In the first part of this Windows Phone Mango Series we saw some of the improvements like groups and contacts. In this new video Jace runs us through some of new stuff that will be introduced in Windows Phone Mango, like
Bing Local Scout
Identify music
Identify Products and Barcodes
Text Recognition via the camera and Translate
We will be having more Windows Phone Mango videos coming soon. If there are some specific new features from Mango that you guys want us to cover , do drop us a comment.
Brandon Watson, who manages the Developer Experience team for Windows Phone is probably one of the guys at Microsoft who pushes Windows Phone to consumers every chance he gets. He does not let anything get in his way when it comes to pushing the Windows Phone brand across .. not even a broken neck. So it should come as no surprise to see him leap in to action when Scott Adams of Dilbert fame had issues with his Android device..
Yes, I have researched all the many ways to save battery life. I have apps that kill other apps. I turn off Wi-Fi and 4G and Bluetooth until I need them. Nothing seems to keep my battery from draining like a frat boy’s bladder on a Saturday night. Result: I leave my Android plugged in all the time, whether I am at my desk, near my bed, or in the car.
Thank you Google for inventing a corded phone. I can’t wait for your next innovation: the butter churn.
iVerse Media has released a Archie Comic Book App for Windows Phone. You can browser through the various Archie Comics and buy the ones you want, the app does offer a few free comic books for you to get an idea of how the whole thing works. Press release below
All of your favorite Archie Comics in one application! Over 50 Archie titles, featuring Archie, Betty, Jughead and many more! Download free Archie Comics and then get more digital comics with new releases all the time. With our easy, custom-built e-reader, you can easily read your favorites no matter where you are. Plus, use your GPS and our bing map integration to find your nearest comic shop!
Guess Who … Hint 1 : ” Faster than a speeding bullet, more powerful than a locomotive and able to leap tall buildings with a single bound… ” Hint 2 : ” Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it’s … ”
If those two hints don’t give you an idea as who I am talking about , you probably are not a huge fan of the The Man of Steel. We are of course talking about Superman !! Superman is considered by many as Earth’s greatest champion , an iconic hero who often is seen in the fictional city of Metropolis or some might just see him as an illegal alien living in the USA. Either way this is one dude you don’t want to mess around with if you are a bad guy. Today we are going to share some nice Superman Windows Phone Wallpapers with you guys, we have had quite a few request for this , so here is the superman pack to all those who requested them.
We have seen a few developers tools like Telerik RadControls, Bee Mobile, Visiblox Charts, etc all of which offers developers tools to make the development process on Windows Phone easier. Today we got another tool for you developers called NetAdvantage which allows you to create windows phone applications with rich, eye-catching UI with some great selection of controls to choose from. Press release below
Features :
Large Toolset – We have included a large selection of XAML mobile controls for Microsoft Windows Phone 7, including barcodes and barcode readers, bullet graphs, gauges, dialog windows, message boxes, sliders, treemaps, and more.
Innovative Visualizations – We have included a wealth of data visualization capabilities including high performance rendering and data binding.
Mobile Financial Charting – With over 20 chart types, a logarithmic axis scale, moving averages and technical indicators for analytics, you can easily build complete mobile financial charting and analytics solutions.
Build Mobile Dashboards – The bullet graphs, charts, and different kinds of gauges that are included in this toolset can be used to build compelling dashboards for today’s on-the-go knowledge worker.
IG Theme – Style our controls with a complete visual theme that is end-to-end consistent with our professionally designed look and feel.
Shared XAML Experience from Desktop to Web to Mobile – Windows Phone controls share the same API and developer experience as our desktop XAML controls for WPF and Silverlight.
Market Leading Performance – Built using the same high performance algorithms as our market leading Silverlight and WPF charting solutions, you will experience the same real-time experience “on the phone” as you would expect in desktop applications.
Gesture Support – Included are a pinch gesture to zoom, drag gesture to pan, and tap & hold gesture to show tooltips.
We have seen the Shipley & Halmos and Kurt Vile’s Me Series and now we have a new one from Kevin Ma the owner of HypeBeast.com . Windows Phone Me series, is in their words ” a collection of short film essays exploring a day in the life of creative Windows Phone users ”
Kevin Ma is the creative mind behind HypeBeast.com, a lifestyle blog that covers cutting-edge trends in men’s fashion, art, design, and music. This short film takes us to the HypeBeast offices in Hong Kong, where Kevin is constantly inspired by the city’s vast array of cultures, brands, and styles. While traveling, Kevin uses Windows Phone’s Bing Maps to find interesting shops, places, and people without getting lost. And while on the go, Kevin is able to stay on top of what’s happening in the world in just a glance with real-time updates on his Live Tiles for his favorite apps, websites, and people. The Windows Phone allows him to update his website and manage his entirely web-based business from anywhere, at anytime.
Photo Editor Suite is a photo editor for Windows Phone, check out the press release below
Your Phone 7 takes great pictures and you use it all the time to record the happy moments in your life. What if you want to edit your photo, adjust the brightness level, crop it a little, rotate or recolor the picture to make it perfect and then share it with your loved ones? Hmmm…that’s a hard one!
Not any more though! Download Photo Editor to make life easy and edit any picture you take, using your Phone 7, straight off your handset. Save the modified file and then share it with friends and family as much as you want!
Features Include:
* Crop Photos
* Rotate Photos
* Adjust Brightness
* Adjust Contrast
* Re-size to reduce the image size
* Change color to black and white, Pop, Negative and Sepia.
* Fully Recolor the photo in RGB mode.
* Paint to draw lines and shapes of different colors with various effects
* Doodle to add frames, text and brush your photos in different colors
* Save and send edited photo as an email
* Upload photos to Facebook (Coming Soon)
* Adjust Sharpness (Coming Soon)
* Blur Effects (Coming Soon)
* Many New Filters (Coming Soon)
fotoBank allows users to browse various images on your Windows Phone. Press release below
Browse more than 10,000 photos. Whether you are looking for famous buildings, breathtaking landscapes, flowers, history, etc… fotoBank is always there on your phone… and it’s free!
Features:
- Search photos by keyword
- Browse by category
- Quick scrollling list
- A single tap then to see the selected photo full screen
- Save the picture to your phone to create high quality wallpapers
We need your feedback to improve fotoBank. We are also listening to any suggestions you may have.
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