Exactly one year ago I got my first Windows Phone. Since then a lot has change and Windows Phone has really improved.

After the first update, called NoDo, I could leave my iPhone 4 behind and change to the HTC 7 Trophy. Of course the hardware was nowhere near the iPhone 4 but the Windows Phone OS was just great. Now one year later there is a lot of good Windows Phone hardware out there and the Windows Phone OS has improved with Mango.

I am sure there will be a lot more great Windows Phone stuff in the future.

I know I said the Nokia Lumia 800 would be my next Windows Phone, but after Nokia announced that the release date of the Lumia 800 in Switzerland would be Q1/2012 I could not resist to buy a HTC TITAN.

I also know there are a lot of good HTC TITAN reviews already out, but I think maybe I can add some useful information for some people and help them decide. I don’t wanna talk to much about the Windows Phone software, because everyone knows already that Windows Phone 7.5 is a great phone OS.

Hardware

I was an iPhone user for a long time. Last year I decided to buy my first Windows Phone which was a HTC 7 Trophy. The Trophy was not really a great hardware device, it felt cheap and the camera and the screen were really bad. To be fair it was the cheapest Windows Phone at this time.
Now with the TITAN, HTC made a really big step in terms of build quality and features of the device. The HTC TITAN feels like a real high quality phone.
Now as you can see and read it is one of the biggest devices out there. With a 4.7-inch screen, 131.5mm height and 70.7mm width it sounds like a huge phone, but if you compare it to other phones it not a lot more to carry around. I compared it to a bunch of other phones like the 4-inch Samsung Omina 7, 4.3-inch Samsung Galaxy S2 and the 4.3-inch HTC Desire HD. And it really does not matter if you have a HTC Desire or a HTC TITAN to carry around. It actually feels really light in your pocket and does not use that much space because it is just 9.9mm thick.
I never was a fan of big phones, and I was not sure if the HTC TITAN wasn’t too big for me. But after the first days I really started to like the size and it isn’t a problem at all.
you want to compare different phones in size you can use www.phone-size.com.

Camera

One of the best features of the HTC TITAN is the great camera. In all reviews everyone mentioned the great camera of the HTC TITAN and it sure is. It’s not just the quality of the images, it has also some extra features like burst shots and panorama shot which allows you to create beautiful panorama pictures.
If you want to compare different cameras you can do this on digitalversus.com.

Performance and battery life

You cannot really say something bad about the performance of the HTC TITAN because it is the fastest Windows Phone device at this moment. This is not only because of the 1.5GHz CPU, which is the fastest CPU in a Windows Phone at the moment, it also because of the new flash storage HTC build in which makes App launching and taking pictures a lot faster.
Even with this huge screen the TITAN has a better battery life than my HTC Trophy before. I could use the HTC Trophy for one day and the HTC TITAN runs about 1.5 days without recharge.

Display

The 4.7-inch display is huge and the Super LCD display steps up to the AMOLED displays from Samsung. Now the only bad thing you could say about the display is the low resolution, but this is not HTC fault. All Windows Phone devices require a resolution of 480×800 which makes it easier for developer.

Overall

Even I would like to get a device with a smaller screen, I think the HTC TITAN is at the moment the best Windows Phone you can get here in Switzerland. Nokia will release their Windows Phones in Q1/2012 in Switzerland and Samsung did not announce an European version of the Samsung Focus S, which makes the HTC the one and only flagship device in Switzerland.

+ Great Screen Quality
+ Good battery life
+ Good performance
+ Very Good camera
+ Good build quality

- Maybe to big for some people

Important Hardware Specs

• 1.5GHz
• 4.7-inchSuper LCD display 800 x 480
• 8 megapixel dual-LED flash
• Video recording 720p at 30fps
• Cellular quadband UMTS / HSPA (14.4Mbps) quadband GSM
• WiFi 802.11 b/g/n
• Memory 512MB RAM
• 16GB internal storage
• 1,600mAh Battery

Pictures

HTC TITAN Ad

Other Reviews

Winrumors.com
Engadget.com

Now I am still working with Office 365. I am still try to test all the features and also the support for mobile devices like the iPhone or Windows Phone 7. As a Windows Phone 7 developer I could get the beta for the next update of Windows Phone 7 called Mango. Now Mango will support Office 365. You can simply add your Office 365 account on your phone and this will connect you to Exchange Online and SharePoint Online.

What is missing in first beta of the Windows Phone 7 Mango update is Lync, but Microsoft is working on that.

Since I work more and more with Windows 7 I had a look at Microsoft OneNote 2010. Before I used Evernote and I was happy with it. But as I saw OneNote and startet using it, I can’t think being without it. There are alot of features I really love and OneNote 2010 is really nice integrated into Windows 7 and the Office products.

So if you wish to migrate from Evernote to Microsoft OneNote 2010 you can do that in diffrend ways.

• Import Notes via Outlook (send Evernote Notes via email and import them in Outlook via the Send to OneNote button)
• Export Notes as HTML and Import Them Into OneNote
• Import Notes via the OneNote Printer

You can read a great HowTo on howtogeek.com

Btw. Microsoft released also OneNote for iPhone

Hotmail or Windows Live do support ActiveSync for Mobile Devices like Windows Phone 7, iOS, Blackberry and so on. But it does not support Desktop Clients like Mac OS X Mail, iCal and Apple Address Book. For Windows Computers with Outlook I recommend using Microsoft Office Outlook Hotmail Connector.

So if you wanna setup your Hotmail account as an Exchange account instead of a POP3 account on your iPhone, thats how you do it.

1. Open Settings, Mail, Contacts, Calendars and tab on “Add Account…”
2. Now you get a menu for adding accounts, here tab on Microsoft Exchange
   
3. Now add your Email address and account name (your account name is the same as your email address
   
4. Tab on next, you will get again the menu with the account data. Now add the Server m.hotmail.com
   
5. Now you can Sync Mail, Contacts and Calendars from your Hotmail Account with your iPhone
   

Yesterday Hewlett-Packard released iPrint version 3.0. And this is a perfect App for printing and scanning documents directly from your iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad. You can print to HP Network Printers or USB Printers. For example printers which are connected with the Apple Airport Extreme or Express USB port.

What’s New In Version 3.0

• Print PDF and text documents
• Native iPad resolution & user interface for enhanced iPad viewing and use
• Document Support – View and wirelessly print attachments (text and PDF files) from mail clients and apps compatible with iOS “Document Support” feature (requires iPad and/or iPhone iOS 4)
• WebDAV – Turns your device into a wireless flash drive. Copy documents directly from your PC or Mac to/from your device and take them with you
• File Sharing support – When connected via USB cable, transfer documents to iPad & iPhone (iOS 4) from PC or Mac
• Scan to device – Scan photos & documents wirelessly from HP e-All-in-One printers to iOS devices (iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad)
• Available in English, French, Italian, German, Spanish

Here you can find a list of printers which are supported with HP iPrint 3.0:

HP Printer List:

HP Business Inkjet printers

• HP Business Inkjet 1100d Printer
• HP Business Inkjet 1100dtn Printer
• HP Business Inkjet 1200dn Printer
• HP Business Inkjet 1200dtn Printer
• HP Business Inkjet 1200dtwn Printer
• HP Color Inkjet printers
• HP Color Inkjet cp1160 Printer
• HP Color Inkjet cp1160tn Printer
• HP Color Inkjet cp1700 Printer
• HP Color Inkjet cp1700d Printer
• HP Color Inkjet cp1700ps Printer
• HP Deskjet printers
• HP Deskjet 450cbi Mobile Printer
• HP Deskjet 450ci Mobile Printer
• HP Deskjet 450wbt Mobile Printer
• HP Deskjet 460c Mobile Printer
• HP Deskjet 460cb Mobile Printer
• HP Deskjet 460wbt Mobile Printer
• HP Deskjet 460wf Mobile Printer
• HP Deskjet 6940 Printer
• HP Deskjet 6940dt Printer
• HP Deskjet 6943 Printer
• HP Deskjet 6980 Printer
• HP Deskjet 6980dt Printer
• HP Deskjet 6983 Printer
• HP Deskjet 6988 Printer
• HP Deskjet 6988dt Printer
• HP Deskjet 6988xi Printer
• HP Deskjet D5545
• HP Deskjet D5560
• HP Deskjet D5563
• HP Deskjet D5568
• HP Deskjet F4580 Printer
• HP Deskjet F4583 Printer
• HP Officejet printers
• HP Officejet 4500 Desktop All-in-One Printer – G510a HP Officejet Pro 8500 Premier Printer – A909n
• HP Officejet 4500 All-in-One Desktop Printer – G510b HP Officejet Pro K550dtn Color Printer
• HP Officejet 4500 All-in-One Printer – G510g HP Officejet Pro K850 Color Printer
• HP Officejet 4500 All-in-One Printer – G510h HP Officejet Pro K850dn Color Printer
• HP Officejet 4500 Wireless All-in-One Printer – G510n HP Officejet Pro K5400dn Printer
• HP Officejet 6500 All-in-One Printer – E709a HP Officejet Pro K5400n Printer
• HP Officejet 6500 Wireless All-in-One Printer – E709n HP Officejet Pro K5400tn Printer
• HP Officejet 7310 All-in-One Printer HP Officejet Pro K550 Color Printer
• HP Officejet 7310xi All-in-One Printer HP Officejet Pro K550dtwn Color Printer
• HP Officejet 7313 All-in-One Printer HP Officejet Pro K550xi Color Printer
• HP Officejet 7408 All-in-One Printer HP Officejet Pro K8600dn Printer
• HP Officejet 7410 All-in-One Printer HP Officejet Pro L7550 All-in-One Printer
• HP Officejet 7410xi All-in-One Printer HP Officejet Pro L7555 All-in-One Printer
• HP Officejet 7413 All-in-One Printer HP Officejet Pro L7580 All-in-One Printer
• HP Officejet H470 Mobile Printer HP Officejet Pro L7590 All-in-One Printer
• HP Officejet H470b Mobile Printer HP Officejet Pro L7650 All-in-One Printer
• HP Officejet H470wbt Mobile Printer HP Officejet Pro L7680 All-in-One Printer
• HP Officejet H470wf Mobile Printer HP Officejet Pro L7681 All-in-One Printer
• HP Officejet Pro 8000 Printer – A809a HP Officejet Pro L7710 All-in-One Printer
• HP Officejet Pro 8000 Wireless Printer – A809n HP Officejet Pro L7750 All-in-One Printer
• HP Officejet Pro 8500 Printer – A909a HP Officejet Pro L7780 All-in-One Printer
• HP Officejet Pro 8500 Wireless Printer – A909g

HP Photosmart printers

• HP Photosmart All-in-One Printer – B109a HP Photosmart C4795 All-in-One Printer
• HP Photosmart All-in-One Printer – B109c HP Photosmart C4798 All-in-One Printer
• HP Photosmart All-in-One Printer – B109d HP Photosmart C4799 All-in-One Printer
• HP Photosmart All-in-One Printer – B109e HP Photosmart C6154 All-in-One Printer
• HP Photosmart Special Edition All-in-One Printer – B109f HP Photosmart C6170 All-in-One Printer
• HP Photosmart Plus All-in-One Printer – B209a HP Photosmart C6175 All-in-One Printer
• HP Photosmart e-All-in-One Printer – D110a HP Photosmart C6180 All-in-One Printer
• HP Photosmart e-All-in-One Printer – D110b HP Photosmart C6183 All-in-One Printer
• HP Photosmart Plus All-in-One Printer – B209b HP Photosmart C6185 All-in-One Printer
• HP Photosmart Plus All-in-One Printer – B209c HP Photosmart C6188 All-in-One Printer
• HP Photosmart Premium All-in-One Printer – C309g HP Photosmart C6190 All-in-One Printer
• HP Photosmart Premium All-in-One Printer – C309h HP Photosmart C6283 All-in-One Printer
• HP Photosmart Premium Fax All-in-One Printer – C309a HP Photosmart C6285 All-in-One Printer
• HP Photosmart Premium Fax All-in-One Printer – C309c HP Photosmart C6240 All-in-One Printer
• HP Photosmart Premium TouchSmart All-in-One Printer – C309n HP Photosmart C6250 All-in-One Printer
• HP Photosmart Wireless All-in-One Printer – B109n HP Photosmart C6270 All-in-One Printer
• HP Photosmart Wireless All-in-One Printer – B109q HP Photosmart C6275 All-in-One Printer
• HP Photosmart Wireless All-in-One Printer – B109r HP Photosmart C6280 All-in-One Printer
• HP Photosmart Wireless All-in-One Printer – B110a HP Photosmart C6288 All-in-One Printer
• HP Photosmart Wireless All-in-One Printer – B110b HP Photosmart C7154 All-in-One Printer
• HP Photosmart 8450 Photo Printer HP Photosmart C7170 All-in-One Printer
• HP Photosmart 8450xi Photo Printer HP Photosmart C7180 All-in-One Printer
• HP Photosmart C4580 All-in-One Printer HP Photosmart C7183 All-in-One Printer
• HP Photosmart C4583 All-in-One Printer HP Photosmart C7185 All-in-One Printer
• HP Photosmart C4585 All-in-One Printer HP Photosmart C7188 All-in-One Printer
• HP Photosmart C4599 All-in-One Printer HP Photosmart C7190 All-in-One Printer
• HP Photosmart C4740 All-in-One Printer HP Photosmart C7275 All-in-One Printer
• HP Photosmart C4750 All-in-One Printer HP Photosmart C7280 All-in-One Printer
• HP Photosmart C4780 All-in-One Printer HP Photosmart C7283 All-in-One Printer
• HP Photosmart C4783 All-in-One Printer HP Photosmart C8180 All-in-One Printer
• HP Photosmart C4785 All-in-One Printer HP Photosmart C8183 All-in-One Printer
• HP Photosmart C4788 All-in-One Printer HP Photosmart C8188 All-in-One Printer
• HP Photosmart C4793 All-in-One Printer

USB products

The following products allow you to print from your iPhone or iPod Touch.

To print with a USB product, connect the USB cable directly from the HP product to an Apple Airport Extreme, Express, or TimeCapsule, and then connect your iPhone or iPod Touch to the network.

• HP Business Inkjet printers
• HP Deskjet printers
• HP Officejet printers
• HP Photosmart printers
• HP Business Inkjet printers
• HP Business Inkjet 1000 Printer
• HP Business Inkjet 1200 Printer
• HP Business Inkjet 1200d Printer
• HP Deskjet printers
• HP Deskjet 5145 Color inkjet Printer HP Deskjet D2560 Printer
• HP Deskjet 5150 Color Inkjet Printer HP Deskjet D2563 Printer
• HP Deskjet 5150v Color Inkjet Printer HP Deskjet D2566 Printer
• HP Deskjet 5150w Color Inkjet Printer HP Deskjet D2568 Printer
• HP Deskjet 5151 Color Inkjet Printer HP Deskjet F4210 All-in-One Printer
• HP Deskjet 5160 Color Inkjet Printer HP Deskjet F4213 All-in-One Printer
• HP Deskjet 5168 Color Inkjet Printer HP Deskjet F4230 All-in-One Printer
• HP Deskjet 9650 Printer HP Deskjet F4235 All-in-One Printer
• HP Deskjet 9670 Printer HP Deskjet F4272 All-in-One Printer
• HP Deskjet 9680 Printer HP Deskjet F4273 All-in-One Printer
• HP Deskjet 9680gp Printer HP Deskjet F4274 All-in-One Printer
• HP Deskjet 9800 Printer HP Deskjet F4275 All-in-One Printer
• HP Deskjet 9800d Printer HP Deskjet F4280 All-in-One Printer
• HP Deskjet 9803 Printer HP Deskjet F4283 All-in-One Printer
• HP Deskjet 9803d Printer HP Deskjet F4288 All-in-One Printer
• HP Deskjet 9808 Printer HP Deskjet F4292 All-in-One Printer
• HP Deskjet 9808d Printer HP Deskjet F4293 All-in-One Printer
• HP Deskjet D2530 Printer HP Deskjet F4294 All-in-One Printer
• HP Deskjet D2545 Printer HP Deskjet F4480 All-in-One Printer
• HP Officejet printers
• HP Officejet 6105 All-in-One Printer
• HP Officejet 6110 All-in-One Printer
• HP Officejet 6110v All-in-One Printer
• HP Officejet 6110xi All-in-One Printer
• HP Officejet 6150 All-in-One Printer
• HP Officejet Pro K5300 Printer
• HP Officejet Pro K5400 Printer
• HP Officejet Pro K5456z Printer
• HP Officejet Pro K8600 Printer
• HP Officejet Pro L7380 All-in-One Printer
• HP Photosmart printers
• HP Photosmart 325 Compact Photo Printer HP Photosmart C4472 All-in-One Printer
• HP Photosmart 329 Compact Photo Printer HP Photosmart C4342 All-in-One Printer
• HP Photosmart 335 Compact Photo Printer HP Photosmart C4343 All-in-One Printer
• HP Photosmart 338 Compact Photo Printer HP Photosmart C4344 All-in-One Printer
• HP Photosmart 375 Compact Photo Printer HP Photosmart C4345 All-in-One Printer
• HP Photosmart 385 Compact Photo Printer HP Photosmart C4348 All-in-One Printer
• HP Photosmart 475 Compact Photo Printer HP Photosmart C4380 All-in-One Printer
• HP Photosmart A310 Compact Photo Printer HP Photosmart C4383 All-in-One Printer
• HP Photosmart A320 Compact Photo Printer HP Photosmart C4385 All-in-One Printer
• HP Photosmart A432 Portable Photo Printer HP Photosmart C4388 All-in-One Printer
• HP Photosmart A516 Compact Photo Printer HP Photosmart C4390 All-in-One Printer
• HP Photosmart A525 Compact Photo Printer HP Photosmart C4680 All-in-One Printer
• HP Photosmart A526 Compact Photo Printer HP Photosmart C5240 All-in-One Printer
• HP Photosmart A528 Compact Photo Printer HP Photosmart C5250 All-in-One Printer
• HP Photosmart A616 Compact Photo Printer HP Photosmart C5270 All-in-One Printer
• HP Photosmart A626 Compact Photo Printer HP Photosmart C5273 All-in-One Printer
• HP Photosmart A627 Compact Photo Printer HP Photosmart C5275 All-in-One Printer
• HP Photosmart A628 Compact Photo Printer HP Photosmart C5280 All-in-One Printer
• HP Photosmart A630 Compact Photo Printer HP Photosmart C5283 All-in-One Printer
• HP Photosmart A716 Compact Photo Printer HP Photosmart C5288 All-in-One Printer
• HP Photosmart A717 Compact Photo Printer HP Photosmart C5290 All-in-One Printer
• HP Photosmart A826 Home Photo Center HP Photosmart C5293 All-in-One Printer
• HP Photosmart A827 Home Photo Center HP Photosmart D5063 Printer
• HP Photosmart A828 Home Photo Center HP Photosmart D5069 Printer
• HP Photosmart C3125 All-in-One Printer HP Photosmart D5145 Printer
• HP Photosmart C3175 All-in-One Printer HP Photosmart D5155 Printer
• HP Photosmart C3180 All-in-One Printer HP Photosmart D5156 Printer
• HP Photosmart C3183 All-in-One Printer HP Photosmart D5160 Printer
• HP Photosmart C3188 All-in-One Printer HP Photosmart D5160/D5163 Printer
• HP Photosmart C3190 All-in-One Printer HP Photosmart D5168 Printer
• HP Photosmart C3193 All-in-One Printer HP Photosmart D5360 Printer
• HP Photosmart C3194 All-in-One Printer HP Photosmart D5363 Printer
• HP Photosmart C4180 All-in-One Printer HP Photosmart D5368 Printer
• HP Photosmart C4183 All-in-One Printer HP Photosmart D5460 Printer
• HP Photosmart C4188 All-in-One Printer HP Photosmart D5463 Printer
• HP Photosmart C4190 All-in-One Printer HP Photosmart D5468 Printer
• HP Photosmart C4193 All-in-One Printer HP Photosmart D7155 Printer
• HP Photosmart C4194 All-in-One Printer HP Photosmart D7160 Printer
• HP Photosmart C4205 All-in-One Printer HP Photosmart D7163 Printer
• HP Photosmart C4210 All-in-One Printer HP Photosmart D7168 Printer
• HP Photosmart C4235 All-in-One Printer HP Photosmart D7260 Printer
• HP Photosmart C4240 All-in-One Printer HP Photosmart D7263 Printer
• HP Photosmart C4250 All-in-One Printer HP Photosmart D7268 Printer
• HP Photosmart C4270 All-in-One Printer HP Photosmart D7360 Printer
• HP Photosmart C4272 All-in-One Printer HP Photosmart D7363 Printer
• HP Photosmart C4273 All-in-One Printer HP Photosmart D7368 Printer
• HP Photosmart C4275 All-in-One Printer HP Photosmart D7460 Printer
• HP Photosmart C4280 All-in-One Printer HP Photosmart D7463 Printer
• HP Photosmart C4283 All-in-One Printer HP Photosmart D7468 Printer
• HP Photosmart C4285 All-in-One Printer HP Photosmart D7560 Printer
• HP Photosmart C4288 All-in-One Printer HP Photosmart Pro B8330 Printer
• HP Photosmart C4293 All-in-One Printer HP Photosmart Pro B8338 Printer
• HP Photosmart C4294 All-in-One Printer HP Photosmart Pro B8350 Printer
• HP Photosmart C4340 All-in-One Printer HP Photosmart Pro B8353 Printer
• HP Photosmart C4435 All-in-One Printer HP Photosmart Pro B8850 Photo Printer
• HP Photosmart C4440 All-in-One Printer HP Photosmart e-All-in-One Printer – D110a
• HP Photosmart C4450 All-in-One Printer HP Photosmart All-in-One Printer – D110b
• HP Photosmart C4473 All-in-One Printer HP Photosmart Wireless All-in-One Printer – B110a
• HP Photosmart C4480 All-in-One Printer HP Photosmart Wireless All-in-One Printer – B110b
• HP Photosmart C4483 All-in-One Printer

Pulse-O-Meter released an update for DreamOn (DreamOn is an Dreambox Remote App for iOS) and they added support for the iPad. I think this is one of the best iOS apps for a Dreambox.

Here some Features:

• Full featured remote control
• Electronic Program Guide (EPG) for all services
• Zapping (support for User-Bouquets)
• Timer management (Create, Edit, Delete)
• Movielist (View or delete recorded movies)
• SMS (Send shortmessages to the TV-Screen)
• Control the Dreambox (Standby, Reboot etc.)
• Manage configuration of several dreamboxes
• iPad Support

Here some Screenshots iPhone:

My iPhone 4 Bumper just arrived. I didn’t really like iPhone cases and things like that. I used my iPhone, my iPhone 3G and my iPhone 3GS without any cases, but the Apple Bumper for the iPhone 4 looks nice.

Good news for GForge users. GForge gets mobile support for iPhone and iPad. This was something I missed for a long time. This will make working with GForge even better.

Here is the Blog post:

We are currently developing a client GForge Application for one of the most popular mobile devices platforms, iPhone and iPad. GForge mobile application will have the following features:

• User management
• Project Browser
• Tracker Browser
• Tracker Item View and Modification
• Tracker Item Creation

Fast communication and information sharing are the keystones of GForge tools. Today’s mobile devices and smart phones provide a new way to take these two features to a higher level, allowing people to stay in touch even while they are on the road or away from a regular computer.

Since GForge Community opinions and feedback has been always very important for us we would like to know what other cool features you would like to see on this release.

I still love my iPad. Now I really start to work with it. It keeps my life simple and easy.

First I start with a daily briefing with my todos (Things) and events for today. I also read a lot of news with my Google Reader app (Newsrack) which also syncs with my iPhone, so I always see whats new around the tech world.

Through the day I need it to get quick information about tech or other stuff. I also use it for social networks like facebook, twitter and so on.

With Apps like iTap RDP I can use it to control Windows Server in our Datacenter and create and read notes with Evernote. There is also a pretty cool Powershell Guide for the iPhone and the iPad called iPowershell.

At home I use it as a Remote Controller for iTunes, my Dreambox and other things. And if I have a moment i don’t need it, I use it as a Picture frame.

Important to note, the iPad does not replace my notebook or my iPhone, but there are a lot of new things, I never thought about I could do this way.