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As we celebrate the official release of Microsoft's Windows 8 today, we must not forget that it has been a monster week for Redmond in more ways than one.  Adding to the fact that the curtain has finally been lifted on Surface, Xbox fans (and Windows Phone users) will find a nice addition to the Application Store today, namely Xbox SmartGlass. Although details relating to...

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 has arrived in the Windows Phone Marketplace. While there has been 3rd party apps like...

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 can now be downloaded from the Windows Phone Marketplace for free. ...

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 lets you do all the core features like getting flight information, checking in,...

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 phones will also be calling down south, hitting Melbourne on the 8th...

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 loading of apps. Without the unlock the only method to get applications to your...

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 they would need to be responsible for backing up their device. There was no guarantee that...

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 which was widely regarded as one of the best WP7 displays....