Most of us could have dreamed of being able to use our smart phone to run Microsoft Office, World of Warcraft and Adobe Photoshop. Well, now, it is all possible with the help of the Magic W3 by AdvanceTC. Magic W3 uses a 4,8 inch display and uses the Intel Atom processor and the Windows Home Premium. Of course you can make phone calls but you can definitely say that this is a Windows Phone in a whole new light. Of course the processor is not the sharpest of them all and the battery life will not last a long time but you can definitely enjoy the fact that it is a Phone that runs on Windows 7.  Crashes happen to all devices and the great thing about this Magic W3 is that you can plug in your keyboard or connect to a monitor and you can do your job and save it on the same device.

The W3 has a native screen with a resolution of 800×480. RAM is 1GBand the memory is an SSD Card with a capacity of 32GB. You can connect the phone via WiFi and Bluetooth. It also has GPS connectivity a GSM Modem, as well as HSPA. There is an accelerometer and it also has vibration capabilities. On top of that, you can also find other peripheral slots like the SIM, MicroSD, USB and HDMI port. Right now, pricing is still now known but you can check Engadget for some hands on pictures.

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When the latest OS offering from Microsoft came out, there were mixed reactions regarding the new task bar. After 2 years of use, many can attest to the functionality of the task bar and how to really take advantage of jump lists. Depending on the program, the jump list can offer 1 click functions without even recalling a window that is minimized. This can also help you in quickly accessing recent documents or pin your common tasks. You do not have to deal with going though a lot of windows and dialogues to get them running. The jump list is undeniably a fantastic tool to have.

However good things do sometimes come to an end. There were some who, for no apparent reason, lost the items on the jump list. When the images are tried to be returned back, the Windows 7 does not respond and rejects the changes. It could have taken a much longer time to handle this issue but good thing there is a relatively easy fix that you can use if you had the misfortune of having this issue. Right now, there really are no founded reasons why the jump list decided to act erratically but by just deleting some files, you can be on your way to a smooth sailing relationship.

Browse to this location: %AppData%\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\AutomaticDestinations. You will be able to see the list of the current files that are included on your jump list. Now, copy and paste all these files on a different folder. Now, browse on this location: %AppData%\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\CustomDestinations. You will be able to see a similar list. Some people were able to successfully recover the jump list functionality by transferring them in a more secure location. For others they needed to delete all the files and get started with a fresh jump list which could be quite annoying for some.

Here are some tricks that you might want to use:

If you want to do something to access the jump list without right clicking, hold a file using the left button and move it to any task bar. The jump list will become visible. If you are a shortcut lover, you can go for Alt-Windows Key-Number. You can also do the drag and drop feature to put attachments on Gmail. Another close-enough features is by using Standalone stack that can resemble the stack feature of Mac. If you want, you can also right click on an icon and then it will reveal a jump list. You right click again on the main program and it will show the shortcut menu.

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It seems Windows Mobile 6.5.1 and 7 are in the area of a minor conflict. Have a look at some of the screenshots below- where some are claiming them to be of Windows Mobile 7 and others name it as the descendent of 6.5, i.e, 6.5.1. Now that’s abstruse.

Whatever may be the reality, the screenshots shown can make you feel the next generation of the finger-friendly windows mobile.

Via WMExperts, pocketnow