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Xbox Live Indie Game Devs Soon to Bring Quality Games To The WP7! Part I: Games In The Works

August 6, 2011 1 Comment

I’m one in particular who likes to see the uprising of all who are deemed as “The underdog”. Windows Phone is at the starting point when it comes to the mobile market and because they are newer they are simply forgotten or ignored. The day is coming for an uprising for the mobile phone user, […]

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First Windows Phone 7 Custom ROM For HTC Devices

August 6, 2011 No Comments

We were all shocked and amazed when we heard that DFT (Dark Forces Team) Flashed the Mango RTM onto a Windows Phone. We were even amazed further when the next day they came out with a tool to flash ROMs to your Windows Phone, making custom ROMs possible. Now the team is at it again […]

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Karios Games Joins in the Fun: MonsterUp and Galaxium Wallpaper

August 5, 2011 2 Comments

We really have been having fun creating and accepting a bunch of Wallpaper from Windows Phone Users to Developers alike. Every Friday (hopefully) we will be featuring the latest a greatest wallpaper from our sister site WPlockscreen.com. This week, Karios Games has honored us with some cool looking wallpaper for WPlockscreen. Take a look at some of […]

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Jersey Shore Has Taken Over the Avatar Marketplace

August 5, 2011 No Comments

In celebration of the new season of Jersey Shore (no, I do not watch Jersey Shore but my Facebook feed was filled with posts about it) Microsoft has added some new items to the Avatar Marketplace. You too, can now have your avatar sporting the famous Snooki hairdo. The following items have been added: Snooki Leopard Dress […]

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Microsoft and Google Continue to Butt Heads

August 5, 2011 No Comments

Google waged an all out war against Microsoft when David Drummond, Google’s Chief Legal Officer and Senior VP, made claims that Microsoft joined forces with Apple and other companies to purchase patents from Novell in order to work against Google. Microsoft employees fired back at Drummond that Google was in fact asked to join in on […]

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Windows Phone Tango Leaked Image? Global Search?

August 5, 2011 No Comments

We are all engulfed into an industry that moves at the speed of light. Everything about it from the news being covered to technology and how fast companies have to be to stay on top. With all of that said, we haven’t gotten our hands on the full released version of Mango yet there is […]

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Fan Made WP7 Advertisement Video Takes the Simple Approach

August 5, 2011 1 Comment

I have heard all my life that sometimes less is more. I know that may not prove correct all the time but in the fan made video it just might. It goes away from all the flash for a more simple yet informative approach. I really like this ad and with a bit of polish […]

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Mango Voice to Text the Perfect Car Companion

August 4, 2011 No Comments

We all know why it’s illegal to talk on your cell and drive. It’s even when people text and drive, but there are people who really don’t like to be disconnected with the world. Lucky for us Voice-to- text is coming with the Mango update this Fall. Voice-to -text will work with your car’s Bluetooth […]

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Microsoft and Google: The Gloves Are Off

August 4, 2011 No Comments

Being rivals in the same industry is bound to raise some bad blood in many situations. As is the case for Microsoft and Google. Google’s Senior Vice President and Chief Legal Officer, David Drummond published a blog post calling out Microsoft and Apple among others for buying out patents that will then require phone manufacturers to […]

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Windows Phone & Kinect Grow Closer Together Thanks to Mango (video)

August 3, 2011 No Comments

Welcome to the future and Microsoft’s vision, all their products and services playing nicely together. As you can see in the video above, Kinect is now able to be intergrated with Windows Phone in a way that it will also calculate and show your movements on the phone from the Kinect.  Small projects like these are […]

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Nokia 800 Not Sea Ray? Both Show Up on Game Analytics

Recently a really good way to spot new devices coming to Windows Phone has been to look at the occasional...

HTC Meetup to be the Unveiling Of HTC Eternity and Omega?

We recently wrote about how HTC was going to be holding a meetup in London on September 1st. The...