Windows Phone 7.5 Mango is New Minimum Requirement for Marketplace

April 24, 2012 By Leave a Comment
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After the Zune Desktop Client losing the ability of browsing and installing Windows Phone apps, Microsoft is now bumping up the minimum required of firmware to be able to download and install apps on the Windows Phone. This however really only effects the first Generation Windows Phones like the HTC Trophy, HTC Surround, Samsung Focus, LG Quantum, Samsung Omnia 7. However all these are a free update available to Windows Phone 7.5 which is the new minimum requirement. Users who won't have … [Read more...]

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Zune PC Client Will Lose the Windows Phone Apps Marketplace (Update)

April 24, 2012 By 1 Comment
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Microsoft is going to be making some changes in the Windows Phone eco system to improve the user experience with Windows Phone in its total eco system. Basically the Zune desktop client will lose its Windows Phone Marketplace functionality. However the Zune desktop client will still be needed to update your Windows Phone to new firmware. The ability to download Windows Phone apps from the Zune software was removed as part of a series of planned infrastructure upgrades to help improve … [Read more...]

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SkyDrive App for Windows and Mac are now Available with Free Upgrade to 25 GB Storage

April 23, 2012 By Leave a Comment
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I just stumbled upon the download for the Skydrive app for Windows. And I have to say it is pretty awesome. SkyDrive allows you now to upgrade your Manage Storage from 7 GB to 25 GB for free and for some small other fees you can add more if you need to. The desktop apps for Windows and mac allows you now to stay in sync similar to Live Mesh used to be and as Dropbox is now. However you have whopping 25GB free Cloud storage. How did I find it ? It is actually listed under the apps for SkyDrive … [Read more...]

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Wordament on Windows Phone Goes Xbox Live – Screenshots

April 23, 2012 By Leave a Comment
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Wordament a very popular free game developed by Microsoft employees.  So popular,  that Microsoft is upgrading this puzzle game to be an official Xbox Live game on Windows Phone. The intention is to create as many valid words by connecting the letters connected to each other horizontal, diagonal and vertical. Each letter can only be used once though. Each letter has a point value. The more points the higher your score will be. Compete with the whole internet to be the best word searcher. … [Read more...]

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Restocked Updated Nokia Lumia 900 Windows Phone Still needs an Update

April 19, 2012 By Leave a Comment
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Last week AT&T and Nokia pulled the Nokia Lumia 900 Windows Phone off the shelves because of a firmware issue that disconnected the data services for many users. Existing users were given an early update on Friday the 13th. For the inconvenience to the AT&T Nokia Lumia 900 buyers, which only cost $49 with an upgrade,  they are given a $100 credit towards their account.  This week the devices are back in stock, at least at my local AT&T store, and a green dot on the box … [Read more...]

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Nokia Lumia 900 Windows Phone Review

April 3, 2012 By 1 Comment
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The anticipated Nokia Lumia 900 will be the first Nokia Windows Phone on the AT&T network. The Nokia Lumia 900 will launched in other parts of the world as well but the only major difference is that the AT&T version will have the LTE bands build in as well. Nokia and AT&T provides us with a review sample and we will give you some details about this new Nokia Windows Phone. The Nokia Lumia 900. The Nokia Lumia 900 really looks like the bigger brother of the Nokia Lumia 800 which … [Read more...]

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LastPass is the Tool for Password Management and More

March 30, 2012 By 4 Comments
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If you've ever lost your password to any given website, it can be extremely frustrating. I know I've had this happen to me many times. If you're anyone like me, and think one password would suffice for everything, then this post is for you. Many websites have certain criteria as far as passwords go, and you may be forced to use a different password then you are used to, or your usual username might have already been taken, and you may have to resort to a totally unfamiliar and hard to … [Read more...]

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What Happened to Our Site over the Last Three Months

March 29, 2012 By Leave a Comment
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Well, that is a long story. And I want to spare you the nitty gritty details. But in short we had some major attacks on our site over the last three months. Somehow these hackers like our site. These hacks resulted us to do the following things without compromising our current data and keeping up with our sister site WP7.nl. We have cleaned house (removed malicious files) We are back in search results (Thanks Google, Bing never left us) We moved our hosting from a shared server to a … [Read more...]

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Windows Mobile 6.x Marketplace will be Discontinued May 9 2012

March 8, 2012 By Leave a Comment
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We kind of knew that this was coming, but with many enterprise Windows Phone running the Windows Mobile 6.x operating system out there I think it is a little too soon. A better timing of closing the Marketplace for Windows Mobile 6.x platform would be if the now popular Windows Phone 7 and 8 in the future would be very enterprise compatible. But here is the email I just got: Windows Marketplace for Mobile 6.x Discontinuation Notice March 8, 2012 Dear Windows Mobile 6.x … [Read more...]

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How to Get The Alphabet Jump List on Your Windows Phone with less than 45 Applications

March 1, 2012 By
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Many Windows Phone user are asking how to get the alphabet jump list in their application listing on their Windows Phone. Most users know by now that this will automatically happen if the have more than 45 applications installed on their device. However there is a little trick that you can get this with less than 45 applications installed as well. The trick is actually very easy. Install more than 45 applications on your Windows Phone, even if you don't want them. The alphabet jump list will … [Read more...]

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