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Did Your Pinned Contacts Disappear Last Week?

On February 25, 2011 By Adam Z. Lein In Pocketnow, Windows Phone

Back on February 19th, something weird happened with many Windows Phone 7s. Pinned contacts dissappeared from the start screen. In most cases, people will pin their favorite contact right at the top of their start screen, and usually it’s a spouse. The natural reaction would be to think that they don’t love you anymore, but in reality we’re guessing this is a bug in how Windows Phone 7 connects to a cloud service… most likely …

Ilomilo Updated with Second Story

On February 24, 2011 By Adam Z. Lein In Pocketnow, Windows Phone

I noticed this morning that my favorite Windows Phone 7 game, ilomilo had an update in the marketplace. I figured it was just some bug fixes or whatnot, but it turns out the game has been updated with a whole new second story. That means two new gorgeous worlds, 23 new levels of cubistic puzzles, new eggs to find in order to unlock two new challenging bonus levels, and new brain teasing cubes! Check out …

Will NoDo Add Better Landscape Support?

On February 24, 2011 By Adam Z. Lein In Pocketnow, Windows Phone

If you’ve seen Sprint’s Arrive web page you might have noticed a landscape version of the Windows Phone 7 Games hub. Is this just Photoshop trickery? We know the Sprint Arrive from HTC won’t arrive until after the NoDo update is released because that’s the only way you’ll get CDMA support on this thing. So it is possible that Microsoft may have snuck in some more landscape orientation support into Windows Phone 7. One of …

Microsoft Puts Samsung WP7 Updates on Hold

On February 23, 2011 By Adam Z. Lein In Pocketnow, Windows Phone

Some Samsung Omnia 7’s have been experiencing brick-like behavior when attempting to install Windows Phone 7’s first update. The update was designed to improve the Windows Phone 7 update process so that subsequent updates would go smoothly. According to WinRumors, Microsoft has “identified a technical issue with the Windows Phone update process” but that the issue only impacts a small number of phones. “In response to this emerging issue, we have temporarily taken down the …

Tips for Fixing Windows Phone 7 Update Problems

On February 22, 2011 By Adam Z. Lein In Pocketnow, Windows Phone

If you’re one of the people who has gotten the Windows Phone 7 update notification from yesterday and has unfortunately had the update hang on step 6, below is Microsoft’s official work-around for getting your device back into working order. Click here for the full thread where users are reporting the hanging problem with the Samsung Windows Phones on Microsoft’s Answers website. The thread about Samsung phones becoming “bricked” is here In the event that …

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