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by Daniel Rubino
Dec 29, 2011
We get a lot of requests from you folks regarding what's a good compass app for your Windows Phone. To be honest, there's quite a bit out there and while some are great, there's a lot of...
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by Daniel Rubino
Nov 29, 2011
Ever since Mango came out and devs have had access to the compass API, we've seen a ton of compass apps hit the Marketplace. While many are good (including this augmented reality one) none have...
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by Daniel Rubino
Nov 18, 2011
Bad news for you die-hard Venue Pro users, Dell has seemingly confirmed that no compass-support will be coming to the device. It was about a month ago after the unlocked and T-Mobile versions...
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by George Ponder
Nov 11, 2011
Here's a neat compass app for your Windows Phone. Compass VO is a mango app that uses your internal digital compass as well as your Windows Phone camera to guide you around the great outdoors...
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by Daniel Rubino
Oct 28, 2011
gMaps Pro is our go-to app when we want some Google services on our Windows Phone (since Google is evidently too busy fixing Android to make WP7 apps). We've been waiting on a Mango update for a...
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by Daniel Rubino
Oct 20, 2011
We do love ourselves some AR (augmented reality) apps around here, so devs, just add AR to your app to get featured here. Just kidding, but it doesn't hurt.
Case in point is this nifty little...
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by Daniel Rubino
Oct 14, 2011
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by Daniel Rubino
Sep 01, 2011
It's kind of fun to find some new Mango apps in the Marketplace, specifically ones that take advantage of the new motion APIs that weren't available before. Case in point? Compass by Kanzsoft...
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by Daniel Rubino
Mar 27, 2011
If you have an HTC branded Windows Phone, you may want to check out their new free compass app pushed to the Marketplace (though oddly, not available in the HTC Hub just yet).
The app is not...
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by George Ponder
Feb 20, 2011
Outdoor Navigation is being offered over at the Marketplace that slaps a considerable amount of GPS functionality onto your Windows Phone. Developed by GPS Tuner, the Windows Phone 7 navigation...
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by Seth Brodeur
Feb 16, 2011
Feeling that "the Dell Venue Pro has been neglected by the WP7 homebrew community for a while," XDA user Notebookgrail decided to give it some love. Using the native COM .dll (OurCOM.dll), he...
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by Daniel Rubino
Jan 18, 2011
One thing that Windows Phones currently lack is a common API for accessing the compass feature, even though all phones require the hardware. As it turns out, some phones have easier access than...
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by Daniel Rubino
Dec 29, 2009
One neat feature that often gets left out of discussion on the HD2 (see review) is the built in digital compass. Although occasionally useful, one major downside is it can't be used by third-...
