HTC is going to release Mango (Windows Phone 7.5) update for its windows phones sometime later this month. But someone at xda-devs has already got hold of this soon-to-be-released ROM. It has been confirmed by many users that it is infact the official ROM meant to be released to the public. Earlier, there were many unofficial ways that allowed the users to upgrade to the RTM or the developer versi...[Read More]
This week’s Microsoft Marketplace’s Deal of the Week is Bubble Town 2 whose price has been slashed from 3 dollars to 2 dollars for this week. Bubble Town 2 is basically a puzzle game where a stack of bubbles descend from the top to basically crush you (the player). You fire bubbles at them to destroy the bubbles coming from top. Sounds fun? Well, only on paper as the controls are absolutely...[Read More]
Windows Phone 7.5? Tweet Tweet Windows Phone surely is getting a lot of attention these days, thanks to the infamous NoDo update. Now, Dark Force Team (DFT), the famous hackers who did the hard work in bringing WP7 to the HTC HD2 have already got hold of the upcoming Windows Phone Mango update. Today, they released a video of NoDo update running on an HD2 and guess what we found? – A new “se...[Read More]
Lately, I have seen a lot of quality games hitting the marketplace. When my friend told me about this game called Galaxium, I immediately got an idea that it would be a typical space shooter game. But boy, this game is much more than that. The game, Galaxium is unpredictable and exiting – two ingredients which are mandatory for a space invader / shooter game. Its game developer has created a game ...[Read More]
Until now, Google has released only one app for Windows Phone – Google Search. While Bing Maps works like a charm on my Windows Phone, some people simply just prefer Google Maps (simply because that is what they have been using since God made the Earth). Anyway, a developer has churned out an app called gMaps which finally brings Google Maps to Windows Phone platform. This app makes use of the Go...[Read More]
A lot of users just could not wait for the carriers and vendors to roll out the updates and followed unofficial ways to get them (example: Mozart NoDo update, HD7 Nodo update, forced Surround Nodo procedure). Later Microsoft revealed that if you have updated your smartphone that way, you would not be able to future updates (some are getting error code 80180048). So, in order to get the latest and ...[Read More]
Registry Editors allows you to mess with the settings that are deliberately kept hidden from the users. I have mentioned this Windows Phone registry editor in the past but it is said to working only on HTC WP7 phones. Now, an XDA user has churned out an app that also works on Samsung WP7 phones, that includes Focus and Omnia 7 handsets. Keep in mind that it works on only unlocked Samsung Windows P...[Read More]
Custom Ringtones will be made available in the WP7 Mango update (Windows Phone 7.5) but what if you wanted to set your favorite song as ringtone before that? There is a way to do that. In fact, I posted about getting custom ringtones on your WP7 phone way back in December last year. Now, there is a much more polished way of getting it done – RingRing7. Here are its features: * Simple drag and drop...[Read More]
Custom Ringtones will be made available in the WP7 Mango update (Windows Phone 7.5) but what if you wanted to set your favorite song as ringtone before that? There is a way to do that. In fact, I posted about getting custom ringtones on your WP7 phone way back in December last year. Now, there is a much more polished way of getting it done – RingRing7. Here are its features: * Simple drag and drop...[Read More]
Few days back, I posted a complete tutorial about how to get NoDo on HTC 7 Mozart. But you own an HTC HD7 and you are still waiting for the amazing NoDo ROM update that brings copy paste functionality and speed improvements. Well, you have every right to be mad at carrier / manufacture who is still not pushing out the update. Fortunately, there is a way to get the update by Flashing some of the RO...[Read More]
One of the chief missing features in Windows Phone 7 platform is the lack of any sort of file explorer. Fortunately, the Windows Phone’s developer community is brimming with talented folks that have brought this missing utility to the new operating system. Here is how to install it on your Windows Phone. First, you will first need to unlock your windows phone. Then download the XAP file (think the...[Read More]
Here are the steps on how to developer unlock your WP7 device: Install Windows Phone 7 Developer tools. This will require a reboot at the end. Email the “ChevronWP7.cer” file to your Windows Phone 7 device. Open the email, tap on the attachment to download it. The icon will turn into a shield, tap again to get a new dialog. Press “Install” then OK. Put your WP7 Phone into airplane mode (Settings&g...[Read More]