On August 13th Microsoft released a set of videos from sessions at its Design Days which outline the key areas of Metro UI for developers. Despite not being a developer myself I have found the two videos I have watched to be extremely interesting and very informative about the minutiae of the Metro UI; it’s [...]

Paul Thurrott has just published a review of the next update to the Zune PC Software. The main changes and new features are understandably focused around Windows Phone 7 with the devices only able to sync to a PC via the Zune software; without this software or later versions it is not possible to sync [...]

Microsoft have published a new Windows Phone 7 video aimed at consumers, in fact, as WMPoweruser points out, this could well be used as an advert. Interestingly this isn’t the latest build of Windows Phone as noted by the lock screen and the icons used on the Start screen, in fact I’d say this build [...]

Windows Phone announced a competition some time back in conjunction with Imagine Cup 2010 for student teams to submit their Windows Phone 7 applications for a chance to win $8000 for the team and Windows Phone each. Today the winners, runners up and notable entries have been announced with some showing really good use of [...]

Mobility Digest have shown off a new app for Windows Phone 7 that will allow users to control Windows Media Center on their PC with a mobile device. The application looks very good, conforming to many of the Metro design rules and looks to be very functional. I do find it odd that Microsoft don’t [...]

You know a few weeks back I told you how to make your PC look like it had a Windows Phone 7 look to the desktop, well today FediaFedia has announced that same theme for Rainmeter has been updated to version 2. The features for this theme now include: Over 40 interactive panels Customisable colour [...]

In the week Microsoft released a refresh for the Windows Phone developer tool which included a new build of Windows Phone 7 emulator which PocketNow.com have kindly demoed the new features of. The second video for today is actually quite a few weeks old but considering that every other blog seems to be sharing it [...]

Here’s an app for all you comic book lovers out there, you’re probably best off watching the video below than me trying to describe it to you. However if you don’t have time to watch the video or are on a platform that doesn’t support Flash then just imagine it as being the 21st century [...]

This application is open-source which helps to track the medications of friends and family to ensure they are being taken and any medical worries can be resolved quickly and efficiently. This app is designed to make use of user’s data from Microsoft HealthVault and can allow direct interaction between patients, their doctors and their friends [...]

Clarity Consulting have another application concept which comes from a blog post looking at how best to build an application that has been successful on the iPhone for Windows Phone 7. This app is for Comcast’s Xfinity service of entertainment distribution. Being a Brit this app doesn’t mean a huge amount to me but does [...]