Managing Background Tasks on Windows Phone

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With the release of Windows Phone 7.5, Microsoft allowed applications to run even while you’re not using it. This is referred to as a background task or process. Every task, background or not, will consume a little battery power and potentially some data too. So why would I care to have a background task running [...]

A Different Bluetooth Headset – Reviewing SoundID’s 510 Headset

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I’ve used a lot of different Bluetooth headsets over the years – some are good, some are not. For the most part, the size of the headset is getting smaller, while the audio quality is improving along with a host of other features like the ever popular, noise cancellation. For me, there are 2 key [...]

Browse for Windows Phone 7 apps from your Browser with Marketplace Browser

If you’ve got your hands on a Windows Phone 7 device, then I’m sure you’ve been busy searching in the marketplace. And you may have noticed that the on device search returns a lot of music, podcasts and videos instead of just apps. The new MarketplaceBrowser.com aims to help cut through the clutter by allowing [...]

MTV News App Launches with a Chance to Win a Windows Phone 7

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Exclusively for Windows Phone 7, the MTV News application gives you up to the minute information regarding music and entertainment, video clips, photo galleries, blog posts, and tweets, all on your Windows Phone 7 device. Don’t have a Windows Phone 7 device? No problem, enter for a chance to win a brand new Windows Phone [...]

Going Hands on with Windows Phone 7

The other night Darren Humphries and I headed out to meet-up with Microsoft Canada and see what some local Canadian developers are working on for the Windows Phone 7 launch coming later this year. Not only is it fun to get together with Darren and talk phones for hours on end, but it was a [...]

Share your Windows Phone 7 App Idea and Win!

Microsoft has kicked off a contest where you can plead your case for whatever app you would like to see on Windows Phone 7. The community will vote on the suggestions and the winning suggestion will not only have the application developed and listed in the marketplace as a free app, the winner will get [...]