Ever come across an app or game and when you go back to the marketplace to down it at a later date , you just could not find it ? We got a few comments and email about GooNew an app that we reviewed and then it was taken off the marketplace, want to know why.
Check if your app has been deleted from the Windows Phone 7 Marketplace
currently there are 34 apps that were deleted. Please note when I say deleted it does NOT mean Microsoft pulled the plug on these but just that these apps or games were approved and were available in the Marketplace at one point of time and now they ( Microsoft or the developer ) have decided to taken them down. FYI the site is in Italian.
Currency Converter Pro is a currency converter from BlackLight Mobile that allows users to Convert between 147 of the world currencies and 6 precious metals. the app also displays an up to date and beautiful bank note for every currency.
The full features include the following,
- Convert between 147 of the currencies and 6 precious metals.
- Receive Tile and Toast notifications for currencies.
- Up to the minute trusted currency rates.
- Review historical currency rate charts.
- Add commissions charged by bank or credit card company.
- Provides a pocket guide to quickly work out common currency conversions.
- Displays beautiful bank note for every currency.
- Displays the latest currency news.
- Save, apply and delete your favourite currencies.
- Very simple and easy to use.
- Use previously saved rates when no data connection is available
- Background changes with every currency
HTC Mozart something that we Aussies got hold of late last year through Telstra, has just been released in Thailand. This goes to show that many countries are still not having all the WP7 device option that we folks enjoy. The folks from winphoclub.com was at the event and covered the new in the local language. The device was launched at the Thailand Mobile Expo 2011 by the Taiwan based smartphone manufacturer.
Dailyhoroscope.com has released a wp7 app that gives you your latest daily horoscopes from celebrity astrologers Rick Levine and Jeff Jawer. check out the press release
Dailyhoroscope.com delivers daily horoscopes from our celebrity astrologers Rick Levine and Jeff Jawer. The easy-to-use interface along with the bold and beautiful design will make reading your horoscope a more powerful and fulfilling daily experience. You’ll never be caught off-guard again thanks to this daily dose of insight and advice.
Features:
Horoscopes for yesterday, today and tomorrow for all 12 signs of the zodiac:
o Aries horoscope
o Taurus horoscope
o Gemini horoscope
o Cancer horoscope
o Leo horoscope
o Virgo horoscope
o Libra horoscope
o Scorpio horoscope
o Sagittarius horoscope
o Capricorn horoscope
o Aquarius horoscope
o Pisces horoscope
Daily and weekly love horoscopes for every sign
Moon phases updated daily to alert users to New Moons and Full Moons and everything in between
Exciting addition of ‘Live Psychics’ page with ability to instantly dial Keen psychics
Fireworks are used all around the world to celebrate a variety of holidays and events and they usually present opportunities for some really beautiful sights and now you can do the same on your Windows Phone 7. Fireworks is a FREE novelty app by Mike Newman, for some odd reason the app is available in the games section and gets installed to the games hub. Fireworks creates some amazing visual effects on your WP7 device by just touching the screen. Fireworks offers quite a bit of customization options to the user. In the settings page you can toggle sound and tactile feedback and if you get in to the customize show page you get to customize the fireworks to your liking. Lets take a look at what are the options available.
Its said that Microsoft is looking at possible set of cloud-enabled mobile applications and associated support services solutions via a mobile research initiative called Project Hawaii. In their own words
As part of Project Hawaii, we are investigating how we can use the cloud to enhance our use of mobile devices. Our goal is to foster the creation of a set of cloud-enabled mobile applications and associated support services to help us understand the systems and networking infrastructure needed to create the next generation of applications.
Some of these are what you are enjoying on your Windows Phone 7 at the moment : Bing Maps for mapping services, and Windows Live ID for user identification, etc
AdDuplex is an ad exchange network targeted specifically at Windows Phone 7. The concept is really simple you help other developers promote their apps and they’ll promote yours.. According to the website ” AdDuplex was created to help developers get much needed attention to their awesome apps without spending money on it ” and once your app gets enough exposure you can mix AdDuplex ads with ads from traditional ad networks to generate revenue. So if you are a budding developer and looking to promote your app then AdDuplex might be worth a look.
The new Windows Phone 7 Update is just around the corner, if rumors are true it could be as early as Feb 7th. So I guess its time we take a loot at what to expect and how to install the Windows Phone 7 Update. The much needed copy-paste , performance enhancements are expected in this update, at-least those are the stuff we know will be there. I wonder if anyone is toying with the idea Microsoft might surprise us with something like custom ringtones ?
Microsoft has enforced a maximum 20MB/OTA (over the Air : read with out connecting to Zune PC Software) update size in order to save the data costs and bandwidth, Its highly likely the new update will be over 20 MB and thus the Zune PC Software will do the work. So lets get started and get everything setup so we are all ready to install the update as soon as its released.
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