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Gowalla, the location-based social check-in app that has laden iPhone, Android, BlackBerry, and webOS users with many a sticker, has just slid onto Windows Phone. All of the usual features are there, like checking where your friends have been lately, find spots close to you, and discover the best of the best in town thanks…
Later this year Microsoft is going to issue the long awaited update to Windows Phone that they’ve been calling Mango for the past few months. With it will come the addition of over “500 new features”, but the ones that stand out for us are the built in multitasking for third party applications, a new…
Just when we said that custom ringtones are coming to Windows Phone, we got another piece of good news for all of you with smartphones running Microsoft’s mobile OS. Angry Birds now lives in Windows Marketplace for Mobile, and you can try it out free of charge! Then when you’re done playing the trial levels,…
Microsoft continues to drip out information about new features with the upcoming Windows Phone Mango update and it is now telling us that this software update will include custom ringtones. I know, some of you may be saying, “So what?” but the lack of custom ringtones on Windows Phone has been a pain in the…
You grabbed a brand new Windows Phone 7 device and now you want to import contacts. If you don’t have that many people in your old phone’s Address Book, you can simply move them to a SIM card (presuming you’re phone has one – i.e. you’re not on Verizon or Sprint) and then copy the…
Back at CES, Ford announced a mobile app to help electric vehicle owners find charging stations and monitor their range. Last week, we got a chance to check out MyFord Mobile in person running on a Windows Phone. The home screen shows a simple charge gauge showing how much juice is left in your EV,…
One of the main reasons people still prefer to buy a Nokia rather than something from a competitor is their consistently amazing build quality. For all the potshots we like to take at Symbian, the death of MeeGo, and the decision to bet the farm on Microsoft’s Windows Phone operating system, there’s something to be…
Windows Phone users can start to hold their heads up high when it comes to apps, as the platform is slowly catching up to the iPhone and Android. The latest app to land is the popular Foodspotting app, so foodies with Windows Phone 7 should download this immediately. For those of you not aware, the…
The ever-raging battle between flora and undead is spreading from Android as the Plants vs. Zombies game by PopCap has shambled its way to Windows Phone. It comes complete with Xbox Live achievements and leaderboards, along with all of the classic game modes like adventure, Zen, and various mini-games. Two new modes, Vasebreaker and iZombie,…
Almost missed this. Don’t know how that happened and I have no good excuse. Simply said, I wasn’t paying attention to Evernote’s blog lately and they caught me by surprise. And in the meantime they announced Evernote mobile client for Windows Phone 7! Suddenly buying a smartphone with Microsoft’s latest mobile OS makes perfect sense…