Pradeep

Pradeep was a Microsoft Student Partner when he was pursuing his Computer Science & Engineering degree. He now works for a MNC. He is passionate about technology and loves to share his knowledge with people. People used to mention him as “A Geek who is not Nerd”. He was fascinated by the Metro Design language and Windows Phone which made him to follow and develop applications for it. Follow him at twitter.com/pradeepviswav

HTC Announces Titan 4G On Telstra In Australia

May 23, 2012 | By Pradeep

HTC today announced Titan 4G with 4.7 inch display and 1.5 GHz Snapdragon processor in Australia today. The device will feature a 16MP camera with 720p HD video recording and 1.3MP front camera. The Titan 4G will be available for free from Telstra for $78 per month on a 24 month plan. The unlocked device will cost over $890. Australian Windows Phone users should be happy to hear the first 4G device on their country.

Soure: CRN

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Xbox LIVE Deal Of The Week In Windows Phone Marketplace: Monopoly

May 23, 2012 | By Pradeep

Monopoly from EA is now on sale under Xbox LIVE Deal of the Week. The game now costs $2.99 down from its regular price of $4.99. This game is perfect on what you expect from a board game on a mobile device.

From our review of this game,

Overall Score: 5/5

First of all, you must actually like the board game Monopoly in order to like this phone game! It’s basically the exact board game, but virtual. Everything works perfectly, so you can simply experience Monopoly as it should be played.

Gameplay: 5/5 (Weighted to be 2x more important)

The controls are simple and effective. If you’re ever unsure of what a button will do, just hold over it with your finger and the button will reveal its title. The controls allow you to enjoy Monopoly. Gameplay is essentially the classic board game (don’t buy the game if you don’t like Monopoly in real life!). Fans of Monopoly will enjoy the multiple AI (computer opponents) difficulties and the ability to play with their friends (up to 4 people can play).

Read our full review here. You can download the game here from Windows Phone Marketplace.

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HTC Titan & Titan II Now Out Of Stock From AT&T Website

May 23, 2012 | By Pradeep

We all heard about Nokia Lumia 900 going out of stock often at various retailers, but now its time for HTC Windows Phone devices. Both HTC Titan and HTC Titan II are now out-of-stock on AT&T’s website. We don’t know the exact reason why the devices went out of stock, either it may be because the devices sold out completely or HTC was lazy to fill the supply chain. Either way, you should wait for some more days if you want to own a HTC Titan or Titan II from AT&T.

Source: AT&T Titan, AT&T Titan II

Thanks to gb for the tip.

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This Week’s Xbox LIVE Title Droplitz Delight Now In Windows Phone Marketplace

May 23, 2012 | By Pradeep

This week’s Xbox LIVE title Droplitz Delight from Gamehouse is now available from Windows Phone Marketplace.

Game Description:

Can you save the Droplitz? Spin and twirl dials to make paths and help these adorable misfits to safety. There are twists-a-plenty in this humorous carnival of addictive puzzle action! Droplitz Delight ‘revolves’ around you. Think strategically and work quickly. Don’t let your paths drip dry. Spin dials to form paths from top to bottom. Make multiple paths to increase your score and help the Droplitz multiply. Master Chain Reactions for massive scores. Never give up, never surrender!

Visit 6 colorful worlds in 4 brilliant modes. Set the Droplitz free in progressively harder levels with Target Quest. Jump in and challenge the original gameplay in Classic. Play to your heart’s content in Free Play. Get the highest score you can in just one minute with Droplitz Dash.

Beginners can find solace with single dropper levels, a quick tutorial, and even hint buttons during gameplay. With more than 40 levels, trophies, and competitive high score tables, Droplitz Delight will have you captivated!

• Guide the Droplitz to safety in this uniquely addictive puzzle game
• Turn dials, create paths, and help the Droplitz from top to bottom
• Complete more than 40 levels in 4 brilliant game modes
• Unlock brilliant trophies and climb the high score tables
• Variety of difficulty levels suit beginner to expert players

The app costs $0.99 with free trial available. Find it here from the marketplace.

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The Official Wall Street Journal Live App Now In Windows Phone Marketplace

May 23, 2012 | By Pradeep

The Official Wall Street Journal App is now live in Windows Phone Marketplace. The app gives you access to live news from thousands of reporters across the world from WSJ network.

App Description:

WSJ Live: Original Programming, Live and On Demand from The Wall Street Journal. WSJ Live brings you live news and on-demand video directly from 2,000 reporters across the globe. With over 4.5 hours of live programming a day, you can stay on top of the latest in news, elections, markets, tech, opinion, lifestyle. You can also access the entire video archive of The Wall Street Journal.

Tune in for Daily Scheduled Programming:
News Hub: Breaking Economics News
Markets Hub: Complete Markets Coverage
Campaign Journal: Live Election Coverage
Lunch Break: Today’s Headlines plus the ‘Business of Life’
Digits: Breaking Tech News
Mean Street: Breaking Business News
Opinion Journal: Political Commentary
Off Duty: The Latest in Lifestyle

Download it here from the marketplace.

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TalkBox For Windows Phone Now Live In Marketplace

May 23, 2012 | By Pradeep

Last month we reported about TalkBox, a cross platform voice messaging service coming to Windows Phone. Its now available from Marketplace and allows you to send messages with your voice and text input.

App Features:

? Push-to-talk (PTT) INSTANT Walkie Talkie, voice messaging, text messaging, photo sharing and location sharing with your friends
? Cross-Platform Messenger
? FREE and works over WIFI, 3G and any other data network
? GROUP CHATS
? Mark your message as favorite
? Post voice to Facebook, Twitter and make broadcast to all your friends
? Address Book and Facebook contacts Integration
? 12 theme color
? Conversation History

Download it here from the marketplace.

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Windows Phone 7.5 Now Mandatory To Download Apps From Marketplace

May 23, 2012 | By Pradeep

As Microsoft announced last month, Windows Phone users will have to upgrade their OS version to 7.5 to access Windows Phone Marketplace from today. If you have an old version of the OS, an error message will be shown to you when you try to download app from Marketplace. You can get all the information you need, including an update checklist and easy step-by-step instructions, on Update Central.

Source: Windows Team Blog

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Deal: Amazon Wireless Slashes Nokia Lumia 900 Prices

May 22, 2012 | By Pradeep

Last month we reported that Nokia Lumia 900 is available from Amazon Wireless starting from $19.99. Amazon has now further reduced the price to just $9.99 for users who are upgrading their contract on AT&T. Also if you want to add a new line to your existing AT&T account or create a new account, you can get the device for $39.99 down from $49.99. And if you want to buy the device without any contract, it now costs $449.99 down from $499.99.

Find the listing of the device here at Amazon.

Thanks to Naveen for the heads up.

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Nokia Pulls Skype For Windows Phone App From Lumia 610 Device

May 22, 2012 | By Pradeep

This is a really bad news for Nokia Lumia 610 device owners. After Skype announced that it won’t support Skype for Windows Phone on devices with 256MB RAM, Nokia came to rescue the users and announced that Skype for Windows Phone will work on Lumia 610. But now, Nokia has felt the same way Skype did and has decided to pull the Skype app from the marketplace.

Below is the translated statement from Nokia China,

“Nokia values the user experience provided by its products and services. Therefore, although the Skype Windows Phone version is workable on Nokia Lumia 610, after in-depth testing, we found that the user experience is not up to par with Nokia and Skype’s expectation and decided not recommending users using Skype on Nokia Lumia 610. In the future, users of Nokia Lumia 610 would no longer be able to download Skype Windows Phone version from Window Phone Marketplace. However, Skype Windows Phone version would still be available for other users.”

What do you think of this decision from Nokia ?

Source: welovewp.hk

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Nokia Releases Transport 2.0 App For Lumia Windows Phone Devices

May 22, 2012 | By Pradeep

Nokia today released the second version of its exclusive app Transport for Lumia Windows Phone devices. The new version features improved search, performance, etc,.

Change log:

Find nearby stations, departure times and even types of transit lines available around your location.
Improved search:
- Remember your last search query
- Change your search without leaving the journey view
Improved performance
- Faster display of upcoming journeys
- Faster journey request

This app works differently according to the region. It provides us route based on timetable and estimation.

From Nokia,

This app supports timetable-based information in certain cities & regions and estimated routing in others.

Estimated routing uses the map data to calculate a heuristic route, based on the likely frequency of lines. That means we have no exact departure and arrival times, but only know how long a journey using certain lines might take.

Download the app here from the betalabs site.

via: Nokia Beta labs

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Visual Studio 11 Express For Windows Phone Coming Along With WP8 Launch

May 22, 2012 | By Pradeep

Microsoft’s Visual Studio team yesterday announced the product lineup for their upcoming major release Visual Studio 11. Visual Studio 11 Beta is already available for download, but Windows Phone developers were waiting for Windows Phone tool support in Visual Studio 11 Beta. Now Microsoft has announced that to make sure customers have the latest tools with the latest platform offering they’ll be releasing Visual Studio Express for Windows Phone with the next release of Windows Phone.

So, developers will be able to download Visual Studio 11 Express for Windows Phone along with Windows Phone 8 platform release. We guess that will happen next month during Windows Phone developer event organized by Microsoft. For now, developers should be able to free download the Visual Studi0 2010 Express and the Windows Phone 7.5 developer tools for Windows Phone development.

Source: Microsoft

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On The Free Xbox Avatar Props For Signing Up The Windows Phone Newsletter

May 22, 2012 | By Pradeep

Few days ago we reported about the free Windows Phone themed Xbox Avatar props for users who sign for Windows Phone newsletter. Many people got the avatar redeem code as expected, but some didn’t get it. It was because some great Windows Phone fans out there abused the system to get all the avatar props for themselves. They even listed it on eBay!

Don’t worry, Microsoft is with us. Here is their response,

We are flattered that our avatar prop is so popular, but frustrated that someone abused the system to reserve a bunch of codes for themselves and shut out legitimate users in the process. We’ve now ended the promotion for the skateboard. If you signed up for the newsletter (thanks, BTW!), got the invite for the gear and weren’t able to redeem your code, we will be making it right: we will send you a code in the next few days for a different prop (a Windows Phone foam finger).

via: windows team blog

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Download The New Nature Series Wallpapers For Your Windows Phone Devices

May 21, 2012 | By Pradeep

Microsoft Windows Phone team today announced a set of wallpapers for your Windows Phone devices. They teamed up with London-based graphic designer Levi Freeman to release this new set of “Nature Series” wallpapers. Albert Shum, who runs the Windows Phone design studio first discovered him work and then they collaborated to release this set of wallpapers. These wallpapers are coming with Windows Phone design team’s official seal of approval and they are even promising that lot more stuff from many other artists are also coming soon to our Windows Phone devices.

You can download the wallpapers from his website here.

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