David K 
Just read these Tweets in a row and note only the first is from a Microsoft employee: Take a look at both of those Tweets and via “WindowsLive” (which redirects to WindowsPhone.com) appears. This is a slightly different signature than we’ve seen in the past Mango test builds which was “Windows Phone(viaWindowsLive)INT”. MVPs are playing … Read more
I know there’s a ‘gimmick’ factor when Microsoft tries to get heir phones in celeb hands using unusual techniques but this one makes for a great read. Scott Adams, creator of Dilbert, made the following post on his blog (where he takes hits at the iPhone for being unable to hold a call and Android … Read more
Just perusing what’s new in the Marketplace and saw this guy. It’s a game called mGolf Lite that was released two days ago and has an ESRB rating and a prominent badge displaying it. I’ve gone through a bunch of other recently approved games and I don’t see it in other games yet but I … Read more
In the latest WindowsPhoneDev Podcast they dropped a bit of info – Mango has been released to manufacturers and is in carrier testing. This is build 7710 which is a newer build than the beta build distributed to developers. It is now beginning carrier and OEM testing which means we’re not too far away from … Read more
Turn by turn based games are fun and all but playing real time multiplayer games is definitely a better element. Channel 9 (Microsoft effectively) just put together a short post on how devs can add code to their Windows Phone Mango games to provide for peer-to-peer multiplayer over WiFi. They note that “Phones running the … Read more
There was a lot of hype and speculation over the Xperia Play. It seemingly took the best that a PSP and Android phone had to offer and put it in one package that you could always have on you. A PlayStation Phone was one of those things that was supposed to rock the market. But … Read more
Developer’s have been asking for in-app commerce and after Beards & Beaks was released there was a lot of hope that in-app commerce was going to be live in Mango. Let’s put the rumors to rest. Todd Brix, of Microsoft, posted earlier on the new Mango app submission schedule (which will officially begin August 22). … Read more
Halfbrick Studios, the developer of Fruit Ninja (among others) just released Fruit Ninja Free for Android. I’m presuming by now we all know what Fruit Ninja is since it has over 20 million downloads across various platforms. Here’s their description: The worldwide smash hit Fruit Ninja is now on Android for FREE! Fruit Ninja is … Read more
“I hope you find this information useful and the resources give you what you need to be Mango-ready in August. It’s time to put the finishing touches on your Mango apps and have them ready to submit in August. “ That’s from Microsoft’s latest blog posting that details the App Hub changes. Microsoft began taking … Read more
Hope you’re about to sit down for lunch and have about ten minutes. Here they are showing off all of their Mango goodness:
There are so many Android devices and so many flavors of Android shipping on them. To help figure out what’s changed from each version of the Android OS, Tecca put together this great graphic:
