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Microsoft Finally Getting Serious With Advertising

February 23, 2011 No Comments

We have documented how Microsoft needs to amp up its marketing. Windows Phone 7 has tons of features that make it the OS to want to get. The problem is that the commercials they have now are pretty funny but don’t show off the great features. Well finally we have here a great ad that […]

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MoTweets Coming to Windows Phone 7

February 23, 2011 No Comments

 The Iconic MoTweets from previous versions of Windows Mobile will be coming to Windows Phone 7 very soon. It looks great already and it is coming back with some heavy hitting features. Experience Twitter from your Windows Phone with moTweets, the Premiere Twitter App! With all of the features you would expect from a great […]

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Kik Not Coming to WP7 For a Few More Months

February 22, 2011 No Comments

If you are anything like me you have been waiting for a decent messaging app to come out for Windows Phone 7. I had high hopes for Flory but it hasn't yet lived up to my expectations. My hopes lied mainly on Kik bringing their app to WP7 in the near future. Browsing through Twitter […]

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Alphajax Wins our Scrabble Clone Wars Then Wins Actual Award

February 21, 2011 No Comments

  Just Recently Alphajax beat out Spellit for scrabble clone supremacy. Now they actual won something to write home about.   AlphaJax wins Best Mobile Application Award Monday, 21 February 2011, 3:09 pm Press Release: Microsoft New Zealand AlphaJax wins Best Mobile Application Award AlphaJax for Windows Phone 7 has been named winner of the […]

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XNA-UK XAP to Give Developers a Way to Test Apps

February 20, 2011 No Comments

The only way so far for developers to test their apps was to hunt down different people with unlocked WP7 devices and share their XAP file. Even after that you would have to hope they would give you sometime of helpful feedback. Now the XNA UK user group has launched their XNA-UK XAP service which […]

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ScoreMobile Gets Update Just in Time

February 20, 2011 No Comments

Just as Major League Baseball players are starting to warm up for the 2011 season. ScoreMobile gets updated with new leagues MLB Baseball MLS Soccer, LIGA Soccer, SERI Soccer, Champions Soccer CFL Football PGA Golf NASCA & Formula One Racing WTA Tennis and ATP Tennis. Also the update adds a few performance improvements  

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XDA Wallpaper App Available

February 19, 2011 No Comments

  A few days ago we wrote about a series of wallpaper that was available on the XDA forums. We really loved the idea over here and I am currently sporting one of the backgrounds on my HD7. Well anheledir.NET took it a step forward and released an app to create your own slide-up wallpaper. […]

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Game Devs Thrilled With Microsoft/ Nokia Deal

February 19, 2011 No Comments

We have heard from the press, investors, Symbian loyalists and the two companies partnering together. Now we get a better look at what some game developers have to say.   Mikkel Thorsted, partner, Press Play "Considering our situation, where we already have Max & the Magic Marker and our soon to be released Microsoft Game […]

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MSN Video Makes it to the Marketplace

February 18, 2011 No Comments

Not to be outdone, Microsoft puts out its own Video app. MSN Video makes great use of the Metro UI and is packed with a lot of content. CNBC Consumer Reports Discovery Fox Sports HealthDay HowCast Kiplinger’s MSNBC Stupid Videos Today Access Hollywood Animal Planet The App is now available for free  in the Marketplace

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Twin Blades: Removed From the Marketplace

February 17, 2011 No Comments

The cartoonish but violent game, Twin Blades: The Reaping Vanguard has been pulled from the Windows Phone marketplace with very little explanation as to why. Karl Stricker, Business Manager of Mobile Gaming at Xbox LIVE, offered a brief summary of the situation via his personal Twitter account: “We had to remove it due to marketplace […]

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Samsung Working on Galaxy S II Clone for WP7 Mango?

With the Mango update only 3 or 4 months away, WP7 mango flavored devices are starting to leak on...

Leaked Photos of New Windows Phone 7 Device, HTC Eternity

Photos and specs have surfaced on German site HTCInside of a new Windows Phone 7 device called the HTC Eternity....