Windows Phone Summary of the Week: November 21-27, 2022

Summary of the Week

Welcome to your weekly Windows Phone summary, where you're kept in the loop with all the elevation news this calendar week. To kicking united states of america off is this week'southward interview, where nosotros were joined by Chris Field, developer of Mehdoh. If you're not already, you should be tuning into our weekly podcast, with episode 131 existence published this week. We've had version 1.7 of the WPCentral app canonical, which brings hot fixes with website development.

For the upcoming festive holiday, we take some gift ideas for automotive accessories and Windows Phones themselves. Right, let'south get started, eh?

Pushing us off to a start with the highlights is French retailer, Telephone Business firm, inviting customers to come in-store and try out the Nokia Lumia 800. Iv new major apps for Windows Phone were announced at Mobile Acceleration Week, including Flud, Go-a-game, GateGuru and Taap.it. Stephen Elop has stepped up to the claiming of tackling the U.S., which was put forward by CNET. Joe Marini, the Microsoft Windows Phone Director who got fired for tweeting about the Lumia 800, has landed a job at Google.

We take a look at Marketplace statistics a year on, while Nokia publishes positive statements about Lumia 800 sales (nosotros covered positive indicators). NetCom is offering a gratis Xbox 360 to those who purchase the LG Optimus seven. U.s.a. Today threw upwardly an article going into how Windows Phone is a joy to employ compared to the usual offerings. An interop unlock was discovered for the Lumia 800, but due to the publicity it received Nokia later intervened.

Windows Phone Apps Magazine edition #two is out for yous to get the low downwardly on latest Market place offering. Windows Telephone has received the laurels for "Operating System of the Year", judged at the 2011 Know Your Mobile Awards, while Stephen Elop walks away with "Mobile Personality of the Twelvemonth". Germany has overtaken the Britain for the 2nd most popular country for Windows Phone users.

Moving onto gaming, Tetris returns every bit the Xbox Alive Deal of the Week. Dreadnoughts Defense is on form for the Market place and will start defending Skyholds. The anticipated Xbox dashboard refresh is set to exist rolled out on December 6th. Nosotros had a massive sale on some Xbox Live titles through last week due to Blackness Friday. Farm Frenzy is all set up to harvest the crops and Shuffle Party is on the way to the U.South. by November 30th for free.

We took a sneak peek at MetroTube by Lazyworm Apps, while the Amazon Mobile app gets Mango updated and now sports a barcode scanner. We requested an app to be made for Ffffound, and here nosotros are with a solution developed by RogueCode and it'southward crawly. Barclays Bank released a Secure Laissez passer app, which sucked quite bluntly. It had an iOS UI and barely did anything. Information technology was diddled out the h2o past Skandia's offering of a total featured cyberbanking app. Sweet. Now if merely HSBC and other major banks got on board...

At that place have been a good number of updates released this calendar week, including the popular BBC Radio apps. SlingPlayer Mobile has finally gone Mango, GoVoice as well receives Mango treatment, Parcel Tracker follows adjust and now features pinnable tracking, and The Onion seven receives fruity a injection. Microsoft Lync is on the way to Windows Phone, Android, iOS and Blackberry in the coming weeks, and Cracked.com has brought out an official app afterward an unofficial reader was pulled.

The Facebook app has been experiencing issues this week with not assuasive users to login. The problems are normally due to Facebook altering things their side. A third party web browser has landed this week and features video streaming. Turns out, Nokia Bulldoze is Lumia just, simply the manufacturer is going to sell Maps to all devices. Navigon had its toll slashed by almost 50% for what appears to exist in line with Black Friday. The Windows Phone 7 Connector for Mac is updated, bringing custom ringtone back up, just yet has issues. An unofficial Pandora app, Metro Radio, is currently in development using the recently released app SDK.

Firing off our hardware coverage is our HTC Titan review. Best Purchase currently has the Titan at $0 when purchased on a 2 year contract with AT&T. Through popular request, nosotros took a expect at the HTC Titan and Samsung Focus South in terms of screen quality, the outcome was that the Titan has a slight advantage. Facebook users are able to try out the Nokia Lumia 800 for themselves with an interactive demo. Diagnostic tools for the Lumia 800 get detailed by nanapho.jp, and are a real joy to employ.

SIM unlocked Lumia 800s were originally set back until January, but have since been pushed forward to December 1st at Clove and other retailers. Be sure to pick one up now should you be interested. If y'all're wondering just how tough the Lumia 800 is, nosotros've heard a one twelvemonth old decided to put the strength of the unibody and glass to the test. While the handset may bear witness to be seriously well built, we do have some issues early on adopters accept been experiencing.

A fair amount of advertising has been observed as of tardily. The Jil Sander gets a full-page ad in Deutschland's Dice Zeit, the Samsung Focus Flash is featured in the Washington Mail service, and the HTC Radar was spotted in India's Gujarat Samachar. Some Windows Phones are being sold at Amazon Wireless for $0.01 with a $100 Amazon gift carte du jour, well worth checking out. Sprint brings down the price of the HTC Get in to just $99. The Acer allegro is now available at RueDuCommerce for €284.05.

Nokia kicks off "The Footling Amazing Prove" creating a new people-centric ad that focuses more on life and enjoying the "everyday". David Bandey has created some complimentary retro ZX Spectrum ringtones including Amaurote, LED Storm and more. We take a look at SmartBot mini, the Windows Phone controlled robot. In example you lot've forgotten, Nokia are holding a gratuitous upshot tomorrow that will feature deadmau5 and a 4D presentation. On a funny note, Optus believes the Samsung Omnia 7 runs Symbian.

For developers, we accept 31 Days of Mango available in the Market. Microsoft has launched the Large App on Campus campaign where student developers tin win some smashing prizes at SXSW. 3rd party Pandora SDK has been fabricated bachelor, which has been used to create an upcoming unofficial Pandora app.

Highlights

Telephone Firm inviting customers to endeavour the Lumia 800
Iv new major apps for Windows Telephone shown off at Mobile Acceleration Week
Stephen Elop steps upwards to the U.S. challenge
Fired Microsoft Windows Phone Director arrives at Google
Windows Phone Marketplace statistics later on one year
Nokia beingness positive virtually Lumia 800 United kingdom of great britain and northern ireland launch and sales
NetCom offering free Xbox 360 with LG Optimus seven
Indicators indicate to the Nokia Lumia 800 selling well
U.s. Today: Windows Phone is a joy to apply
Interop unlock constitute for the Lumia 800, intervened by Nokia
Windows Phone Apps Magazine #two is now out
Windows Phone 7 receives "operating system of the year" award
Stephen Elop wins "Mobile Personality of the Year" accolade
Germany overtakes UK for 2d most popular land for Windows Phone

Gaming

Dreadnoughts Defence force heading to the Marketplace
Xbox 360 Metro Dashboard coming December 6
Xbox Live Black Friday sale looks a scrap familiar
Tetris returns as the Xbox Live Deal of the Week, eliminates four lines at once
Xbox Live: Farm Frenzy 2 ready to harvest from the Marketplace
Exclusive: Shuffle Party coming to Xbox Alive in the Us November 30 - Free!

Software

Sneak peek - MetroTube by Lazyworm Apps -->
Amazon Mobile app gets update for Mango and a barcode scanner
1st WPCentral App Request - Ffffound by RogueCode
Barclays Depository financial institution releases Secure Pass app
Skandia Banking company releases Windows Phone app
BBC Radio apps receive update
SlingPlayer Mobile finally goes Mango on Windows Phone
Microsoft Lync Mobile coming in next few weeks to Windows Telephone, Android, BlackBerry and iOS
Official Cracked app is out
Facebook app experiencing some errors
third party Metro Browser lands in the Marketplace with video streaming
Nokia Drive and Maps to be paid apps for non-Lumians? [Updated]
Google Vocalization client GoVoice with Mango support at present bachelor
Parcel Tracker goes Mango with pinnable tracking
The Onion 7 Mango updated
Navigon on sale in the Marketplace [Updated]
Windows Phone seven Connector for Mac updated only still has bug
Unofficial Pandora app "Metro radio" for Windows Phone 7 in the works -->

Hardware

AT&T Titan - Did you get yours?
AT&T HTC Titan - Review
AT&T HTC Titan 4G at Best Buy for costless
Screen Comparison: Samsung Focus S and HTC Titan
Unlocked international version of HTC Titan available in Canada
Effort the Lumia 800 for yourself on Facebook
Nokia Lumia 800/710 to be sold in Taiwan in mid-Dec
Nokia Lumia 800 diagnostic tools go detailed
SIM unlocked Nokia Lumia 800 coming to Clove Dec 1st, pre-order at present
SIM unlocked Nokia Lumia 800 also bachelor at Expansys Us and Phones4U
Nokia Lumia 800 shows strength past surviving drop test
Bug with the the Nokia Lumia 800 for early adopters
Samsung Omnia Due west gets Brazilian
Jil Sander gets full-page ad in Deutschland's Die Zeit
Samsung Focus Flash advert in the Washington Mail
HTC Radar advertisement in the Gujarat Samachar
Windows Phones for $0.01 with $100 Amazon gift bill of fare
Dart knocks HTC Get in's price downward to $99
Jil Sander Mobile LG-E906 now available through Expansys for £299.99
Acer Allegro bachelor at RueDuCommerce for €284.05
Microsoft Stores: $0 for an HTC Titan, Focus Due south and Focus Wink on Black Friday

Fun

Nokia Lumia - The Footling Amazing Show advertizing-entrada
Gratis retro ZX Spectrum ringtones
SmartBot mini: a Windows Phone robot
Nokia deadmau5 result details and live stream
Optus believes Samsung Omnia 7 runs Symbian?

Developers

31 Days of Mango app now in the Market place [Developers]
Big App on Campus campaign
tertiary party Pandora SDK now bachelor for Windows Telephone developers

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