Terra Explorer is Available for WP7

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We gave you a sneak peak of Terra Explorer about a week ago and now it’s live, for free, in Marketplace. This is the search engine on steroids to remind you. Here’s the official description: Terra Explorer revolutionizes the mobile web browsing experience for Windows Phone 7. It introduces search as a central theme in … Read more

Imagewind Available For Windows Phones

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If you don’t know, Imagewind is a website (that’s Silverlight based) that gives you real time images of what images are being posted on Twitter. Well there’s now an Imagewind app for Windows Phones and it’s free. I was fortunate enough to beta test it out and in its final iteration it’s really a great … Read more

“Alternate web browsers are openly encouraged in the Windows Phone Marketplace”

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It’s time to bring some closure to the Surfy story from today. Brandon Watson of Microsoft has been nice enough to leave a comment on our earlier post as follows: I wanted to add something here, as I run the developer platform team for Windows Phone. There was a tester error while reviewing “Surfy” where … Read more

Surfy Alternative Web Browser [May Be] Headed To Windows Phones

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Earlier we discussed the submission of an alternative web browser that failed Microsoft’s certification. Brandon Watson has since stated that there’s miscommunication as to the rejection (and we’ll update you on when he provides that). But, want to see the app in action? It’s called Surfy and here it is: Here’s the feature list: • … Read more

Mobility Digest Review: Dot Gloves for Capacitive Touch Screens

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Winter is cold, and that means gloves. Most of the time we’ve got a choice to make, either gloves or our devices as you can’t operate a capacitive touchscreen with gloves on. Today for review I’ve got a review for you that I was supposed to post the other day actually, but life interferes as I’m sure you know. Anyway, the review is a product from our friends at Mobile Fun and it’s a pair of capacitive gloves called Dot Touch. These gloves allow you to keep your fingers warm but still operate any devices with a capacitive touch screen and surprisingly they work perfectly.

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Microsoft Blocks Alternative Web Browser From The WP7 Marketplace [Update: It May Be Coming]

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If you read the WP7 application certifications you will not see a prohibition against alternative web browsers so you would think they would be permissible (provided they otherwise followed the app submission guidelines). Well that hasn’t stopped Microsoft from blocking a web browser alternative. Daniel Vaughan and Katka Vaughan had their app rejected because: Reason … Read more

Happy St. Patrick’s Day

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On March 17th, “everybody” is just a little Irish. Don’t forget to change your theme and spread some green. Have fun and stay safe. Now where did I put that Guinness Extra Stout, and Killian’s Irish Red, and Smithwick’s Ale,  and Murphy’s, and Beamish, and O’Hara’s Irish Stout, and Harp Lager, and Finnegans Irish Amber, … Read more