Worldcup 2010 v0.1 review – Follow 2010 FIFA Worldcup in South Africa on your Windows Phone

Jose Gallardo Salazar, a senior mobile developer and architect who works at Clarius Consulting, developed a nice application for Windows Phone to stay up to date with the 2010 FIFA Worldcup in South Africa. You can read in the article “World Cup 2010 Application for Windows Mobile: The panoramic UX proof of concept is here!” on the [...]

MoDaCo NoData review – Disable data connections abroad, avoid roaming costs !

I want to dedicate this article to an application for Windows Phone that has provided an excellent solution for avoiding roaming costs abroad as the result of “unwanted” cellular data connections that are automatically started by an application. I’m talking about MoDaCo Nodata, which is developed back in 2006 by one of my international friends Paul O’Brien, Founder [...]

YouTube app for Windows Phone & Symbian S60 – Updated to version 2.4

About a week ago one of my international friends, Leigh Geary, Windows Mobile MVP and Editor in Chief of Coolsmartphone.com, wrote a news item about the availability of a new YouTube application for the Windows Mobile- and Symbian S60 platform.  In this article I will provide a short overview of this new version of the [...]

TouchTwit review – Best touch Twitter client for HTC HD2

In the showcase section of Windows Marketplace for Mobile I noticed a “new” Twitter client for Windows Phones called TouchTwit. I was looking for a new fast Twitter client for use on the HTC HD2, that would take more advantage of the Qualcomm 1GHz Snapdragon and the massive 4.1″ capacitive screen. Based on the positive feedback [...]

Windows Marketplace for Mobile gets Storage Card support and World View !

A few days ago Microsoft released an interesting and very welcome upgrade for Windows Marketplace for Mobile. In the past Windows Marketplace for Mobile has been covered in a sequence of articles (for example Windows Markeplace for Mobile coming to Windows Mobile 6.1 and 6.0 and Windows Marketplace for Mobile – Payments and Operators) that help [...]

Resco Explorer 2010 review – File Manager for Windows Phone

Resco, founded in 1999 and based in Bratislava (Slovakia), is one of the “oldest” developers for the Windows Mobile platform. A few days ago Resco announced a new version of a multiple award winning application:  Resco Explorer 2010.   I have been using Resco Explorer 2010 for a few days now, and in this article I [...]

SkyDrive Explorer 1.4 review – Easy integrating SkyDrive with Windows Explorer

I’m always looking for (third party) applications that make everyday worklife on my Microsoft Windows 7 powered notebook easier. In this article I will put the SkyDrive Explorer application to the test. “SkyDrive Explorer is a free, easy-to-use, but very powerful extension for Windows Explorer. With SkyDrive Explorer you can make any every-day operations with [...]

Windows Live for Windows Phone review

João Ribeiro, published a post on his TechNet Blog a few days ago about a new release of Windows Live for Windows Phone. In this article I will provide an overview of Windows Live for Windows Phones, and hopefully I can find the new improvements of this release and highlight them. Most of you probably [...]

Connectify review – Turn your Windows 7 laptop into a Wi-Fi hotspot

One of my international friends, Arne Hess, Windows Mobile MVP and Editor in Chief of the::unwired.net, wrote a nice article about a very clever application called Connectify, that enables a mobile professional toturn his Microsoft Windows 7 powered notebook into a Wi-Fi hotspot. The best part is that Connectify is freeware !! In this article I [...]

SPB Flash Cards review – Turn your Windows Phone into a personal language learning assistant

SPB Flash Cards is the latest application for Windows Phones, released  by SPB Software just before Christmas. In this article I would like to provide a step by step overview of this application, but what type of application is SPB Flash Cards ? My personal first guess was that it was a kind of game, since [...]

Thought: A new application from Trinket Software (Beta)

Yesterday Trinket Software released a beta version of a new application called Thought. With “Thought” it is possible to quickly keep track of your thoughts while you’re on the go by sending yourself SMS or Email messages. And basically thats it. the 2 screens below are the most important screens of Thought. The Main screen [...]

Twikini 1.2 released

Many of you have been using Twikini as their primary Twitter client on their Windows Phones. A few months ago twikini version updates rapidly followed eachother untill version 1.1 was released. After a break of a few months Trinket Software comes with a new version of Twikini: Version 1.2 Twikini has become one of the [...]

Windows Mobile Creative Software & Game Design Contest

One of my friends Derrick Ngan, Microsoft MVP and one of the people behind the PocketPC Channel and PocketPc.com.hk, notified me about the Windows Mobile Creative Software & Game Design Contest. This news-item will provide a quick overview of the goal of the creative software & design contest, who should apply for the contest and of [...]

Trinket Software Applications for just 99 cent

Yesterday I received a Twitter message that Trinket Software has a great software deal. All their software titles are priced just 99 cents until May 4th. Trinket Software wasn’t very familiar to me until last monday. I was looking for a new Twitter client and found Twikini which is curently in Beta. It turns out [...]