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WP7: 6 Weeks Of Must-Have Games Schedule Revealed
We’ve heard rumors about Microsoft’s “6 Weeks Of Must-Have Games” promotion, but we never got a solid date. There were rumors that Angry Birds would be released for Windows Phone 7 on May 25th. While Angry Birds is a part of the lineup, its not the first game, its actually the last. The good news?…
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Verizon Trophy Official – $149.99 on May 26th
For those of you on Verizon who have been waiting for a Windows Phone 7 device, your wait is finally over. Verizon has announced that the HTC Trophy will be available on May 26th for $149.99 (2-year contract and $50 mail-in rebate). If you buy before July 15th, it looks like you can also get…
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Windows Phone 7 Just Went Tropical
Windows Phone 7 Mango update has just had some features leaked that I thought we would all like to know about. It does seem Microsoft is actually listening to people and working to improve their OS. With Mango being the BIGGEST update for Windows Phone 7 to this point, we have some sweet tropical leaks…
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Windows Phone 7 Marketplace Down For NoDo Users
UPDATE: According to this article, people are saying the Marketplace is back online. It was down for about 7 hours, and there hasn’t been an official statement from Microsoft as to what caused the outage.
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Angry Birds For Windows Phone 7 Coming May 25th
Angry Birds is a hugely popular game available on Android and iOS. If you haven’t heard of it, you must be living under a rock! Today, Microsoft has officially announced that it will be available in the Windows Phone 7 Marketplace on May 25th. As of now, it looks like its the classic version of…
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Slacker vs Pandora – Or Something Better?
As times change, so does how we listen to music, especially portable music. From cassettes we went to CDs, then even the MiniDisc (anyone remember those things?), then to mp3 players. Now with smartphones becoming more mainstream for the casual user, streaming internet radio is becoming more popular. Right now, two of the most popular…
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Unofficial WP7 Homebrew Market
While you still need to be developer unlocked (sorry Sprint Arrive users), this is a pretty big step forward in the homebrew arena for Windows Phone 7. It allows you to sideload XAP files and it even has its own protocol handler (wphome:), similar to zune:. There’s been a few Windows-based XAP installers out there…
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ESPN ScoreCenter for Windows Phone 7
When Windows Phone 7 first launched, there wasn’t a very good app to get sports scores. You could use ESPN’s mobile website, or another one. Then came ScoreMobile, which was pretty good and got the job done. It was lacking a few major scores at first, but has been updated since then. ESPN has released…
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Windows Phone 7 in numbers: A promising start
There are many GEEKsters out there looking for some numbers from MS to help them make a decision on their next smartphone. Judging by some of the numbers released by MS, things are moving in the right direction. The number of developers downloading the needed tools to develop apps are great considering this is a new platform.…
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Microsoft Planning NFC In Windows Phone 7?
Microsoft is rumored to be adding a newly popular feature in Windows Phone 7, and that is Near Field Communication, or NFC. It will supposedly ship on smartphones later this year, which means the software/OS part could be part of the Mango update. Nokia said that it would be implementing NFC on most of its…
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Unofficially Get NoDo On Your Windows Phone 7
If you have the new Sprint HTC Arrive, you don’t need to worry about this since your phone already has the NoDo (v7390) update installed stock. For those of us GSM users out there that have the HD7, Focus, Surround, etc, there’s now a way we can “trick” Zune into updating our phones to NoDo…
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Sprint Waiving Mail-In Rebates Indefinitely
This is great news for Sprint customers! Verizon Wireless recently started doing this on most of their smartphones and looks like Sprint caught wind and decided to do it also.
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PPCGeeks Review – The LG Quantum
Hey There Geeks! Thanks to the LG Electronics Corp – we were given the unique opportunity to look at the LG Quantum, one of the first Windows Phone 7 devices currently on the market,we took an in depth look at it in this review! Read on to hear our side commentary as well as see…
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iPad 2 shortages continue, relief 1-2 months away
Apple is facing major supply issues with the new iPad 2, with some customers having to wait 4 to 5 weeks for delivery. Apple has had shortage issues in the past with the second generation iPhone 3G for more than a month and up to 3 weeks on the Iphone 4 according to reports from…
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Windows Phone 7 Update Adds Copy and Paste Functionality
Microsoft has finally started rolling out the NoDo update after a few delays. The latest Windows Phone 7 device (HTC Arrive) has this update and seems to work well. The NoDo update has other functionality updates also, including apps search on the device, performance improvements, Wi-Fi functionality and Outlook e-mail client.
