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Acer’s Allegro Windows Phone to be Released This Holiday in Europe

October 11, 2011 No Comments

We all love to get all excited about the latest and greatest Windows Phone hardware. In order for Windows Phone to start making a really big dent in the market though we really need tons of solid mid-range devices. With that said, the Acer Allegro (which wpcentral is reporting as the Acer W4 in disguise) […]

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AT&T HTC HD7s: Windows Phone 7.5 “Mango” Update Rolling Out Today (October 11)?

October 11, 2011 No Comments

In the initial Windows Phone 7.5 (Mango) scheduling breakdown for AT&T, we previously stated that the HTC HD7s would be updated the first half of October. With only a few days left for that to be true, Winrumors got a hold of an internal email over at AT&T which zeroes in on October 11th (today) […]

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Nokia Ringtone Contest Winner Announced – Winning Tune Revealed

October 11, 2011 2 Comments

We previously wrote about the awesome contest Nokia was holding for their next ringtone. The contest has finally finished and one winner and ringtone have emerged victorious. Valerio Alessandro Sizzi, a DJ & a producer/ A&R of an independent digitally-distributed record label called Head2Toes as a division of Fun.Ch Records and his ringtone ‘Nokia Tune […]

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Mango Apps: Best Buy Update for Windows Phone 7.5 Coming Soon

October 10, 2011 No Comments

Looks like Besy Buy will be updating their app soon to be compatible with Windows Phone 7.5 (Mango) and to take advantage of the new features available. MobilityDigest contacted Best Buy to inquire about the availability of a Mango update. The following was their response:   Hello E.Powell, Thank you for filing a feedback for […]

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Port of Pandora Radio to Windows Phone Simple – Concept App Available

October 10, 2011 No Comments

Many Windows Phone fans have been waiting for a Pandora app on the marketplace but so far none have been made available from Pandora. Now Justin Angel, Silverlight and Windows Phone developer, has found some interesting tidbits about the Pandora AIR app. He tweeted about his finding earlier today: “Playing a @pandora_radio “internal-tuner.pandora.com” MP4 on […]

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Leaked: Nokia 800 Marketing Images Surface (pics)

October 10, 2011 No Comments

Nokia has been very quiet and secretive as their big conference is only two weeks away. PocketNow however has gotten their hands on some really good leaked images of a Nokia 800 promo. The Nokia 800, which has been speculated to be the Nokia Searay looks alot like Nokia’s N9 that has recently been made available running […]

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Microsoft Dedicated to Make “Window Phone the best camera you will ever own”

October 10, 2011 No Comments

Good news for Windows Phone users, It looks like Microsoft is getting really serious about their camera phones. In a job listing yesterday, Microsoft is asking for someone to help them make “Window Phone the best camera you will ever own”. I know many people that are eager for Nokia branded Windows Phones to take […]

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Mango: Microsoft Releases a Few More Windows Phone 7.5 Videos (Bing)

October 10, 2011 No Comments

Just bumped into a few more Mango videos that were recently posted on the Windows Phone YouTube channel.Again, they are showcasing new features on Windows Phone 7.5 (mango).  This time it is things like Bing, Bing Vision and Bing Local Scout. Sit back and enjoy! Bing and Windows Phone 7.5 makes searching on the go […]

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Custom Mango ROM: XBmod & Touch-IT For the HTC HD7

October 8, 2011 No Comments

Yesterday we posted an article about DeepShining, a custom ROM for the HTC HD7 running Windows Phone 7.5. Suddenly after that @hardik_hrc let me know of two other custom Mango ROM’s that have been made available on the XDA forums thanks to @itjelta XBmod INFO: OS only rom no spl,radio,ect…… ROM Languages: English, German, French […]

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WP7 Dev Tools: WP7 Featured List

October 7, 2011 2 Comments

Our friend and developer Marios Karagiannis, creator of the hit game MonsterUp has developed a tool in which Windows Phone developers can keep track of when or if an app is featured anywhere in the world.   In his own words: I created a small tool that enables anyone to see if an app is featured […]

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HTC Surround: It Was Fun While it Lasted (Discontinued)

It was really fun while it lasted, but the HTC Surround is no longer available on AT&T and Telus....

Mango: Windows Phone Officially Launches in India

Windows Phone has officially landed in India. It is really great to see the Windows Phone platform expanding to...