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One of the biggest criticisms of Windows Phone is application availability. While there may be 90k+ apps in the marketplace, there are still some A-list apps from other platforms that aren’t on Windows Phone. One of those apps has been business-orientated social network LinkedIn. Today the official LinkedIn app...
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Following Microsoft’s acquisition of global VoIP giant Skype, it was only some time until an official version of the wildly popular program hit Microsoft’s wildly popular mobile OS, Windows Phone. Well following the launch of a beta app at Mobile World Congress, an official and fully featured Skype app...
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Despite being announced at last year’s MIX conference, the Qantas has only just been released. It turns out the release was a quiet one with the Marketplace listing the official release date as 14/03/2012, over two weeks ago, yet the company only started posting social yesterday. Naturally the app...
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Yesterday Nokia’s hottest device, the Lumia 800 went on sale with Telstra, following last weeks launches on Optus and Vodafone. To celebrate the launch, Nokia have put together a pretty sweet bit of marketing material. A giant touch-enabled Lumia 800 in the middle of Sydney. Nokia says these massive...
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Last Friday, Rafael Rivera, Chris Walsh, Long Zheng launched a Microsoft-supported Windows Phone unlock tool. While the Mango update brought a number of requested features to Windows Phone, there are still a some important that are missing. The ChevronWP7 will unlock your device for $19 and allow the side...
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The second big update to Windows Phone has begun rolling out to devices across the world. While there’s no new handsets yet, as promised, every existing WP7 will receive the update. Developers have been running, and testing, the update for some months now. Developers were warned at length, that...
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The latest Windows Phone offering from Samsung has just been announced. The Samsung Omnia W is the latest in a growing list of Mango devices which will ship with Windows Phone 7.5. The Omnia W will feature a 3.7-inch AMOLED display, down from the 4.0” on the Omnia 7...
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The next major update to Microsoft’s Windows Phone mobile operating system has been confirmed for early October. General Manager of the Windows Phone division, Eric Hautala said “we now expect to start rolling it out in the next week or two”. At least two Australian carriers, Optus and Vodafone,...
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Leading up to the rumored September release Windows Phone 7.5 aka "Mango" has been accessed through many unofficial ways and methods, not only allowing developers a look at the major update, but also revealing a swathe of features. The latest and most impressive release has seen a full Mozart...
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Desktop anti-virus is an absolute necessity, with an unprotected machine online lasting only a few minutes before becoming infected. So how about our data-powered mobile devices of today, do they too need AV protection ? Today arrives a Windows Phone application from security company AVG, it serves two main...
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Over the past 24 hours, some Windows Phone 7 users are experiencing an error when downloading apps from the Marketplace. After going through the standard download process from the device, the following error message is displayed. “There is a problem completing your request. Try again later. Error code: c101b00b.”...
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Recent Australian Bureau of Statistics research showed that 750,000 people in Queensland travelled to work by car, motorbikes or even scooters. It’s not surprising that congestion and traffic delays are an ever increasing frustration. Ezi Data Solutions have created a Windows Phone app called TrafficMate. This app uses up-to-the-minute...
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Science fiction has always taught us to think about the possibilities of technology far into the future. In fact, many technological developments have been heavily inspired by what we see in movies, often making that a reality is a a timely and very costly exercise. For consumers, its a...
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Windows Phone 7 is set to receive its first major overhaul through the much anticipated Mango update slated for release on September 1st, 2011. Fujitsu, perhaps better known for their house cooling contraptions in the western world, have released their Windows Phone IS12T, the world’s first native Mango device....
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There has definitely been a lull in WP7 releases of late, undoubtedly due to developers holding off till they can ship Mango compatible versions. We’re likely to see a flood of updated and new apps hit the marketplace soon, until then I thought its worth highlighting which mainstream apps...
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Windows Phone 7.5 has now officially been released to manufacturing. Also known as the Mango update, its an important milestone in the evolution of Microsoft’s mobile platform. Mango represents a maturing of the OS, adding multi-tasking, increased speed, conversation view, threaded messages, group tiles, single inbox and more. Mango...
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Well its about time! It seems the technical issues are finally sorted. The Samsung Omnia 7 is finally getting the Windows Phone 7 NoDo update. It’s been a long hard road for Omnia7 owners, having to watch every other WP7 device get copy and paste before them. Initially the...
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Today Nokia announced two brand new flagship phones, the Nokia E6 for business and Nokia X7 for entertainment, read: consumers. Also included in today’s announcement is a refresh to the OS – Symbian Anna. I have a number of issues with Nokia’s announcement, the first being the continued failure...
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While Microsoft may have 11,500 apps, one of the stark differences WP7 and iOS is the ability to find apps for the common experiences we expect. Competition in this space is very limited, so its great to see TV buffs finally get a great TV Guide app for WP7...
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While carriers across the globe begin to push the March update to Windows Phone, commonly known as NoDo, neither Telstra or Optus are delivering it for Australians. There is one exception to this rule, that’s the brand new HTC HD7, but that shipped with NoDo on-board. Optus posted an...
