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by Daniel Rubino
May 22, 2012
We're not to sure what to make of this ad for the Nokia Lumia 900 showing up on some sites but it caught one of our reader's attention and indeed, it is intriguing.
The ad is simple enough....
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by Rich Edmonds
May 04, 2012
MegaTile is a Windows Phone app by Linknode that enables users to customise their home screen with personalised live tiles. The app allows the user to create live tile grids using a single photo...
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by Daniel Rubino
May 01, 2012
Although Nokia's ESPN app available in the Nokia Collection gets some mixed reviews partially because it relies on Internet Explorer for some advanced stats, overall fans seem to like the co-...
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by George Ponder
Apr 16, 2012
Duudle, a Draw Something styled game for Windows Phone
Duudle is a Draw Something type game for your Windows Phone where you have thirty seconds to doodle a picture describing a word. Your...
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by Rich Edmonds
Mar 29, 2012
Windows Phone Hacker has released Lock Widgets for the homebrew community, just in time with the recent release of Root Tools 0.9. Lock Widgets enables users, who have access to a rooted Windows...
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by Rich Edmonds
Mar 23, 2012
Telerik, the company behind the RadControls suite for Windows Phone Developers, has released an interesting update to their software. The introduced RadHubTile will enable developers to create live...
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by Rich Edmonds
Feb 20, 2012
WizTiles (see our review) enables any Windows Phone owner to customise their home screen live tiles with different colours and themes, which can then be shared with the community (as well as...
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by George Ponder
Feb 03, 2012
Here's an interesting app for your Windows Phone. Appointile generates dual live tiles for your Windows Phone Start Screen that list your appointment agenda. AppoinTile is an ideal app for...
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by George Ponder
Feb 01, 2012
The other day we mentioned the Windows Phone app Wiztiles that allows you to create custom tiles and themes on your Windows Phone. It's a very good app for customizing your Windows Phone and a...
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by Daniel Rubino
Dec 11, 2011
Afflicted with glossophilia? Fear not word mavens, we have two apps for you that we highly recommend, both of which are now Mango-ready and rich with features. Bonus? Both are free.
ArkWords (see...
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by Rich Edmonds
Nov 30, 2011
The popular cross-platform note app Evernote has been updated to version 2.1, bringing a number of features and fixes to the table. The most appealing feature that has been implemented is the...
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by George Ponder
Nov 11, 2011
Windows Phone's Facebook page has a new gadget. The "You are what you app" gadget allows you to pin your friends to a virtual Windows Phone and app tiles to complete phrases.
You have fifteen...
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by Daniel Rubino
Nov 08, 2011
While the Live Tiles on Windows Phone is by far one of the coolest and most unique aspects of our OS, like apps themselves, they are "sandboxed" and cut off from the deeper OS connections. In...
Review
by George Ponder
Nov 04, 2011
We touched briefly touched on the Windows Phone weather app, World Weather, earlier this year. It's a handy, basic weather app that covers locations world wide. World Weather was recently...
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by George Ponder
Nov 02, 2011
Redminder is a simply and free app for your Windows Phone to help remind you when your Redbox or Blockbuster rental is due. Interface is simple. The main page lists all your reminders and to...
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by Rich Edmonds
Oct 31, 2011
Happy Halloween everyone, as a present from Microsoft we have Facebook version 2.2 being rolled out. This update, as previously covered, contains the fast-switching capability as well as the...
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by Rich Edmonds
Oct 22, 2011
London Travel, arguably the best travel app available for Windows Phone, has been updated to version 3. This update brings more tile goodness, which was requested by users. The best part? A live...
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by Rich Edmonds
Oct 21, 2011
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by George Ponder
Oct 02, 2011
Add two more apps that have been updated to enjoy the Windows Phone 7.5 features. Flickr and Lindy Reader have been Mango-fied.
The official Flickr app (updated to version 2.0) not only gives you...
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by George Ponder
Oct 01, 2011
We have received numerous tips today that the HTC Hub was updated over night. Sure enough, it was and the new version is v2.2.
The update brings a few Mango features into play and gives the...
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by Rich Edmonds
Sep 22, 2011
A new start up called Buddy launched today with two ex-Microsoft employees at the helm. Why is this of interest to you? Because this is a cross-platform cloud service for mobile app developers,...
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by Daniel Rubino
Sep 19, 2011
Yes, in the first for an Xbox LIVE game, Parachute Panic also picked up a double-sided Live Tile with that latest Mango update. Now that we received the complete changelog from the company, we...
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by Daniel Rubino
Aug 11, 2011
Microsoft's Channel 9 has posted a nice video demonstration of all the push notifications and Live Tile change coming in Windows Phone Mango. In addition, they interview Thomas Fennel, who's...
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by Daniel Rubino
Jul 21, 2011
We haven't seen this yet on our end, which means it may be "rolling" out to everyone at some point, but Rafael Rivera has posted on his blog what looks like the first shot of an updated Bing.com...
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by Rich Edmonds
Jun 01, 2011
If you happened to miss the Mango (7.5) VIP event last week (shame on you), a number of requested features were shown off in the presentation. Not all 500, which were promised by Steve Ballmer,...
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by Daniel Rubino
May 26, 2011
If you caught the video the other day, TVShow developer Rudy Huyn has demonstrated how powerufl the new Live Tile system in Mango is by creating "an app without an app". Specifically he...
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by Daniel Rubino
May 25, 2011
Rudy Huyn, the developer who brought you TVShow, has just posted up a video showing how one could create a Tetris game, using just the new and expanded Live Tiles in Mango.
The developer has...
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by Daniel Rubino
May 25, 2011
Remember how a few weeks ago we reported on how Microsoft was contacting developers about featuring their app with a Live Tile on a "wall" and that this wall would be featured at some upcoming...
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by George Ponder
May 17, 2011
We first made mention of Conflicting Gamers when they introduced the Portal 2 Transparent Wallpaper for the Windows Phone. They have now released another lock screen and theme based on the new Xbox...
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by Rich Edmonds
May 16, 2011
We have come across some seriously awesome images that have been pre-made and are ready to rumble. One can save these images on their Windows Phone 7 as tiles and then organize them in such a...
