A Look at How Mush Plays with your Emotions [Review]
I’ve always been fond of platforming games so when Mush was announced for Windows Phone, I was quite excited. The game is like a hybrid of the PSP title Loco Roco and the DS title Super Princess Peach, where you must rotate the screen to control the direction of your characters while changing the emotions. […]
How Many Lumia Phones Were Sold in the US?
This is a question that has been burning in enthusiasts minds since Nokia launched the Lumia 900 and industry analyst Horace Dediu seems to think he has the answer. According to a post on his blog, he believes that Nokia has only sold around 330,000 devices since launching in the US nearly four months ago. […]
Windows Phone 8 is “part of the world’s largest ecosystem,” says Microsoft
When Windows Phone 7 first arrived Microsoft used an ad campaign with the message “a phone to save you from your phone.” We all remember the “Really?” commercials, and for most of us that campaign worked. As recent market share numbers indicate it wasn’t enough to convince most people. So what will? The slide above from Microsoft’s […]
Microsoft may not offer a retail version of Windows 8
With Windows 8 Microsoft is taking an uncharacteristically aggressive pricing approach. They have already announced that the Windows 8 upgrade will cost only $40, more that 50% cheaper than the Windows 7 upgrade. Another way Microsoft plans to make Windows 8 more affordable is removing the retail version. The retail version has been the unadulterated […]
Nokia Transport drops beta tag with version 2.1
Today Nokia Transport is growing up. Nokia’s app for catching trains and subways has been updated to version 2.1, and loses the beta tag in the process. Transport still has all the great features form before. You can pin locations, find nearby stations, and integration with Bing and Local Scout. You can fin Nokia Transport […]
Mirror’s Edge Now Available, Exclusive to Lumia Devices for 60 Days
For the lucky Lumia owners among us, Nokia has secured another exclusive title for 60 days, this time in the form of Electronic Arts’ Mirror’s Edge. The game is a parkour action platforming adventure that is Xbox LIVE enabled for some sweet achievements. The game features Faith from the original game, though instead of […]
Report: Window Phone market share at 1.3% in the USA, 0.3% belongs Nokia
It’s that time of year for Q2 numbers to be posted, and as we’re used to by now Windows Phone doesn’t look too hot. Nielsen reports that as of June “Windows 7″ (as they refer to it) has only 1.3% market share in the United States. 0.3% of that belongs to Nokia and the Lumia 710 and […]
Track the Olympics with the Official London 2012 app
The opening ceremony may be less than 15 days away, but London isn’t waiting to get their Olympics app in to the Marketplace. “London 2012″ is the official app for tracking all the results during the Olympics. The app is full of all the Olympic-y goodness you could want. Live updates, calendar schedule, sport details, medal count, […]
Windows Phone 7 activations steady in wake of Windows Phone 8 announcement
When Microsoft announced that current Windows Phone devices would not be updated to Windows Phone 8 there was concern about what that would do to sales. Unfortunately, sales of Windows Phone devices has never been sky high, so we’re not sure Microsoft even cares if they hurt sales. The good news is that whatever sales […]
PrimeTube Updated to 2.1, Receives Video Player Makeover
While MetroTube made a triumphant return to the Marketplace last month much to the enjoyment of many WP users, PrimeTube won’t be shown up and has been updated to version 2.1 which offers several new features, including a brand new video player. The new controls for the video player feature the ability to change between […]