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If there is a dark side of all our computing power, social networking and email-on-all-the-time, it is the impact this has on battery power.  This challenge has remained throughout many devices on multiple platforms and Windows Phone is no exception.  I jokingly stated on Twitter last night that 4G will only add to this problem.  Fortunately with the release of Windows Phone 7.5 (Mango), Microsoft has built in a way to save that precious battery power.  It is called the Battery Saver in your phone’s setup and in this How To I will show you how to set that up along with another battery saving tip.

This How To only applies to Windows Phones powered by the 7.5 update (Mango) as the feature I’m describing was added in Mango.

If you are looking for free but high quality wallpapers for your Windows Phone, look no further than Windows Phone 7 Wallpapers.  This site is relatively new but already has an impressive collection of wallpapers in a wide range of categories.  What makes the site unique though is how you download the wallpapers to your phone.

Most sites require that you download the wallpaper image that you want then sync it to your  Phone via Zune to get it on your device.  WP 7 Wallpapers for  has made it much easier.  Each wallpaper image has a Microsoft Tag image next to it.  By using the Microsoft Tag App on your Windows Phone or Bing Vision on your Windows Phone running Mango, you can scan the tag and download it directly to your phone.  Quick and easy!

Windows Phone 7 Wallpapers

To be sure there are some wallpapers offered on the site that are a bit risqué so parents should be aware.  Overall the quality of the wallpapers is impressive and the collection is growing rapidly.

Check out Windows Phone 7 Wallpapers

For the second time in less than a week, Twitter has released an update to their official app for Windows Phone.  What it contains is… well, that’s actually a good question.  I have no idea what it fixes, changes or adds to the app and frankly it doesn’t seem anyone else does either.  I’ve asked fellow bloggers at different Windows Phone sites if they have seen anything new since the release earlier in the week and none have been able to find anything new.  I can only assume it is a bug fix of some type.

What I do know is that this 2nd release still doesn’t support Live tiles or does it allow you to pin things like your Timeline or Mentions onto your Start screen.  It does support task switching in Windows Phone 7.5 (Mango) but that seems to be the only thing that it does support in the new OS at this point.

You can get Twitter in the Marketplace at this link.

By-the-way, if you need Live tile support check out Hidden Pineapple’s Rowi.  Rowi is $2.99 in the Marketplace and was recommended to me by my friend Johan over at Mobility Minded.  It is great and having had a glimpse at the beta, it is only going to get better.  Well worth the price.  You can get Rowi at this link and can follow Rowi on Twitter at @rowiapp

The new HTC Titan Windows Phone hit the AT&T online store yesterday and is expected to be in AT&T retail stores today.  If you are wanting to check it out in person though, call ahead.  All indications are that there will be a limited number of the phones available.  This is mainly due to the low production of the devices but also AT&T is likely hedging their bets a little so they do not end up with mass inventory in their stores.

I would also recommend that you call on AT&T owned stores, not authorized resellers.  The authorized stores likely will not have the phones at all unless that is your only option in your city.

To find the closest AT&T store to you, go to http://www.bing.com/local and search AT&T

If you want to order online, you can click the AT&T logo below.