After 7 months of development, XDA's official app for Windows Phone 7 is here. It is equipped with Toast notifications and Live Tile support, so you can receive real-time PM notifications. Sporting the Metro user interface, the XDA app let's users: View forums Send/receive PMs Subscribe to forum Read and respond to posts Check news from the Portal Download it here for $0.99. Source...
Not long after the HTC Mozart NoDo factory ROM was leaked on XDA, ROMs for its sister devices, Trophy and HD7, have arrived as well. They sport the same version number as the Mozart, 7355-89, and are unbranded with no carrier customizations. The European ROMs support English, German, Spanish, French and Italian. In case you have been living in a cave up until recently, the NoDo...
A ROM Manual Kitchen has been released to allow developers and technically savvy folk to create and develop custom ROMs for WP7 devices. Haseeb Ahmed, a senior XDA member is behind the first ROM kitchen to be released into the WP7 realm, and a GUI based version is planned to be developed, but hasn't been 100% confirmed. The archive contains a HTC ROM Image Editor with HV Edit and IMGFS...
Can't decide between WP7 and Android? Thanks to some of the minds at XDA, now you don't have, if you have an HTC HD2. Due to limitations in both operating systems, WP7 will reside in NAND memory and Android will be booted from an SD card. Here's what you will need for the recommended method: 16GB microSD card (this will be your everyday card) 8GB microSD card (this will be used to...
One thing that seems to be missing from all of the audiobook apps in the Marketplace is the ability to easily bookmark your spot in an MP3 and return to it. XDA member, dbroome, has developed AudioBookMark, which as the name implies, does just that. AudioBookMark not only remembers which MP3 file you are listening to, but where in that file as well. And in case you are someone who...
Looking for a Star Wars app that will have your Windows Phone growl like a Wookie? Comment on the powers of the dark side of the Force?If so, XDA Developers member bo11ux has developed an app that might fit the bill. The Star Wars Sounds app is a soundboard highlighting twelve characters from the popular sci-fi movie. Simply tap on the icon for a particular character to hear the...
Well, the tweet says it all.Of course what it means exactly is unclear, but with the recent ruling on DRM and 'jailbreaking', there's no reason to think that XDA members won't be able to unlock our devices at some point and support 'sideloading'. Just like we suggested.w00tfootnote: While XDA Market is the product of XDA-developers member davidgiga, it isn't an official XDA-developers...
Those brave souls at xda-developers are at it again. XDA forum member OndraSter has released an Alpha version of an application that reportedly enables pinch to zoom functionality on devices with resistive touch screens, such as the HTC Touch Pro2. At this point I haven’t been able to make it work on my AT&T Tilt 2, but we are talking about Alpha software; so try at your...
XdaRoms.com has added a membership system to their website. XdaRoms is a relatively new website repository for custom or cooked Roms. As the inventory of roms build, it may very well become a one stop shop to satisfy your cooked rom appetite. XdaRoms membership gives you the ability to post roms and news. We have also been told by the website creator, bowpay, that in the very near...
We’ve been keeping an eye on Google Visual Voicemail (GVV) for the last week or so. Now that XDA user Sl4sher has gotten some of the kinks worked out, we’re comfortable putting it out there for our readers.The concept behind GVV is to give you quick and easy access to your Google Voice Voicemail. Messages can be downloaded and cached to allow playback on your device. After you are done...
Need a one stop shop for custom ROMs? Want to see what a particular chef has cooked up? XDA ROMs is hoping to fit those needs. XDA ROMS is a clearing house of sorts for cooked ROMS that has been created by bowpay, an XDA Developer's Forum member. The cooking is categorized based on the device, chef, language and OS. XDA ROMS also has the ability to compare up to five ROMS side by...
One of the many creative minds over at XDA Developers may has come up with a way to turn your HTC HD2 into a metal detector. XDA member 6Fg8 has created an application, Metal Detector 0.2.0.0, that works under the premises that the built in compass on the HD2 relies on the earth's magnetic field to calculate the deviation from magnetic north. If you put a piece of metal near the...
Rumors abound in regards to Windows Mobile 7, HTC's HD2, and Microsoft's purported Chassis 1. Speculation stems from the story that Microsoft has a "reference chassis" for Windows Mobile 7, and the fact that the HD2 is the only device which qualifies based on the rumored hardware requirements.The latest round of conjecture is based on an XDA post detailing the response that he...
Trying to keep up with which ROM chef is cooking what and when is enough to drive you batty. (Or in Malatesta's case, enough to make you start cooking your own ROMs.) So, we've started adding chefs to a Twitter list. Give it a look-see. By no means is it comprehensive (yet), so sound off in the comments if you know of someone we should add.
Let's say you're, erm, on Sprint, and let's say you've, erm, somehow lost your NFL Mobile Live app and need to, erm, reload it. (See where we're going with this?) A CAB file's available that puts your favorite NFL team and the latest news, scores and a whole lot more than, erm, Sprint customers have enjoyed for some time now. XDA Developers
For those who just can't wait till Opera 9.7+ and want to add Flash support to your existing in-ROM Opera Mobile browser, aDEO at XDA has updated that amazing little tool called fixOperaFlash.Hacking Flash into Opera has been around for awhile, but aDEO's app makes it the process a matter of clicking a few buttons with a fancy and sophisticated installer. The program was just recently...
To refresh, back a few months some letters went out to XDA regarding their hosting of custom ROMs containing WM6.5. Then it appeared to many of us that this was some hoax, specifically the legitimacy of one "James Young"...internet investigator! (dun dun...dun!) came into question. Flash forward a few months and replace WM6.5 with WM6.5.1 and we get a (redacted) letter basically saying...
Birthdays and anniversaries are important to remember, sure. But we all know how best to use calendars: To know when your favorite sports team is playing. Enter iCalendarFactory, which adds sports teams' schedules to your calendar.It only syncs 30 days at a time right now, and schedules are manually uploaded by the developer, so it's a little more hands-on than we'd like to see. But it'...
Getting tired of the HTC Leo yet? How about its massive 4.3-inch screen and Snapdragon processor? OK, us either.B3ler3fonte at XDA Developers [via wmpu] is letting loose with some more details, including:No TV-out support.No digital compass.As for the size: "Phone actually feels great holding it and i can say that despite its screen size, its weigh and size (meaning that its really thin...
It seems like only yesterday that we learned the Samsung Epix was slated for an official update to Windows Mobile 6.5. But if you can't wait, several *ahem* unofficial ROMs are available from XDA Developers, of course.You can choose from builds 23017 and 23037, but do so at your own risk, of course.For those of you who like to walk the straight and narrow, we're now expecting the...