We showed you earlier how OpenTable’s new Windows Phone App shows up in the “Apps” tab for restaurants so that you can easily do a search for that restaurant’s name in the OpenTable app, but now it seems that restaurants who are known to be part of the OpenTable network have a dedicated “Reserve a Table” button right in their contact cards. That makes it even easier to make reservations at restaurants that you may …
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eBay for WP 7.5 Can Now Search Auctions Based on Barcode Scans
The new eBay app for Windows Phone 7.5 brings along some new features that make it a lot more useful and comparable to the eBay apps on other platforms. One big addition that just wasn’t possible before is the ability to do eBay searches based on barcode scans. So say you’re in a store somewhere and you’re wondering if something you see might be available on eBay for a lower price, just scan the barcode …
Continue readingNew HTC Hub Has Lots of Mango Features (Video)
The HTC Hub for Windows Phone 7 has just been updated for phones that have the new Windows Phone 7.5 Mango upgrade installed. The update brings a lot of new features to the app. Originally, it was kind of useless and many people probably unpinned it from the start screen right away or even uninstalled it all together. This new version has an updated two-column live tile, but also a much quicker and cleaner user …
Continue readingWindows Phone Insider App Now Offers Free Ringtones
You may remember Microsoft’s Windows Phone “Insider” app as being a nice little something that was great for downloading Bing images for use as wallpapers. Well, now it has seen a big update for Windows Phone 7.5 which brings free Ringtone downloads. It also includes some tips about how to use Windows Phone in general along with some app and game recomendations. The update also gives the app a live tile and of course fast …
Continue readingZune Pass Subscription Changes Coming Oct. 3
A number of us here at Pocketnow are big fans of the Zune Pass subscription music service. According to Zune Insider some big changes are coming October 3rd. First of all, the service will now be available in Canada finally. The other big change is in the pricing. As of October 3rd, new subscribers will pay only $9.99 per month for unlimited DRM protected music downloads on up to 4 devices (1 PC + any …
Continue readingT-Mobile’s HTC Radar 4G Announced
T-Mobile has just announced their first 4G capable Windows Phone and it’s running the new Windows Phone 7.5 operating system. The HTC Radar 4G has an aluminum unibody design, 3.8″ LCD touch screen, 1Ghz Snapdragon processor, 5 Megapixel camera with flash on the back and a front-facing camera for video calls. Of course it also has all of the cool enhancements and new features found in Windows Phone 7.5. Unfortunately the battery is not removable, …
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