The Windows Phone marketplace exceeds 100,000 applications!

Another important goal for  Windows Phone marketplace has been reached today, according to a scan performed by  AAWP , the number of applications / games published in Windows Phone marketplace passed the 100,000 mark.

Asphalt 5, Galaga Legion DX, and more Xbox Live games coming soon on Windows Phone

Microsoft has been adding more and more titles to its Xbox Live lineup.Asphalt 5, Gun Bros, Mirror's Edge and Final Fantasy are just some of the games that are part of the list unveiled by Microsoft, including two new titles from Bandai Namco: Galaga Legion DX and Pool Pro Online 3.

Here is complete list of applications / games can not be used on all Windows Phones with 256 MB of RAM

Nokia Lumia 610,the new entry level Nokia Windows Phone is still struggling with some apps and games that are not compatible with the desired specifications restricted by the low RAM amount.

So, after listing some of the titles are not compatible, we now offer the most accurate statistics of games and applications that are not (yet) supported by Windows Phone with 256MB of RAM (Lumia 610).

Photosynth for Windows Phone is now available in WP Marketplace

Here comes the Windows Phone marketplace Photosynth, the popular Microsoft application that allows you to take and share pictures taken in landscape mode to 360 degrees.

Last year when Microsoft released  Photosynth for iPhone OS , many users wondered when it would arrive this on Windows Phone since David Gedey Photosynth Group Program Manager in charge of development of this software had declared that they were at work on the version for Windows Phone .

Windows Phone 7.5 is now necessary to continue to use the Marketplace

Microsoft has announced that from May 22, you must have Windows Phone 5.7 Mango on their smartphones to continue to download applications and games from Marketplace.

As of yesterday, in fact, Microsoft has announced that the devices that still  does not mount Windows Phone Mango,will not be able to download, purchase or review applications and games from Marketplace .

Final Fantasy and Super Monkey Ball 2 coming to Windows Phone as Xbox Live titles

Games, especially those with Xbox Live branding are the most popular among Windows Phone users.Now two more  titles are coming to Windows Phone : Final Fantasy and Super Monkey Ball 2.

Official LinkedIn App Hits Windows Phone Marketplace

LinkedIn is a popular social network, used mainly for construction of professional contacts with over 150 million registered users.

Although LinkedIn is built into Windows Phone in the Contact section, now in  the WP Marketplace has arrived the official application of this popular social network for professionals so simply to allow you to read the latest news of our contacts, comment, manage invitations, groups or share content.


The application is available in the marketplace for free and for all Windows Phones.

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Nokia-branded WP Marketplace spotted in latest Nokia Lumia 900 software update

We continue to discover new details in the Nokia Lumia 900 that can be bought today in the United Kingdom . Among the changes noted in the operating system (Tango) that powers the device now we can see that the Microsoft's Windows Phone Marketplace on the Lumia 900 is now being branded with Nokia's own logo.The news itself is not so ground shacking,but it's one of the first signs of Nokia's influence on the Windows Phone operating system.

Viber is now available for BlackBerry and Windows Phone

After much anticipation and many requests for information from you on the arrival of Viber for Windows Phone and BlackBerry, here is the good news you have expected for long time,Viber finally has released their official application for Windows Phone and BlackBerry 

Viber is a multiplatform application that allows you to send messages or make calls to users who have installed the same app on their devices; Viber is already widely used in the iOS and Android.

Windows Phone Marketplace extends to 22 new countries

Although, Microsoft’s Windows Phone marketplace is far from the likes of the gigantic Apple app store and the Google Play store, in terms of both the number of apps and its reach, the latest news from the Windows Phone makers reveal that their marketplace is now available across 22 new countries. The web-based marketplace has now been made available for Windows phone users across Bulgaria, Costa Rica, Croatia, Estonia, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Turkey, Ukraine, Venezuela, UAE, Bahrain, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kazakhstan, Israel, Thailand, and Vietnam. 

PAC-MAN Kart Rally arrives on Windows Phone and is the first Xbox Live wireless multiplayer game

Another new game on Xbox Live for owners of Windows Phone. This week the title presented to the store for Microsoft's video game stars a real milestone in the history of video games, that is none other than Pac-Man. 

In reality, however, this time the cute yellow ball-eating ghosts back in a form different from the usual one: Pac-Man Rally Kart , in fact, is a racing game in go-kart on the style of famous titles such as Mario Kart.

SkyDrive app for Windows Phone bumped to version 2.0

We had already seen some minor updates regarding Skydrive,like url shorter for sharing images and other files. Today, after updating Skype, Microsoft also update its popular app Skydrive to version 2.0

Here are some of the changes:

• slightly modified graphics for menus and dialog boxes
• ability to select / deselect files and folders for trips and / or elimination
• opportunity to choose which items can be shared, and recipients with whom you can share and edit files as needed

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

Skype for Windows Phone comes out of beta to final version 1.0

In February, after a long wait, Microsoft has released the first official Beta version of Skype for your platform Windows Mobile Phone.Microsoft had promised the release of the final version by the end of April. 

As promised  today in the marketplace the update came and Windows Phone Skype Beta version (0.2) has been updates to the final version (1.0).

Microsoft does not currently provide the innovations that make this new version, however probably the new update will bring some improvements  and enhancements, and general improvements in the management of audio / video.

Unfortunately, as we had imagined recently , the final version of Skype for Windows Phone does not support notifications to be notified of an incoming Skype call, it seems that this limitation will be removed only with the arrival of the next major update of Windows Phone (Apollo ).

Skype for Windows Phone v1.0 is free as usual and can be downloaded from the WP Marketplace

Windows Phone Marketplace - Microsoft working to improve the certification process of the apps in WP Marketplace

s shown by the latest figures reported days ago , Windows Phone Marketplace is growing but with the increase in applications submitted by developers for certification, you discover the real bottleneck of the system.

Lately, in fact, Microsoft acknowledged that the growth rates of the store may be much higher but to clip the wings of these dreams of glory fall on the certification process of the app, a system of control of code and content to avoid spread of malware and inappropriate content.

And 'the voice of Todd Brix to confirm this, stating that in the last three months were 30,000 new applications and new servers and a system of certification of new generation will come in the summer 2012 to minimize the lag between submission of the app and availability in the market.

We have plans of both medium and long term. We are already developing a service for the marketplace more "robust" and that will solve the problem is scalable will make way for even higher growth rates that we expect for years to come. The work of engineering, however, can not be executed in one night: according to our plans will be complete by late Summer 2012.

Until then we apply short-term control measures including the addition of more capacity in servers to better handle the load and a streamlining of the process to speed up the publication of the app.

Xbox Live for Windows Phone Easter sale - 7 games are now 99 cents

Microsoft has decided, somewhat surprisingly, to serve as many as 7 Xbox Live for games  Windows Phone, probably as a gift to its users in this with the approach of Easter.

Microsoft has yet to release anything official, we only know that as many as 7 Xbox Live games are on sale for just $0.99 . Probably it is a discount for the Easter holidays, or more difficult, to celebrate the arrival on to American market of the Nokia Lumia 900 .

The following games are currently only $0.99:

• Angry Birds
• Burn the Rope
• De Blob
• Doodle God
• IonBallEX
• Max and the Magic Marker
• Toy Soldiers: Boot Camp

WPCentral who shared the news suggest that this offer should be valid until Sunday, April 8.

Windows Phone Marketplace: 82,000 applications available in the WP Marketplace

Bronze medal for Microsoft, although the level of sales has not yet become the third largest in the world of smart phones, with regard to applications exceeds Symbian and BlackBerry.

The two operating systems, in fact, count some 70,000 respectively Ovi app Store and App World and last month served to Windows Phone to break away from competitors thanks to 10,228 new app in March bringing the total count to 82,000.

The numbers are not yet sufficient to worry about Android and iPhone OS, respectively the second and third place with more than 450,000 and 550,000 app. The growth of the WP Marketplace, however, expect a continual progress, if it continues at current rates, will allow Windows Phone app to count in the catalog by 100,000 in May.

Going into detail of the various formats, the U.S. is still leading with 69,123 applications available for this market, while China, the last in time to debut with Windows Phone is stuck at 21,530.

Current and upcoming Xbox Live games demoed on Video

Last month, we have communicated the names of the Xbox Live games that were coming on Windows Phone.Now thanks to colleagues from xbox360achievements we can see them in the above video.

Some of these games have already been released, while others can see them in preview and will be released in the coming weeks.

The games in the video are: Carcassonne, Sid Meier's Pirates!, Civilizaton Revolutions, PES 2012, Wordament, Gerbil Physics, Pinball FX 2, Shoot 1UP, geoDefense Swarm DoDonPachi and Maximum.

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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

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 the Nokia Betalabs.