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Music Streaming Service Spotify Coming to WP7

April 14, 2011 1 Comment

When the ‘Mango’ update is released this Fall it will open up a lot of new possibilities for developers. The update will have a lot of tools to help devs develop applications. One such app set to be releases in the Fall along with ‘Mango” is Spotify. Where you go, the music goes too Introduce […]

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Xbox Live Hub to Change With Mango Update – Multiplayer?

April 14, 2011 No Comments

One thing that was not talked about yesterday but a few people noticed was that the Xbox Live hub on the WP7 handsets with the Mango update were… different. Presently when we turn on our phones we see the words Xbox live on the games tile. Well, yesterday while Microsoft employees were showing off their […]

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Microsoft Working on Parental Controls For WP7

April 14, 2011 No Comments

For as many awesome games and apps that already exist on WP7. There is surely a lack of Adult games (Rated M for Mature). Not too much violence going on and apps have actually have gotten pulled for being to Violent or ‘Naughty’. Take a look at Twin Blades which was even an Xbox Live […]

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Mango Update Will Make Navigating Through Your Phone Easier

April 13, 2011 No Comments

Applications are one the best functions of a smartphone. With Windows Phone 7, you have to scroll down a long list of apps to open an app if it hasn’t been pinned to the homescreen. The Mango update due this Fall is set to change the way we navigate through our phones. One way that […]

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Skype App Announced at Mix11

April 13, 2011 1 Comment

At the Mix11 conference it was announced that Skype be coming to Windows Phone 7 this Fall. The Mango update also due this Fall will have the necessary API hooks to support a full featured Skype app. We will provide more information as soon as it is available. So far that Mango update is sounding like a […]

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Mango Will Allow You to ‘Fragment’ Your Apps

April 13, 2011 No Comments

When the Mango update comes this fall there will be many promising features. One such feature is the capability to create a live tile from certain actions within an app. The example given at Mix11 was to take the (future) feature of the Amazon app that enables barcode scanning to find your item on Amazon. […]

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Mango Tools For WP7 Developers – Available Next Month

April 13, 2011 No Comments

Something that seemed like it would be an eternity to actually become a reality, is sneaking up on us faster than expected. The Mango update that will be coming to us this fall will already have the tools ready for developers next month. Even showed off an easy way to mimic a different location for location […]

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Angry Birds Coming to WP7 May 25th

April 13, 2011 No Comments

At MIX11 it was just announced that Angry Birds will be launching on Windows Phone 7 on May 25th.  It was just announced while showing of the multitasking coming with the Mango update.

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Rumor: List of Announcements For MIX11 (WP7)

April 11, 2011 No Comments

With Microsoft hosting MIX11 soon, they have been teasing that a few important announcements will be made regarding Windows Phone 7. Well now there is a mysterious list going around that supposedly is every bullet point that Microsoft will make regarding WP7. The list is as follows… Interoperability: devs can now use both Silverlight and […]

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Homebrew: ‘Multitask7’ Brings Multitasking to WP7

April 7, 2011 No Comments

Jaxbot, the same hacker that brought us that dehydration trick not to long ago is at it again with ‘Multitask7’. It is a program (hack) that gives us multitasking on Windows Phone 7. Yes I know the famous Mango update will allow us to do that later this year but what would be the fun […]

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LG: Jil Sander Windows Phone Revealed (Specs & Press Shots)

The press shots and specs have been revealed for LG’s Jil Sanders Windows Phone. It is basically a Optimus...

Samsung Omnia W Gets Really Friendly With the Camera (Pics)

The Windows Phone Team just published some really nice close up pictures of the upcoming Mango flavored Samsung Omnia...