July 20, 2011
In another video like the one we posted earlier Microsoft’s People Hub Program Manager discusses some of the changes we can expect with the Mango update. In the video the gentleman named Greg gives us a little more information on what we can expect in the Fall. The video focused on two key points. The […]
Tags: contact history, live tile, Mango, windows phone 7, WP7News
July 20, 2011
In an unfortunate turn of events Bloomberg is reporting that Microsoft has dropped out of the bidding for Hulu. Microsoft currently has a partnership with Hulu where they offer a paid subscription to through Xbox Live. The acquisition of Hulu would probably have meant that Microsoft would find more ways to integrate it into services […]
Tags: AT&T, Google, Hulu, Microsoft, Netflix, windows phone 7, WP7, Xbox Live, Yahoo!AT&T, News
July 20, 2011
The Windows Phone YouTube channel recently put up a new video in which they go over some the new features in Mango having to do with social media integration in the OS. One of the new features is the feeds filtering option that lets you pick and choose the feeds you want to receive in […]
Tags: Facebook, Microsoft, People Hub, tile, windows phone 7, WP7News
July 19, 2011
A couple of years ago, anyone who was anyone owned a Blackberry, it didn’t get the moniker crackberry for nothing. The tides as we know have changed and Blackberries do not carry the prestige they once held. People looking to update their Blackberry can now download an application by drkapprentice designs that can change the Blackberry […]
Tags: Blackberry, crackberry, windows phone 7, WP7Apps
July 19, 2011
The AppHub website was temporarily disabled yesterday in order for some updates and new features to be added. The AppHub was back online last night and some changes worth noting were: Updated layout New crash reports Export of download/purchase details Private beta Marketplace Edit application details Developers in the AppHub forums for the most part […]
Tags: Apphub, Apps, beta, MarketplaceApps, News
July 18, 2011
Swype the virtual keyboard maker is hoping that Nokia will bring their technology to Windows Phone. Swype allows users to enter words by sliding a finger or stylus from letter to letter, lifting only between words. What is fueling those hopes? Swype received a $3.5 milliion investment from Ignition Partners in March which the company […]
Tags: Nokia, swype, Virtual Keyboard, windows phone 7, WP7News
July 18, 2011
Many of us who have taken the leap of faith with Windows Phone 7 know that it does not disappoint. A recent survey by ChangeWave Research was conducted in order to figure out how satisfied people were with their OS. Unfortunately for the study Windows Phone was grouped with Windows Mobile. Because of that fact Windows […]
Tags: Android, IOS, Microsoft, rim, windows mobile, windows phone 7, WP7News
July 16, 2011
Wikipedia has become an indespensible convenience of our time. It certainly makes life easy when you want to know anything about anything and you can simply perform a search on Wikipedia. There are more than one Wikipedia application for Windows Phone 7 but Wikipedia Reader is probably one of the better ones. A couple of […]
Tags: Marketplace, wikipedia reader, windows phone 7, WP7Apps, News
July 16, 2011
Pictures of the ZTE handset shown off at WPC 11 have surfaced online. The images were posted by Dr. Luo Zhongsheng, ZTE General Manager of Mobile Communications. There isn’t much known about the device as of yet, but it is speculated that the device will come with Weibo built in instead of Twitter since Twitter is […]
Tags: Twitter, weibo, windows phone 7, WP7, wpc 11, ZTENews
July 15, 2011
The Mango version of the BBC News app is currently in development and the developer is generously sharing the progress on his blog. His latest posting tells of features that have been added to the application and also a video demo of the app so far. New features include: Double Sided Live Tiles Pin individual […]
Tags: Apps, bbs news, Developer, live tiles, Mango, Windows Phone, WP7Apps, News