David K

Rate Everything – With O-Meter

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If you use Windows Mobile you probably know Herm’s Software by now. Their latest release is O-Meter. It’s a meter in your pocket…for anything and everything. There’s a meter on the screen and a series of preset things to test like love, fun smell, etc. But don’t worry because you can add your own thing … Read more

Your Windows Phone 7 Questions Are Answered–The Complete Q&A

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A short time ago we opened up the comments for your Windows Phone 7 questions which Brandon Watson, Microsoft’s Director of Development Experience, agreed to answer. Throughout the participating sites there were literally pages of questions which we widdled down and submitted covering hardware, software, app availability, etc.

I want to start by thanking Brandon on behalf of all of the sites involved and of course the users who participated for taking the time to be a part of this event. Without further introduction, here are your questions about Windows Phone 7 and the answers, with a few point at the end in case you missed the finer details in his answers:

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This Is How You Sell WP7

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If they didn’t circle the phone you never would have found it:) This is from Technoholik’s June 30th supplement to the Economic Times. If you must know, the text reads: Windows Phone 7. What’s the plan? The iPhone, says Microsoft, is stagnant. It relies on new apps to keep it interesting. Android is ‘”fragmented” because … Read more

WP7 XNA – Steampunk Tower Defense Demo

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I’m not into tower defense games and I know why – cause I can’t play them like these guys can:) Just take a look at this demo of a Defence of Lushington Springs, a tower defense game being built for Windows Phone 7. It looks great – it’s handling a lot of events without any … Read more

LandDolphin’s Meteor WP7 Remote Demoed

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From the developer: A short tour around the hub of the Meteor Windows Phone 7 application. The video gives a short demo of the integrated experience this Windows Media Center remote control application provides, including some gestures, how media is controlled and transitions between audio and video tracks. This is still a work in progress … Read more

Windows Phone 7 Chess Club App Re-Revealed

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We previously mentioned the WP7 chess club app. Well the author has released a 4 minute video showing off a lot more detail about the app. it includes some neat feature like possibility to play end games, watch others play and even options to change the color schemes that’s pretty novel in it’s implementation. Just … Read more

Another Beautiful Panoramic BART Windows Phone 7 App

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Maybe I’m a sucker for the panoramic controls of WP7 but just take a look at this. Again, you have a great but subtle background, ease to get a lot of information about BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit), map integration and aside from being functional it’s visually stunning. It should be noted that the app … Read more

WP7 Theme Suite For WM Released

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Chriscsh over at XDA put together some theme packs that skin your apps to look like WP7. So you still need the original app. But he’s skinned XDAShutDown (VGA), ThumbCal(VGA), TCPMP(VGA), Showcase (al resolutions), Resco Explorer (all resolutions), S2U2 (VGA and WVGA), S2P (VGA and WGVA) , htcCalculator (VGA), G-Alarm (All), Qilin PhoneCanvas (VGA). They … Read more

Need Help Sleeping? Try Counting Sheep

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Interesting idea from XDA. A game that’s so boring it helps you sleep:) As the dev states “This Counting Sheep is a exercise, where you have to drag identical white sheep over the bridge (while they are doing backflips). The idea, presumably, is to induce boredom while occupying the mind with something simple, repetitive, and … Read more