Hello again. As you might have heard, yesterday we kicked off our "copy and paste" update, which comes with a bunch of improvements for your phone. Today I want to briefly explain where we are in the process—and also tell you about a new up…
There’s a flurry of news to report today: a new Windows Phone on the way from AT&T, the first CDMA-compatible phone goes on sale at Sprint, our popular app-making tools turn one, and Microsoft shows off some hot new apps this week in Orlando….
[A guest post from our friends at MSN]
MSN Onit, a new MSN lifestyle app tailored just for men, is now in Marketplace (download it now). Built with guys in mind, the app combines the best of men’s lifestyle content from MSN and leading outlets li…
10,000. Has a sweet ring, doesn’t it?
Reports began to trickle out over the weekend that Marketplace apparently has hit the five-figure mark. I know the news here on the blog hasn’t all been rosy lately, but the torrid pace of app creation…
Who doesn’t love presents? Luckily, my new job at Microsoft is to deliver them to you. My name’s Eric, and I run the team responsible for sending software updates with new features and improvements to your phone. From time to time, I’ll be postin…
Yahoo! today is officially introducing its Flickr photo app for Windows Phone 7. The app first quietly landed in Marketplace a few weeks ago. Since then, it’s been tuned up and improved several times. The latest version is 1.1. (And my sources tell m…
Flock yeah! Angry Birds, the smash-hit smartphone game, is headed for Marketplace—and that’s just for starters.
Microsoft today announced its new spring lineup of games for the phone and it includes titles that I’m sure are on many o…
UPDATE—Fri. Mar. 4 This week we began sending the February update to more customers around the world, adding 10 additional carriers to the distribution list. Since then we’ve been listening and watching the rollout closely. Despite the increased s…
Starting today, some of you might see something new on your Windows Phone: A message announcing that a software update is available. Woo hoo! Now, before you get too excited, let me explain: This isn’t the update you’ve probably been reading about…
This week’s Marketplace highlights included the arrival of brand-name apps from Amazon and MSN, as well as a pair of games that are already proven hits on other platforms.
I also noticed another eagerly-anticipated app that briefly made an appear…