SkyMusic made its way to the Marketplace today so figured I would give it a test drive. The app name should make it clear, but just in case, SkyMusic steams music from your personal SkyDrive account. The layout of the app is very familiar, mimicking Zune for the most part. Before doing anything I first … Read more
Reading the description of this app might make you think you just found something better than sliced bread. Everyone is telling you to "STOP TEXTING"! Laws are popping up every day that are regulating texting on a cell phone! Parents are telling their children to stop spending so much time texting! Doctors are even … Read more
The other day David showed me a good app, Travzine, currently available only for Windows Phone and as per the app developers, iOS app is in works. This is a good app for travellers. If you love traveling and share the moments to your friends and family, then I think this app is a good … Read more
There have been a few good scanning applications available for Windows Phone almost since launch, but I was missing the ability to fax from my phone. Something I have been able to do since my early PocketPC days. A few days ago we were reorganizing our office and they decided to relocate the fax machine. … Read more
Mehdoh, disputably the best Twitter app for Windows Phone has been on a rocky road the past five weeks and officially disappeared from Marketplace a few days ago. There were a few reasons for all this, but basically it came down to nearly zero return on investment. It’s amazing that such a good app has … Read more
Here is one from Social Ebola, the Urban Dictionary guys, that slipped past me in the Marketplace. With our minds becoming more cluttered every day with information, it’s no wonder we all occasionally forget something. Sure, I have a great tasks app that includes a reminder feature, but it takes several taps to load up … Read more
Recently sites have been noting that the Windows Phone marketplace has passed the 50,000 apps mark. Ironically enough it comes at a time where we’ve seen tech bloggers and posters point out the relatively small number of apps the marketplace has compared to iOS and Android. What often is overlooked or is failed to be … Read more
As you’re probably aware, there are several games in the Windows Phone Marketplace that are direct ports of Nintendo games. These aren’t clones. They have all of the cheat codes, etc in tact and it appears as though these were ROMs that were converted to Silverlight and then brought into the Marketplace. You may ask … Read more
Congratulations to developer Scott Peterson, as the i’m a wp7 app passed the 100,000 user mark sometime this morning. I know that for iPhone and Android users, news like this is meh, but for us WP folks, this is one more indicator that the platform is moving forward. Seeing that the built-in Facebook apps reached … Read more
Figuring that tomorrow is National 4S Day, decided to squeeze this one in tonight. It’s not that difficult to create custom ringtones for your Windows Phone, but for those lacking the skills, software or DRM free music there is easyRing. The app provides access to millions of song snippets (those 30 second previews) via Amazon.com … Read more