Windows Phone 8 to be incompatible with Windows Phone 7 apps?
Another day and another set of Tweets from Editor Eldar Murtazin. Today he’s talking Windows Phone 8, aka Apollo. That bit we knew already. What he is saying is that it’ll arrive in October this year and, surprisingly it looks [...]
Instagram coming to Windows Phone too?
If you’ve got an iPhone you may well have used Instagram. If shares your pictures for free to Facebook, Twitter or Flickr. The Android version is coming, but there’s rumours now that the Windows Phone version could, possibly, be arriving [...]
SMS bug / attack reboots your Windows Phone, disables messaging hub!
Rumours (and video evidence) are popping up all around the internet regarding an issue in the Mango flavour of our beloved Windows Phone 7 handsets. Users could experience a denial-of-service to their text messages. The issue can be triggered by messages received [...]
Coolsmartphone Recommended Windows Phone App – Red Bull TV
Red Bull TV is one of those apps that I am amazed does not appear on many other platforms (only WP7, iPhone and Ovi). It is a great way of watching videos from a variety of adrenalin fuelled sports. The [...]
TOKEN2SHELL Remote Shell for Windows Phone
I’m not a heavy shell user but I’ve just loaded up the 24 hour trial of Token2Shell on my HD7 and connected it via SSH to a mac and TELNET to my Windows 7 PC with no problems. It has [...]
Tango video calling app released for Windows Phone.
What an exciting week Windows Phone users are having. Today the Tango video calling app appeared on the Marketplace so you can make video calls (if your phone has a front facing camera anyway). The app as to be expected [...]
Nokia Maps, now for Android and iPhone too
Yep, you no longer need a Nokia to get your Nokia Maps goodness. Simply browse to maps.nokia.com and it’ll locate you using the HTML5 wizardry. Other features include.. You can see where you are on the map, thanks to HTML5 [...]
Get Tango on your Mango
I use Tango daily to call my wife and, even with the “upside down screen” bug on the Desire S, it’s a fantastic video-calling app. It’s now set to be the first video-calling app on Windows Phone Mango. What makes [...]
Win tickets to the London International Technology Show
Not entered our Skinflips competition yet ? Come on, there’s 25% off for everyone that enters and some great prizes up for grabs. We’ve got something else to give away today – two tickets to the London International Technology Show. [...]
Platformance: Temple Death platformer for Windows Phone
A new platform gamed called “Platformance: Temple Death” is now available for Windows Phone 7. Priced at just $0.99 or 79p it features 40 challenges, a zoom mode and three difficulty levels. You can take screenshots to share with your [...]
App Review – ParcelGenie
OK, this one is for you busy people. The idea behind ParcelGenie is sending a gift to any recipient in your phone via the ParcelGenie app (there are other ways too, including Facebook). You don’t need to know the recipient’s [...]
Windows Phone apps hit another milestone
Windows Phone has hit a pretty big milestone today with over 25,000 apps and games now available in the Marketplace. It seems that the rate of growth is gaining too, so it’s all good news for those who have taken [...]
Orange to give away Windows Phone apps
Orange are working with Microsoft to bring their customers a free app every day in July. A new app will appear each day with the Windows Phone apps totalling more than £70. You can start downloading the free apps today [...]
Angry Birds now available for Windows Phone too
Got a Windows Phone ? Want to get Angry Birds and be just like your fellow Android and iPhone users ? Just click this link and Zune should pop up with the game. If that doesn’t work, fire up Zune [...]
Windows Phone 7.5 Previewed
A technical preview of the upcoming Windows Phone 7.5 – aka Mango – has been popping up on a few websites this past week. It’ll bring multitasking, WiFi hotspot capabilities, threaded messaging, linked inboxes and better Exchange support. Overall there’s [...]
Microsoft grab Skype – The details
Following our news item this morning we can now confirm everything thanks to a full press release on from the company. The figure paid by Microsoft is indeed $8.5 billion (£5.2bn), and was paid in cash. Microsoft state that … [...]
Hann File Transporter – Upload and download files to Windows Phone
Can it really be ? Yes, an app which lets you transfer raw files onto your Windows Phone. Hann File Transporter pairs up with the freely available Hann Portable Server to let you upload and download files directly from your [...]
Apps – Microsoft swipe at the opposition
How successful is Windows Phnoe 7 ? Well, a lot has been said about app numbers and handsets sold, but until now we’ve only seen the amount of phones sold to suppliers and networks – not to actual customers on [...]
Windows Phone 7 hits 10,000 apps
Say what you will about Windows Phone 7, the apps are increasing. 10,000 apps are now available (10,106 as I type) according to WindowsPhoneAppList.com and that’s good news amonst these last few weeks of update problems. Link – WindowsPhoneAppList.com [...]
Marketplace choice increases – 9000 apps available
The number of apps in the Windows Phone 7 Marketplace continues to rise. WindowsPhoneAppList.com now reports that over 9000 applications are available – up from 8,200 a couple of weeks back. Nearly a quarter of those apps are games and, [...]
