As part of Xbox Live’s Black Friday sale, the following games will be available at a discount on the Marketplace until November 28. Sonic 4: Episode 1 is the platformer we all know and love, and this mobile version has garnered pretty favorable reviews, as the on-screen controls...

Ever wonder what’s going on at your local park or gym before you get there? Or do you want to start a pick-up game of something but don’t know where to start? Get-a-game will be able to do that but we don’t know how much more, as the app is only in beta stage on iOS. It...

Do you ever find yourself wondering what food is available in the maze that is an airport? Ever wanted to compare pre-security food/shops to the terminal food/shops? Want to know how long security lines are before you leave for your flight? GateGuru will do all this and...

A crucial update has been made to Amazon’s app (now Amazon Mobile) to include a new interface, fast app switching, a barcode scanner, and various bug fixes. You can also pin the barcode scanner to your start menu. Just go to “your account” on the Amazon Mobile welcome...

Nokia Drive, a navigation app that comes standard on their Lumia phone series, has been ported by someone from a Chinese forum to work on HTC and Samsung WP7 devices. Here’s proof: It is a pretty bare-bones navigation app and we can’t say we recommend it as there are many...

HTC’s latest Windows Phone is now available at AT&T at a contract price of $199, $549 off contract. It has garnered great reviews so far from Europe, where the phone has been out for a couple weeks. Specs include a 4.7″ WVGA display (the largest in a Windows Phone to...

The Kindle Fire is proving to be a wild success for Amazon, and Forbes is reporting that the company is running with this and will likely debut a smartphone late next year. It is believed that the phone will pack a 4-inch display, 8-megapixel camera, and run Windows Phone 8, but this is...

The reasons to switch to Windows Phone are getting even more numerous. All Windows Phones purchased between Nov. 2 and Dec. 31 are eligible for a free $25 pre-paid app card which works on all purchases in the Windows Phone Marketplace. Just head to Microsoft’s promo page and sign...

Seattle developer Jeff Wilcox has put together an app called 4th & Mayor which is an alternative to the official Foursquare app (your login credentials, friends, etc. will all work), and we think it’s actually better than the official app (as of now). It has just updated to...

According to a reader from Windows Phone Central, it is possible to get a full price match on the $.01 Black Friday deals if you purchased your Windows Phone device in the past 30 days (the return period). The details get a little fuzzy, and not all users are reporting the same thing,...