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Windows Phone 7 Connector 1.1 Released Over the Weekend (Macs)

March 28, 2011 No Comments

Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 Connector was updated over the weekend to version 1.1. This is as important as a Zune software update for PC users since Macs mysteriously do not have the option yet to have the full software at their disposal. You can get the updated Connector here. What’s New in Version 1.1 Windows […]

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HTC Publishes Compass on WP7

March 28, 2011 No Comments

HTC brings out a new app into the marketplace. Compass is now available on all HTC Windows Phone 7 devices. You can find it in the marketplace here. It is really nicely designed, the integration with the maps and how it turns when you switch directions is an added bonus. App info: HTC Compass helps […]

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Heartbeater: Now Available On WP7 Marketplace

March 27, 2011 No Comments

A new app is available on the Windows Phone 7 marketplace that helps you read your pulse pretty accurately.It is simple to use and aesthetically pleasing to the eye. It is a great first app from Chromaticon and we cant wait to see what else they come up with. Game info: Heartbeater is an easy […]

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LG Plans on Doubling US Marketshare With ‘Superphones’

March 26, 2011 No Comments

LG smartphones are nice but in a lot of cases they don’t hold a candle to their competitors. LG has big plans to not only gain traction with their smartphones but to double their smartphone martketshare in the US. Spearheading their plan is the so called superphone, which is described by LG as smartphones that […]

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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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WP7 Predicted to be in Top 3 Smartphone OS’s By 2016

March 25, 2011 No Comments

While it is expected that smartphones are the phones of the future, research firm Ovum expects “significant growth of smartphones over the next five years”. By 2016, Android is expected to be the leader in smartphone os’s with Apple taking second and Windows Phone 7 just behind Apple. Ovum principal analyst Adam Leach said “For […]

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New WP7 Toolkits Available: Microsoft Research & Azure

March 25, 2011 No Comments

Microsoft has made available more toolkits to help you get your Windows Phone 7 apps going. The Microsoft Research team has released their toolkit codenamed project Hawaii: This is a software-development kit (SDK) for the creation of Windows Phone 7 (WP7) applications that leverage research services not yet available to the general public. The primary […]

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Jabberworx Releases More Chicks n’ Vixens v1.0 Gameplay Videos

March 24, 2011 No Comments

Jabberworx, the developers of Chicks n’ Vixens worked really quickly to implement some of the things that people wanted them to add to the game for version 1.0. Jabberworx had been releasing stills and a couple of videos in anticipation of the release of their update. With v1.0 already released they are still offering videos […]

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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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AppMakr Available for Windows Phone 7: Create Apps With No Coding

March 24, 2011 No Comments

We announced AppMakr for Windows Phone 7 awhile ago. It is a service online that promises easy app making for sites and blogs with no coding at all. Now you can finally log in and start creating apps straight from an RSS feed. ‘Here’s some super exciting news for all you AppMakrs sans-iPhones: You can […]

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Cases for Future WP7 Devices Appear: HTC Omega & HTC Eternity

We recently published leaked images of devices like the giant 4.7 screen HTC Eternity. Now we have even more...

LG Fantasy Photos Leaked

Pocketnow has released pictures of the LG phones that are expected to be released this Fall. There is unfortunately...