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

June 17, 2010 By 3 Comments
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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 Mobile Practices website:"I’m glad to introduce you this small World Cup 2010 application for Windows Mobile, which has been entirely developed using the … [Read more...]

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

April 13, 2010 By 5 Comments
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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 and Editor in Chief of MoDaCo. In the original release post on the MoDaCo forums Paul O'Brien wrote:"Here's a quick, handy … [Read more...]

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

March 19, 2010 By Leave a Comment
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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 YouTube application for Windows Phone. In addition I will share some of my practical experiences, although I must admit I'm not a heavy YouTube user on my HTC HD2 Windows … [Read more...]

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TouchTwit review – Best touch Twitter client for HTC HD2

March 10, 2010 By 7 Comments
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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 from users in the Windows Marketplace for Mobile, I decided to buy TouchTwit from the Windows Marketplace for Mobile for the reasonable price of € 1,89 ! … [Read more...]

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

February 22, 2010 By Leave a Comment
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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 you to understand the basic concepts and underlying mechanisms of the application store for Windows Phones. However in this article the focus … [Read more...]

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Resco Explorer 2010 review – File Manager for Windows Phone

February 1, 2010 By 7 Comments
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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 would like to write down my findings in a mini-review format. I will mainly focus on the new features, but will also address a few other aspects that really make Resco Explorer the … [Read more...]

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SkyDrive Explorer 1.4 review – Easy integrating SkyDrive with Windows Explorer

January 18, 2010 By 1 Comment
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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 your documents from Windows Live SkyDrive service using Windows Explorer, as if they were on your computer."As you can see … [Read more...]

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Windows Live for Windows Phone review

January 13, 2010 By 2 Comments
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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 do know the concept of Windows Live and the Windows Live Essentials applications, which e.g. include Windows Live Messenger, Windows Live Writer, Windows Live Photo Gallery and Windows Live … [Read more...]

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