David K 
We previewed this for you last night and it turns out the deal is even broader than we expected. Consumers in the U.S. that purchase any new Windows Phone 7 from December 17, 2010 – December 31, 2010 are eligible to receive one free Xbox 360 console game. Consumers may purchase any Windows Phone 7 … Read more
Microsoft appears to be flexing its ecosystem muscle here and starting Friday they are offering a free Xbox 360 game at any AT&T corporate store. It’s your choice of Fable 3, Halo: Reach and a choice of two different Kinect game. We expect to get one of those official press releases tomorrow but our AT&T … Read more
Kayak has an official windows phone app on the Marketplace. it lets you find flights and hotels and book travels right from your phone. Pretty straight forward, but probably still pretty big for a lot of you.
BoxFiles For Dropbox is available in Marketplace.: Features: – Easily create a new Dropbox account – add new folders – copy/move/delete/rename files and folders – Upload images from the media library to any Dropbox folder – Download images from Dropbox and save them on your phone – Send links by email to any file under … Read more
OK so this massive update comes out to Bing on every platform except Windows Phone. So yeah, Bing is Microsoft’s baby and it’s so integrated into the OS that you have a dedicated Bing search key on Windows Phones yet we’re the last one to get the update? Yes, I know we’re going to get … Read more
After having success with Impossible Shoota, as a free game (which is now ad based), Elbert Perez has taken both Scribble Defense and Zombidemix and made them free (they now bear a ‘+’ symbol on them in Marketplace so you can differentiate the paid and free/ad based). It looks like this is where the Marketplace … Read more
Another Xbox Live game for Windows Phone is in the market. This one is called Game Chest: Logic Games and it’s from Microsoft. It contains Chess (featuring turn-by-turn play), Sudoku and Minesweeper. Game Chest: Logic Edition gives you the change to play the classic games: Chess, Sudoku and Minesweeper in an attractive, unified environment. Rich … Read more
Apparently Samsung heard my rant over their lack of good software and immediately responded by making Photogram available to all for free. It’s photo editing software that lets you perform various photo effects like HDR, black and white, glow, vintage, collage and sepia. You can do it on saved photos or on the spot with … Read more
Invites are out and on January 7, 2011 at CES in Vegas Microsoft is set to announce Full House Poker – an Xbox Live and Windows Phone 7 massively multi-player online game with turn by turn play which is expected to allow WP7 and Xbox users to play against each other regardless of device. Full … Read more
Mary-Jo Foley of ZDNet has received some more tips about the Windows Phone updates that we’re all waiting for. Namely, it sounds like the January, February updates will be minimal. They will likely involve copy and paste, some multi-tasking, more UI controls and customizations and other tweaks. Them comes Mango: I’m also hearing talk of … Read more
This is big. Crackdown 2: Project Sunburst is now in the Windows Phone Marketplace. This is the game that has you fighting on your home turf. It ties into Bing maps and you can literally play it in your backyard. So fortify your house or you lose it! It’s just $3 with a free trial. … Read more
Windows Phone, as a platform, was always intended to be a universal experience regardless of device and manufacturer. Of course, you could make it your own with hardware, so long as the minimums were met, and software, with each manufacturer given the right to have their own app store within the Marketplace. If you look … Read more