David K 
Man this whole XBox XNA = Windows Phone 7 thing will never get old Mommy’s Best Games has posted a YouTube video showing a smoke test of the XBox game Shoot 1UP in the WP7 emulator. It’s a classic space shooter like Raiden. Here’s the smoke test: Here’s what the game looks like on Xbox … Read more
If you don’t recall, Towers of Hanoi is a puzzle game where you need to move the entire stack in order to the third spot and when using the other spots you can only put smaller discs on top of larger ones. In fact, it’s available for WM 6.5 for some time. Well in comes … Read more
The Official Microsoft Blog put together some sick numbers about the strength of Microsoft that really puts all of the different rivalries and hypes into perspective for what they’re worth. It’s just a page of comparisons so check the original source but here are a few examples. Number of projected iPad sales in 2010: 7.1m … Read more
I have this feeling that if they keep showing enough Windows Phone 7 demos we’ll find copy and paste:) Anyway, looking at the video we mentioned yesterday there’s another little bit of information. The presenter pulls up the website http://www.xbox.com/en-US/kinect on the phone and notes that there’s HD video shown on the site. If you … Read more
In this clip where MS is talking about how advertisers can reach end users using WP7 there are two release dates noted. At the introduction “October” is noted as the release date and the speaker leaves the platform by noting that the device will be released “this fall.” October continues to be the leaked date…let’s … Read more
We hear the question all the time – can I use my phone as a compass. In the US the only WM phone that has a digital compass is the HD2. Of course, the alternative to a compass is GPS but that requires you to move around and typically you would fire up Bing or … Read more
WMExperts highlighted the work of developer Ian Walker who shared a simple API to embed social links into WP7 apps so this lets a dev add social networking tot heir apps so more people can share and learn about their work. So to see this in action you can actually try one of the apps … Read more
So the other day we discussed that the Android market is filled with apps that have vulnerabilities – things like the ability to make calls without your knowledge, get cozy with your personal info…the fun stuff. And earlier today Simmons praised Google for remotely wiping apps from end users devices (which were junk but not … Read more
For those of you who are developing apps for WP7 Brandon Watson said that despite there being no official announcement as to the date that apps can be submitted to Marketplace he said “we’re targeting end of summer”. Granted it’s beginning of summer but that’s not too far away and gives some indications as to … Read more
I love watching World Cup and thinking that there must be a hornets nest somewhere…OK, let’s admit it – the real problem with the vuvuzela is that it’s someone else doing it. When you’re the one making noise during the game it’s entirely acceptable. So join in. From JDB Pocketware comes a free vuvuzela app … Read more
Man I love when these guys work on something because they really think through their development. They admit that they already saw the bus tracking WP7 app and that’s why they’re releasing a demo of theirs. Early competition for a phone that doesn’t even exist:) Anyway, here’s their version that was built for CTA and … Read more
Here’s another dev in line with WP7. Dr. Popper is currently an Xbox game. The developer states “It’s a simple bubble popper game but deceptively requires some strategy to get big scores…So a few months have gone by, and life has gotten in the way, but I’m glad to say that I am actively working … Read more