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There Yet? App Available Now

April 22, 2011 No Comments

There Yet? is a funny concept for an app, but one that is needed many times. If you take public transportation daily then you know how you get used to it and start falling asleep on the train or bus, causing you from time to time to bypass your stop. There Yet? is the prefect […]

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Ford SYNC Making its’ Way to Europe

April 22, 2011 No Comments

Ford SYNC, the Microsoft the voice controlled car system will be making its’ way to Europe in 2012. It has an 8-inch touchscreen and displays four major hubs, climate control, media player, navigation and mobile phone. Ford SYNC boasts an impressive 10,000 voice commands so that the driver can keep his or her eyes on […]

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Text My Location is Now Free on WP7

April 21, 2011 No Comments

The Text your location App is almost as old as Windows Phone 7 itself. It’s objective? to allow you to share your location with others only when you want to, through text, Twitter, Facebook and Email. In a surprising turn of events though, the app now appears to be completely free in the marketplace. Hurry […]

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It’s 100% Official: Nokia and Microsoft Sign Contract

April 21, 2011 No Comments

Good news for us WP7 lovers, the contract between Nokia and Microsoft has been signed. While we all pretty much knew it was a sure thing, the contract of course makes it final. Microsoft phone unit President Andy Lees and Nokia Executive Vice President Kai Oistamo both stressed that things are ahead of schedule and […]

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Pitfall Is Next Weeks Xbox Live Title

April 21, 2011 No Comments

Can’t say I know what happened, but Pitfall was supposed to be released this week as a Game Room Xbox Live title. Needless to say, yesterday came and no Pitfall. Now it is being said that Pitfall will instead come to Windows Phone 7 next week. Decsription of Original Pitfall for Atari: The player must […]

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WP7 User Idea: Single App Pinning To Lock Screen

April 20, 2011 No Comments

Over the last couple of months we have stated time and time again that we believe developers are key in the future of Windows Phone 7. We have had a few great interviews along the way like the interview with our friends at Amused Sloth (Chickens Can Dream), our sitdown with Psydian Interactive (MyBookie app) and our […]

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Website Created With Sole Purpose of Bringing the WP7 UI to Android

April 20, 2011 No Comments

Believe it or not someone has dedicated their time and patience to develop apps for Android to make it look like Windows Phone 7. WP7Android is the site put up to promote bringing WP7 to Android. There will be 9 apps released: Launcher, Dialer, Contacts, Mail, Message, Browser, Camera, Gallery and Zune-Player. I know this is […]

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NoDo Slows Samsung Focus Upload Speed..Here’s How to Fix it

April 20, 2011 No Comments

As some of you with the Samsung Focus might have noticed, the NoDo update slowed down the upload speed for some Samsung Focus users. Luckily there are already solutions. Here’s what to do: From the number-dial screen: Enter ##634# Diagnostics screen should open. Enter *#32489# Test mode screen should open. Press back at the bottom (bottom […]

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AT&T Customers Begin to Receive NoDo

April 19, 2011 No Comments

AT&T customers can finally breathe a sigh of relief, though the where’s my update page still says scheduling reports are surfacing that those on the AT&T network are finally receiving NoDO. The update is being released to Samsung Focus owners and also to LG Quantum owners. Unfortunately the HTC Surround update is still in the testing […]

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Homebrew: Device Manager and TouchXperience Hit Beta For WP7

April 19, 2011 No Comments

We have 2 pretty cool homebrew BETA applications that just came out for Windows Phone 7. The first is the device manager that we reported on a while ago. The other is TouchXperience which is a navigation app for your apps. The device Manager features include: Applications management: view, install/uninstall homebrew applications File management: explore […]

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Joe Belfiore Shoots Down Mango Release Rumors

Joe Belfiore, corporate vice president and director of Windows Phone Management took to his Twitter accout to dispel rumors...

Samsung “Omnia W”: 2nd Gen WP7 Device Rumored to Have 1st Gen Specs

Well this is just sad and frankly I hope this is either a mistake or this is just Samsung’s...