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How to: Prevent cracks of your windows phone applications
Following is an article authored for PPCGeeks News by our very own member, Ziggy471. He has many years of experience in computer programming and coding, and has written the following to help both aspiring and veteran mobile application developers deal with an issue that may arise. So you have decided to download the Windows Phone…
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Google Gives Voice To Google Maps For (Windows) Mobile
In the days before prominent instant messaging, there was this chat technology called IRC. In IRC, it was possible to be given voice by the operators of the channel. How does this relate to anything mobile news related? Google (the operator) has given voice to those who run Google Maps on Windows Mobile in the…
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Microsoft SQL Server Compact 3.5 Updated
There is a new service pack for Microsoft’s SQL Server Compact 3.5. Not sure what that is? In a nutshell, SQL Server Compact 3.5 is a free, easy-to-use embedded database engine that lets developers build robust Windows Desktop and mobile applications that run on all Windows platforms including Windows XP, Vista, Pocket PC, and Smartphone.…
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How Many Apps In That App Store?
Apps, apps, apps! With Google’s recent announcement that the Android Market has reached 38,000 applications, I decided to find out how many applications are in each of the major smartphone app stores. Remember that these figures are only for the number of applications in the official application store and do not include the total number…
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Windows Phone 7 Developer Documentation And Resources
Looking to develop applications for Windows Phone 7 but not sure of where to start? Microsoft recently released several free resources that will help any aspiring app developer start in the right direction. With Windows Phone 7, XNA, Silverlight and .NET are the supported runtimes that developers will be working with. The current list of…
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Windows Mobile Bing Application Updated
Via the official Bing Twitter account, Microsoft has announced that the Bing mobile application for Windows Mobile has been updated to version 5.1.2010. No major changes are apparent in this update. To download the update, go via your mobile browser to m.bing.com/download or going into the application and selecting “Update Available”. Interestingly. this update is…
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Opera Hits 100 Million Milestone. Half On Mobile
Opera Software announced a milestone today….100 million people are currently using Opera’s browsers. As of March 2010, 50 million active users were browsing using Opera’s desktop browser for Windows, Mac and Linux computers and 50 million users were using Opera’s mobile browser. Interestingly enough, while growth of Opera’s desktop browser has increased 30 percent from…
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GCzII Has Been Updated!
GCzII a Geocaching app for Windows Mobile from NICQUE Freeware has been updated to Ver 0.2.35.41 to fix: 1) “Cache not Found” issue fixed. 2) “Internet Connection Failed” issue fixed. (In case of proxy uname/passwd required)
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Can I Order You A ‘Deluxe Moon’?
Have you watched any of the Twilight movies or read any of the books? The second book/movie in the series is ‘New Moon‘. Now why am I making a reference to this not-so-obscure phenomenon? An application named “Deluxe Moon” is the reason why. This application tracks the various phases of the moon, helpful to one…
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Google Earth Unavailable on Droid After Android 2.1 Update?
According to reports that have been surfacing from Motorola Droid owners that have received the update to Android 2.1, Google Earth has not been accessible via Android Marketplace. According to DROID owners, while some can access the application on the marketplace at this time, many cannot after receiving the 2.1 update. This is an interesting…
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New HTC EVO 4G Promo Video, Skyfire Alpha and Other Android news
There is a lot of buzz in the air about some great new Android devices and apps that are in the works and we just knew that there were a few exciting tidbits that our faithful readers would love to know. First up is a new video, which looks to be a promo clip for…
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New YouTube App For Windows Phone & S60
Last march YouTube delivered their own native player for our Windows Phone® devices. Although many users prefer to use the built-in application provided directly from HTC, this brought us some nice selection to our devices. Thankfully after a long wait, YouTube has been updated to version 2.4.
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Windows Phone 7 XNA Game Shown Off
Engadget has been lucky enough when it comes to Windows Phone 7, but now they got to see a demo of a new 3D XNA game coming to WP7. One of them is called The Harvest, which is a dungeon-type game by Luma Arcade. The second game is called Battle Punks, which is a one-on-one…
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NFL Mobile Coming To Verizon
For the last few years, we’ve seen NFL Mobile available on most Sprint devices, as well as being the focal point of the Sunday Night Football intro video. Times are changing though. Sprint decided not to renew its contract with the NFL to bring exclusive content to its handsets. A Sprint representative has told PhoneScoop…
