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Sony Ericcson WP7 Prototype Turns Up On Polish Forum

June 6, 2011 No Comments

While Sony Ericsson was supposed to manufacture Windows Phone 7 devices for for its’ release in 2010, they backed out. Well it seems that they must have begun working on ideas before they decided against it because pictures of a Sony Ericsson Windows Phone 7 protoype were posted onto a Polish forum. The phone, unfortunately […]

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Official NBA Game Time 2011 App Available

June 3, 2011 No Comments

The official NBA Game Time 2011 app is available now. Even though the basketball season is currently in the finals we thought this is a good app to help you keep up on the latest happenings. This app tells you stats, the current standings and even has video recaps and best of all it is […]

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Where’s My Update? Page Receives its Own Update

June 3, 2011 No Comments

Microsoft has changed the Where’s My Update? page to better reflect the update people should be receiving. The updates are now associated with the build number of the update rather then the month in which it should have been released. Here is what the old one looked like: Click on photo to zoom and here […]

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Microsoft Limiting Bulk App Publishing

June 3, 2011 No Comments

There are instances when I am looking through the Marketplace and am overwhelmed by the number of apps that are basically all the same and are grouped together in the new apps category. What happens is that a developer makes a series of apps perhaps based on location and publishes them all simultaneously. This makes […]

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Bing Image Search Available Now

June 2, 2011 No Comments

Bing Image Search is a new app to hit the marketplace by developer Johnny Westlake. The application works well to bridge one of the gaps of the Bing search on Windows Phone 7. The app loads quickly and produces search results in matter of seconds. The delevoper did a great job in giving the application the […]

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Kik Messenger Coming Soon

June 1, 2011 1 Comment

I have been very vocal about how I feel about Windows Phone 7 lacking a decent messenger service. Today, I received some news that brought me some relief. A very reliable source has let us know that Kik messenger should be available in the Marketplace by the end of June. There will be no beta […]

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Nokia Struggling Meet 2011 Expectations – Microsoft to Purchase Nokia For $19 Billion Rumor? (update)

June 1, 2011 No Comments

Nokia is in the middle of a transition from Symbian to Windows Phone 7. As a result the company is having a difficult time meeting their expected sales for 2011. Nokia has confirmed that they will begin shipping out Windows Phone 7 devices in the fourth quarter, but have to take action in order to […]

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MonsterUp Denied Xbox Live Status, Karios Games Announces New Game

June 1, 2011 No Comments

There are times when I play a game that I really enjoy on your Windows Phone 7 and think “this should be an Xbox Live game”. MonsterUp, an extremely popular game on WP7 is constantly receiving that kind of feedback from users. Why then is it not an Xbox Live game? Marios Karagiannis, the developer of […]

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“Mango” Concepts That Were Axed?

June 1, 2011 No Comments

For the next couple of months there will be a lot of discussion of the new features coming to Windows Phone 7 when we get the Mango update, but what about the poor features that didn’t make the final cut? Microsoft Japan Windows Phone posted some Mango concepts that we haven’t seen in action before […]

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Microsoft Talks Higher Priced Apps, Mango, Face-Recognition?

May 31, 2011 No Comments

Developers who decide to charge more for their apps have the support of Microsoft. Microsoft believes that supporting higher app prices will lead to better quality apps for the Marketplace. “If we can support a higher price point that’s good for developers.” said Brandon Watson, director of an apps developer program for Microsoft. While the […]

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Leaked: Nokia 800 Marketing Images Surface (pics)

Nokia has been very quiet and secretive as their big conference is only two weeks away. PocketNow however has gotten their...

Hands On: HTC Titan Unboxing Video – Plus a Few More Just For Fun

I imagine that the HTC Titan will be a popular within the Windows Phone community and hopefully it will...