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Skype to Purchase Messaging Service “GroupMe” – Microsoft Benefits

August 22, 2011 No Comments

Skype will be acquiring the year old messaging service “Group Me”. The details of the deal have not been disclosed yet and no word for how much Slype will be purchasing the company for. For those of who who don’t really know what Group Me is: GroupMe is a group messaging and conference calling service that […]

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Molly Wood’s Verdict on WP7 and Reader’s Reactions to Her Review

August 21, 2011 2 Comments

Brandon Watson has been challenging people to try Windows Phone 7. One such challenge was issued to CNet executive editor Molly Wood. Molly spent two weeks with Windows Phone running the Mango update. After week one Molly had gripes about the amount of apps that were available to her in the Marketplace because apps that she […]

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Kinectimals, Chickens can Fly, Shoot 1UP, Toy Soldiers Bootcamp & Mush Get Shaky Cam Demos

August 21, 2011 No Comments

At Gamescom 2011, SVVULAK1 uploaded a few demo’s of some new Windows Phone Xbox Live games that will soon be landing on our handsets. Kinectimals, Chickenss can Fly, Shoot 1UP, Toy Soldiers Bootcamp & Mush are all included although I have to warn you the camera gets mighty shaky and the sounds don’t help his […]

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How to Fix MMS Settings on Dell Venue Pro

August 20, 2011 3 Comments

If you have been unable to send or receive MMS messages on your Dell Venue Pro on the AT&T network then I am sure you must be very frustrated. Luckily a solution seems to have been discovered. As with any tweaks to your phone, there are risks so attempt this at your own risk. From […]

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Marketplace Will Now Let You Know If App is Not Available for Your Device

August 20, 2011 No Comments

Microsoft has an added something new to the Marketplace. Now if an app isn’t available for your device it will give you a message that says This application is not available for your device. Press here for more info.” When you click on the message it will say: This might be because your phone software […]

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WP7 Xbox Live Closer Look: Fight Game Rivals (Achievements, Gameplay, Images)

August 20, 2011 No Comments

Microsoft announced a legion of new games coming to Windows Phone via Xbox Live. Here we take a closer look at Fight Game: Rivals, the game looks to be a serious heavy weight when it drops on Windows Phone, Fight Game: Rivals is like nothing we have seen on WP7 yet and I for one […]

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Voddler Video Streaming Service Coming to Windows Phone?

August 20, 2011 No Comments

Voddler, a video streaming service that streams movies and shows is looking to expand to a new platform. They are currently taking votes on their Facebook page about what platform should be next. Oddly enough they have Windows Mobile 7 coming  in at first place, Windows Phone 7 is third, and Windows Phone in fourth place. Call […]

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Microsoft’s Former Silverlight Programmer Examines Marketplace Stats

August 19, 2011 No Comments

Former Microsoft Silverlight Program Manager Justin Angel  decided that he was going to download every app on the Marketplace in order to figure out what programs developers were using for their apps and a little bit more: “Wrote a query that runs on the entire WP7 marketplace and looks for XAPs with the exact same DLLs” […]

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Possibility of New HTC Phones Coming September 1st

August 19, 2011 No Comments

HTC will be hosting a meetup event where they will let you ” see what’s next” in London on September 1st. Why then the speculation about new HTC devices debuting on that day? Well, the last time HTC held a meetup, it just so happens that the HTC Sensation was released. Dare we speculate that there […]

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Microsoft: It’s up to OEM’s What Happens Next With Mango

August 19, 2011 No Comments

Peter Wissinger, director for Microsoft’s Mobile Business Group took to his Facebook page to give a tiny piece of information. Bear in mind the message was in Swedish so this is a rough translation: Official statement: Now it’s up to our manufacturing partners to release mangoes to our customers. Microsoft has finished mango supplier earlier […]

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Microsoft Starts Promoting HTC Titan & Radar (aka Eternity & Omega)

Microsoft has wasted no time at all to start promoting the 2 newest Windows Phones. The HTC Radar and...

Hands On: HTC Omega (HTC Radar) Video

Greek Blog site techblog has posted a video showing a first hand look at the new HTC Omega (Radar). The...