David K 
This is a pretty nifty way to get some buzz among the younger audience. First, they randomly give away phones to some people that are passing by just by having a flyer scanned. But to top it off they have some phones within a block of ice. To get them – you need to break … Read more
I didn’t even know this didn’t exist, but since it didn’t and now does, guess it’s news. Features: Multiple accounts Synced preferences Full subscription features (subscribe and search from your phone) Search Volume-key navigation: if you enable this in the settings, you can navigate by using your phone’s volume keys for next and previous Long-press … Read more
All Things Digital (part of the Wall Street Journal) is reporting that the upcoming Windows Phone update will not be massive or an iPhone killer. It will add CDMA support and copy and paste, but they don’t indicate anything beside that. The reporter is Ina Fried who has had inside access to WP development in … Read more
Always good to get a deal. If you head over to Amazon you can get yourself a Windows Phone for AT&T for just 1 penny and they’ll even include free shipping. Thanks for the tip Eddie!
One thing that irks me is when something that’s been known for months reemerges as ‘news’ and travels throughout the blogosphere likes it’s a new revelation. It’s not that it’s necessarily intentional, but in the end, when old news is circulated as new news it takes on a life of its own. So the story … Read more
If you’re unlocked (either dev unlocked or through Chevron) you can now enjoy custom ringtones. it actually creates a custom XAP with 5 custom ringtones that you select from your computer and you then deploy them to your phone. Here are the notes: Ringtones have to be in the WMA format at 48KHz as required … Read more
There’s lots of talk about ChevronWP7 and the threats that MS has laid down about it. Let’s cover a few things here 1) let’s be clear that it does not permit or enable piracy 2) it forces Microsoft to listen to what the community wants and because of that, even though they can see what … Read more
Feel ripped off that right after you bought your new Windows phone AT&T put them on buy-on, get-one? Well they aren’t going to make you return it then rebuy it to try to get the discount. Looks like they’re just offering it up if you qualify. Sweet.
Looks like Microsoft hasn’t forgotten about Windows Mobile and released an update for the Facebook app as of 11/24 that includes features that the Windows Phone version doesn’t have. Here’s the info: New from Windows Mobile: a Facebook application for your phone! Download the new Facebook application for Windows Mobile and: Send messages to any … Read more
This isn’t the first time we’ve heard this but let’s share some Tweets by Chris Walshie. He’s part of the team behind ChevronWP7 and that team has sources (in fact I’m still surprised we haven’t heard that Long Zheng works for MS yet after the time he spent on their campus recently):
For any platform to succeed it has to have apps – that’s why developers are so highly sought for all platforms. Obviously you need a good OS, marketing, etc but if in the end your marketplace fails to garner sales then devs will also shy away and your platform will quickly be minimized. As a … Read more
I’ll let the tweet speak for itself. I’m surprised they say that WP7 is a lot of work when everyone seems to feel that the dev tools are the best for WP7. Anyway, stating that it’s “not this year” implies it is coming.