A new Xbox Live game for Windows Phone 7 was released before Christmas and has quickly taken the number 1 spot in the best sellers list in the Marketplace. Fruit Ninja is a very popular little game, and it’s a lot of fun. Take a look at the video below to see how it works and what kind of features it offers. Of course, it’s a port from the popular iPhone and Android game, but …
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Windows Phone 7 App Showcase: Be A Martian
A cool new application was featured today in the Windows Phone 7 Marketplace and it’s called “Be a Martian” from NASA. This app is pretty cool since it lets you download NASA imagery of Mars and then you can help analyze it and send the data back to NASA. You can download images from the Mars rovers: Spirit and Opportunity then “tag” the images in order to identify the sky, ground, rover’s shadow, etc. In …
Continue readingPocketnow Dream Phones: Adam’s Color-Shifting Shooter
Pocketnow Dream Phones is a new series where Pocketnow.com editors get to work with a professional artist to design our own dream phones. You’ve seen the PN1 here, now take a look at the PN2! Form Factor: Most new smartphones these days are pretty much the same. They’re just big touch screens on a flat rectangular piece of plastic and usually their styling is mostly black with a little bit of metallic accent. Black and …
Continue readingHTC HD7 vs. Dell Venue Pro
If you’re on T-Mobile, there’s two Windows Phone 7’s that you might be interested in. The HTC HD7 is easily available in any of the stores that you can go to, but the Dell Venue Pro is only available through Dell’s website. Both devices are closely priced, have similar specifications, and run Windows Phone 7 beautifully, but how exactly do they differ? First off, let’s look at the hardware. The Venue Pro is a bit …
Continue readingFirst Glimpse of Windows Live Messenger for Windows Phone 7
Up until today, we haven’t seen anything at all about Windows Live Messenger for Windows Phone 7. Michael Gillett from My Microsoft Life has had a short hands-on with Windows Phone 7 at a Microsoft event in UK and was able to sneak a little peek at Windows Live for Windows Phone 7. There will also be a nice MSN Live Tile for the Windows Phone 7 Start screen that will bring some MSN portal …
Continue readingWhat’s Your Start Screen Look Like?
We gave you some tips for making Windows Phone 7 a bit more attractive recently, but we’re also curious as to what you may have done to your Start screen to make it look good. The new “Metro” Start screen design is all about bringing forward what you like and what’s important to you after all. So post a link to a picture of your Windows Phone 7 in the comments (or include a photo) …
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