A look at IRC7, an IRC client for Windows Phone coming soon to your Mango devices

Ex - IRC addict here (Spent 8-10 hours every day in 10th grade, don't ask how I passed the exams) and I know how important it is to stay in touch with your channel buddies all the time. Windows phone 7 marketplace is currently missing a IRC client. This is due to the lack of socket support at the moment. But with Mango update coming soon, you'd have another reason to enjoy the update even more. Mango...

By Rahul Mathur

Use Windows Phone as a remote to control Zune music playback with Zemote (Coming Soon)

Zemote is a remote application that enables you to control music playback on Zune via the application on your Windows Phone. Nifty. The application utilizes the local WiFi network and a Zemote desktop application to set up a complete sync with the application on your device. List of features and video of the application in action, after the break...

By Rahul Mathur

A Video Response To Molly Wood!!

I'm sure all of you are aware of Microsoft's aggressive marketing strategy of their Windows Phone devices. Brandon Watson is handing Windows Phones to celebrities who are complaining about their (buggy) Android phones or (boring) iPhones. Molly Wood, executive editor at CNET complained about having a...well lets say she was using a Android handset. Brandon stepped in and lent her a HTC Trophy (Verizon)...

By Sameer

HTC Omega/Radar Shows Up For Auction (with pictures)

We recently featured the first leaked photo of the HTC Omega (Radar, if you prefer) and today the white beast has shown up for auction on an Algerian site. The guys at OuedKniss have provided the first 'real' pictures of the handset HTC is expected...

By Akshay Bakshi

Market Place Hits 30,000 App Mark

Microsoft Windows Phone platform has been around for 8 months. Since its launch in November 2010, it has crossed milestone after milestone. The most recent of which being 'The 30,000 App Milestone'.  Microsoft's Marketplace has taken the same amount...

By Sameer

Indian Rail guide, first Windows Phone application targeting Indian travellers

Apps are the lifeline of any Smartphone platform. The Android and iPhone marketplace has lots of apps that caters to the local crowd. These apps generally include apps that show train timings, local bus routes or movie timings ( Data is fetched from good ol' indianrail.gov.in ). Slowly but steadily we are seeing such apps for the Windows phone marketplace. We get our hands on one such app - Indian...

By Rahul Mathur

HTC Omega/Radar powered by 1.5 GHz Snapdragon and 8 MP Camera

What's a day without a phone leak ? Here we have the HTC Omega, whose aluminium white chassis is gracing the web thanks to a leak by the guys at PocketNow. The name is still not confirmed as some sources say it might be called the HTC Radar on launch. It...

By Akshay Bakshi

vNES Light beta 2 emulator running at 60 fps mode shows buttery smooth gameplay

vNES Light, NES emulator for Windows Phone, has been one of the highlights of work done by the community. In case you didn't know - Microsoft has banned emulators from the marketplace but that doesn't keep away enthusiastic developers from porting emulators to Windows Phone. vNES light Developer Nudua  is hard at work and has been consistently working to improve the performance of the emulator....

By Rahul Mathur

Cro - Mag Rally update patch coming soon to to fix several issues

Xbox Live games on Windows Phone 7 have the reputation of being highly polished. Cro - Mag Rally however was barely playable. Hundreds of WP7 users expressed their frustration by providing feedback on the application page ( read comments ). I tried the trial version and absolutely agree with other reviewers that controls are poor. Poor controls in a racing game? not cool. That's just one issue but...

By Rahul Mathur

Skype Support And Secondary Cameras To Come With Mango

Will it have it, will it not? The ongoing battle whether Microsoft is actually bringing Skype to Windows Phone. Well, video chat lovers, good news. Microsoft has announced that it will integrate skype into the windows phone experience with the mango...

By Sameer

Classic Sega game Sonic CD to arrive on Windows Phone later this year

Today, Sega officially revealed their plans to revive the classic 1993 Sega CD  game titled Sonic CD. Oh I remember spending hours at the video game store waiting to grab the game. Not really. I was just 1 year old at that time. If you haven't heard of the game, fret not, here's some gameplay of Sonic CD in action (looks fun!) : More after the break...

By Rahul Mathur

Mango Update To Bring Tethering To Windows Phone

Windows Phone Mango is definitely a major update to Microsoft's fledgling operating system. It brings a variety of new features to the platform. The most recent feature to be noted is the support for internet sharing or tethering. There are two strings...

By Sameer

AT&T Roadmap Leaks; Two Windows Phone Mango Handsets For Q4

Here's another leaked roadmap. This time its at&t's plans that have been revealed.The roadmap is as always clogged with android handsets. On the bright side there are two windows phone mango handsets (Samsung and HTC are the makers) scheduled for...

By Sameer

Two Mango Phones Caught in the Wild. Acer M130, Asus

Windows Phone NZ reports that during Windows Phone WPC, two new Windows Phone devices were seen. First, is an Asus device. The reporter calls it a:tidy looking handset with a matt black finish and it appears to be an engineering sample with non-final code on it.The other device is the Acer M130, and the reporter says it "looks final" calling it a: a good basic handset overall with a black shiny...

By Andy Babbitt

Official Cyanide & Happiness app now available in Windows Phone marketplace

Cyanide and Happiness, one of my favorite webcomic, has finally officially stepped into the Windows Phone marketplace. Cy & H launched their iOS application back last year and has had a successful run at the app store since release. Surprisingly, Cy & H has no official presence in the Android marketplace. Official application description and download link after the break...

By Rahul Mathur

Nokia 900 confidential info leak reveals specifications, it's a dual core beast !

We recently reported on existence of previously unknown Nokia 800 device. Well, looks like we have another Windows phone device in our sight now, thankfully - it's specs aren't a mystery. Windows Mobile.se forum poster apparently received *supposed* confidential information which is basically a sketch of the 900 model alongside specifications. More after the break...

By Rahul Mathur

Telnet client coming soon to Windows Phone with SSH Support

Jeremy Bell has posted a video on YouTube previewing his telnet app for Windows Phone...

By Sushovan De

And now, a windows phone controlling lawn sprinklers

We remember the days when every home item from a bathtub to the kitchen sink was seemingly being controlled by the iPhone, just because it can. Well, it seems like those days are coming to the Windows Phone now, as Mike Linnen shows us his lawn sprinkler...

By Sushovan De

WP7 Game Review: Bubblo World

Today’s game is Bubblo World by Baracat. Bubblo world is an interesting puzzle game where the objective is to pop all bubbles starting from a single tap. Overall score 4 / 5...

By Sushovan De

Play DataMix by Cronos Labs for free and win a $50 Amazon Gift Card

Cronos Labs recently launched their first game, WordMix and to celebrate the launch they will be giving away $50 Amazon Gift Cards every week for the next four weeks. The app is free for a limited time here. Quoting the devs : To celebrate our...

By Akshay Bakshi

webOS Devlopers to Recieve Free Windows Phone Devices, Training

After HP made the announcement on Thursday they would be scrapping their webOS operating system and some of it's hardware, including the struggling Touchpad, Microsoft's Senior Director of WP7 development Brandon Watson made it clear via twitter that all previous webOS devs would receive all that is necessary to make a successful switch to Windows Phone. "Any Published WebOS Devs: We’ll give you...

By Justin William

What's new in Xbox Live Hub of Windows Phone Mango (GamesCom Interview)

An array of new XBL titles was announced by Microsoft this week at Games Com 2011 held in Cologne, Germany. German blog Giga.de got a chance to have a quick chat with Peter Orullian, Group Product Manager of Xbox division. Peter does a great job of  rounding up most of  the xbox live for Mango enhanced features previously announced in the official Windows Phone blog over the past...

By Rahul Mathur

Cronos Labs Launches DataHub Pro to organize your life

There are lists. And then there are lists. Choose any platform and you will find tons of to-do and list apps, but most of them, even the popular, are rigid and bound to one format. DataHub by Kronos Labs is a nifty database and form builder whose...

By Akshay Bakshi

WP7 App Update: NextGen Reader v1.15 now available

Today, I’m excited to announce some updates to the NextGen Reader app for windows phone. I’ve added some of your most-requested features, in addition to other enhancements. What’s new: share to Facebook. subscriptions in alphabetical...

By ngreader

Bing Team Releases We're In App for Windows Phone

The Bing team has just released its 'We're In' app for Windows Phone. It's a useful little app that allows you to share your location with your friends.                            ...

By Sameer

Occassional Gamer List Shows Existence of Samsung SGH-i937

Fear not, lovers of the Samsung Galaxy S II's hardware. For Samsung is remodeling it's super-slim flagship device with Microsoft's latest running on it.  It's real! It's real! I saw it with my own two eyes!It's real! A recently leaked (probably...

By Sameer

Windows Phone 7 surpasses Android and iPhone according to Dilbert

Most of you have probably heard of The Windows Phone Challenge started by Brandon Watson via Twitter where he offered to give charity $1000 if the reviewer doesn't like WP7. CNET's Molly Wood was the first to take on this challenge, and now we have Dilbert himself, Scott Adams, take on our beloved WP7. Brandon Watson approached Adams with the wp7 challenge offer after he had complained about his...

By Andy Babbitt

Leaked Road Map confirms Samsung i8350 Omnia W October launch

Samsung i8350 Omnia W has popped up on several websites in past weeks. Blog of Mobile spotted Omnia W receiving bluetooth certification. So it's existence has been confirmned for quite some time . The unknown variable have been target release date, specifications and pricing. Telefonino ( via GSMArena ) got access to Samsung Roadmap for 2H 2011 and it unsurprisingly has load of Android phones...

By Rahul Mathur

Microsoft releases Silverlight for Windows Phone toolkit update for Mango

Important news from the Windows Phone Developer Blog today with the announcement of the release of the new open source Silverlight for Windows Phone Toolkit (August 2011) add-on. In addition to UI control components like toggle switches and page transitions, it includes several new features such as HubTile, a tool which let's you "add beautiful, informative, animated tiles to your application". You...

By Justin William

Microsoft will have a 'Compelling and Dynamic End User Interface' in Windows Phone 8 Apollo

We knew that Apollo, the next update to Windows Phone, would be coming next year and now Microsoft has given the first hints at what to expect from it. In a job posting on the Microsoft Talent Network for a software development engineer on the Consumer Experience team,...

By Akshay Bakshi

Mystery Windows Phone device Nokia 800 and Acer M310 spotted

Star Windows Phone indie developer Elbert Perez is not only famous for his exceptionly well made free games but also for revealing statistics (a post mortem for serious folks) post release. The analytics or the reporting page (as he calls it) shows a...

By Rahul Mathur

New XBL Titles for Windows Phone announced at GamesCon 2011 (Video)

GamesCon is underway at Cologne, Germany. Microsoft had a lot to offer at Games Con this year. @majornelson has a complete list of announcement here. Mobile gaming is a big business now and Microsoft knows it. They have announced a total of 14 Xbox Live titles for Windows Phone at Games Con. Here's a trailer showcasing em ...

By Rahul Mathur

Meme Generator lets you create and share memes on Windows Phone (Exclusive look at v1.4)

I don't see a lot of meme generators on mobile but when I do, I blog about it! (Sorry, that was horrible). Developer Nash Bansal has created something unique, it's called Meme Generator. It functions similar to the legendary memegenerator.net website...

By Rahul Mathur

Which Windows Phone Should I Buy?

A couple weeks ago, I put up a post called My tech dilemma. It was about which operating system was meant for me. I thought a blend of Android's hacking goodies with Windows Phone's awesome UI would keep my posse of selves happy. But through your comments...

By Sameer

Guess what? China did block WP7 Marketplace after all.

My last post left more confusion than answers I guess, with Chinese WP7 users having all sorts of problem. Some can't gain access to the Marketplace no matter what, some regained access after rolling back to build 7392 or earlier, some rolled back all the way to build 7008 and still can't download anything. There were doubts that it's Microsoft trying to block users who are not officially supported...

By Chassit

Windows Phone Mango build 7720 RTM already available on XDA Forums!

XDA, always a step ahead, eh? Today, WPCentral reported about Microsoft employees receiving Mango RTM build which triggered a thread in XDA and user longshot442 did a noble act of posting download link to necessary files required to upgrade to Mango build. More after the bre...

By Rahul Mathur

Windows Phone Mango To Be Unveiled On September 1st? (Update: Joe Belfiore calls it a rumor)

Windows Phone Mango has been one of the hottest topics in rumor land. Mango went into RTM a few weeks ago and was officially launched in Japan. Now certain rumors are hinting at a release in  the IFA extravaganza in Berlin, that is between...

By Sameer

Stephen Elop responds to user criticism, Asserts that large operators prefer Windows phone

In a series of rather fortunate events, Stephen Elop is suddenly responding to user emails (try sending him one at stephen.elop@nokia.com - don't spam) following the famous Apple CEO, Steve Jobs, footsteps of addressing user concerns via email. After the news of N9 limited region release went live on the internet, Meego fans all over the world died a little inside. Especially the guys at maemo talk....

By Rahul Mathur

HD7 Spotted Running Tango Build 8200- On Sale!

 Things are hot in the land of Windows Phone rumors. Although Mango has just gone into RTM stage, rumors are rife about Windows Phone Tango. Tango is expected to be Microsoft's next major update to its Windows Phone platform, expected in fall 2012....

By Sameer

Samsung Omnia 7 caught running Mango RTM

We spotted the mysterious HTC Mazaa today running WP7 Mango 7720 which is the RTM build. A tipster just sent in an image of About Screen of a Samsung Omnia 7 (GT I8700) device which shows the build number as 7220. Image after the brea...

By Rahul Mathur

Nokia Closing Symbian Business In North America

With its first Windows Phone in the horizon Nokia has decided to put it's Symbian handsets and other feature phones to rest in North America. In an Interview with AllThingsD, Chris Weber: President of Nokia's US operations said "When we launch Windows...

By Sameer

WPAPPITUP winner receives HTC Mazaa running Mango RTM ! [Update: HTC Mazaa in action]

Microsoft held a special contest for Dream Spark registered students called WPAppitUp. The idea was simple: make a prototype that impresses Microsoft using Sketchflow Template for Windows Phone and 50 great designs will win a developer device running Mango...

By Rahul Mathur

More Windows Phone Tango rumors hit the web

We first covered Windows phone tango some time back. WPCentral uncovered build 8220 (still under development, according to my sources, codenamed Tango, which showed content search across the whole system, similar to Universal search available on iOS. Now Mary Jo Foley from ZDNet revealed some interesting new rumor tid bits from her sources. More after the brea...

By Rahul Mathur

Wish List for next Windows Phone update codename Tango

Windows phone is certainly turning quite a few heads and is commanding respect from critiques and fanboys alike. Though the OS is packed with features certain necessary functions and features are missing. I'm not gonna waste your time with the usual 'integrate skype, bring in dual cores, get more apps'. Instead there are a few other vital changes that could enhance the overall user experience and...

By Sameer

China blocked WP7 Marketplace? (Updated: more test)

Well, guess most of us know that China always wants to control its entire web traffic. It doesn't want its netizens to see what's "not proper" by the government standard, thus sites like YouTube, Twitter, Facebook are all blocked by the national internet filter dubbed the "Great Firewall", or "GFW" in short. Along with popular SNS sites there are countless .au, .jp, .tw and .hk domain sites blocked...

By Chassit

Microsoft makes 3 times more money from HTC Android than Windows Phones in Q2

Remember those patents settlements Microsoft and HTC had ? Well, seems like they are starting to pay off as the latest reports show. After HTC released its Q2 results, Horace Dediu, Asymco analyst tweeted that Microsoft would have got...

By Akshay Bakshi

Solution Concept for Windows Phone Search button accidents

Ah, capacitive buttons. They have been both a bane and boon for mobile users since their inception. Since, most Windows Phones come with capacitive buttons, their users have their share of woes too. Who hasn't accidentally pressed the search button...

By Akshay Bakshi

Some projects integrating windows phone with Kinect emerge

Some projects integrating Kinect on the PC and windows phone have begun to appear on the internet...

By Sushovan De

Google+ application for Windows Phone teased

We have been wrong before about the Google+ official client for Windows Phone 7. Twitter user @kmarshall teased an image of official Google+ application for Windows phone 7. Screen shot of the app in action after the break...

By Rahul Mathur

Nokia's First Windows phone device to make an official appearance on 17th August?

Now here's something interesting. Report is coming in from Unwired that Nokia has a surprise up it's sleeve at Gamescon, which will be held at Cologne, Germany this month. Read more after the break...

By Rahul Mathur

DFT Releases HSPL/RSPL Tool For Custom ROMs on HTC Windows Phones

Last we reported of DFT was when they updated an HTC HD2 to Windows Phone Mango. And just yesterday, they released the HSPL/RSPL tools to flash custom ROMs on  for first generation HTC Windows Phone devices, namely : HTC Mozart, the HTC Surround,...

By Akshay Bakshi

Rumor Roundup: Second Generation Windows Phone Handsets

Rumors suggest that 2nd Generation handsets are expected to arrive by mid-September. With Mango already in the hands of the manufacturers it's only a matter of time before they flood the Market. Fujitsu has already unveiled the worlds first 2nd generation handset in Japan and ZTE are expected to follow suite soon...

By Sameer

IS12T gives you a look at hidden Wifi SSID support coming to Mango, plus more exclusive features

Tezawaly from Nanapho.jp has been spending plenty of time with recently announced Fujitsu - Toshiba's water proof IS12T. His latest post revealed Hidden Wifi network support interface which will soon be coming to Mango Retail build. Hidden SSID support wasn't included in the latest refreshed beta build for unknown reason but Brandon Watson confirmed yesterday that the support will come with...

By Rahul Mathur

AT&T Windows Phone Expert : "Get an Android"

We knew that Windows Phone was having retail problems, and some folks investigated the matter too. Microsoft quickly started collecting data on these retail experiences, but their response doesn't seem to have had a quick effect. Matt Landis of WindowsPBX...

By Akshay Bakshi

HTC Biggest Windows Phone Manufacturer according to Nielsen Report

The June Nielsen report is out on the official blog and we have the stats for your favorite operating system ready. HTC is the top manufacturer of Windows Phone with its devices covering 6% of the market. Samsung is second with 2% of market share. The...

By Akshay Bakshi

Tokyo residents could have a try with Toshiba IS12T already?

Just saw Windows Phone Japan posting on Facebook :Which means "From today on, real units of IS12T will be shown at KDDI Designing Studio. I'm coming near you!"KDDI Designing Studio is located in Tokyo. So if you are lucky enough to be in Tokyo right...

By Chassit

New Mango beta available to developers today, Twitter integration on Mango previewed (Video)

Wow. First, the good news of mango hitting RTM, then the launch of first Mango device , Fujitsu-Toshiba IS12T, in Japan and now a new Mango beta build is made available by Microsoft available via Microsoft Connect. The biggest change in the refreshed beta is Twitter integration, which was disabled in previous beta. The refreshed beta build is 7712, which is not the RTM build. But it's close...

By Rahul Mathur