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Aviary Releasing SDK For Windows Phone Platform

February 10, 2012 | By Pradeep

Aviary, the company which provides photo-editing tools for the web and mobile is planning to expand its support to Windows Phone platform. Aviary will make it possible for app developers to incorporate its photo-editing technology into Windows Phone apps using the SDK which will be released soon.

According to Todd Bishop,

Aviary was convinced to make the investment in the Windows Phone SDK based on factors including Nokia’s focus on photography in the new Lumia line of Windows Phones, with Carl Zeiss lenses. “At a hardware level they’ve just done everything right,” said Paul Murphy, a vice president at Aviary.

via: Geekwire

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Vote for some Windows Phones (Lumia 800/900 and HTC Titan) in 2011 Engadget Awards!

February 9, 2012 | By Livven

The Nokia Lumia 800 only barely lost against the Galaxy Nexus in round 3 of the Gizmodo Gadget of the Year polls (48% vs 52%), but there’s still Engadget, eh? The three Windows Phones have made the cut in the smartphone section of the 2011 Engadget Awards – the Lumia 800, Lumia 900 (which was announced in 2012, but hey, let’s not complain), and the HTC Titan – they’re waiting for some votes from you!

Head over to Engadget to cast your vote.

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Official Domino’s Pizza App Now Available In Windows Phone Marketplace

February 9, 2012 | By Pradeep

I think our little community effort has paid off. Back in may when Domino’s UK Facebook account ran a poll to know their next platform of choice for their mobile app effort, we covered it to raise the Windows Phone platform in the poll. And now Domino’s UK app is available in the marketplace for download.

App Description:

You can now order your favourite Domino’s Pizza (UK & Ireland) from a Windows Phone 7 device, with our shiny new app that puts ordering into your hands!

The full Domino’s Pizza menu including drinks, desserts, sides and meal deals are all a click away on your WP7, with smooth and easy to use functionality – Domino’s-style.

Domino’s Pizza’s first app for WP7 features:

• A Full Menu
• Store Locator
• All Meal Deals available
• Ability to Customise Your Pizza with extra toppings or special requests
• Payment via credit card, cash or on collection

A follow-up version of this app is already in the oven, which will include voucher usage, so watch this space!

You can download the app here from the marketplace.

via: TNW

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Social Mints Now Available In Windows Phone Marketplace

February 9, 2012 | By Pradeep

Winners of the Fast Track to the Mobile App Design Challenge organized by Core77 was announced back in December. Social Mints was one of the winners in that competition. The app is now available in the Windows Phone Marketplace.

Social Mints is a FREE powerful app that allows you to easily monitor the Web and Social Media for interesting and trending content in real-time. You can track & measure what people are saying about a topic that interests you, get the latest on a celebrity or event and keep tabs on your favorite sports teams.
- Monitor a developing news story
- See Twitter trends and sentiments
- keeping current on a competitor or industry
- know what people are saying about your company

The app also features,

- Simple and intuitive metro design
- Save or Pin a Mint to quickly access later
- Share quickly on facebook and twitter
- Live Tile and Fast App Switching enabled

You can download the app here from the marketplace.

via: mobilitydigest

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Vote For Apps At Windows Phone Marketplace Requests Page

February 9, 2012 | By Pradeep

We already have an official uservoice page for Windows Phone to post our feature requests. Scott J Dorman, a Microsoft MVP has started a new uservoice page for marketplace requests alone. As usual you can vote for your favorite apps that you would like to see on Windows Phone Marketplace.

So far Skype, Instagram, Mint, Audible, Pandora leads the list of apps.

Check the page here.

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Navigator, A New Web Browser For Windows Phone

February 8, 2012 | By Pradeep

We have seens lots of 3rd party browsers based on IE rendering engine in Windows Phone platform. Add this “Navigoaor” to that list. The UI has been tweaked which allows you to experience browing in an effecient way.

App Features:

- up to 6 tabs
- fullscreen-mode
- slide from top to bottom to view tabs preview
- slide from bottom to top to show application bar and urlBar
- liveTile – run under locked screen
- share link
- pin to start
- instant suggestion
- history
- favorites
- session manager

The beta of this app will come soon.

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Developers: Photon Cloud Adds Support For Windows Phone Platform

February 8, 2012 | By Pradeep

Photon Cloud has added the support for Windows Phone platform for its network engine. Photon Cloud allows you to rapidly develop online multiplayer games . You can now add multiplayer to your games within a fraction of the time you normally would need to develop fast and reliable networking. It even supports cross-platform gaming. There is a free SDK which allows you to develop in C#/.NETck 4.0 and easy UI creation and view-management via Silverlight/XAML.

Check out here for more details.

via: wpcentral

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PREVIEW: “Deveci Games” announces LAST COMMANDO to be released this week.

February 8, 2012 | By valequenta

Deveci Games twitted today, announcing their new top down shooter game named “LAST COMMANDO” to be released this week.

Below are some of the features of the game:

18 different weapons including AK-47, M4A1, Desert Eagle, SV98.
10 different stages total of 50 levels: Mansion, Hospital, Backyard, ….
High quality textures, impressive sound effects.
Achievements: More than 100 achievements to complete. Achievements helps unlocking weapons.
3 game play difficulties
Engaging gameplay with two virtual thumbsticks

Watch marketplace for LAST COMMANDO to be released this week.

You can check gameplay and footage videos below.
Continue reading →

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Amazing Weather 2.0, a unique WP7 App.

February 8, 2012 | By EIZSOFT

The last time you saw Amazing Weather, it was simply gorgeous, but with 2.0 update things have changed dramatically! There are now tons of detailed weather information from the current conditions page to the hourly and daily pages, new radar and satellite images as well as the much asked for, GPS support and Personal Weather Stations.

Amazing weather 2.0 comes with the best of the two worlds: simplicity and full blown details.

From the moment you open Amazing Weather you will be mesmerized by the astonishing animations that will let you feel everything from the tiniest rain drop to the strike of lightening.

Preview

Here are some user reactions on the new version:

“Wow, what a difference an update makes!“
“Best weather app I’ve ever seen, and the latest update has made it better still. Looks awesome, and still manages to provide a lot of detailed information.“

Awesome features:

Astonishing animations based on current conditions, and daily forecast.
Detailed current conditions data.
Sunrise and Sunset times.
Live tiles with updated weather conditions.
Seven days quick view weather forecast.
Detailed text and daily forecast.
Radar, infrared and satellite imagery.
Access to nearby Personal weather stations using GPS location.
Access to nearest station using GPS location.
Pinch out for detailed hour by hour weather conditions.
Flexible update intervals changed from settings.

Changes in V2.0.4:

NEW: Detailed current conditions data.
NEW: Sunrise and Sunset times.
NEW: Detailed daily forecast.
NEW: Text forecast.
NEW: Radar, infrared and satellite imagery.
NEW: Personal weather stations.
NEW: GPS for nearest weather station.
NEW: Quick tutorial.
Refined interface for easier navigation.
Enriched displayed conditions in the now and hourly sections.
Various bug fixes.

App Price: 1.99$ USD.
Trial: Yes 12 hours, limited to one city at a time.
Marketplace: http://goo.gl/9vPlO

When simply amazing doesn’t cut it, Amazing Weather 2.0.
EIZ, Keep an eye on future awesome updates.
Please visit http://www.eizsoft.com or follow us on twitter at http://twitter.com/eizsoft for more information and updates.

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Pre-Order Unlocked White Nokia Lumia 800 For £429.95 From Mobilefun

February 7, 2012 | By Pradeep

Nokia yesterday announced the availability of White Nokia Lumia 800 Windows Phone device. European mobile retailer mobilefun has announced that unlocked White Lumia 800 will be available on sale for £429.95 from its stores. The device is expected to be shipped before end of this month. You can order it here. Nokia also accidentaly revelead the White Nokia Lumia 900 device on its Facebook page. So you can expect Lumia 900 too to be available within few months in Europe.

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New And Different Nokia Lumia 800 Ad In Greece

February 7, 2012 | By Pradeep

We have seen lots of marketing videos from Nokia to promote its Lumia devices. Most of them were done with the same theme “The Amazing Everyday”. But this video on Nokia Lumia 800 for Cosmote, the largest mobile operator in Greece is different from those old videos which we have seen so far. Enjoy the video! What do you think of this ad ?

Update: Post title corrected by adding Greece instead of Germany.

Thanks to Alex for the heads up.

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LG Miracle Second Generation Windows Phone Revealed

February 7, 2012 | By Pradeep

We have seen lots of leaks about LG Fantasy, a second generation Windows Phone device is the past. Now Pocketnow reports that this LG Windows Phone device will be now called Miracle and it was sold to an XDA member by a Romanian LG tester. The device will have 4-inch WVGA Nova display with VGA front cam, NFC and other standard Windows Phone specs. It is expected to be revealed by LG at MWC later this month.

Source: Pocketnow

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White Nokia Lumia 900 Images Leaked

February 7, 2012 | By Pradeep

Yesterday Nokia announced the Lumia 800 white availability. Nokia Facebook pages posted images of the device, but to our surprise they are not Lumia 800, instead its Lumia 900 in White. As you can see in the image above, Lumia 900 sports a front cam and less space near capacitive buttons. We are expecting Nokia to announce the Lumia 900 equivalent device for rest of the world other than USA.

via: Pocketnow

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