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It’s Official: US Cellular to Carry Windows Phone 7 Later This Year

June 10, 2011 No Comments

We were tipped recently to the fact that US Cellular was planning on carrying its first Windows Phone. Well, now it is official. They will be launching their first Windows Phone handset sometime this year. We have no idea which handset they will be offering first but whatever they get their hands on is a […]

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Developer: Microsoft Makes Coding From Android to WP7 Easier

June 10, 2011 No Comments

In April we covered a story that Microsoft was making a really smart move in trying to convert IOS developers by creating the necessary tools to make it simpler to develop on WP7. Fast forward a few months and they have now made the same tools for Android devs. This tools a very thorough and […]

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More Microsoft Stores Are Needed to Combat Pushy Carrier Employees

June 9, 2011 4 Comments

Recently we covered a story about how difficult it is for some customers to purchase Windows Phones at their local stores. Those would be WP7 customers mostly get iPhone and/or Android pushed onto them by the carriers employees. Some would be customers have even been denied service. One Windows enthusiast even created a OneNote on […]

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Microsoft Sponsoring Windows Phone App-a-thon for Students

June 9, 2011 No Comments

Microsoft has been working diligently on expanding the Marketplace. They have created numerous contests and incentives encouraging the development of applications. Their newest contest is is called the Windows Phone Student App-a-thon. The incentives for this contest are as follows: The first 1,000 students to publish an application will receive a copy of Halo Reach, […]

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Windows Phone 7 is Second Among Platforms Devs Plan to Use

June 9, 2011 No Comments

The Windows Phone 7 Marketplace has grown at a fast pace and having seen the newest VisionMobile research report I can assume that it will continue to do so. VisionMobile published a report based entirely on the developers mindset. There is a lot of interesting information included in this report but the main point of […]

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Full House Poker Gets Long Awaited Update

June 9, 2011 1 Comment

I know there are many of you who have been waiting for Full House Poker to receive an update and that day has finally come. People playing Full House Poker were experiencing a glitch where you would buy into a game and if you exited the game, your buy-in money would be gone but your game […]

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Apple’s IOS5 Blatantly Copies WP7 Integrated Viewfinder Too

June 9, 2011 No Comments

Looks like Apple has taken another idea from Windows Phone 7 and Microsoft. Earlier this week we went over all of the new features on Apple’s IOS5 that take a handfull of WP7 features. This time around it doesn;t get anymore blatant than this. Windows Phone’s Integrated Viewfinder that let’s you take pictures and just […]

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Xbox Finally Promoting Windows Phone Properly – Get Your Avatar WP7 Item [video]

June 9, 2011 No Comments

Finally a really good Xbox 360 promo regarding Windows Phone 7. Not only do they put your avatar into the promo but you also get to test drive Windows Phone 7 and keep a WP7 item for your avatar. To get the Windows Phone for your avatar, please follow the directions in the video. This […]

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Windows Mobile 6.x My Phone Service to be Discontinued Soon

June 9, 2011 No Comments

Just like the millions of people that are hanging on to Windows XP, There’s a good amount of users still running around with Windows Mobile Phones. Soon though they might finally have to start thinking of upgrading. On July 7th, Microsoft will be shutting down those services for Windows Mobile 6.x  used to back up pretty […]

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E3: Closer Look at Beards & Beaks – WP7 Exclusive

June 8, 2011 No Comments

A closer look at Beards & Beaks, an exclusive  game that will be coming out for Windows Phone via Xbox Live. It is also the first game completely developed and produced by Microsoft Game Studios. I personally can’t wait to get my hands on this game! Developer – Microsoft Game Studios (Mobile) Genre – Action Strategy Platform – […]

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AT&T Gets HTC Titan, Samsung Focus S & Flash (All 4G w/ Front Facing Cameras)

I was really looking foward for the HTC Titan on T-mobile but it looks like AT&T has not only...

AT&T to launch 3 new Windows Phones (specs)

Today, AT&T announced 3 new Windows Phones that will be launching on their network this fall. The Samsung Focus...