Here’s Why Wordament Will Always Be Free For WP7

Wordament is the massively multi-player real time ‘Boggle’ type game for Windows Phones and it’s free. The developer has written a post about their philosophy of releasing a free version only and they’ve reiterated that they will not be releasing a paid version. Here it is and I’m again highly endorsing this game, which is … Read more

The App Store is More Open Than Marketplace

When we first learned about the restrictions for submitting apps to the Windows Phone Marketplace there were immediate comparisons to Apples App Store and it generally seemed like they would end up in line with each other. As you probably know though, Microsoft recently pulled Imagewind from the Marketplace because it shows unfiltered images and … Read more

Happy Birthday Osborne I – Miss ya buddy

I was scanning Engadget today and noticed that yesterday was the Osborne 1’s 30th birthday. It brought back a flood of memories from my early computing experiences with this 24 pounder. As MD is a site about mobility, and the Osborne 1 was disputably the first portable/mobile computer in the World, I thought a piece … Read more

Big Bad Carriers Taking Aim At Android Army Rooting

If you own an Android and have rooted or run a custom kernel in an effort to maximize that delicious slab of hardware you’re holding in your mits beware.  Word has dropped recently of the carriers taking aim square at you because, well, you’re playing with their money.  Carriers aim to sell you new handsets … Read more

Microsoft To Unveil Silverlight For Xbox Next Week

According to WinRumors Microsoft is going to announce the availability of Silverlight for Xbox at Mix. For developers this would be great because with some resizing, etc they can take their Silverlight apps and sell them on a bigger screen. And obviously as the Microsoft ecosystem expands there’s more of an incentive to make apps … Read more