David K 
Here’s an interesting patent that Microsoft was recently granted. The abstract reads: As a pedestrian travels, various difficulties can be encountered, such as traveling through an unsafe neighborhood or being in an open area that is subject to harsh temperatures. A route can be developed for a person taking into account factors that specifically affect … Read more
Taptitude is a series of games within a game. It’s loaded with mini-games and just keeps expanding. Well it now has some impressive stats to go along with an impressive title. They’ve exceeded 100,000 downloads and note that they’ve almost hit $100,000 in revenue from ads. Bravo. So free titles can pay in the WP7 … Read more
September 30, 2010 VentureBeat noted the following from a Microsoft GM at the GigaOm Mobilize conference: In addition to bringing social games like Zynga’s Farmville to the Windows Phone, Microsoft is sparing no expense in helping develop traditional 2D and 3D games for the platform that would mimic the XBox Live experience on a console, … Read more
NFL Pro ‘12 is a huge hit for Windows Phones and now the developer has brought their magic to the NBA (and it’s free). From the makers of the Popular and Trusted NFL Pro ’12 app. The Ultimate NBA App has arrived to Windows Phone 7!, NBA Pro ’12 will give you Fast, Trustworthy scores, … Read more
File this firmly under rumor as he’s an insider with a mixed track record quick frankly. Why report at all? He has been right at times, has had devices he shouldn’t have had at times and everyone else is going to report it as well. We’ll just do it with a grain of salt. Without … Read more
After the latest update has become available it made me think about how many times I’ve tried to get updates early…even using Canadian proxies to get them before AT&T was finally ready. So what has the update history of WP7 been so far? Let’s recap: Update 7.0.7008.0 improved the update process Update 7.0.7390.0 was NoDo … Read more
Thurott has done it again. Tired of inaccurate reporting that’s been going around he’s revealed details of Microsoft memorandums that he’s viewed and it’s a different picture than what’s been painted. Here’s the juicy stuff: Microsoft and Nokia will not spend "in the neighborhood of $100 million" to market Windows Phone this year. The companies … Read more
I use HopStop all the time and it’s great that the official app is now in the Marketplace. I use their site all the time and inevitably print out the directions so having it on my phone is awesome. Let’s go to the description: Get detailed public transit, walking, taxi, and biking directions in dozens … Read more
Penguin Rage is a physics based game from Karmic apps – which productions full production games across OSes. It’s now free for Windows Phones: Penguin Rage – one of the most entertaining and challenging physics-based games for your phone! Your hero Penguin is mad and he wants revenge! Help him rid of all the balloons, … Read more
For me, curling is that sport that you watch during the winter Olympics and you’re not sure why , but you watch more of it than you expect. Anyway, a new game called Curling3D is now in the Marketplace and it’s an existing iOS game that seems to have solid graphics. here’s the official WP7 … Read more
The mobile markets really heated up in 2011 but with that came some epic tech failures. Let’s go through a bunch of them and you can sound off on how big they were. In no order: *HP WebOS/TouchPad and the little engine that didn’t *Blackberry’s implosion – no phones on the horizon and it’s worth … Read more
There’s a lot of noise today about upcoming LTE Windows Phones and Paul Thurrott is now sharing some new information. And as you might expect, Microsoft and its Windows Phone partners do indeed intend to release a number of LTE devices in the coming half-year, all on AT&T. The information I have relates to the … Read more