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August 31
- Star Wars Cantina and Battle for Hoth can still be downloaded -but you might want to hurry
- Microsoft pairs with PEGI for WP7 game rating
- Free Stopwatch app gets Mango update to run in the background
- Android users mix in some Metro to beautify their UI
- Windows Phone Connector for Mac upgraded to v2.0 for Mango
- Mango's pictures and camera features come to light
- BBC iPlayer for Windows Phone? [Updated]
August 30
- SkyDrive mobile apps on the way?
- Seamless Computing and the Windows Phone
- WPCentral Podcast 124
- Official Your Shape: Fitness Evolved companion app for Windows Phone released
- Microsoft shows off new Metro Start Menu for Win8
- Missing Mango feature "Find on Page" in IE9 to return, someday
- Reminder: Fuse RSS reader is now live in the Marketplace
- Book your rooms with Meeting Rooms
- Windows Phone ROI Calculator [Developers]
August 29
- Windows Phone Summary of the Week: August 22-28, 2011
- Steambirds - Review
August 27
- Windows Phone Mango ROM released for HTC HD2
- Mush for Xbox LIVE video preview surfaces
- Hurricane Season on your Windows Phone
August 26
- Transitioning to Windows Phones: Device Roundup
- Sonic CD coming to Xbox Live, Sonic 4 Episode II planned for 2012
- HTC Omega pictures surface and it's different
August 25
- AppFlow - Quick Look
- No LED API available for Developers
- Unknown LG-T130L Windows Phone shows up on Occasional Gamer
- Lync Mobile for Windows Phone and more FF camera talk
- MS confirms front-facing cameras with Skype support
- Mango supports Internet Sharing/Mobile Hot Spot feature
August 24
- HTC London event also in Madrid, Paris and Berlin
- Mysterious HTC Radiant spotted on WP Bench
- Windows Phone in Google Analytics
- Bunch of new Mango Windows Phones show up on WP Bench
- Cro-Mag Rally developer humbly details upcoming patch
- Xbox Live Developer Interview: PopCap Games, makers of Plants vs. Zombies
- Bike Mania - Review
- Windows Phone game roundup: Occassional Gamer
- Windows Phone "robot blog" launches
- MS confirms details about Tango
- AT&T Roadmap leaks: Two Windows Phone 7.5 devices (Samsung & HTC)
- Facebook's dormant Places service axed
August 23
- WPCentral Podcast 123
- Japanese SDK 7.1 RC available [Developers]
- Houston, we have Mango app submission [Developers]
- It's official: KDDI launching Fujitsu IS12T starting August 25th
- LG E906 running Mango shows up as Jil Sander Design
- Nokia SeaRay shows up on Perez's stat list--different than Nokia 800?
- WPCentral is giving away a Windows Phone (Last Reminder)
- Tanks are rolling into the Marketplace
- Microsoft demos Kinectimals 360/WP7 integration [Video]
- AdDuplex adds to the pot to attract developers
- Love Clean Streets and Windows Azure [Video]
August 22
- HTC September 1st Event to focus on Mango?
- Case-Mate Pop - Case Review
- Fix for Samsung Focus SIM/MMS trouble
- Fujitsu IS12T gets benchmarked, crushes older Windows Phones
- Microsoft granted patent on Metro UI? (updated)
- Windows Phone Summary of the Week: August 15-21, 2011
August 21
- Trine's Hangman gets updated and then some
August 20
- Trouble sending or recieving MMS on your Venue Pro?
- Microsoft free 'Jump start ' Webinar for Mango [Developers]
- HTC to hold public event on September 1st
- Gelaskins - Review
- Microsoft extending a hand to webOS developers
August 19
- Russian Windows Phone dev podcast launches
- HTC Omega Windows Phone shows up in gaming stats
- HP shutting down webOS device operations
- Developer Interview: Levi Fussell
August 18
- We're In from Microsoft brings friend finder to Bing, Windows Phone
- Dilbert's Scott Adams declares Windows Phone a "winner" against iPhone 3GS, EVO 3D
- More details about Xbox Live's upcoming Fast Async multiplayer feature
- WPCentral is giving away a Windows Phone (Reminder)
- Android gets some Metro flava with updated Bing client
- Microsoft giving out Windows Phones to celebs: Blake Griffin edition
- Windows Phone logo for Facebook gets a remake
- Number Guru - App Spotlight
August 17
- Tetris is the Xbox Live Deal of the Week, comrades
- New device names hint at upcoming Windows Phones
- Polar Mobile signs deal with Nokia for Windows Phone apps
- Kinectimals to feature kinect-kitty, I mean connectivity
- IAGWH2 - Review
- Indie console developers discuss why they aren't porting their games to Windows Phone
August 16
- Fujitsu IS12T pricing revealed--it ain't cheap
- Fourteen new XBox Live titles heading to Windows Phone
- More new Games Hub features for WP7 en route
- SkyDrive Player - not great, but not bad either
- Beards and Beaks Cave DLC now available
- MSFT and Nokia stocks get a boost from Google's deal
August 15
- Verizon trade-in program will offer basic phone users $100 to upgrade
- WPCentral Podcast 122
- AT&T fights back at anti-merger arbitration cases
- Google to acquire Motorola Mobility
- Tank Battle - Review
- Word Blast - Review
August 14
- Android vs Windows Phone free apps - A case study
- Windows Phone wallpapers with that Metro look
- Windows Phone Summary of the Week: August 8-14, 2011
- Major update in the works for LazyTube
August 13
- Microsoft invested millions in GPS-social network Waze?
- That Toshiba TG01 with Windows Phone 7 is now on eBay
August 12
- Words by Post - Review
- Compal shipping first of 2 million phones to Nokia in September
- Basecamp - Review
- Google accuses Microsoft of revealing "highly confidential" Android source code. What?
- Microsoft employees getting Mango (7720) starting today?
- Windows Phone Mango's Push Notifications and Live Tile Support [Video]
- Minesweeper and Sudoko stirring up a storm
August 11
- Gelaskin: A different kinda case for your Windows Phone
- Samsung GT-i8350 could be "Omnia W"
- Two Mango powered HTC devices get Bluetooth certification
- Tube8 brings some "adult content" to Windows Phone (blush)
- HTC teaming up with Beats Electronics, new phones on the way?
August 10
- Samsung Omnia 7 running Mango RTM ?
- Neil Stevens offers a glimpse of Skype's future
- Samsung's GT-i8350 running Mango inches closer to release with BT cert
- Minesweeper and Sudoku are now available for free on Xbox Live
- Traffic and Travel UK available and updated
- Nokia to make Windows Phone 7 the main focus of new devices in North America
August 9
- A few Microsoft execs have some fun [Video]
- AT&T's T-Mobile acquisition not a slam dunk at FCC
- Nokia Sea Ray out for testing, shows up on mobile speed test
- WPCentral Podcast 121
August 8
- Samsung gives away Rubik's Cube game
- Microsoft's Charlie Kindel is leaving to start a new adventure
- Fruit Ninja Kinect chops its way to Xbox 360 this week
- Indie game IonBall gets Xbox Live sequel with all the trimmings
- Windows Phone Summary of the Week: August 1-7, 2011
- Developer Interview: Alexey Strakh of gMaps
- Kik gets SSL encryption, bug fixes
August 7
- From the forums...
August 6
- Exclusive: GameHouse announces five new Xbox Live titles
- Darks Forces Team releases Mango 7713 Custom ROM for HTC Windows Phones
- Xbox Live Developer Interview: Game House, makers of Doodle Jump and Sally's Salon
- Taipei has a ton of enthusiasm for Windows Phone Mango
- Silverlight Toolkit for WP7 getting an August-Mango refresh [Developers]
August 5
- Free MS ebooks now offered in reader formats
- WhatsApp messenger working on a Windows Phone client?
- Samsung responds to Omnia 7 users with fix
- Elop on MeeGo and WP7
- App Developer Hackathon announced for October
- Activity Roulette - Review
- Google responds to Microsoft and vice-versa
- Monkey Mini Golf - Review
August 4
- Official Brother iPrint&Scan app now available
- Minesweeper + Sudoku Xbox Live games coming on August 10!
- HD7 gets first custom ROM
- Google throws a tantrum -- accuses Microsoft, others, of "hostile, organized campaign"
- MustEatBrains - Review
August 3
- Kinect integration with Windows Phone Mango
- Signup for the file:recon beta
- Toshiba is breaking up with Fujitsu
- Tentacles too tough - fix on the way
- Supertube update in the pipeline, adding desktop sync
- Sea Ray not to be in attendance at Gamescom event
August 2
- IS12T updated to RTM build, adds system info
- WPCentral Podcast 120
- Brandon Foy lands at Microsoft
- Microsoft makes changes to geolocation service
- First Mango device from Nokia to "officially" appear on August 17th?
August 1
- New Windows Phone Mango square logo gets official
- Student developer contest still running, win Mango devices
- Share music and video via Messenger in Mango [Video]
- Beards and Beaks - Review
- Frogger - Review
- Falling Skies - Review
- Bubble Town 2 - Review
- DFT releases tools for custom ROMs on HTC Windows Phones
- Bandit: Rustler - Review