April 10, 2011
Microsoft Research does it again! They just launched another coding based app to the Marketplace. I would call this one the best so far as TouchStudio is a software development enviroment that runs on your actual phone. You have access to the Media library, sensors, etc. An App that Makes Apps… You can’t get any […]
Tags: Apps, Developer, Microsoft, Microsoft Research, TouchStudio, windows phone 7, WP7Apps
April 9, 2011
A group of students have developed an app to combat malaria for the Imagine Cup 2011. The 9th-annual Imagine Cup, sponsored by Microsoft, asks students to “imagine a world where technology helps solve the toughest problems.” Tristan Gibeau – which is one of the team members who worked on this WP7 application, explained that his […]
Tags: Apps, disease, Imagine Cup, Imagine Cup 2011, Malaria, Microsoft, samsung, Samsung Focus, windows phone 7, WP7Apps, News
April 8, 2011
A lucky user over in Italy received a special surprise when he received his NoDo update, he actually received a newer update than the rest of us. The only notable difference in his update is that he was given a search button on his screen. There is no word on the search buttons function but […]
Tags: nodo, update, windows phone 7, windows phone italy, wpyNews
April 8, 2011
Recently there was a firmware update for HTC phones. For most updates always means something good but there are always an unlucky few that experience issues. As is the case with the HTC update. While some are reporting to see an improvement in their phones performance some are experiencing a change in their picture quality. […]
Tags: 16 bit, banding, HTC, images, update, windows phone 7, WP7News
April 8, 2011
Someone over at the XDA forums put up a post saying that the first 500 BizSpark members to request a free AppHub account ($99 value) will receive one. As with anything there are some limits, including country limitations although there is no official information regarding that matter. To request your free AppHub membership follow these steps: Signup […]
Tags: Apphub, bizspark, free, membership, Microsoft, windows phone 7, WP7News
April 8, 2011
Last week was a bit difficult for those who awaited their update but didn’t receive it. This week brought promise that most of us would have the update and at the very least if we didn’t get the official update there were different methods floating around online telling you just what to do to update […]
Tags: chris walsh, Microsoft, nodo, updater tool, windows phone 7, WP7News
April 7, 2011
I love my Windows Phone 7 device, HTC HD7 to be exact. Now that NoDo (March Update) is finally on my phone, I have even less to gripe about my awesome phone. One thing though that has plagued all of us Windows Phone users is the lack of Instant Messenger on the OS. I mean […]
Tags: Aim, Facebook, gtalk, ICQ, IM, IMplus, instant messaging, Instant Messenger, Jabber, MSN, Myspace, Skype, Twitter, windows phone 7, WP7, Yahoo!Apps
April 7, 2011
As users of a brand new OS, we are left waiting for many of the things smartphone users have some to know as something essential. Many are still waiting for NoDo. We still have yet to get a decent IM client. With all the waiting it’s nice to see a little light however small at […]
Tags: Apps, bank of america, banking, windows phone 7, WP7Apps, News
April 7, 2011
We previously reported that research firm Ovum predicts that Windows Phone 7 will be one of the top three smartphone OS’s by 2016 and IDC put them at number two by 2015. Analyst firm Gartner has now released their research statistics on the smartphone marketshare. According to Gartner and as we should all expect Android will […]
Tags: analysts, gartner, Market-share, stats, windows phone 7, WP7News
April 6, 2011
Movend a service that was exclusively Android is now on Windows Phone 7. Movend is a service that many developers will find handy. With Movend you will be allowed to go into an app and buy directly from it rather than being redirected to a site to handle the payment. Take note because this is […]
Tags: Apps, billing, developers, movend, windows phone 7, WP7Apps