Skype Beta on Windows Phone 7.5 Mango

Finally, after much waiting, Microsoft and Skype announced the much awaited Skype app for Windows Phone, although it’s still in Beta. Apparently, compatible devices are the second gen Windows Phones including the Nokia Lumia Family Phones 710, 800 and 900 (and most probably the new Lumia 610 – more details on this one soon). This Beta version will allow free audio and video calls over Wifi or 3g, plus also paid calls. Continue reading »

My Lumia 800 is here!

I ordered my Nokia Lumia 800 last Monday (12/12/2011) during a Cyber Monday sale on Amazon.de. Tuesday Morning shipped and on Wednesday in the afternoon was in my hands Let me tell you, it’s awesome!! It’s really nice to handle and a joy to use. The Windows Phone OS is amazing on this device.

I’ll updating the site with more info as I continue using the amazing features of WP7. Till then happy WP7ing More pictures of my new gadget after the break… Continue reading »

Ordered my Nokia Lumia 800

And just like that, I just ordered my Nokia Lumia 800 on 12th December at exactly 9:00pm!! Today Amazon.de made a Cyber Monday sale where it slashed prices for more than 300 items, and the Nokia Lumia’s price slashing began at 9:00:00pm and ended at 9:00:20pm.. it only took 20 seconds for all the stock to finish!!! And I was one of the lucky to get one at a reduced price!!! Hussaahhh.

Now waiting for the delivery to take place!! Hopefully it doesn’t take long!! Btw it’s the Black one.. the blue one is still not available.. but the black will do just as good

WhatsApp on Windows Phone OS 7 “Mango”

With the announcement of Skype coming to Windows Phone OS, I think that another app that might be coming on WP OS is WhatsApp Messenger. It is a cross-platform mobile messaging app which allows you to exchange messages without having to pay for SMS. Currently WhatsApp Messenger is available for iPhone, BlackBerry, Android and also Nokia.

The problem that WhatsApp messenger had with the initial release of WP7 was mainly due to the lack of permissions to access the address book and the lack of Sockets on Windows Phone 7. Continue reading »

Angry Birds on Windows Phone 7 in May

Sorry guys for my previos post.. it was too good to be true.. Apprently we’ll have to wait a little longer for Angry Birds on Windows Phone 7.. It’s going to be launched on May 25th.. sigh.. Better late than never!

Skype Coming to Windows Phone 7 this Fall

According to Microsoft’s Joe Belfiore, Skype is “definitely coming this fall.” He said this whilst speaking at MIX 2011 which started on Tuesday.

With the extra phone integration features that developers are getting next May, you will be able to call your contacts using Skype. The Phone Integration features include Multitasking, Contacts and Calendar access, and also access to the Camera.

Will we see a front facing camera?.. Time will tell us.

Angry Birds on Windows Phone 7 Today

According to WinRumors.com, today should be the day that Angry Birds will be launched on the Windows Phone Platform. Before Windows Phone came out, there was an Angry Birds graphic being displayed, and Rovio said that they didn’t intend to port it to Windows Phone, but obviously this was always happening, as it happened on every other platform. Continue reading »

WP7 Marketplace Browser

While surfing,  I found this great website showing all the latest applications that are available for Windows Phone 7 smart phones. You can go, browse and search the marketplace from here.

Something noteworthy of is that the WP7 marketplace is growing at a rate of about 400 apps per week, which is awesome.

Get Windows Phone 7 Theme Background Colour

To get the Background Colour in Windows Phone 7 as selected by the user, you need to use the following 2 lines of code: Continue reading »

Get Windows Phone 7 Theme Foreground Colour

Whilst testing out Windows Phone 7 Development using Silverlight, I needed to get the Default Theme Foreground Colour that is set by the user. To get the Foreground colour you need 2 lines of code: Continue reading »