David K 
Elbert Perez (think Impossible Shoota, Fishing Girl, Quadra…) has a new game out (for free as usual). This one is called Nom Nom Worm: The Nom Nom Worm is hungry! Hurry and feed the poor nom Nom Worm However, the Puffers loom around the feeding ground, wanting to be friends with Nom Nom Worm. However … Read more
If you’re planning on attending Mix11 this year may as well gear up a bit early with the free Mix11 app. Attending the Microsoft MIX11 conference in Las Vegas, April 2011? You need the complete schedule on your Windows Phone 7 for quick and easy offline reference. Includes session information, speaker bios, a map and … Read more
Herm’s Software has another new app for Windows Phones. This one is called Pocket Arsenal. And as you can guess, this one packs a bit more punch than some other apps: Pocket Arsenal is a Virtual Gun app with plenty of guns to keep you entertained. Don’t let stress get to you, simply fire up … Read more
As you probably know we have lots of internal chatter amongst the writers and a topic we’ve been discussing has been Windows 8 and what that means for Windows Phone 8. And it turns out we’re not the only ones who are thinking that the outcome is that there will not be a Windows Phone … Read more
OK so Microsoft is finally on the record about the infamous data bug: We have determined that an inefficiency exists in the synchronization of email between the Windows Phone Mail client and Yahoo! Mail. This inefficiency can result in larger than expected data usage for a very small percentage of users. Microsoft and Yahoo! have … Read more
So it turns out that Yahoo is leaking data when it makes calls to its servers to the tune of about 25x more data than is needed to retrieve emails. A bit scary. But it’s worth noting that ‘the’ infamous data bug for WP7 may not be Yahoo. See, Yahoo is a bug but there … Read more
For the second week in a row, we’re only going to have one new Xbox Live Windows Phone 7 game this week (as opposed to the 2 games in all previous weeks and as expected). Well this weeks game is I Dig It. It’s been around for the iPhone so here’s what it looks like: … Read more
People who were buying apps for Windows Phones who were international were forced to pay an international transaction fee. This fee was at times as much as the app fee, thus doubling the price of each app that they were purchasing. It made it unatractive to buy apps and was annoying/offensive to those who were … Read more
So the web is in a tizzy that Android so quickly took 22% of the tablet market – a huge bite out of the iPad with seemingly one major tablet – The Tab. So you can only imagine what next year will offer. Well the only problem is that the 22% figure is wrong. See, … Read more
You can say it’s quantity over quality if that makes you feel better but the Q4 figures from NPD show that Android swept the market with 53% of phone sales. Adding to the pummeling, as speculated, Windows Mobile outsold Windows Phone 7. And worse yet “Windows Phone 7 also entered the market with lower share … Read more
You may remember the jealousy I expressed at the quality LG apps that were exclusive to LG, partially because I thought some of the apps were so advanced that Microsoft should have taken the initiative to bundle them with the OS. What a difference a day (and Tom Hounsell) makes. Most of the apps are … Read more
It’s sad to see a good Windows Phone app get slaughtered the way GooNews was but Shawn Wildermuth was forced to pull the plug on the app. Wait, you don’t know Shawn Wildermuth? I think it’s important for the story so it’s worth noting that he’s a Microsoft MVP (C#), author of six books about … Read more