The Marketplace just opened up apparently with a lot of new apps hitting the market today. Let’s go through some of them. Spinballs is a game that Windows Mobile fans probably know very well. It’s a logic/puzzle game where you rotate the discs to connect the same color. It’s fun as most of you likely … Read more
Another week and two more Xbox Live games are in the Marketplace. First up is Bubble Town 2. Apparently this was a Facebook cult game but ultimately it reminds me of Snood with more levels (and I love Snood). There’s 45 levels and 3 environments plus 5 bosses and a new ‘lob shot’ that lets … Read more
Today is official ‘app monetization day’ it appears. The original Microsoft Ads SDK only supported Silverlight if you recall. And as of today it supports XNA (high end games) as well. It’s still US only but this opens the door to more apps that developers can monetize (you know, release for free and get some … Read more
In the comments to the WP7 app data post it seems like we’re all starting to talk about what app pricing should look like so let’s focus on it a little bit here. The MS Marketplace is supposed to be a place for devs to make money and presumably that’s in sales and it isn’t … Read more
So for the first time developers are now given access to sales data from Microsoft. There are a few interesting tidbits. First off, not all of you downloaded Krashlander (still shocking to me but if you’ve tried it check out my triple kill). Seriously though, Krashlander is the #32 paid app and has yielded about … Read more
By default, Windows Phones come with a calculator preinstalled but did you know that by rotating the phone clockwise/counterclockwise you actually get a different calculator? In portrait it’s standard. If you rotate the phone so that the top of the phone is to the left then it will go into scientific mode. If you rotate … Read more
The guys that make up the Chevron team have confirmed that Microsoft has NOT relocked phones. To the contrary, the phones do periodic checks to confirm they are supposed to be locked and since the server responds with a ‘no’ the phone relocks. So MS did not take any action to relock any phones. Here’s … Read more
I’m loving it more and more each day. Just keep em coming! Of course, to check in browser just check http://wp7applist.com/ who is tracking the apps/reviews and even app updates for you.
Dodger is a holiday themed (free) game for Windows Phone that’s in the style of falling balls. But of course, since it’s the holidays, presents are falling and you need to tilt the phone to control Santa and avoid Santa getting squished. It has three levels of difficulty (easy, medium and hard) as well as … Read more
The Flixtser app for Windows Phone gives you movie show times and information. They’ve now enabled their live tile. It changes the image so what’s displayed is the latest weekly box office hit. I know it’s not huge, but it is fun for movie buffs to always get a current image to keep things fresh … Read more