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Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Homebrew :Lock Widgets Beta release for Windows Phone



After much work, here comes the first beta release of Lock Widgets , the application that allows you to enter the lock screen of a kind Live Tile can provide information to the user, such as RSS feeds,pictures, weather, etc..

In this beta version lacks many features and enhancements, but the developers have stated that they are already working on an updated and improved version.

Here are some things to know before installing Lock Widgets:
  • Your device must be rooted. More specifically, the application needs root privileges. More info on that later. (That's good)
  • The "debug" widget adds the last updated info to the bottom of the screen.This is useful stuff for testing.
  • The widgets update every 30 minutes. This is due to background task restrictions.
Below is a video demonstration of the application:





More info at WindowsPhoneHacker

Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Homebrew: ‘Lock screen widgets’ development for Windows Phone 7


The image shown above is a snapshot of a new application they are working on. Practically the homebrew application under development will allow to insert the lock screen a sort of Live Tile able to provide information to the user, suchas RSS feeds, pictures, weather, etc.

The application name was not decided as yet, but have in mind to call it "lock widgets" or something like that. Another interesting feature that would implement this application is to change the lock screen wallpaper automatically according to the images that offers bing day after opening the app using the search button.




More info about this project at WindowsPhoneHacker