Category: Software (Windows Phone)
Windows Phone 7 on the HTC HD2 ? Yep, you read that right. It's ever-so-slightly slower but really, you wouldn't notice. Everything is here. The sounds, the multi-touch, the whole thing, on an existing Windows Mobile 6.5 device. Now, after the huge fa...
Windows Phone 7. We've spoken a lot about it of late. My personal feelings are that, after a Service Pack, this could shape up to be a rather brilliant OS in a few months time. We're in the here and now though, and the fact that you can't …
Yesterday Pocketnow revealed that Windows Phone 7 doesn't seem to allow custom ringtones. We were determined to disprove this, so I spent time digging around the OS for a way to upload your own MP3 ringtone. There's Zune integration and wireless music...
Spotify have released a mobile app for their Premium service for Windows Mobile 6.x phones AND announced that their will be a Windows Phone 7 app coming as well! There aren't many WP7 apps out there yet, so its great to hear someone like Spotify...
The Windows Phone 7 launch is now getting extremely close. Engadget have picked out some slides from Three UK showing an availability / launch date of October 21st - a week on Thursday. There's some other juicy details, including the fact that 2,000 a...
On checking out a video just now of an un-announced Windows Phone 7 device (LG Optimus 7) 10:43 into the 20 minute video up pops the applications list and right there sitting at the top is the '360 My Web' application which those of you on Vodafone wi...
CNET have picked up on the fact Windows Phone 7 will not have tethering support and there is no idea if they will ever include this service into the new OS. CNET have posted: A Microsoft official recently suggested that it would be up to cellular carr...
Remember the HTC Peep issues? Android-powered HTC owners had their Twitter client back on the air just a few days after big Twitter changes but Windows Mobile owners have been having issues for 10 days straight but this morning it looks like everythin...
If you're a HTC Peep user everything should now be fixed and you can Tweet again. Unfortunately that's not strictly true if you're using a Windows Mobile user. The Windows Mobile version is still giving an error message and, from what we're hearing fr...
BirdieSync is a Windows Mobile application for synchronising your device with Thunderbird and Lightning or Sunbird on your PC. Every contact, appointment, task and email is sync'd the minute you hook your phone up. The new version is compatible with T...
Want your Windows Mobile to have that KIN feeling ? Give KinLauncher a try. It features several shortcuts into messages, email, music and more with your own "KIN Spot" too. Download it from windowsphonehacker.com and drag the .cab file onto your phone...
If you've seen any of the World Cup games you'll probably have heard the vuvuzela. It's basically a big horn that makes each match sound like an invasion of drunken bees. If you've not already heard the noise then you can always click here. If you're ...
Yes yes, we love Android, but deep down we really do want Windows Phone 7 to do well. We're hearing about developer handsets going out next month and changes to the Marketplace too. There's also a few pictures of the updated version on the web, althou...
You may remember the public beta of Ruttensoft's CloudFiles recently. It's a Windows Mobile client for Dropbox, which is an online file storage system for uploading, editing, downloading and streaming of files in your account. Selling normally for $6...
Whether this stance will change in future we're not sure, but it looks like Skype won't be developing software for Windows Phone 7. They intend to develop and continue supporting their VoIP software for Android, iPhone and iPad phones. According to sm...
The Office Mobile 2010 update is now available in the Marketplace for 6.5 owners. It features a touch-friendly UI, SharePoint Workspace Mobile, easy updates, seamless copy and paste plus many other new features. The Press Release states that... "With...
Microsoft have launched their own turn-by-turn navigation system in the latest version of Bing for WinMo. It's restricted to a few US network handsets at the moment, but here's hoping they'll do a "Google" and roll out the car-nav system to the rest o...
Windows Mobile users can try out their old Playstation One games thanks to FPSEce. It'll run games like Wipeout XL and Time Crisis quite smoothly and there's a video of it in action below. Available free you just need enough space on your storage card...
We've been banging on about Dropbox for quite a while now and the official Android app arrived just yesterday. However, Windows Mobile users have been left out a little, so Ruttensoft have come to the rescue with CloudFiles. It's a front end for the f...
Got a Windows Mobile ? Are you looking at Android users running BeebPlayer and wishing you had something similar? Well, you do. Check out myPlayer - it's a BBC iPlayer / Hulu / SBS / 5OD / MSN viewer for your phone. It's something we've covered here p...
We're trying to keep up with the updates from HTC and it seems that these three have passed us by. First, there's a ROM upgrade for the HTC Touch2. It's a handset we reviewed here and the update will bring T-Mobile versions up to 1.33.110.2. Again, us...
OK, so the Windows Mobile version of HTC Sense isn't quite as flexible as the Android version but, with the help of Co0kie's Home Tab it very nearly is. This excellent app will let you modify the Home Tab on your HTC Sense interface. You can move stuf...
Over at xda-developers.com there's now an Android 2.1 ROM complete with HTC Sense for WVGA / VGA devices. Sure, that might not sound stunning but wait - this is for flashing onto Windows Mobile devices. This video shows it running on the HTC Diamond 2...
Another Windows Phone 7 Theme has popped up over at xda-developers. This time it's an SPB Mobile Shell 3.5.3 theme, making it easier to install. The theme, which also works in landscape modes, has links to all the main functions, two home hubs for you...
The whole Windows Phone 7 Series announcement has pretty much split traditional Windows Mobile fans into two camps. The first camp is happy to see the previous "Today" screen and ageing interface consigned to the wheelie bin, whilst the second camp mo...
It's been just two weeks since we saw the first signs of a Windows Phone 7 Series theme for Windows Mobile 6.5 and now the beta is available via a CAB file. This first version includes the people hub, live tiles, a program launcher, and bing search. ...
Google have added a new version of their YouTube application which improves speed and helps to make finding videos easier. "In today’s release we have added search query suggestions, ‘My Account’ support, and a new homescreen user interface that...
Want to see some shots from some early Windows Phone 7 games? Engadget have had a sneaky peak at the future developments, although you can't see too much about it just yet. Some screenshots are available though and it's certainly looking very promisin...
Wanna see a Windows Phone 7 Series game? During TechEd Middle East an "Indiana Jones" game which was built in Visual Studio. It was displayed on the same test unit we saw during Mobile World Congress and uses the accelerometer and touch controls. Deve...
Co0kie's Home Tab seems to be growing in popularity. It's a HTC Sense tweak which offers extended quicklinks and appointments plus other useful stuff. You can now get up to 4 appointments on the home tab, an optional call history button and configurab...
Well heck, that didn't take long at all did it ? Just 12 days after the official announcement there's already a theme being brewed over at xda-developers. It's a little juddery at the moment but, after just a few days, it's pretty impressive. Who know...
On the Skype website you may have noticed something - the Windows Mobile version is no longer under the "Mobile" link. It seems that support for the platform is being dropped. Their website states that.. "We've chosen to withdraw Skype for Windows Mo...
Looks like Windows Marketplace for Mobile has just received an update. If you've clicked into it recently you'll spot the download, but you can also download it here or browse to mp.windowsphone.com on your phone. The new updates include the ability t...
Now that phones are appearing with Windows Mobile 6.5.3 on board, it's only right that we take a deeper look at some of the design tweaks. Our gallery shows some of the improvements. For a start the bottom of the screen has an added bar with some butt...
Hey, did you install the rather excellent OpnMarket App on your phone recently? Are you enjoying choosing all those free applications on your Windows Mobile ? If not, why not? Noel Griffiths has already found a great app in the OpnMarket called "BSB" ...
Now, we're getting a bit confused here because this appears to be the third update we've seen in roughly the same amount of weeks for the HD2. However this one is a full-blown OS update. Rolled out on Monday we're not totally sure what it fixes or upd...
Sling Media have quietly release SlingPlayer 2.0 for Windows Mobile today. Grab some screenshots here or give it a try yourself. For those who don't know, the excellent Slingbox will fire your TV, DVD and set-top box pictures across the internet to y...
Windows Mobile has a store. It's called Marketplace and there's lots of apps inside. A lot of them, however, are paid-for apps. Step forward OpnMarket - a store which showcases the latest, most popular and free applications. This is by the guys behin...
Respected analyst and editor Eldar Murtazin appears to have got himself a looksie at the upcoming Windows Mobile 7 OS and has posted his impressions of an early build. How he's seen this we're not entirely sure, but it seems that it's incompatible wit...
Sometimes one of the most annoying things about touch-screen phones is just typing on the thing. Mobilnaut have launched "Keyboard 3" to bring simple and quick typing to your device. It works by dividing the keyboard into sections - you then just whac...
