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Reinstaller by WPfied – easily reinstall apps on your Windows Phone

February 10, 2012 | By wpfied

Did you loose all apps on your phone due to a phone reset, wipe or handset upgrade? – I did and not once but many times. And, just when I needed a specific app, it wasn’t there since I forgot to reinstall that.

But, you don’t have to suffer anymore since my newest app, Reinstaller is going to help you if you share my experience. It can help you reinstall all the apps that you had on phone before a wipe or handset upgrade. Just run the app, log in to your account on www.windowsphone.com and watch Reinstaller fetch the list of app for you. After that, you can review and install all or just some of the apps from the list.

You can read more and download the free app from the Marketplace here.

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iLOL’d – now with kitteh lulz

February 8, 2012 | By crazy-hot apps

After a great first month in the market (10K downloads, 4.75 stars with hundreds of ratings), there’ve already been several significant releases to iLOL’d, the app that will have you ROFL at the crazy things people, their pets, and their devices do on a daily basis. The newest release adds even more LOLs, with the addition of LOLCats to the mix of blogs.

New since the last review, the random mode is better (especially for blogs with many items), the tile now flips when pinned to your start screen (cool!), and the Popular hub has been revamped to show more, and more relevant Popular LOLs. The fact that you can also jump between blogs and have the app remember where you left off is also a nice plus!

So, what are you waiting for – download the app while you still have a job, and check out the blogs below. You may be sorry, but only because you’ll have to wait a few more minutes to go home!

LOLCats
NOT your best day
Damn Funny Texts
Damn You Autocorrect
Parent Fails
The Worst Stuff Ever
Wrong Number Texts
Why, Siri, Why?
Awkward Names
Epic WTFs
Invisible Cats
Work LOLs
Get Out of the Mirror

Have suggestions? The creators – crazy-hot solutions – are known for updating
their apps frequently and based on user feedback so sending feedback through the app is sure to get a quick response.

iLOL’d is available now for download on the marketplace, and is of course FREE.

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Game Review: Gorilla Gondola

February 6, 2012 | By andrewbares

This game should be an Xbox Live title!

Overall Score: 5/5

If you want a fun, challenging, and fresh game, check out Gorilla Gondola!

Gameplay: 5/5

Despite the extremely simple controls, there is so much to this game! All you can do is jump and stomp with your character and slightly tilt him from side to side. Using that, you have to figure out how to navigate through obstacles, collect bananas, avoid bombs, and kill enemies. That means you have to think ahead and plan out your route quickly before you do anything! That makes the gameplay extremely exciting, since you probably have never played anything similar to this before. There is also an excellent variation of obstacles and enemies, and the game even has power-ups. Continue reading →

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PixelTV it is a simple movie maker!

February 4, 2012 | By Stiml2

PixelTV it is a simple movie maker! PixelTV allows you to create fun movie in your hand.

Express yourself in 108 pixels and 24 colors and share a movie with the world! Create your own pixel TV.

PixelTV in Hot Apps by MS Channel 9

PixelTV is $0.99 with a free trial. Trial version limit up to 10 movies’ plays.

Get app in Marketplace here.

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Game Review: NFS Hot Pursuit

February 3, 2012 | By andrewbares

NFS Hot Pursuit tries to bring the excellent console game to mobile phones…

Overall Score: 2/5

DON’T buy this if you actually like racing games. NFS Hot Pursuit for WP7 will likely bore you to death.

Gameplay: 1/5

In this game, you drive in a relatively straight line 95% of the time, and you never get to take hard corners or juke the cops by going left then right then left on some city side streets. There’s only ONE path in this game… forward. The formula to playing this game is to simply drive as fast as you can. If you’re the cop, you drive fast and hit the racer. If you’re the racer, you drive fast and randomly move away from the cop. However, the cop’s car will magically be faster than yours and somehow accelerate in front of you. There’s hardly any true talent or knowledge of driving a car involved in this game. You don’t even control the gas pedal of your own car. If you could drive down the streets of your choice in a city to avoid cops, this game would actually be decent. Continue reading →

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SPORTS NOW! updated to v1.1, brings quick-jump support; More updates coming soon…

February 2, 2012 | By simzz

Sports Now, a premier Windows Phone sports app, has been updated to version 1.1. Sports Now is a great sports app that holds its own against the ESPN or ScoreMobile sports apps.

The update brings the ability to quick-jump from one sport to another. Additionally, college sports and faster updates to live tiles are coming soon.

Its key features include live score feeds for the 4 major US sports, as well as the ability to pin games as tiles to your home screen. The tiles are then updated automatically.

The scores page is perfect for getting up to the minutes scores for all your favorite sports leagues. Additionally, there are several other great features, including:

Ability to set a favorite team for each sport
League standings, stats, news, and scores
Tweets from each official league feed
Free, ad-supported app
Pin scores to tiles

Coming soon: Tile updates every 5 minutes.

Sports Now is 100% free, is ad-supported, and can be found in the Marketplace here.

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Game Review: Z0MB1ES

February 1, 2012 | By andrewbares

HE MAED A GAM3 W1TH Z0MB1ES!

Overall Score: 3/5

Z0MB1ES lacks enough lasting value to be enjoyable. The visuals are neat and original, but the gameplay is too simple to be entertaining.

Gameplay: 3/5

The main thing holding Z0MB1ES back is its lack of difficulty. The main gameplay mode isn’t that exciting, since you’re simply in a square room. If you look at the survival mode, the game never really progresses. There aren’t any “levels”, and there’s only a select number of rooms that you keep on going in and out of. Enemies don’t become much tougher either. The other mode, Time Viking, is the best mode in the game, since it actually has some neat variation. However, these modes aren’t enough to keep the game very enjoyable compared to other titles. Continue reading →

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Game Review: Spider

January 30, 2012 | By andrewbares

Looking for a fast and simple Spider Solitaire game? Check out Spider!

Overall Score: 4/5

Spider is a great basic Spider Solitaire game. If you want some extra features, you’ll have to look elsewhere, but if you simply want Spider Solitaire, this is a great choice and is free!

Gameplay: 4/5

The controls in Spider work really well. You can tap and drag cards, or tap and then tap for the destination. When the card stacks become very tall, you can scroll up and down just like you would expect. Spider also has an Undo button that continues as far as you would like, and a Hint button in case you’re stuck. You can also change between having only one suit of cards (easiest), two suits, or four. So overall, the game plays exactly like you would expect. Continue reading →

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Week View App Review

January 30, 2012 | By HannesB

Week View is the missing week calendar for windows phone in modern metro design.

Version 1.8 has many new features, based on user suggestions

Visualize the current day in the live tile and week overview.
Filter appointments by their calendar type (Windows Live, Outlook, Phone) or subject.
Option to filter out private appointments.
Searching for appointments.

Week View displays all calendar entries of a full week, when your phone is held in landscape mode. When held in portrait mode, you can view a longer list of appointments per day.

Week View has a live tile that can be pinned to the windows phone start screen.
This live tile shows the appointments and their status (busy, free, out of office …) of the current week in a graphical representation.

Continue reading →

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Game Review: Airplanes

January 29, 2012 | By andrewbares

Airplanes is similar to Battleship, but uses airplanes instead!

Overall Score: 3/5

While Airplanes does bring a new twist to Battleship and adds some extra logic, it’s not perfect.

Gameplay: 4/5

Airplanes varies from Battleship in a number of ways. The shape of an airplane completely shakes up the gameplay, since it requires you to think in a 2D direction instead of only 1D. Also, in Airplanes, if you get a headshot, then the entire plane goes down! These two elements add some extra logic to the game. However, you can’t manually place where you want your planes (you can only choose from presets), and the game doesn’t have different sized/shaped planes which could make it more interesting. Nevertheless, you can play around with the board size, the amount of planes, and the computer difficulty. You can also play online with other users, but there were unfortunately no players online when I searched. Continue reading →

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Cloud Music SkyDrive Music Client Now V1.1, fixes all the bugs

January 28, 2012 | By rruffman

Cloud Music is a music player that accesses your SkyDrive account and will look for any music collection you have stored on SkyDrive (based on Zune folder structure). Cloud Music is one of the first SkyDrive true music players offering true integration with SkyDrive key features include

• SkyDrive Integration
• Stream or Download Music Playback
• User Selectable Artist and Album Images
• .mp3 and .aac playback formats
• Custom Playlist
• User selectable Playlist album images
• Background Audio Playback
• Offline Mode for Albums and Playlist
• Zune Music Hub Integration
• Shuffle Playback
• Repeat Playback
• Pin Albums and Playlist to Start
• Recently Played and New Music View

New in Version 1.1

Version 1.1 has added a few new features to better manage your music collection, now you can sync an individual artist’s albums or even just one album can be synced without re-syncing the entire collection. We also added the ability to “Reset your Music Collection” this feature will remove and restore your music collection if something was to go wrong while syncing your music.

This update has also improved the syncing process and other small problems have been corrected. Stay tuned for version 1.2 which will include adding music from your local and remote networks, adding additional music to “Now Playing”, better playlist management, Background Download of music for offline access, and more…

Cloud Music is $1.29 and has a 14 day free trial it can be downloaded from the marketplace here.

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1tap2send – define and quickly send urgent messages

January 27, 2012 | By oana.csertus

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1tap2send lets you customize message templates or create your own messages.

The main screen is a board of all your ready-to-send messages, each with it’s own metro-style tile. Every message can be sent via email or text and has it’s own title, body and recipient from the phone’s contacts.

A set of 15 colors and 15 icons are available to customize each message, for a quicker overview of the tiles.

1tap2send is especially useful in:

emergency situations, to send distress signals
meetings or at work, to notify people that you are busy and cannot answer
any time-critical or unpredictable situation, to send urgent messages

1tap2send qr code

Open the app and just tap the message tile to send it.

www.1tap2send.com

Notable finalist in Core77’s “Fast Track to the Mobile App” Contest

Try 1tap2send for 7 days free.
Price: 0.99$

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Game Review: Spider Jack

January 26, 2012 | By andrewbares

Spider Jack is a fun combination of platforming and problem solving!

Overall Score: 4/5

If it weren’t for the short lasting value and relative easy difficulty, Spider Jack would be perfect!

Gameplay: 4/5

Spider Jack is one of the most entertaining games I have played! The gameplay is unique, exciting, and fun. You face a variety of challenges in the game, forcing you to adapt some new gameplay styles, which makes the game more entertaining. However, collecting all the stars on each level is usually possible on your first try, making the game a little too easy. Otherwise, the gameplay is perfect!

Presentation: 5/5

Spiders are icky… I hate them! Spider Jack’s visual design transforms a disgusting spider into a lovable creature with a fun and joyful personality through excellent use of sound effects and playful visuals. Spider Jack also supports Mango multitasking, has great music, and is visually excellent overall! Continue reading →

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