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Homebrew WP7 Marketplace Begins to Take Shape

April 1, 2011 No Comments

Microsoft has spoken about building a solution for the homebrew community. We had ChevronWP7 to sideload apps before but phones with NoDo (March Update) can’t use that same application anymore. The guys over at XDA though aren’t taking that laying down and now are working on bringing an unofficial homebrew marketplace. Developer kuerbis2 has released […]

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Microsoft Advertising Showing off WP7 Paid Developers

March 31, 2011 No Comments

Through case studies Microsoft Advertising is showing off what creating apps on the Windows Phone platform can do to your wallet. Simply by using the Microsoft Advertising SDK for Windows Phone 7, they are saying that you can easily make a living making apps on the platform. We have discussed this plenty of times on here. […]

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Brandon Watsons Refreshing Optimism

March 31, 2011 No Comments

These days the way that people judge success is by numbers. How many sold? How many downloaded? Numbers is all that seems to matter to big companies. Brandon Watson, Sr. Director of Windows Phone posted on the Windows Phone Developer Blog giving some of the stats related to Windows Phone 7 in the last year […]

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Deal of the Week: Glow Artisan

March 30, 2011 No Comments

Glow Artisan is a surprisingly simple yet complex game. You are given a series of puzzles to replicate making only straight lines of different colors. The puzzle often requires you to combine colors to create a new color or to find a way to delete certain spots in order to replicate the puzzle and it’s […]

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LiveShare App Now on WP7 (Photo-Sharing)

March 29, 2011 No Comments

Pretty cool App out now on the Windows Phone Marketplace called LiveShare. It’s an app that you can setup photo streams with your Buddy’s or co-workers and let them share right back. It works really well and you can even follow public streams. The only downside I found is that you have to sign in […]

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Photo Search Free Available Now

March 29, 2011 No Comments

I know that there is not really a shortage of ways to search for images on your WP7 phone, but what sets Photo Search Free by Decapod Studios apart from the others is that it is tailored to help you find exactly what you are looking for by cusomizing your search to match size and also […]

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Microsoft Hosting Another App Contest

March 29, 2011 No Comments

It is no secret that Microsoft is doing everything in their power to get developers on board with WP7 in order to build the Marketplace. We know that they have personally recruited a few and that they are doing whatever they can to entice devs over to WP7. They have offered a rebate of $99 for […]

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Text Zedventure Popular Xbox Indie Game Comes to WP7

March 26, 2011 No Comments

Another Xbox Live Indie game makes it to Windows Phone 7, an appaently rising trend that I hope will continue to gain popularity. In this text-only adventure, you must escape a city ravaged by a mysterious infection. Explore a deserted residence, train station and shopping centre in three unique chapters with multiple endings. Each chapter […]

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Microsoft Makes Move to Offer More Dev Phones Globally

March 24, 2011 No Comments

Microsoft has said that one of their main focuses of Windows Phone 7 is developing the Marketplace. They have done a lot of developer recruiting and given away many developer phones here in the U.S. Now they are expanding and doing what they can to offer more dev phones internationally. Microsoft partnered with Zones.com to […]

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Terra Explorer: Enhanced Web Browser Now Available on WP7

March 18, 2011 No Comments

A new Web Browser called Terra Explorer is now available for free on the Marketplace. It is highly customizable even being able to choose your own background. You can search for images, video, web (using bing, google and others). It is a good looking app that needs a bit of work. Good thing is that […]

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Stephen Elop: Nokia Lumia 800 Is The First “Real” Windows Phone

Nokia introduces their first Windows Phone! The Nokia Lumia 800 is exactly what we hoped it would be. Stephen...

Leaked: Nokia’s Flagship Windows Phone Device – Nokia 900 (Ace) Updated

When it rains – it pours!!! Nokia’s 3rd device has just been leaked onto the internet by the Nokia...