We first saw “Chickens Can’t Fly” at Comic-Con New York last year and it looked entertaining. This week it will finally be available on February 15th for $2.99 in the Windows Phone Marketplace and in addition to the humorous cartoon-style game play, it has a few other special features. This is the first Xbox LIVE Windows Phone game to support live tiles and multiple live tiles. If you pin the game to your start screen …
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The Ultimate Windows Phone 7.5 Mango Preview
Windows Phone 7 launched last year with a lot of hype and some great reviews. This year there’s going to be a significant update to the new mobile operating system which is said to bring 500 new features. Really, in Microsoft’s database, there are around 1000 new features, but some of them are kind of minor. I have no intention of actually counting them, but if you look at that scrollbar on this page, we …
Continue readingSkype Beta for Windows Phone Available
Skype has finally appeared for Windows Phone, but it’s still not the final version. Skype was announced for Windows Phone a very long time ago… even before Microsoft decided to aquire Skype. Some thought Microsoft was taking the extra time to fully integrate Skype with Windows Phone, but at least today we get a separate app without full integration. Still it seems to work pretty well and supports a good range of Skype features. You …
Continue readingEvents List Returns to Windows Phone’s Facebook App
We recently saw a huge update to the official Facebook app for Windows Phone that brought some great changes, however many people complained that there was no Events list. You could only access events if they showed up in your notifications list, or through Windows Phone’s integrated Facebook calendar. Well, the Facebook app has just been updated and now the Events list is back! The item shows up under your Favorites listing now. It includes …
Continue readingFacebook 2.3 for Windows Phone in Action (Video)
Yesterday the Facebook app for Windows Phone was updated to version 2.3. While most people will be fine with the integrated Facebook support built into Windows Phone, same may want more. That’s where the official Facebook app comes in. It features a totally new user interface design which makes it the best looking Facebook app on any mobile device. The personalized banner background photos really look fantastic. You can still pin secondary live tiles for …
Continue readingWill Windows Phone 8 use Windows 8’s Kernel?
Stephen Chapman of ZDnet has found a few clues that point towards the next next version of Windows Phone codenamed Apollo as possibly using the same core technologies as the full Windows 8 operating system. There are a couple of references in a few different ex-employee online resumes and HTC employee references that seem to indicate that it might be true. Today Microsoft revealed some details about how Windows 8 will work at their Build …
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