The much anticipated CR3 (8773+) aka “Tango” seems to be prepped for global release after its initial roll out in China. The update hit Nokia’s Nokia Care Suite some time yesterday and appears to be the update that will bring multiple tweaks to the phone’s MMS handling, 256MB phone support, among other changes. Sadly there’s [...]

When Nokia previously announced that WiFi tethering was coming to their Lumia 610, a very entry-level handset for the Asian market, it was baffling that the higher-end handsets (namely the Lumia 800 and Lumia 710) would not be getting the update with Mango (Windows Phone 7.5). After all, Microsoft made WiFi tethering a big part of the [...]

It’s been a while since I’ve cranked out a review, so I’ll make it up to you. Today I’ll be covering the Xbox Companion app for Windows Phone. It essentially turns your phone into a remote for your Xbox 360 console, allowing you to start apps or games as well as search via the Bing [...]

The Windows Phone ecosystem is getting bigger. They’ve recently surpassed 50k applications available for download. But that’s not all.  In 2011, the average WP7 users downloaded 48 apps, out-ranking Android (30) yet below iOS (83). I do believe, however, that this has a lot to do with Google services being built in to Android. Also, [...]

I’ve been known to go on a few rants about Windows Phone. Not the actual Operating System, but the people who are behind it. Almost a year ago, Nokia joined hands with Microsoft to fix their lack of a smartphone OS and  Microsoft’s lack of notable hardware. Since then we’ve seen one US phone released, [...]

Why? Well, because it’s optimized to run on your Android or iOS device. Head on over to the demo and try it out. Of course, it’s not the full extent of the OS, but they are focusing on the main stuff. Texts, People, Groups, Phone, Calendar and Local Scout. I suppose the point isn’t to [...]

Sorry guys, I’m a terrible person. I wanted this episode to go up on time for once, but it’s been a hectic week. My apologies. In any case, show notes after the jump.

Spotify, the service that recently came to the US, then annoyed Eric, is now available for Windows Phone. How does it look? Excellent. The app developers over at Spotify have done an excellent job of making the app look like it belongs in the WP7 ecosystem. That’s probably because Microsoft helped them develop this beauty. [...]

If you want to mess with your WP7 phone but don’t want to pay the $99 yearly fee to be a developer, ChevronWP7 has released the tool for you! For a paltry $9, you get what is essentially a hobbyist account. You can grab code from others (or write your own) and run and debug [...]

Windows Phone 7 hasn’t had an easy time edging its way into the smartphone market. They had a bit of a tail start on Android and iOS, and didn’t have the full tool-belt of functions that either of the others had. The 7.5 “Mango” update aims to fix that, and bring the early adopters up [...]