http://gamewizzard.com gamewizzard.com en Copyright (c) 2008-2026 5 Fri, 5 Jun 2026 07:47:52 +0200 Fri, 5 Jun 2026 07:47:52 +0200 gamewizzard.com http://gamewizzard.com http://gamewizzard.com/news/112/3309/Hands-on-with-the-Surface-Connect-to-USBC-Adapter.html This isn't directly phone-related, but I was interested to see WC's Daniel Rubino get his hands on the new Microsoft Surface Connect to USB-C Adapter. With Lumias using USB Type C for years, ditto the Elite x3 and Alcatel IDOL 4 Pro, along with newer Macbooks and just about everything else in the computer/tech world in 2018, it seemed odd that the Surface Pro 3 and 4 didn't also have Type C support in some official way. This new dock solves the issue, expanding the newer style 'Surface Connect' port into a multi-function Type C jack that can be used for hubs, power, displays, and more.]]> windows-phone-games Wed, 4 Jul 2018 14:39:53 +0200 http://gamewizzard.com/news/112/3309/Hands-on-with-the-Surface-Connect-to-USBC-Adapter.html http://gamewizzard.com/news/112/3308/How-to-Refresh-your-Windows-10-Mobile-phone-2018-edition.html If your phone has been through several OS branches (even as part of production updates) and if you've been trying loads of applications (, you know), there will come a point when you fancy 'factory fresh' performance again. No under-the-hood cruft, no detritus. Here, in a 2018 updated edition of my original feature, are the steps needed to keep things smooth and ensure that you don't lose much in the process.]]> windows-phone-games Wed, 4 Jul 2018 08:21:00 +0200 http://gamewizzard.com/news/112/3308/How-to-Refresh-your-Windows-10-Mobile-phone-2018-edition.html http://gamewizzard.com/news/112/3307/Review-MJYUN-Wireless-Earbuds--who-needs-AirPods.html There have, of course, been a number of third party clones of Apple's innovative (/crazy, depending on your own preferences!) Air Pods - the individual Bluetooth audio buds that charge in a little pocket case, that itself gets charged up occasionally. But this is the first I've tested, so here goes. Pros and cons, brickbats and bouquets, all here tested with a Lumia 950 XL, this being AAWP!]]> windows-phone-games Wed, 4 Jul 2018 04:05:13 +0200 http://gamewizzard.com/news/112/3307/Review-MJYUN-Wireless-Earbuds--who-needs-AirPods.html http://gamewizzard.com/news/112/3302/Uber-UWP-returns-to-the-Store-as-a-packaged-PWA.html The story so far.... Uber released a UWP application for Windows 10 (that was never really finished), then withdrew it, then . And now we have that same PWA, packaged neatly by Uber itself as a UWP application in the Store. As usual, it will run on any Windows 10 device - including Windows 10 Mobile phones.]]> windows-phone-games Tue, 3 Jul 2018 10:59:29 +0200 http://gamewizzard.com/news/112/3302/Uber-UWP-returns-to-the-Store-as-a-packaged-PWA.html http://gamewizzard.com/news/112/3301/Twitter-PWA-UWP-gets-expanded-Explore-vertical-Moments.html Last covered , a month ago, Twitter's new PWA app status on many platforms has meant that the company has been able to roll out updates server-side. And a big one hit last night, with the Explore 'tab' now much expanded and with Twitter's 'Moments' now scrolling vertically, which is tuitive and consistent. All good, though the big downside of using PWA tech for the Windows 10 UWP app is that there are no push notifications (anymore).]]> windows-phone-games Tue, 3 Jul 2018 04:08:19 +0200 http://gamewizzard.com/news/112/3301/Twitter-PWA-UWP-gets-expanded-Explore-vertical-Moments.html http://gamewizzard.com/news/112/3294/Microsoft-ToDo-finally-gets-dark-theme.html No, not the list of things Microsoft needs to do (that's quite long!), but another of the regular (every fortnight) updates for Microsoft To-Do, the cross-platform, cross-device task and project manager that's becoming more and more useful as time goes on. In this update, the welcome arrival of support for a dark mode. AMOLED-screen phone users will be cheering - I know I am.]]> windows-phone-games Mon, 2 Jul 2018 16:27:58 +0200 http://gamewizzard.com/news/112/3294/Microsoft-ToDo-finally-gets-dark-theme.html http://gamewizzard.com/news/112/3293/Telegram-Messenger-gets-privacy-censorship-and-search-tweaks.html Telegram has been in the news in recent times as having strong security that's even got the Russians worried. Telegram Messenger is the official client for all Windows phones and it's still getting decent updates, even though WP8.1 itself is now not officially supported. Which is quite impressive, perhaps speaking to the fact that an awful lot of older Windows phones are still in use around the world and that many of them don't like governments (or even Google or Apple) tracking what they want to say...(!)]]> windows-phone-games Mon, 2 Jul 2018 14:51:41 +0200 http://gamewizzard.com/news/112/3293/Telegram-Messenger-gets-privacy-censorship-and-search-tweaks.html http://gamewizzard.com/news/112/3292/Instagram-for-Windows-10-Mobile-gets-big-update.html Calling itself, rather curiously, 'Instagram for Windows 10 Tablets', by which I assume it's for any Windows 10 device on an ARM chipset, this official client has had a big update overnight. New to be enjoyed here are a type mode in Stories and various video modes and the possibility to send a choice of 'replay' or 'view once' media.]]> windows-phone-games Mon, 2 Jul 2018 10:36:46 +0200 http://gamewizzard.com/news/112/3292/Instagram-for-Windows-10-Mobile-gets-big-update.html http://gamewizzard.com/news/112/3291/Camera-head-to-head-Lumia-950-XL-vs-Blackberry-KEY2.html I was surprised by in an imaging shootout between the new Blackberry KEY2 and the venerable Lumia 950 XL - it seems that there are people considering a 'productivity-based' jump to Android and Blackberry but who also want to quantify what they'd be losing in terms of imaging in the process.]]> windows-phone-games Mon, 2 Jul 2018 08:36:00 +0200 http://gamewizzard.com/news/112/3291/Camera-head-to-head-Lumia-950-XL-vs-Blackberry-KEY2.html http://gamewizzard.com/news/112/3284/Ark-View-UWP-brings-you-news-sources-and-feeds.html From the developer of the terrific comes this new News/RSS feed reader. I have to be honest and say that the UI had me all in a spin, it's too easy to get confused and be unable to get back to browsing and adding new feeds without closing the app down(!), but I suspect a little extra refinement would sort this out. Not that news readers are in short supply, even under Windows 10 Mobile, but add this to the pile, at least, and watch for updates.]]> windows-phone-games Mon, 2 Jul 2018 04:02:24 +0200 http://gamewizzard.com/news/112/3284/Ark-View-UWP-brings-you-news-sources-and-feeds.html