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PPCGeeks Video Review: Deluxe Moon for WP7
Hey there, Oridus here with a video review for Deluxe Moon from our friends at LifeWare Solutions. Deluxe Moon is an app available on WP7, Android, and iOS to deliver detailed, up to date information about the moon and the Zodiac. Join me for a quick video review.
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Windows Phone 7 BootLoader?!?
Now here is something we all know about. It appears that the HTC WP7 device HTC HD7 has a bootloader! Say what Jason?!?! No this is not because of a custom rom, or anything like that. In fact the article says we don’t know why it showed up. It just did. We all thought that…
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Android TweetDeck 1.0.6 – Beta release is out!
Tweetdeck lovers there has been a beta release for version 1.0.6 today and you can get it here! This is their first release of the new year and basically just several bug fixes and infrastructure changes. Take a look for yourself!
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BREAKING NEWS: WP7 Live Service Security Cracked, FULL HD2 Port Imminent?!?!? – SAY WHAT!
You heard it here folks! Our friend Da_G at xda-developers.com has found a way to “bypass” or break the Microsoft Live Activation that was holding us back from making roms for Windows Phone 7… With this all possible we can now possibly port to the HD2 and other Fast Windows Mobile Devices. Now sadly I…
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Microsoft to “Loosen” Up on the Mobile Home Front!
OK so we all know Microsoft has been a stickler for allowing access to their new Windows Phone 7 OS. But that seems to be changing… Steve Ballmer [Microsoft Chief Executive] will give greater details at the Mobile World Congress this year. But until then I have the rumors that help feed the fire, and…
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WP7 Marketplace Apps Easily Cracked!
Microsoft’s DRM for Windows Phone 7 Marketplace Apps apparently has a few holes they need to address. Recently a white hat hacker successfully made an app that can get into the Marketplace, find any app (paid or free), remove its DRM, and either directly install it to the phone, or save the XAP file. And…
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Windows Phone 7 Top 10 Apps in HUGE App Store!!!
So here we are at the end of a year, Microsoft has released their new flagship OS, Windows Phone 7…Love it or Hate it – you have to agree it is a fresh start. With a fresh start we find ourselves asking what applications are out for my phone. Well let’s just start by saying…
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HTC Wants to have Sense on WP7
One of the greatest features of Windows Phone 7 has got to be the clean, speedy, distinctive UI which manages to offer a different and instantly recognisable experience in a market where competitors are simply copying the Apple iOS. It has been no secret that Microsoft has been VERY protective of the UI and home…
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Microsoft triggers the kill-Switch and remotely re-locks ChevronWP7 unlocked devices OTA
Talk about a fast turn around. In the last weeks of November, we reported of the unlocker being released for Windows Phone 7. Then on December 1st, we reported that the unlocker was pulled. Now, today, it appears that Microsoft has triggered a remote kill-switch that revokes the certificate required to run the ChevronWP7 Unlocker…
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Windows Phone 7 Has 15 App Limit For Push Notifications
15 apps seems like a lot when you talk about push notifications, especially considering battery life (although push is better than pull). According to a blog post by Clarity Consulting, Windows Phone 7 limits the number of apps that can be registered for push notifications to 15. If you install a 16th app, you’ll get…
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Chevron WP7 Unlocker Pulled — WHAT?!?!?
HOLY COW! After ChevronWP7 Unlocker released, and the ability to homebrew apps for Windows Phone 7, it was pulled!!! Amazingly enough Microsoft is behind it. ChevronWP7 is discontinuing the application immediately after engaging in discussions with Microsoft about offically facilitating homebrew development on the platform. With this said – we might need to get ready…
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3D Driver for The Touch Pro2? Maybe!
Hey There Geeks, we picked this one up from Tiad8 in the forums! Now YOU TOO Can have the 3d experience on the Touch Pro2!
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Microsoft Uses A Unique PVK To Prevent ROM Porting
Microsoft is using a new technology when it comes to Windows Phone 7 and piracy, at least compared to anything they’ve tried with Windows Mobile. They are using a PVK (Private Key) system in which every device is given a unique ID during the manufacturing process and that ID is routinely checked against Microsoft’s servers.…
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Windows Phone 7 Live Tiles not the same Everywhere!
So If you are like Courtney1985 (from here on out she will be referred to as Courtney) around here on PPCG you are consistently asking me or other fellow WP7 PPCG’s what the heck Live Tiles are. Well in short, a Tile is your application on the home screen in WP7, which is how you access what you…
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Microsoft Releases SP1 for WP7 in January!
So some of the biggest beefs of WP7 is no flash, no Copy and Paste, no real good navigation program. Well it appears that Microsoft listened, and in the unveiling of Windows Phone 7, Steve Balmer did say we would get these features in the early 2011 time frame. Well now we have confirmation.
