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XDA Adds LG eXpo Forums
XDA has added an LG eXpo section to their forums. AT&T lists the device as out of stock but don’t let that deter you. Other sites, like LetsTalk have them on sale…for free. We’re talking about a 1ghz Snapdragon, 5mp camera with flash, slide out keyboard and a possible pico projector. Too bad AT&T marketed [...]
Devs: New Reporting Utility for Marketplace Users
The Auri Group has released a great utility for developers. Many developers are annoyed that Microsoft doesn’t have an easy report viewing utility for their Windows Mobile Marketplace fulfillment reports. So they wrote one. It is now on the Web for all to use – simply upload your report (XML) and it will show it [...]
Skype Sort Of Pulled From WM
Skype has sort of pulled the WM app from its site. Well, here’s the deal. WMPowerUser reported that they announced on their site that it was being pulled citing performance issues with it but stating if you have it then you can continue to use it. But here’s the thing. They didn’t actually remove [...]
The WM 6.5 Phone Lock Screen
I’m not sure what build this was first incorporated into (for all I know it’s been around for a long time) but if you use the default WM dialer and have the lock screen on then these are the screens you are greeted to when using the phone. As you can see, there’s a [...]
I Left My Phone At Home v1.4.0 Now Available
There’s a nice upgrade available to I Left My Phone at Home. This is the app that I said was a must have app and Best Windows Mobile Apps rated it a 5/5. This app lets you log on to a website so that you notify it that you left your phone at home. From [...]
A BlackBerry Hit Piece
I haven’t written about the failures of a platform in about a year but I’m drawn to do it again. Why? Well when we learned that we could run BlackBerry software on Windows phones I was initially excited to try it out. But even after talking to BlackBerry users there was a simple consensus [...]
Launchpad 1.6 and MoTweets 1.6 Beta1 Available
Just over two weeks ago we told you about Panoramic Software making Launchpad 1.6 available as a Beta and it’s now available as a final release. It’s $3.99 and the change log is:
Added Localization for Dutch, Romanian, Norwegian, and Russian
New finger friendly Favorites screen
Ability to have multiple Favorites pages
Ability to add [...]
WP7 Meet Xbox 360
We were told that there would be Xbox Live integration in WP7 but the exact level of integration has been a bit of a mystery. In a recent conference call Andy Less stated the following:
We are very excited about the way in which the platform works across screens, so we have commonality of platform [...]
Smartphones Weekly Roundup
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After the successful unveiling of Windows Phone 7 Series at MWC2010 every one is excited about WP7 but since we wont get our hands on one of these till Dec2010. We have to check out the WM6.5 devices that will come out before WP7. One such device from HTC is the HTC HD Mini [...]
Going to MIX10? Want to party?
The Auri Group is getting ready for MIX10 and hopefully come back with a lot more details on WP7 and its development. In order to get the most out of it, they’re trying to put together an informal party.
Wouldn’t it be great to have a Windows Phone Developer Party at MIX? Not “official” by [...]
