David K 
File this under rumor, but Neowin is reporting that both Verizon and Sprint will announce Windows Phones in January. Now Paul Thurrott already dropped a hint on VZ and now it’s spread to Sprint. Let’s tie this in to CES which starts January 6-9 so yeah, I’m going with January 7 (really, MS loves the … Read more
check it out! There’s a WordPress app for Windows Phone that is now available for free. It’s based on open source code and I’m using it to post this. One warning – there is no spell check or autocompletion and that hurts a bit. But it’s a great start. oh and let’s see how media … Read more
Wow…so so sweet. Here’s Windows Phone OS running on a 1280×800 tablet in an emulator. The shocking thing is that the OS doesn’t resize. It shows you more. In other words, it’s already pretty damn optimized for a tablet. So give it to us already! Check it out: Can we all agree that all we … Read more
Back in May we told you that thanks to Silverlight, Windows Phones would be able to easily get enhanced movies that are essentially inline with what you’d expect from a blu-ray or DVD version of the movie with enhanced features. Yesterday, the first came out. And now we’re happy to hear that more are on … Read more
Turns out that the Focus isn’t the only Windows Phone that can tether, which yet again indicates that the OS can tether once MS creates a UI for it. Leigh dropped by and provided us the details: Install (pretty sure its just the 4.9.7 drivers needed) ZUNE. If needed you may want to install the … Read more
The movie School of Rock was just released for Windows Phone in an enhanced version for $10. Check this out: Experience "School of Rock" like never before with the "School of Rock" Enhanced Mobile Movie App. Watch Jack Black as a hell-raising guitarist with delusions of grandeur. Kicked out of his band and desperate for … Read more
I saw a demo on this on YouTube and it looks like a lot of you sports junkies can have a good time with this one. It’s a game where you bet on real sports games but you don’t use real money and I’m sure a lot of you can do a lot with this. … Read more
Windows Phone 7 sells itself. Really, everyone that touches one in person gets it. So MS has to be able to advertise that experience. And they’re finally doing it with their latest ad that shows the phone in action. Nope, not how fast the phone launches the camera, but actual use of it. I think … Read more
If you enjoy blackjack then check out Blackjack Metro from Smarty Pants Gaming. It’s ad based, so it’s free, and it has all of the features that blackjack has – doubling down, splitting cards, and even multi-hand play allowing up to 6 computer or human controlled hands on the table. The game always plays the … Read more
Elbert Perez, the developer behind Impossible Shoota, has released some statistics about both his game and the phones playing it that are pretty interesting. As a bit of background, it’s a free game that’s getting between 1000-1400 downloads a day, currently sits at the #9 spot of free games and 27th overall for all apps … Read more
Nicolas (@twiniico) provided a Windows Phone registry viewer with source code and it’s released with a XAP (this is based on some other homebrew code floating around which we’ll talk about shortly). That means I can sideload and play with it. So you know, this is read only access so you cannot change the registry … Read more
Two weird things about the Nexus S. The first is that it doesn’t shoot video in HD. Most cell phones shoot in 720 – that’s a resolution of 1280×720 (921,600 pixels). The Nexus S takes video in 720 x 480 (345,600 pixels). That’s just above VGA (640×480 = 307,200). That’s just weak sauce man. The … Read more