Article
by Daniel Rubino
May 17, 2012
Early this morning we reported on the mini song "Metro" by Matt Oglesby created on nothing but free Windows Phones apps. The tune has a chill yet vibrant feel to it and as a few of you...
Article
by Rich Edmonds
May 17, 2012
As well as the success in China, in the states Ralph de la Vega, CEO of AT&T Mobility, had the following to say about Windows Phone and its future with Microsoft's upcoming dekstop OS...
Article
by Daniel Rubino
May 17, 2012
There's no shortage of those with creativity in the Windows Phone universe but here's one that will surely blow you away.
Musical talent Matt Oglesby stitched together this 'Metro'...
Article
by Daniel Rubino
May 17, 2012
One of the main reasons so many of us like Windows Phone is because the UI design is not only unique but equally mesmerizing. From Windows Media Center to Zune HD to Windows Phone, the Metro UI...
Article
by Rich Edmonds
May 07, 2012
Arturo Toledo, a Senior User Experience Designer for the Windows Phone Design Studio who chose to leave Microsoft last month, has announced plans to finish the Windows Phone Design Series. ...
Article
by Daniel Rubino
Apr 24, 2012
In a neat little historical post over at the site Project Metro, the origins of the Metro UI design language are given some detail. What makes it interesting is the information came from a Microsoft...
Article
by Rich Edmonds
Apr 04, 2012
Microsoft has teamed up with AnythingbutiPhone to provide the Windows Phone community with a number of invitation-only events across the U.S. 36 events will be held at 12 Best Buy establishments on...
Article
by Rich Edmonds
Mar 27, 2012
The BBC Mobile Site is in active public beta, which can be accessed from your Windows Phone via Internet Explorer. This beta makes use of a Metro UI look and feel with simplistic graphics and "...
Article
by Daniel Rubino
Mar 07, 2012
We're just going to come out and say it: Zero, the new to-do list app from tomzorz labs, borrows heavily in inspiration from an iPhone app called Clear (see the iMore review). What makes that...
Article
by RogueCode
Mar 07, 2012
Every so often we cover tools that help out developers, but this is in another league. A company called SyncFusion has created a product called Metro Studio 1 which looks to be...
Article
by Daniel Rubino
Feb 08, 2012
Gizmodo has posted a nice interview with Sam Moreau, Director of User Experience for Windows, Windows Live and Internet Explorer (LinkedIn) at Microsoft. He's basically the guy tasked with the...
Article
by Daniel Rubino
Feb 01, 2012
We covered Ask Ziggy last month and it sure gained a lot of attention. While the Siri-like app itself was a great first start, it certainly lacked the ability to do some basic functions like tell...
Article
by Rich Edmonds
Jan 19, 2012
Michael Gillett, MVP in Windows Live and Senior UK Microsoft Student Partner, has published an interesting tip that he's received from a "trustworthy" source. The tip includes two...
Article
by RogueCode
Jan 18, 2012
I spend a lot of my day designing Metro stuff for Windows Phone. And the majority of that time is spent creating mockups of each area of whatever app I am doing, along with testing it with each...
Article
by RogueCode
Jan 09, 2012
An analogy of the relation between Principles and Language could be an abstract concept like “Love” (… a Principle) which could be expressed by a concrete symbol like ♥...
Article
by Daniel Rubino
Jan 02, 2012
We previously covered 31 Days of Mango app development, a daily post on the best way to make apps on Windows Phone. Now we're kicking off the new year with a '31 Days of Windows Phone Metro...
Article
by Rich Edmonds
Dec 29, 2011
Metro, a commuter newspaper, is available in a number of cities across the UK and at major stations on a number of rail networks. Not only has the paper sported Windows Phone advertisements for HTC...
Article
by Daniel Rubino
Dec 17, 2011
Continuing the ongoing change in tech-media attitudes (see here, here and here) comes a good read from the folks at Lockergnome, run by Chris Pirillo. Pirillo is one of those guys you either find...
Article
by Daniel Rubino
Nov 29, 2011
MetroTube, the rebranded, updated version of LazyTube, has finally launched in the Marketplace. Yes folks, the much anticipated YouTube client for Windows Phone that includes many new features, Live...
Article
by Daniel Rubino
Nov 05, 2011
Everyone keeps pleading with Microsoft to advertise and push Windows Phone. Well, it looks like it is starting to happen (and we'll see more Monday). This shot was taken by Josh in downtown...
Article
by Rich Edmonds
Oct 28, 2011
We've previously covered HTC advertising in Metro, a popular British newspaper, but it's now extreme. The newspaper offers an advertiser the opportunity to purchase the front and back pages. HTC...
Article
by Rich Edmonds
Oct 24, 2011
Nokia Conversations, the official Nokia blog, has received a boost of Metro goodness with a design revamp. They've rethought the structure of the website itself and plan to direct visitors to only...
Article
by Rich Edmonds
Oct 21, 2011
This is really interesting. In Walter Isaacson's authorised biography of Steve Jobs, the latest excerpt from the book explained that the Apple co-founder and technology genius was "livid" with HTC...
Article
by Rich Edmonds
Oct 20, 2011
Article
by Rich Edmonds
Oct 19, 2011
Google's User Experience Director for Android, Matias Duarte, said about Windows Phone being too forceful everything into a constrained look and feel. While he says that he offers the web, there's...
Article
by Rich Edmonds
Oct 19, 2011
We lightly touched on the three screens dream of Microsoft back at the Worldwide Partner Conference in Los Angeles earlier this year. CEO Steve Ballmer wrapped up his speech with a slide that...
Article
by Rich Edmonds
Oct 12, 2011
It seems that The Guardian has taken design elements from Metro UI after releasing their Windows Phone app and have applied them to their just-released iPad newspaper. Don't mistake this for a...
Article
by Rich Edmonds
Oct 07, 2011
This is for all developers and designers out there who strive to produce only the best looking apps for Windows Phone. Jeff Wilcox, developer of 4th...
Article
by Paul Acevedo
Oct 03, 2011
We first showed you a video of the upcoming fall Xbox 360 dashboard update back in August. A new video leaked recently that better reflects what the final update will look like. The only catch...
Article
by Rich Edmonds
Sep 27, 2011
A new advert has been uploaded to the Windows Phone YouTube account that shows off the top features in Mango. The music is definitely familiar (from a previous video) and suits the platform...
