June 10, 2011
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 […]
Tags: US Cellular, Windows Phone, windows phone 7, WP7News, Phones
June 10, 2011
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 […]
Tags: Android, API, API Tool, Developer, developers, free, Guide, IOS, iPhone, Microsoft, windows phone 7, WP7News
June 9, 2011
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 […]
Tags: Android, AT&T, Customers, iPhone, Sales, Sprint, T-mobile, Verizon, Windows Phone, windows phone 7News
June 9, 2011
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, […]
Tags: Apps, contests, Microsoft, windows phone 7, windows phone student app-a-thon, WP7Apps, News
June 9, 2011
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 […]
Tags: Apps, deleopers, Marketplace, Microsoft, visionmobile, windows phone 7, WP7Apps, Games, News
June 9, 2011
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 […]
Tags: bug fix, full house poker, Games, pro takedown, update, windows phone 7, WP7Games, News
June 9, 2011
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 […]
Tags: Apple, Camera, Camera Roll, Integrated Viewfinder, IOS5, Microsoft, Patent, Pictures, Swipe, Windows Phone, windows phone 7, WP7News
June 9, 2011
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 […]
Tags: avatar, Avatar Item, Promo, Windows Phone, windows phone 7, WP7, xbox, Xbox 360News
June 9, 2011
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 […]
Tags: Microsoft, My Phone, Shutting Down, windows mobile, Windows Mobile 6.x, Windows Phone, windows phone 7, WP7News
June 8, 2011
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 – […]
Tags: Beards & Beaks, Games, Microsoft, Microsoft Game Studios, Windows Phone, windows phone 7, Windows Phone Exclusive, WP7, WP7 Exclusive, Xbox LiveApps, Games