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  • Windows Phone 7 device comparison chart

    I’ve had this image sitting on my desktop for a while with the intention of posting it so I don’t remember who sent it to me (let me know in the comments if it was you so I can give you credit), but this is a great chart showing the differences between all of the…

  • CES 2011: Microsoft Keynote Live Blog

    Welcome to the the CES 2011 Microsoft Keynote live blog! CES 2011: Microsoft Keynote Live Blog

  • Angry Birds coming to Windows Phone 7…In a few months

    Rovio, the creators of the fantastic and addictive game Angry Birds has stated on their Twitter account that Angry Birds is coming to Windows Phone 7.  Unfortunately, Angry Birds on WP7 is still some months off.  As you may remember, Microsoft was accused of falsely advertising Angry Birds on their platform (which we spoke about…

  • NES emulator on Windows Phone 7! But Microsoft says no way.

    After just a couple of hours of work, a man by the name of Matt Bettcher took the SharpNES open source NES emulator and ported it to Windows Phone 7.  As you can see in the video below, it seems to run good but a little slow although Bettcher is optimistic that optimizations can be…

  • CES 2011 Microsoft Keynote Live Blog on Wednesday

    Image via Wikipedia Microsoft keynote live blogs have always been very popular here in the past so I will be running a live blog of Microsoft’s CES 2011 on Wednesday, January 5th, 2011.  The keynote starts at 6:30pm PST 9:30pm EST and as usual, I will get the live blog up and running about 30…

  • Windows Phone 7 passes 5,000 apps while Android hits 200,000

    A pair of stories have surfaced today showing the latest app numbers from Windows Phone 7 and Android. Windows Phone 7 has reportedly now hit 5,000 apps in its marketplace.  The average app cost on WP7 is currently $1.51.  Of those 5,000 apps, over 1,100 are games which is a rather impressive number.  To check…