Backing up app data on SkyDrive--not cool with Microsoft? An interesting controversy spring up over at the AppHub forums over the use of SkyDrive for backing up app data—not so much photos and documents (which is fine) but rather unintelligible files created by apps for app-specific data. The crux of it was someone from the SkyDrive team made a comment that using SkyDrive for such a...
Windows Phone hacker Heathcliff74 is announcing the immediate availability WP7 Root Tools 0.9 today. 'Root Tools is a suite of tools for Windows Phone that we've been following since inception and already features a full blown registry registry editor, file system browser, and certificate injection capabilities. But the new version comes jammed pack full of additional new and exciting...
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A member over at the XDA Developer forum, by the username hx4700Killer, has come up with a backup tool for your Windows Phone 7 device. It's a simple .Net program that allows users to backup their device via Zune and can be used for restoration when you use the "update" option. There are a few prerequisites that need to be seen to before-hand: Zune software installed (sorry OS X users...
SPB Backup, one of our top choices for full-device backups, got a slight spec bump this week. Tilt Mobility spied it and notes the following changes:Windows Mobile 6.5 supportWindows Mobile upgrade 6.1 to 6.5 supportSmall interface updatesVarious bug fixes based on user reportsYou can snag the new download over at SPB's site.
Back on Oct. 5, Dashwire announced an exclusive partnership with Best Buy to offer its services for free to new customers buying smartphones. Certainly a unique choice. But with Microsoft's MyPhone being nearly ubiquitous now, we suppose not so much a good one. The bad news is for you existing Dashwire users. Evidently on Dec. 31, 2009, Dashwire will stop working. You apparently have...
We've been fans of Sprite software for a while now, particularly its backup application, and now it's taking things into the cloud.Virtual Mobile gives you a "vault" in which you can backup and store your contacts, SMS messages, photos, calendar and call history. You can access your vault from any PC, remotely lock your phone, or wipe data from it.Virtual Mobile is in beta right now and...
A bit of hoopla was raised last week over border search policies disclosed by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. In almost every news story, the word "laptop" was used in the headline. And this is true. Your laptop can be seized and its information inspected for an unspecified amount of time, no suspicion necessary. If you're visiting WM Experts, you're probably a fine,...
Spb Backup 2.0 by Spb Software House, available at the WMExperts store for $24.95 here, is a backup program for your Windows Mobile Smartphone or Pocket PC that's designed to be powerful yet simple to use. I have had the opportunity to use Spb Backup 2.0 on my Tilt (WM Professional) and my review follows! Like me, many of you may remember the frustration of watching helplessly as...
SPB Backup is on our list of must-have software for your Smartphone or Pocket PC, so it interested us to know that SPB Software has just released Version 2.0 of its popular device backup-and-restore tool. New this time around are: The ability to determine between a device reset and a ROM upgrade, allowing you to restore on a different device (We hope this works better than it has in...