an ActiveSync or Windows Mobile Device Center connection and allows you to view a Windows Mobile device screen on the computer screen and you can use the computer’s mouse and keyboard to navigate through the Windows Mobile device’s screens and to input data into it.

My Mobiler also allows you to create screenshots of the windows mobile device (an option I use frequently when I write articles for my blogs).

To use My Mobiler:

· Download and install My Mobiler to your computer

· Connect your windows mobile device to your computer and get ActiveSync or WMDC running on the computer.

· My Mobiler will open up and install a client to your windows mobile device (check the windows mobile screen for any messages)

You'll see a small icon in your computer's tray. Right click on the My Mobiler icon and select "Open Mobiler" to view the screen of your windows mobile screen on your computer (at this stage you can navigate the menus, open up applications, input data into the windows mobile device using your computer's keyboard and mouse).

To take screenshots of a mobile device, you can:

· Select the icon on the top of the My Mobiler window (see the 6^th icon from the left on the 1^st screenshot); or

· Press Ctrl+F to save a screenshot to a file; or

· Select Edit > Save Screen to File

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Springtime in Atlanta!

Prof Julie — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 22:30:07 GMT

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The dogs await their master's return...and food (of course)

Prof Julie — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 22:09:51 GMT

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I just installed XnView for Smartphones to my HP IPAQ Voice Messenger

Prof Julie — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 23:30:40 GMT

I was happy to find out that there is a windows mobile standard version of this fine, free photo editing and viewing software.

You can download the cab file directly to your widows mobile standard phone here: http://download.xnview.com/XnSmartphone.cab

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I'm listening to Sirius internet radio on my HP IPAQ Voice Messenger now!

Prof Julie — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 19:05:20 GMT

I just installed the smartphone version of SXRadio to my HP IPAQ Voice Messenger, along with .NET Compact Framework 3.5, and now I'm enjoying my Sirius internet radio subscription on the Voice Messenger. Wonderful! Wonderful! Wonderful!

Learn more about SXRadio at GeeksToolBox.

If you’ve got a WM6.5 phone, you won’t need to install .NET Compact Framework 3.5, but if you need the cab file, you can download an .NET Compact Framework 3.5 CAB file directly to your windows phone here.

SXRadio can be installed on any WM5.0 or WM6.1 device. You can download the SXRadio cab file directly to your windows phone by selecting either of these links:

· SXRadio (Windows Mobile Professional) for touchscreen devices

· SXRadio (Windows Mobile Standard) for non-touchscreen devices

You need to subscribe to Sirius internet radio.

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