The Windows Phone Youtube channel recently posted a cool video interview of Greg, the product manager in charge of the People Hub for Windows Phone 7. In Greg’s video you’ll get to hear a little bit about him as well as some thoughts and features that went into the People Hub experience for Windows Phone’s forthcoming “Mango” update. For example, things like the pinning a live tile of a person to a start screen lets …
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How to Make Custom Ringtones for Windows Phone Mango
Many people are missing being able to add custom ringtones to Windows Phone 7. With the “Mango” update coming to Windows Phones later this fall, you’ll finally be able to add your own ringtones. Unfortunately, it’s not exactly an intuitive or straight forward process, at least not at this time. There’s still at least a few months before Mango is released so things may change. First off you’ll need the new Zune 4.8 beta software …
Continue readingApple vs. Mango: UI, App Stores, Music, & Web Browsing
We thought it would be fun to do a little comparison between Windows Phone Mango and Apple’s iOS. Just to warn you, we decided to use Apple’s iOS 4 on a 4th generation iPod Touch rather than the iOS 5 beta since the latter seemed to be too buggy for now. So take a look at some of the major differences and similarities between two tasty fruits–Windows Phone Mango and Apple’s iOS. Startup time First, …
Continue readingFree Beards & Beaks Avatar Prop (If You’re Lucky)
A little while back there was a promotion on the Xbox 360 console where you could get a cool Windows Phone 7 prop for your Xbox Live Avatar. I don’t know about you, but I was pretty jealous since I don’t even own an Xbox and wasn’t able to get a special Windows Phone prop. Well, today I noticed on twitter that the Microsoft Games Studio’s PlayXBLA Twitter account was giving away codes to a …
Continue readingGet Unlimited Music Downloads Free By Using Bing
The new Spotify unlimited music service is all over the news for being available in the U.S. right now, but many of you Windows Phone users probably already know about how much more you get with a Zune Pass. We just noticed that you can even get up to 4 months of free Zune Pass usage for free just by using Bing. First off, you’ve got to sign up for the Bing Rewards Program with …
Continue readingSamsung, Fujitsu, Acer and ZTE Mango Phones Appear at WPC11
Today at the WPC 2011 2nd day keynote, Microsoft unveiled four new Samsung, Fujitsu, Acer and ZTE Windows Phones that will be shipping later this year with the Mango update. The Samsung SGH-i937 seems to be most impressive with it’s extremely thin and light design and what would appear to be a front facing camera(?) You’ve also got a cool waterproof model from Fujitsu, and a couple of average black slab style devices from Acer …
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