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Amazon App Available Now

February 10, 2011 2 Comments

The big name apps keep on rolling in, which is a great sign and boost for the WP7 platform. Amazon has released their app on the Windows Phone Marketplace. Just playing around with it now and I can tell you that it is fast and makes great use of the metro UI. You can Log in, […]

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Dev Inside Look: HalfBrick (Fruit Ninja Team)

February 4, 2011 No Comments

We here at WP7connect love WP7 and Apps. It would be difficult to have a discussion about these two things without mentioning the Fruit Ninja Xbox Live game created by HalfBrick. What's not to love about this game? As soon as it was released on Windows Phone 7 it went straight to the top. Recently […]

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Ilomilo Game Review

February 1, 2011 No Comments

[Rating:4.5stars] When the Ilomilo trial came out for the Xbox 360 my family and I were quick to jump on it and download it. I played the heck out of that demo but really really wanted to purchase it for my phone. I jumped at the opportunity to get it for my phone almost immediately. […]

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Dev Inside Look: Amused Sloth

February 1, 2011 No Comments

Today we take a closer look at a company that is making their presence known in the Windows Phone Marketplace. Amused Sloth has several apps available…  Slothcyclopedia, Slothshots and  Tipping for Sloths. They also have a game out called Rebellion Rise and they just announced the upcoming game Chickens Can’t Fly. We recently had a virtual sitdown […]

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Rumor: HTC Mozart Coming to T-Mobile Very Soon

January 30, 2011 No Comments

With the Mobile World Congress creeping closer we all knew this would equal leaks and rumors about new WP7 phones. This new one is no different and it may not be all that of a shocker to you anyway. TMOnews is reporting that the HTC Mozart is coming to the US under the Magenta flag […]

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Game Review: Parachute Panic HD

January 29, 2011 No Comments

     [rating:4.5] The doodle like graphics, the a cappella singing, sharks, helicopters, thunderstorms, babies and even aliens. All of this and you still have to save them! Them? Stick figure jumpers that's who? Control the winds and their backup parachutes to help them land on the passing ships. This game looks simple and maybe easy […]

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Birdsong: App Review

January 27, 2011 No Comments

    [rating:4.5] With so many twitter clients available right now. Not only is it hard to distinguish the bad from the good but even the good ones can't keep me away from the official twitter client. I thought that official twitter app would always remain in the same position. 8th tile down, to the left. […]

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Amused Sloth Shows Teaser Trailer for Chickens Can’t Fly

January 26, 2011 No Comments

    We just got some very exciting news from our friends at Amused Sloth. They have just released a teaser trailer for their upcoming WP7 game ‘Chickens Can’t Fly’. It will be released in the Spring and there will be an Xbox Live Indie version also… For now you can check out some screen caps and […]

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Next Xbox Live Game to be Parachute Panic HD

January 24, 2011 No Comments

  The hit iPhone game ‘Parachute Panic HD’ should be arriving on the WP7 marketplace this week. It’s a fun casual game with hand drawn graphics that require you to land successfully while avoiding impending doom.  Our iPhone Hit-Game is now also available for Windows Phone 7 The game supports Xbox Live, Achievements and Leaderboard. […]

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MediaRoom 2.0 on Windows Phone 7?

January 21, 2011 No Comments

This morning Mary Jo Foley from ZDnet published the monthly Microsoft Code-Tracker. The highlight of this month's report? "Rome" a codename for a project to enable MediaRoom on phones. In December, I noted that Microsoft codename Thunderbay is the company‟s internal name for its three-year, three-screens-and-a-cloud plan for its Entertainment and Devices unit. One leg […]

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Nokia Teasing the Nokia 900 (Ace)?

We loved Nokia’s presentation at Nokia World of their 2 brand new Windows Phones. However, we had hoped to...

HTC Radar Available Now on T-Mobile

T-mobile has launched its HTC Radar today for only $99 with a 2 year contract and the suggested retail price...