The T-Mobile HTC Radar 4G was a bit of a surprise hit when it was released last October for a very fair price of just $99 with a 2 year contract. Now there’s an even better deal where you can get the phone for free, and T-Mobile will give you an extra $100 for your old phone. First off, the deal is only good through 1/5/2012 which is tomorrow. Secondly, it’s a web-only deal, so …
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If You Got a New Windows Phone, Do These Five Things Immediately
If some one gave you a new Windows Phone as a present this Holiday season, here’s a few basics you need to learn right away. 1. Set up your Windows Live ID. First off, you probably noticed when first booting up the phone that it wanted a Windows Live ID. Of course it’s not at all necessary to use one, but you’re going to want to since it unlocks a lot of great features including …
Continue readingMiniSquadron Xbox LIVE Game for Windows Phone
This week’s new Xbox LIVE game for Windows Phone is “MiniSquadron”. It’s a 2D flying game where you use a directional joystick on the lower left to fly your plan through different areas while shooting down enemy planes. There are 9 different area levels and about 60 planes that you can unlock to use in the dog fights. Cool power-ups will occasionally fall from the sky and if you catch them you’ll either get better …
Continue readingT-Mobile Nokia Lumia 710 Launch and Hands-On (Video)
Yesterday, Nokia announced their first Windows Phone to be available in the U.S.A. on T-Mobile and they held a little launch party in New York City where we got to preview some of the devices. The Lumia 710 will be available in January for only $49 with a 2 year contract, so it’s certainly not intended to be the premiere high-end flagship smartphone, but it could be quite enjoyable for many people who may not …
Continue readingBreeze: New Xbox LIVE Game (Video)
“Breeze” is a new free Xbox LIVE game for Windows Phone and it’s got two playing modes. You can use touch controls or tilt controls. Touch controls will create a breeze of wind to blow the little flower in the opposite direction of where you touch. The object of the game is to use the wind to blow the little flower to its checkerboard goal destination without running it into the walls or spikes that …
Continue readingDoodle God: New Xbox LIVE Game (Video)
Doodle God’s claim to fame is that it was the winner of the Bada Developers Challenge Award, and claims 15,000,000 users in the past few months of its release. Now it’s available on Windows Phone as well. The game is a puzzle type game where you have to combine “elements” in order to create new “elements” and even life. It’s a lesson in evolution, except not really since sometimes you create fictional “elements” like ghosts …
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