Category: Software (Windows Phone)

Zombies seem to be the standard character in games these days. I guess developers have a choice, gems, candy, makeup or zombies. Zombie Village is a popular game from Android and now it’s made the move to Windows Phone 8 and 7. It is one of those horizontal …

Guns, cowboys, horses and Windows Phone. What more does a game need? Gameloft have just released Six Guns for Windows Phone 8 and it sure looks like a great game. Buck Crosshaw never shot a man who didn’t deserve it, but now he’s an outlaw who had to …

Popular Instagram client for Windows Phone Instance has had the beta of v2 released. Instance was the first Instagram app for Windows Phone to allow uploads and registrations, and is a very good Instagram app. V2 has seen the whole interface overhauled, and very nice it looks too. …

Halo – Spartan Assault possibly the biggest exclusive to ever appear on Windows Phone and Windows 8 has had an update. I reviewed it few weeks ago here and I found it to be a great game, on both my Windows Phone and also on my Surface RT. …

6tag, the new Instagram client for Windows Phone by renowned developer Rudy Huyn is now available from the Marketplace. Any Windows Phone user knows the ongoing saga of no official Instagram app on the platform, so 3rd party apps have to fill the gap for now. 6tag is …

If you have come across it, you will know that Microsoft run an open beta program for their Facebook app for Windows Phone 8, which is always a few steps ahead of their official release. Beta is doing it a bit of a disservice, as its normally perfectly …

A few days ago we posted details of the “new and improved”  YouTube app for Windows Phone made by Microsoft. We all assumed it was the version that Google and Microsoft had worked on together to meet Googles requirements. Since then the web has been awash with frustrated …

Now that some lucky Lumia 920 and 925 owners can install the Lumia 1020s Pro Cam app, you may be wondering how on earth the app works. There are a lot of settings to play with and to help with that Nokia have published a few videos that …

A few months ago Microsoft released a really good YouTube app, it had some great features including blocking adverts and downloading videos. Google didn’t like it though and made Microsoft withdraw it, which they did and last night they re-released it. They sort of did anyway, as there …

If you’ve ever used Windows 8 or Windows RT you’ve possibly come across the news, weather, stocks or sport apps. I always thought that it would be nice if they ported them across to Windows Phone 8. Well guess what? Microsoft have done just that. Here is the …

Freecell is one of those games that I seem to have played throughout my life, be it as a child on Windows 3.0, on my HP ipaq, on my weird USB TV stick or even on my Windows Phone devices. Blugri Software have made a few Solitaire based …

I’m not sure what is happening over in the Samsung Windows Phone development team, but I’m liking it. Today they have published two new Samsung Ativ exclusive apps. App Folder and Video Trimmer. App Folder offers a new way for users to group their apps and settings shortcuts. …

The ongoing battle between Google and Microsoft just seems to just keep on going. Google originally planned to drop support for Exchange ActiveSync at the end of January 2013, but they agreed with Microsoft to extend it to the end of July instead. In a further twist to …

What do we want? “exclusive apps for our Samsung Ativ S phones that we bought recently at a vastly reduced cost! ” When do we want it? “now” If you’re a Samsung Ativ phone owner you’re in luck as Samsung has ported two of their apps from Android …

Nextgen Reader has been one of my favourite RSS reader apps for a while now, when they recently added Feedly support it became a whole lot more useful for me. It makes cross platform syncing a doddle. Today they’ve pushed out another update for the app, to fix some …

Ok, this is annoying! It seems that Instagram is actively monitoring and deleting images uploaded from the excellent 3rd party Instagram app for Windows Phone. The developer of Instance is at a bit of a loss as to how Instagram are tracking the images, as can be see …

Searching for the cheapest flights for your next holiday can be an arduous task. For me the main point is that I’m always worried I’m going to miss an airline that isn’t included on the search website that I’ve chosen. WhichAirline aim to make this process easier for …

We often get sent info about new games and apps and not often do I actually laugh at the introduction part. Today I did just that, after reading what this game was about I just had to have a go. Charlie Chucker, a 2D physics puzzler about a …

Fresh Paint is an app that you’ve probably seen before, you know on the TV, Microsoft used the Windows 8 version of fresh paint in their recent TV ad campaign for Windows 8. Now it’s available for Windows Phone 8. Unleash your inner creative with Fresh Paint – …

As is often the norm with with OS updates different manufacturers release their updates at totally different times. Earlier on in the week we saw certain users of the Samsung Ativ S are getting the update already (mine still hasn’t), but today it’s the turn of the HTC …

Photo editors are ten a penny in the mobile app world, ranging from nice intuitive and easy to use through to something designed by an elephant with a hammer. I prefer the former myself and when something like Aviary comes to Windows Phone 8 it makes me happy …

Yesterday I watched the Lumia 1020 wondering quite how left behind me and my recently purchased Lumia 925 were going to be. I had imagined that I’d be yearning after new hardware and new software and boys was I right. Nokia demonstrated the new Pro Camera app and …

Nokia and their Here apps are a little confusing at times, with some devices and countries not getting the full suite of apps. Nokia are due to update them this week and they have published some info regarding which devices get what. By the end of this week, …

Spotify’s app for Premium users on Windows Phone has just received an update. Not much in the way of new features this time, but they have introduced scrubbing through tracks, which was a big omission from the last version, so a welcome addition. Other than that there are …

Remember a few weeks ago I reviewed a Windows Phone camera replacement app? No well here is a handy link for you. Camera360 has announced that their app is being pre-installed with Nokia’s latest flagship Lumia 925, which means out of the box users will have access to …

A few weeks ago Facebook opened up a new version of their Windows Phone app for beta testing and last night they have finally updated the original version to be inline with the beta version. So what’s new in this update? Well Microsoft sum it up quite well …

What do you do if you break your phone, tablet, laptop or camera? Take it back to the shop and pretend it came like it? No you head over to the ifixit website and read a guide on how to rip your broken device apart and then after …

After having been successful in the Windows 8 game arena Philino Technologies have released their motorbike racing game on Android and Windows stores simultaneously, with iOS to follow in the summer. The game is free on Android, cost 99p on Windows Phone although it does have a try …

Since Google announced the end of Reader, their RSS service I was on the look out for a replacement to use on my Windows Phone and Windows RT devices. Being a longtime user of Nextgen Reader I was hoping they’d go with a service that is nicely multi …

T-Mobile UK have had a Windows Phone app for a while now, I gave up using it a long time ago. It was too buggy and packed features. Well today might be the time to just reinstall it. As they’ve pushed out an update to fix various bugs. …

Talk.to is a free Windows Phone IM client for Google Talk, Facebook Messages and SMS in US, Canada & India, as well as being its own messenger platform between Talk.to clients. The Windows Phone version has just been updated to become the first free IM client that does …

I like to be organised, sometimes a little bit too organised. I add allsorts of things to my calendar, from reminders to go home, my holidays, the weekly podcast and some other stuff. The basic Windows Phone Calendar tile doesn’t really show much info and at times it …

Whether you like it or not at some point in life you’ll utter the words. I wish I could just access my home computer from this cosy pub sofa Or something along those lines. There are a lot of options out there to do this. The most popular …

We reviewed Camera360 a few weeks ago, I found it to be a useful app for applying filters etc to photos. One annoyance was having to tap a camera button to take a photo when I’m used to tapping the screen. Well guess what today’s update includes. Yes …

Vine is now out for Android and iOS and as usual it’s been left up to third party developers to create these apps. So what is Vine? Here is how Twitter who own Vine announced it a while back. Today, we’re introducing Vine: a mobile service that lets …

Lately I’ve been changing things around at home. No, before you even think it, I’m still happily married and no, it’s got nothing to do with a new kitchen. This is all about saving some cash… although, at the same time, it’s also about me fixing my laziness. …

So you’ve taken a nice picture and want to edit it. What do you do? Well, some handsets have some on-board editing tools and you could shove a picture into Instagram but here’s something a bit more in-depth. Fotor is a complete multi-platform solution. You can get in …

Instance, the truly excellent Instagram app for Windows Phone is temporarily on offer in the Windows Phone Marketplace. For the time being it is available for the bargain price of 79p Formally known as “Itsdagram”, Instance allows you to: Register for an Instagram account, upload photos, see & get …

The official Twitter app for Windows Phone has had an update and it has added a whole host of new features. Most notably is being able to view Vine videos within your timeline. Twitter is your global town square, a real-time connection to what’s happening in the world. …

Adobe themselves have now released a PDF reader for Windows Phone. Yes, there’s been an MS version, but this is the official one from Adobe. You can open and read PDF documents and you can also search, copy, paste, zoom and scroll around a document. It’s good, but …