Microsoft pushed Mango beta to developers less than 24 hours ago. Some of us must be very happy right now while other could do nothing but shooting beams of jealous. Read more after the brea...
Thursday, June 30, 2011
Mango To Bring Video Chatting To WP
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Wednesday, June 29, 2011
Window 8 Halo Effect On Windows Phone Sales?
On June 20th Microsoft unveiled the new Windows 8 user interface to the world during AllthingsD, D9 Conference. It also simultaneously released a four minute video entitled "Building Windows 8, Video #1" which featured Jensen Harris, Director of PM,...
Mango beta for developers coming tomorrow? ( Update: It's being pushed out today! )
Well, we have been expecting mango beta to be pushed to developer handsets for quite some time now. After the False alert that resulted in :sadface: all over the web, Microsoft's Bill Cox's tweet might just bring us something fruitful tomorrow...
Angry birds is now available in Windows Phone marketplace
There you have it. Finally, the game that has ruled the portable gaming industry chart around the globe for over an year now is now available in Windows Phone marketplace with Xbox Live achievements...
Tango Before Apollo Update?
What do you do after a Mango? I usually sleep, but Microsoft has decided to Tango. Before Windows Phone 8, a major update similar to Mango (maybe, that's why the name) will be released, say DigiTime's sources. This is in with accordance to the rumors...
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
Here comes the Kik Messenger!
Remember what the makers of Kik Messenger promised? The app will be available in the Marketplace "by the end of this month". They promised, now they have delivered. You can now find Kik in the Marketplace, under "Social" category to be exact. It's sitting right next to the shiny new Gowalla client. You won't possibly miss it.
As to how it works, I'd say so far it's great. The app runs zapping fast,...
Official Gowalla application now available in the Windows phone marketplace
We previously covered an unofficial yet exceptionally well made third party Gowalla application called MacroPod . Gowalla promised that an official application will be made available in the marketplace for quite some time now. Rise and shine, Gowalla's...
Monday, June 27, 2011
After HTC, General Dynamics Itronix will pay Microsoft royalties for using Android
It wasn't a long time ago, when we reported about the HTC - Microsoft patent settlement news where HTC was required to pay $5 , as royalties, per Android device sold which is less than the licensing fees for Windows Phone, which is $15 according to Asymco....
Sunday, June 26, 2011
First look at Stormy7 v2.0 for Windows phone
I have had the chance of playing with Stormy7 some time back and it was undoubtedly something unique and lot of fun but sadly limited by lack of crucial features, like lack of multi touch support. But developers at Eizsoft this time with version 2.0...
Saturday, June 25, 2011
Friday, June 24, 2011
WDS Study Says Windows Phone Less Prone To Hardware Problems Than Android
WDS' study of 600,000 support calls from June 2010 to May 2011 has come up with some interesting percentages about the various mobile platforms. For Android devices, 14% of the problems were faced to due to hardware error compared to 9% in Windows Phone...
Deep diving into Mango ROM reveals more juicy features
Chances be praised! Somehow I stumbled upon a dumped Mango ROM today. Unfortunately it is in the raw dumped form, which means a million little folders and scattered files. Without any means to flash it onto a device, I cracked it open, and carefully read through its entire user interface string files. From those files I have discovered some quite interesting features. Yes there has been a swarm of...
Thursday, June 23, 2011
Nokia's first Windows Phone device codenamed Sea Ray unveiled by Stephen Elop (Full Video)
Technet Hungary provided the blogosphere with something special today. Nokia's first Windows phone 7 device has been unveiled by Mr. Stephen Elop himself. Suprise Surprise. No spy cam leak or shady website selling unwanted parts. This is the real deal fellas. Images and video after the break...
Wednesday, June 22, 2011
WP7 Game Review: Seeds on the Wind
Today's game is Seeds on the Wind by jambeep.com
Overall score 2.5 / ...
Remote screen capture for Windows phone (Homebrew)
We previously covered On Device screen shot from XDA user Finnix. Now a developer from China has created a homebrew solution which enables real time remote screen capturing capability between PC and your Windows Phone.
Windows Phone Hacker has more information on this:
The application is relatively simple: download the ZIP that contains both the phone and desktop applications. Then, deploy...
Microsoft Advertising Exchange Globally Available For Windows Phone 7
Some more great news for developers of Microsoft's platform. Since launch Microsoft Advertising Exchange for Mobile was restricted to US only, but from now on Windows Phone 7 developers anywhere can use the in-app advertising service to monetize their apps and beef up their revenues. Real Time Bidding is available in the Netherlands and UK, and will launch it in Germany, France and Canada in the...
Plants v/s Zombies now available in Windows phone marketplace
Time for Game number Five of the Six Games in Six Week program. Game number five is Plants v/s Zombies. The massively popular multi platform title from PopCap Games is now available as a XBL title in the windows phone marketplace for $4.99.
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Windows Phone Sauce Developer Lab : Hello, World
I am sure many of you might have come across the term "Hello, World" many times. The term Hello World, as Wikipedia says " is used to illustrate the most basic syntax of a programming language ".
In this post, we explore the basic syntax of Windows...
Oct 26 : Launch Date for Nokia's First Windows Phone ?
Nokia's annual event, Nokia World Conference has been scheduled for October 26-27 in London. The agenda on Nokia World's site is rather vague and doesn't provide too many details except that there is a keynote everyday. Nokia has said several times that...
Tuesday, June 21, 2011
Mango beta to be released to developers on June 22? (Update: False Alert!)
Today has been an exciting day so far, if you exclude the fact that I have been studying for my exam all day.
Mango pre release or Mango beta was previewed by bunch of US blogger (covered here) thus massively disappointing non US bloggers, like me, but according to a Neowin scoop, we won't have to wait for long. Microsoft is planning to push the Mango beta on June 22nd or June 23rd, most probably...
Monday, June 20, 2011
US bloggers publish their thoughts on Mango preview build (Compilation)
US bloggers have been playing for a few days with the Mango build 7.661.WP7_5_Trial (mojobld).20110607-1957 running on their Samsung Focus. Most of the features discussed here have made it through to the near final preview build with exception of twitter integration. Since we don't live in US, we were unable to get our hands on the build, bummer. But we have posted a few links to sites...
Nokia maintaining Apple like secrecy for their upcoming Windows Phone device
Nokia is planning to launch their 'make or break' device in Q4 this year. Without a doubt, this will be the most important release for Nokia. They cannot go wrong here. Chris Davis from Slashgear wrote a fantastic piece (Must read) highlighting Nokia's challenges and how Nokia is gearing up for their biggest and most crucial launch ever. I am quoting an interesting part of the piece below...
Upcoming Windows phone handsets in 2011
Which mill never closes down, even in the worst of economies? The rumor mill. The juicy rumors that have caught our eye are those regarding new WP7(.5) hardware. From the new OEMs announced at Microsoft's latest event to the desperate Nokia, here's...
Sunday, June 19, 2011
Stunning lock screen wallpapers for Windows Phone
Windows phone OS is a bit restrictive when it comes to UI customization. Customization isn't always good, remember the Myspace profile disasters?
WP7 lets you add custom lock screen background, the default wallpapers provided are pretty good but more...
IM+ finally submitted to Windows phone marketplace, arriving shortly (Update: Now Available)
It's been ages since the official statement from IM+ developers where they announced that they are developing a Windows Phone application. If you have been following their Facebook page, you'd know how many desperate windows phone 7 users were out there looking for any news about the release date. The time has come for users to finally get a world class multi protocol IM application for Windows Phone....
Windows phone games compared with iOS titles, XBL titles clearly overpriced
Windows Phone metro today published a comparison table- comparing the price of the same game available on two platforms, Windows phone and iOS. Now if you see the table, snapshot below:
You'll probably not be surprised at all, especially if you...
Official Evernote app now available in marketplace, white screen issue annoying users (Update: Bugs fixed!)
Exciting day indeed. Two of the most awaited Windows phone applications have arrived (almost). Evernote for windows phone has now been published to the marketplace. In case you didn't know, evernote is a cross platform One Note like note taking application....
Saturday, June 18, 2011
Are Marketplace Submission Requirements compromised?
Windows Phone Marketplace will soon reach 23k Apps along with recent cool apps like IM+, Evernote, Hydro Thunder Go as well as some Spam-Apps, Bulk-Apps, Crap-Apps etc. MSFT replied that they all passed the certification requirments and...
