RoadPilot - Speed camera warning system arrives for Windows Phone

RoadPilot Mobile turns your Windows 7 device into a LIVE speed camera warning system.RoadPilot Mobile  is now available on iPhone OS, Android, Symbian and BlackBerry. Based on system updates "social" members of the community, the app finally arrives on Windows Phone.

Operation is simple: an easy to see, a system that checks for updates at intervals schedulable by us and warnings of speed cameras, traffic light cameras, fixed and mobile stations, including the tutor.

App key, especially when driving in a city that we know little or abroad: in fact also shows us RoadPilot traffic areas for a fee (the famous congestion charge) with clear and precise (voice and text) and a bar progress update us on the distance from velox.

The price is not the cheapest: $4.99 can be considered an investment to avoid fines, but compared to the average of the other applications is still a considerable amount!

Evernote for Windows Phone is upgraded to version 2.2

The popular application Evernote continues in its development recently received a new update that pushes its current version to 2.2. In this latest update of new features have been implemented thatwe list below

• Improved editing of the text note.
• Added shared notes.
• Improved the process of model building.
• Added the contextual research and the creation of notes from the notebook and the list of tags.
• Improved data storage.
• Bug fixes and improvements.

Evernote is a free app and can downloaded from the WP Marketplace.

Windows Phone Marketplace arrives in 13 new countries

Microsoft has announced at its blog the opening of Marketplace in 13 new countries. The list includes Bulgaria, Costa Rica, Croatia, Estonia, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Turkey, Ukraine, and Venezuela and brings the total number of markets served up to 54.


The new Marketplaces are Bulgaria, Costa Rica, Croatia, Estonia, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Turkey, Ukraine, and Venezuela. Throw in the ones we launched earlier this year in Argentina, China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Peru, and the Philippines, and it brings the total number of Marketplace storefronts to 54.


Microsoft also noted that the total number of markets will soon rise to 63 when UAE, Bahrain, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kazakhstan, Israel, Thailand, and Vietnam joins the list.

More info at windowsteamblog

Puzzle Quest 2 is once again Xbox Live deal of the week

Having already had two price drops in September and October last year  ,Puzzle Quest 2 is once more Xbox Live deal of the week. Its price will decrease from $6.99 to $4.99 this Wednesday for a period of one week. Although very addictive, I wonder how this game still makes so many followers, the price being a major barrier to purchase, even as the deal ... 


Game info:
Escape to a puzzle game fantasy world filled with amazing creatures, powerful weapons, and addictive role playing in this sequel to the award-winning Puzzle Quest.

The new Xbox Live game for Windows Phone is iStunt 2!

Here come the usual Wednesday round of Microsoft, where in addition to serving one or more games Xbox Live will release an entirely new one.

Today is the turn of iStunt 2, a new game developed for Windows Phone certified for Xbox Live. iStunt 2 is developed by miniclip and shows a fun snowboarding game where we ride the waves of snow and collect bonuses in thelevel. 


Already in the marketplace are similar games but this has a reputation that comes from other operating systems.

AppHub now open for 23 new countries

Todd Brix, on official Microsoft blog, windowsteamblog  has just announced that the marketplace is available in 23 new countries announced previously. Todd invites developers to build applications and make them available in these new markets bearing in mind that in some of these policies will be implemented under different certification because of local laws and that the time of certification that you have to wait to see your application on the marketplace once it is sent at least 7 days.

Below is a list of new countries:

• Bahrain
• Bulgaria
• China
• Costa Rica
• Croatia
• Estonia
• Iceland
• Iraq
• Israel
• Kazakhstan
• Latvia
• Lithuania
• Qatar
• Romania
• Saudi Arabia
• Slovakia
• Slovenia
• Thailand
• Turkey
• United Arab Emirates
• Ukraine
• Venezuela
• Vietnam

More information at Windowsteamblog

Nokia Play To Beta app is now available for Nokia Lumia devices

Short time ago Nokia Beta Labs have released the first official build (and in testing phase) of Play To. Play To already seen on Symbian is an app that allows the share photos and video of the phone via WLAN with DLNA-compatible devices.

Nokia Labs have announced that in future releases will integrate the functions of streaming audio and DLNA Media Server.

For now, if you're interested, find all the information on  Nokia Betalabs.

Windows Phone Marketplace reached another milestone, 70,000 applications are now in the WP Marketplace

At the launch of Windows Phone with Tango in China, Simon Leung had "given numbers" on these applications on Windows Marketplace.

In fact 70,000 applications according to official figures that Microsoft announced that it has passed the milestone and is now launching to 100,000. Someone may have already heard, some time ago, have achieved this level but had not been officially disclosed by Microsoft and included applications that were removed as redundant or unsafe.

With regard to the numbers of growth has now come to 300 new applications per day, number expected to increase with expansion up to 63 different markets.

At the time the developers have registered more than 100,000 and for them has simplified the certification process to get the app in the Market: are only 3 days maximum needed to make his debut in the store. The interest of developers, although not as high as Android or IOS, is still growing, especially in view of the arrival of Windows 8, Windows Phone 8 and the convergence between the systems.

iStunt 2 coming to Xbox Live for Windows Phone

Xbox Live comes a new title that, despite the winter is now behind us, leads us to assume the role of a snowboarder struggling with all kinds of stunts on the snow.

The game gives us a 2D vertically scrolling and in a manner similar to Sonic will ask us to collect stars scattered through the various levels so as to increase our score. Also interesting is the pattern of the paths that goes from linearity and there is also facing portals and gravity loops, all controlled by motion sensor in the cell.

iStunt 2 offers altogether 88 levels with various unlockable snowboards and drivers as they continue in the game. We have to wait to buy it on March 28 at $2.99 on WP Marketplace.

Wunderlist - cross-platform task manager now available for Windows Phone

Wunderlist is a popular application that allows you to manage and organize our work better / commitments and synchronize them with the dedicated app for Windows, Mac, Linux, iPhone, Android, Blackberry and on the Web

Application developers have contacted us to inform us that finally Wunderlist is also available for Microsoft's mobile platform. Here's the description that we can read in the marketplace:

WUNDERLIST IS A MULTI PLATFORM AND FREE, FULL CLOUD OF SYNC


Download Wunderlist, our cloud-free sync task manager, allowing you to complete your daily tasks with a certain style.
Wunderlist for Windows Phone will increase your productivity. Organize your tasks in a jiffy and sync them with your free account Wunderlist. View and edit your programs on Windows, Mac, Linux, iPhone, Android, Blackberry and on the Web Hundreds of thousands of people around the world use every day Wunderlist. Wunderlist - your programs with you wherever you go.

Key Features:

• Free - Wunderlist is free for any device
• Cloud sync - Your programs are synchronized with your free account Wunderlist
• Reminder emails - I will always remember you have to do
• Mail2Task - Send your applications to Wunderlist from your inbox
• Organize - Order your commitments to list
• Schedule - Give your schedule a time period
• Focus - Display detail your plans with the function of filtered view
• Clipboard - Adds more details to your programs
• Priority - to highlight the most important commitments
• Personalization - Thanks to our wallpaper you can customize to your liking Wunderlist

Wunderlist is a free app and can be found here in WP Marketplace

Drive 2.0 with Nokia with completely offline GPS navigation available in the marketplace

Nokia Drive version 2.0 finally has been released and now is available for download from WP Marketplace.Nokia Drive is an app for car navigation with offline support complete without the need for a data connection with coverage of more than 100 countries on 6 continents. 

The Nokia Drive 2.0 includes the following changes:

• Completely offline browsing
• Notices of speed limits
• Advanced dashboard with more details and list of recent destinations.

The app, which is exclusive to Nokia handsets can be found at the Nokia corner of WP Marketplace

Via WPCentral

IonBallEX this Week’s Xbox Live Deal of the Week

This week’s Deal of the Week is IronSun Studios’ IonBallEX. 

Game description:

IonBallEX is a modern twist on a classic Breakout style game, featuring an XP-based progression system and end-of-level bosses that are going to push you to the extreme, all delivered in a unique SteamPunk style. With 35 challenging levels, mind-bending features and awesome bosses; IonBallEX is the breakout game to “break” all others. See where you can get on the leaderboard, or unlock achievements like “Record Breaker” or “Wipeout”; the IonBallEX challenge is here

IonBallEX is now available to download at the reduced price of $1.99  from WP Marketplace here.

Via WMPU

MetroCars - Automotive database for Windows Phone

Here comes a new app for Windows Phone that gives a nod to the fans of engines or those looking to buy a new model and wants to have a catalog with technical data, information on the price (in dollars) and by brand, year, type Car and more.

As you can tell from the name itself, the application invokes the interface of Windows Phone and Metro will make available, in addition to data on the engines, also a photo gallery of each model.

Do not miss then the "favorite" with the ability to save the most interesting models, on the home screen or share them via social networks.

MetroCars is a free app and can be found here in WP Marketplace

Bing Dictionary - Bing (Chinese) Dictionary App For Windows Phone

Microsoft has released Bing Dictionary app for Windows Phones.Bing Dictionary supports Local/Online dictionary look up, particularly nice features like Smart Index, Search Suggestions and more.

Purple Cherry, the GameBoy emulator for Windows Phone is now available in WP Marketplace

From the same developer of Sega Gamegear emulator , here comes the Nintendo GameBoy emulator for Windows Phone. This initial release has no sound.,but like Blue Tomatoe, Purple Cherry will be getting sound emulation in the near future. Stay tuned as we'll keep you posted.

Here is video of the emulator, courtesy of our colleagues from WPCentral:

The GameBoy emulator has a price tag of $1.29 and can be downloaded from the WP Marketplace

IonBallEX is this week Xbox LIVE Deal Of The Week

This week Xbox Live deal of the week is IonBallEX,The game now costs $1.99 down from its regular price $2.99. 

This is a great exclusive title on Windows Phone platform.IonBallEX is a modern twist on a classic Breakout style game, featuring an XP-based progression system and end-of-level bosses that are going to push you to the extreme, all delivered in a unique SteamPunk style. With 35 challenging levels, mind-bending features and awesome bosses; IonBallEX is the breakout game to “break” all others.

IonBallEX can be found here in WP Marketplace

Google Search app for Windows Phone now available in WP Marketplace

Today Google released a new version of Google app for Windows Phone devices.


App description:

"The new Google Search app for Windows Phone. Find better results using Google from your Windows Phone. Search the web faster and easier with the latest features: Google Autocomplete, My Location, and Voice Search.

Voice Search: Search by voice and skip the typing

Google Instant and Autocomplete: Get search results faster

Search Nearby: Find places near you without typing your location"

Google app is available for download from the WP Marketplace 

This Week’s Xbox LIVE Title DODONPACHI MAXIMUM now available in WP Marketplace

Cave, the famous Japanese software house,has just released DoDonPachi Maximum for Windows Phone.The game is this week Xbox live tile and its now live in Marketplace.

GAME OVERVIEW

Dodge and destroy your way through 15 unique stages routes that branch according to your skill. Accurate touch controls guide your ship with ease. Touch the screen with two fingers to activate the all-powerful ""Laser Bomb"" and clear the screen of enemies! Unlock new ships to beat the game with! 

Blast your way to a full achievement list. This is bullet hell in the palm of your hand!

FEATURES
- New routes and unlocks based on your shooting skill
- Xbox LIVE Leaderboards
  - Go on massive scoring runs and compete against your friends
- Xbox LIVE Achievements
  - Can you unlock them all...? 

DoDonPachi Maximum has price tag of  $4.99, with a free trial version and can be found here at WP Marketplace

The Windows Phone marketplace exceeds 70,000 applications!

In just over a month, in the marketplace Windows Phone 10 000 applications have been certified, passing the 60,000 achieved in the third week of January to 70,000 users in these days.

The amount of applications that are submitted daily on the marketplace is around 250 units.Of these 70 000, more than 28 000 have been added in the last 90 days and almost 7 000 were added in the last 30 days. Of allapplications, 65% are distributed for free, paying 11% are distributed along with a free trial and the remaining 24% are distributed for a fee, without a trial.

The most populated section of the marketplace is "entertainment" with 18%, followed by the "tools and productivity", with 14%, after "games" with 13% and follow "books", "news and weather," "travel and navigation "," lifestyle "and the remaining sections cover a percentage below 5%.

Via AAWP

FiOS TV, a Verizon FiOS DVR app is now available in WP Marketplace

FiOS TV is now available in the Windows Phone marketplace.This app connects you to your FiOS TV account in an easy to use manner. Control your DVR and schedule shows with FiOS TV for Windows Phone.Also features the ability to use forums, and easily access the Verizon mobile sites.

FiOS is a free app and can be found in WP Marketplace here