The official UEFA EURO 2012 application arrives on Windows Phone

There are two months at the start of Euro 2012 and together with the Android and iPhone OS apps ,here comes the same app to Windows Phone with which you will be able to follow all official events, read news and see scores and play-offs.

Also available for Bada, BlackBerry and Java, Uefa Euro 2012 is free and will include the stream of news about teams, games, videos and interviews with direct textual comments of various matches.

Be enabled with push notifications, the application also has video highlights for a fee and then do not miss the opportunity to share content via Facebook or Twitter.

To support the informational side of the app are the "fun" with Photo Fun that will touch up our photos of our favorite team by adding tattoos on his face and geolocation capabilities and maps with augmented reality.

Plex officially arrives on Windows Phone

Plex is an application for home theater lovers that lets you watch movies, photos, videos, short or long term but also to listen to your favorite music directly on your Windows Phone smartphone.

Here is a brief description of Plex

" The Plex application lets you use your smartphone Windows Phone to find and play multimedia files (video, photos and music) using the Plex Media Server installed on your PC, whether Windows, Mac or Linux. You can also view a list of online media sources.

YOU MUST BE THE MEDIA SERVER PLEX (beta version v0.9.6 or higher) installed and running to stream LOCAL MEDIA:

http://www.plexapp.com/getplex "

The app has price tag of $4.99 although there is a free, fully-functional trial that is limited to 30-second playback of media. You can pick it up here in the WP Marketplace.

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.

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

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

NDrive - Satellite navigator coming soon to Windows Phone

NDrive could be the first satellite navigation software with maps stored in the memory to reach 100% of the smartphone market, became available for each platform.

Already available on Android, iPhone OS and Bada, NDrive is the way! On BlackBerry through a partnership with Appeal and, according to the latest press releases, coming soon on Windows Phone, here are the words of the CEO:

"We are very excited to be able to reach all of the smartphone market with our application. In addition to Android, iPhone OS and Bada, in fact, we are bringing the BlackBerry and Windows Phone software in order to strengthen our offering in markets around the world."

Therefore expect to be able to know the plans for the temporal distribution of Windows Phone version which could be arriving in Summer 2012.

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.

Official Google + application is coming soon to Windows Phone

Good news for the Google + users, finally Google will be providing Windows Phone users with official Google + application, as a PR Spokesperson from Google Germany, Stefan Keuchel, has revealed that an official Google+ app is on the way to Windows Phone.


This is indeed surprising because Google has succesfully avoided Windows Phone platform by not releasing any official application for it’s popular products like Google Maps, Google Mail,  Google Reader while developing simultaneously for multiple platforms like Symbian, iOS and of course Android. 



Via WPCentral

ICQ is now available for Windows Phone

Several months after the announcement, ICQ had come to Windows Phone finally arrives on the client Mail.ru Group, the new owners of the platform chat and IM.

Chat for free with all your Phone, ICQ, Facebook, GoogleTalk, AIM and Mail.ru contacts using one single app - The ICQ messenger.

Main features:
- Supports chat with ICQ, Mail.Ru, GTalk, Facebook, AIM contacts
- Push notifications
- Simple sign-on by a phone number
- Automatically add contacts from your address book
- Search and add contacts from ICQ
- Chat history is keeped Between launches of app

ICQ is a free app and can be downloaded from WP Marketplace

Photo Exhibiton – A New LG Exclusive Windows Phone App

Photo Exhibition is free app developed and released by LG for its Windows Phone users.The application allows the user to  simple and intuitive edit and process images through filters, effects and frames that are at our disposal within the app.


Photo Exhibition is free nice looking app and LG user can get the app from the LG Marketplace.


Via Plaffo

WeatherBug bumped to version 2.0 for Windows Phone now supports Live Tiles

Many enhancements to the 2.0 major release of one of the best applications for the weather forecast available on Windows Phone, WeatherBug.

A witness to the fact that it is a major release, in addition to the numbers, even the decision to make the program available as a separate application and not as an upgrade of previous version 1.0.

Among the new features introduced, the most important are certainly the Live Tiles , integrated perfectly with the color schemes of Metro, which makes it possible to display both predictions (standard, 1 day or 2 days) to see the images taken in real time from various webcams, if any.

Present, now, also numerous reports of weather warnings and danger, especially for what concerns the North America, and the ability to access a quick animated presentation of weather forecasts.

Download it here from the marketplace.

Microsoft Weather updated to version 2.0 with Mango and Live Tile support

Weather is an application developed by Microsoft for Windows Phone that lets us know the weather forecast for selected cities.

The application has recently received a new update that pushes its version 2.0 where we have implemented to support Mango and  multiple  Live Tiles. Version 2.0 application implements:

• Instant recovery
• Ability to add a Live Tile for each city
• Temperature and weather icons always visible in the homescreen of the different cities involved

Microsoft Weather is a free app and can be found here at WP Marketplace

PrimeTube: the new YouTube client for Windows Phone now available in Marketplace

It took exactly one month, but eventually PrimeTube, the new YouTube client for Windows Phone that we 've talked about in February , is now available on Marketplace.

As already written above, it is possible for a client very complete and very rich in a wide range of features such as:

• search of video using filters and sorting the result of the research;
• possibility of saying that a video like it or not, and to read and reply to comments ;
• saving of videos, playlists, and authors such as pins on the homescreen of the phone
• sharing of video through social networks, email or SMS
• creating / managing playlists and subscriptions to video feeds;
• complete  integration with music and video;
• support to different regions ;
• support for Fast-Switching App .

PrimeTube is free app and can be downloaded from WP Marketplace.

WP7 DS Supertool : multi-purpose homebrew shortcuts app

New Homebrew tool has been released from the developers of Deepshining custom ROM.
WP7 DS Supertool xap format so it can be installed on any Windows Terminal Phone unlocked or with a developer account. The application now before this was available only for all those devices that had a custom ROM since the application was pre-installed within the Deepshining ROM . 

WP7 DS Supertool main features are:

• System shortcuts for quick access to the air mode, data network, bluetooth and wi-fi
• Ability to insert six favorite contacts with its associated picture and you can call them with a tap
• A tool to quickly search for anything on the web
• News and Weather always on Tapp
• Ability to quickly enter notes
• Ability to set reminders

More information and download link at XDA .


Via 1800pocketpc

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 

Homebrew: Windows Phone Device Manager upgraded to version 1.10

The well know homebrew application Windows Phone Device Manager, developed by Julien Schapman just got upgraded to version 1.10,and it is available in public beta.

Windows Phone Device Manager comes in package of two separate applications, one to be installed on a PC and on your Windows Phone (TouchXperience).

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

Nokia creates tools for developers to advertise Windows Phone apps

Now are months that Nokia and Microsoft are working closely together to expand the ecosystem Windows Phone. So, after having organized several meetings with developers, while also offering free terminals, Nokia has decided to create tools that allow you to create banner ads and video banners to promote the applications.

The images and videos are of course based on the designs of Lumia Windows Phone and the recent advertising campaign Amazing everyday.

Via WPCentral