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Kinectimals now available on Windows Phone.

November 2, 2011 By Leave a Comment
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We have seen the previews already online but now the Xbox Live game  Kinectimals is available to all Windows Phone users. Kinectimals is a great kinect game for the Xbox 360. However now you can have the same fun with Kinetimals for your Windows Phone. If you have Kinectimals on the Xbox 360 your Windows Phone becomes they key to unlock five new cubs on your console.This irresistible experience on your Windows Phone gives you the chance to use your device to visit Lemuria and play with, … [Read more...]

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How To Fix and Use Your Integrated Twitter Account on Your Windows Phone

September 30, 2011 By Leave a Comment
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There were many issues during the roll out of the Mango Update for Windows Phone 7 to Windows Phone 7.5 of the twitter integration. Many people had issues that either the feed wasn't showing up in the "What's new" section of the People Hub, Group Tiles or individual Tiles.  Linking the Twitter Names to your contacts was an issue as well. However this has now been fixed and here is how you easily can fix this without doing a hard reset. If you have some issues in general the steps below … [Read more...]

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Changes to the Zune Music Pass for Windows Phone, XBOX 360, Desktop and Zune HD

September 29, 2011 By Leave a Comment
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The Microsoft Zune Pass is currently a great deal. For $14.99 a month you can download and stream unlimited music and keep it as long as you keep your subscription. In addition to this you are allowed to download 10 songs per month for you to keep forever. However on October 3rd,  2011 the Music Pass will go down in price to $9.99 a month but you will loose the 10 songs forever downloads. All current Zune Pass customers are allowed to keep their current plan $14.99 plan if they want and will … [Read more...]

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How to Use Groups as Live Tile in Windows Phone to Filter your What’s New Feed

September 28, 2011 By Leave a Comment
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This is going to be a re-post of an article I have written about Groups when the first Beta Mango update was released to developers. Why, very easy the Windows Phone Mango update is rolling out to the public and I really want users to know about this amazing strong unique feature on the Windows Phone 7.5.Now that Mango is in the hands or is going to be in the hand of end users we can show you  the great new functionality of Groups in the Windows Phone 7.5 Mango update. With all the … [Read more...]

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How To Connect to Hidden WIFI Networks on Windows Phone 7.5 Mango

September 27, 2011 By 3 Comments
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From day one the Windows Phone Answer Forums have been flooded with complaints about not be able to connect to a hidden Wi-Fi network.  When the developers Mango updates came out this was still not an option. However with today's official roll out of Windows Phone 7.5 (Mango) you are now able to connect to a Hidden Wi-Fi network. And this is how... How to connect to a hidden Wifi Network.Go to Settings Wi-Fi settings On the bottom select "advanced" (scrolling might be … [Read more...]

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Web Based Marketplace for Windows Phone Live Now.

September 27, 2011 By Leave a Comment
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As part of the Mango announcements Microsoft also announced a web based Marketplace to browse and purchase apps for the Windows Phone. As earlier announced today Microsoft updated their Windows Phone and Where is my Phone's Update pages, but besides that they also launched their web based Marketplace. No need for a Zune client om your desktop to find or browse for apps. Purchase and Free downloads This web based Marketplace (US :  http://www.windowsphone.com/en-US/marketplace ) for … [Read more...]

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Microsoft Updates the Windows Phone Site and Status Pages to Reflect the Mango Features

September 27, 2011 By Leave a Comment
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We all have been reading that the Mango update is so close and imminent. Overnight the official Windows Phone webpage has been updated to reflect the new features and phones that the Mango update brings to all new phones and existing phones.The word is that Microsoft and AT&T are starting today to roll out the Mango update to their customers.Go ahead and check it out.http://mango.microsoft.com/windowsphone/en-us/default.aspx Update: The "Where is my Phone's Update" … [Read more...]

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Windows Phone 7 Mango Review Round-up

June 21, 2011 By Leave a Comment
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About a month ago we gave you the link for the full webcast when the new Windows Phone 7 update was announced and was being previewed. In the last two days many real reviews showing off the new and hidden features of this Mango update have been appearing on some great sites. Just reading them and watching the screenshot and video's make me even more excited to have this Mango update on my Windows Phone 7.Below I have summarized some links of the best reviews I have seen about … [Read more...]

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