l3v5y

Olly is an Electronic Engineering student and a Microsoft Student Partner. He is currently using a bright yellow HTC 8X.

WMPoweruser App v2.6 now in the Windows Phone Store

by l3v5y

9 years

The WMPoweruser app has just been updated to version 2.6. The update, which can be found in the Store now is designed to work seamlessly with WP8 devices, supporting all available resolutions, and fixing a few bugs. The update als...

Lumia 920 available in Turkey today

by l3v5y

9 years

The Nokia Lumia 920 has launched in Turkey, and can be found on sale at Turkcell for 1649 Turkish lira (roughly Â£575 GPB or $915 USD) unlocked, shipping today. Thanks to Ebrahim KaragÃ¶z for the tip.

Audible updated for Windows Phone 8, adds audio commands

by l3v5y

9 years

Audiobook app Audible has been updated to version 1.4.0.0, incorporating support forÂ Windows Phone 8. This update also allows users to control playback via speech commands. At the moment, commands have to be prefaced with the w...

WMPoweruser App Updated to v2.4

by l3v5y

9 years

An update to v2.4 of the official WMPoweruser App has just been published, with it, the changes are: Moved over to RestSharp for web requests and enabled compressed web requests, should decrease bandwidth and improve loading time ...

WMPoweruser App V2.1

by l3v5y

9 years

The latest version of the WMPoweruser app is out now, and whilst itâ€™s mostly refining the app, there are a few new features Updated the overall feel of the application, putting content first, with smooth transitions and fad...

WMPowerUser App V2

by l3v5y

10 years

Itâ€™s been a while in the making, but the new, improved version of the WMPowerUser app is out (and has been for about a month now). I thought it might be worth going through some of the new features. Ground up rewrite, so it...

BBC: iPlayer app dependent on "user reaction"

by l3v5y

10 years

WMPU reader Kieran sent the BBC an email asking whether they planned to make a WP7 version of the popular BBC iPlayer application. The noncommittal reply seems to indicate that there are no current plans, but that the BBC are open...

Samsung hires HP exec, possibly interested in webOS?

by l3v5y

10 years

The news is full of Hewlett-Packard’s recent canning of webOS, with the expectation that in the increasingly competitive and vicious mobile world its complete failure on tablets would see the end of it as a player. Microsoft...

Forbes: Microsoft benefits most from demise of WebOS

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10 years

Forbes magazine have a piece up on HP’s recent canning of WebOS, and are spelling out what we in the community already suspect – that Microsoft and WP7 are likely to be the biggest beneficiaries of WebOS’s demise...

Carl Camera responds to Molly Wood’s thoughts

by l3v5y

10 years

Molly Wood stirred quite a lot of comment with her thoughts on Mango (a response to Brandon Watson’s WP7 challenge.) In response, software engineer Carl Camera has posted a step-by-step examination of her video, a spirited d...

AA Breakdown & Traffic app hopefully coming

by l3v5y

10 years

An anonymous WMPU tipster, responsible for many similar inquiries in the past, has sent an email to the AA (Automobile Association, for non-UK readers) asking if they have any plans to release the AA Breakdown and Traffic app for ...

US Army completes smartphone trials

by l3v5y

10 years

The US Army has completed its six-week field testing of three smartphone operating systems: Android, iOS and Windows Phone 7. Two of these will be selected for deployment, though it has not been announced which two. Mazzanti expec...

Samsung Focus v.1.4 update now live

by l3v5y

10 years

According to the Windows Team blog, the anticipated Samsung v.1.4 update is now shipping, as announced yesterday when the update finished testing. As I mentioned yesterday, we have been working to expedite the scheduling of the AT...

IM+ now has a free, ad-supported version

by l3v5y

10 years

Instant messaging client IM+ – which earlier this month halved its asking price as well as adding Windows Live Messenger – now also has a free ad-supported version. The existing paid IM+, without adverts, is now called...

Synching multiple Google Calendars with Mango

by l3v5y

10 years

Anthony of Wonder Reader has posted a useful getaround for synchronising results from multiple Google Calendar accounts with Mango. While the ability to use multiple calendars from Windows Live accounts is a known capability, by d...

Orange UK promotes WP7 with a free app every day

by l3v5y

10 years

Orange UK – soon to be known post-T-Mobile-merger as Everything Everywhere – is launching a new promotion for WP7, in which Orange subscribers can install one premium app for free every day in July. From the Orange pre...

Facebook to launch Skype-based video chat

by l3v5y

10 years

According to rumour, next week Facebook is to launch a new in-browser video chat based on Skype technology. The product has been built on Skype and will include a desktop component. Itâ€™s not clear to me whether that means i...

No new colours or tile customisation in Mango

by l3v5y

10 years

(Image by monsmartphone.net) While various hacks and custom theme workarounds for developer-unlocked devices exist, a broader range of colours for WP7’s tiles is a perennial request from everyday users, and rumours have circ...

Background customisation for unlocked devices

by l3v5y

10 years

While Mango may not be bringing more colours to WP7, the customisation options for developers remain broad. Saijo George, following on from several previous posts on custom themes, has posted a new tutorial on how to use registry ...

New French web adverts tout enterprise features, Must Have games

by l3v5y

10 years

After reportedly lacklustre advertising efforts in the French market, Microsoft (in concert with Orange) has launched not one, but two new online advertising campaigns for Windows Phone 7: the first playing up WP7’s Xbox Liv...