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Tango Video Chat App Available Now on Windows Phone Marketplace

November 9, 2011 2 Comments

People with brand new Windows Phones have a reason to be very happy right now. Tango was finally released onto the marketplace giving you a good reason to use that brand new shiny Front Facing camera. The app is free and marks the first Video chat service for Windows Phone, comes in even before Microsoft’s […]

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Comfirmed: Skype Still Scheduled For Fall 2011 Release on Windows Phone

October 21, 2011 1 Comment

There should be no doubt on anyone’s mind if Skype will be coming to Windows Phone. Especially now that Skype is now a division within Microsoft and most new Windows Phone 7.5 devices have had a front facing camera on board. The only question is when is the Skype integration coming to Windows Phone. Well. […]

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Windows Phone Mango Video Chat Demo

September 15, 2011 No Comments

As we all know, the new generation of Windows Phone will be sporting front-facing cameras which will be used for video chat. The Windows Phone YouTube channel posted a video demonstrating the video chat feature in Windows Phone 7.5. If it works as fluidly as it does in this demo it is going to be […]

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Samsung SGH-i708 Hits the FCC With Front Facing Camera (Pics)

September 8, 2011 No Comments

With Mango coming soon to our current Windows Phone handsets, new hardware looks to be rushing out of the gates as well. The Samsung SGH-i708 (which looks a whole lot like the Samsung Omnia 7) has passed the FCC and it looks like its headed to the US (most likely either Verizon or Sprint) judging by […]

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Hands On: Toggling Between Cameras on HTC Radar

September 2, 2011 No Comments

Winrumors got their hands on the HTC Radar and gave us a look at how toggling between cameras on Windows Phone works. Simply hitting the camera icon while in picture/video mode switches it from back to front to back again. It is a short video but it’s very exciting to see front facing cameras coming […]

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Samsung’s Photo Studio App Gets Mango Update (Front Facing Camera Support)

September 2, 2011 No Comments

Samsung’s Photo Studio app has recently been updated for Mango. It now includes Fast app switching, etc. The big news though (which was noted by wpcentral) is that it now supports front facing cameras. It’s safe to say now that the upcoming Samsung SGH-i937 will have a front facing camera as well. You can download […]

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Skype Working on Video Engine for Windows Phone

August 3, 2011 No Comments

If there was ever any doubt that Skype would be integrated into Windows Phone, those doubts should all be gone. A job posting was discovered on Skype Careers and apparently Skype is on the search for someone to help bring Skype to Windows Phone. As an Engineer in the Microsoft Platforms team, you are responsible for […]

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Mango: More Proof That Front Facing Cameras Are Coming… Skype?

June 30, 2011 No Comments

Mango has given me everything I needed like… Live Messenger Custom Ringtones Twitter Intergration More Slydrive Support Mango has tackled all my wants like Bing Vision Multitasking Improved Live tiles Except one: Front facing cameras and Skype. We have had some hints recently of front facing cameras coming to Windows Phone through Mango. This latest […]

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Nokia WP7 Device Codenamed Sea Ray – Virtual Buttons? Front Facing Camera?

June 24, 2011 No Comments

Yesterday for the first time the world got to see Nokia’s first Windows Phone 7 device codenamed Sea Ray. To everyone’s delight Nokia’s WP7 phone looks just like the N9 which was shown off 2 days ago running Meego. Since the devices are almost identical from what we can tell then the N9’s front facing […]

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Nokia Begins to Advertise the Lumia 710 – Welcome to the Amazing Everyday (video)

With the Lumia 800 being Nokia’s flagship Windows Phone at the moment, its no wonder that it has been getting...

Lenovo LePhone S2 Running Windows Phone Coming 2012

Lenovo announced yesterday its LePhone S2 running Android which seemed to kill any chance of them making a Windows...