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June 30
- Windows Phone Developer Interview: Fisayo Adeleke of Markets & Me
- Windows Phone UK Dare to Live challenge tackles Brighton
- Nokia Lumia 610 now available on Vodafone in New Zealand
June 29
- JDB Pocketware's $.99 "Like" sale, entire app catalog on sale
- Samsung semi-launches Omnia M Windows Phone in China
- RIM said thanks, but no thanks, to Windows Phone
- US Cellular throws its support behind Windows Phone 8
- Windows Phone Central Ringtone Contest Winners! (Updated)
- Windows Phone Game Round-up: Platformer Games
- Windows Phone 8 Marketplace to support 180 countries at launch
- Official Twitter app for Windows Phone finally gets Notifications in latest update
June 28
- BaconSync Beta for Baconit (try saying it five times fast) in the works
- Nokia backs Elop and Windows Phone despite low stock levels
- AT&T internal document reveals Windows Phone 7.8 coming after Windows Phone 8 launch
- Windows Phone Game Review: Staring Contest
- Editorial - Windows Phone getting fragged
- Windows Phone Geek opens Developer Marketplace to all
- Bing Venue Maps gets updated with thousands of shopping malls for around the world
- Microsoft testing a more Metro influenced website design
- Xbox Live - Sid Meier's Pirates! pillaging bugs in latest update
- Windows Phone Game Review: Ape The Wall
- Vodafone AU rolling out Windows Phone Tango update for Lumia 800 and Trophy
- Lumia 900 users on Rogers reporting Tango update coming through
- Can't wait for the Windows Phone Tango update? Download the CAB file now and do it yourself.
- Magenta Lumia 900 ROM for AT&T shows up on Nokia's servers. Close to release?
- Sweet Sync for SugarSync gets updated, adds background photo sync
June 27
- The competition - Google's Android 4.1 announcements and a new 7" tablet
- Qualcomm offering $200,000 for best Windows RT apps
- Windows Phone Refresh (a.k.a. Tango) starts global roll out
- Review: Nokia Gel Case and Bumper cases for the Lumia 900
- Xbox Live - Super Monkey Ball 2 brings deja vu and minigames to the Marketplace
- Zynga announces ‘With Friends’ social gaming network with Windows Phone support
June 26
- T-Mobile US pushes back Windows Phone Refresh (Tango) Lumia update 710 rollout to June 27
- Microsoft Job post hints at bringing Windows Phone and Kinect to cars
- Nokia Lumia 710 Dark Knight Rises cover winners!
- Audible for Windows Phone now live in the UK Marketplace
- New Smoked by Windows Phone advertisements published
- An exclusive look at the rebalancing of Chickens Can't Fly for Windows Phone
- Windows Phone Summary of the Week: June 18 - 24, 2012
- Windows Phone App Review: Moquu
- Poll results: 54% think Microsoft should re-name WP8 to Windows 8 Phone instead
June 25
- Official: Microsoft buys Yammer for $1.2 billion to boost cloud services
- Traffic data comes to UK and Italy in continued Bing Maps update
- Monday Brief: Windows Phone 8 Unveiled, BB10 with a Physical Keyboard, and more!
- E-Plus releases Windows Phone Tango update for Lumia 800
- Windows Phone Tango update in testing at Telstra
- Windows Phone Game Review: Pairanoia
- PGA Tour app is available for Lumia Windows Phones
June 24
- Microsoft Store opening soon in Westchester, NY
- Last day to catch Twabbit for $.99
June 23
- The Microsoft Store opening in Danbury, Connecticut - A WPCentral reader report
- Xbox Live - Monster Island expands to France and other nations
- Xbox Live Developer Interview: IronSun Studios, makers of MonstaFish and Fathom
- More Windows Phone Avatar props show up but this time in the Dutch Marketplace
- Vodafone Australia launches My Vodafone app for Windows Phone users
- Microsoft getting ready to rock Danbury, Connecticut tomorrow for new Store opening
- Nokia Maps updated, fixes issues with favorites and places
June 22
- Surface Tablets rumors on pricing and being WiFi-only make their rounds
- Poll results - Majority of Windows Phone users happy with proposed 7.8 update
- Some users complaining of Nokia Lumia 900 "Akron, Ohio GPS bug" [Updated]
- Nokia's Camera Extras & Play To available for Lumia Windows Phones
- Looking at Windows Phone 8 from a developer's perspective
- Tango Windows Phone update rolling out for Nokia Lumia 710 on Rogers
- Super Monkey Ball 2 rolling to Xbox Live on Windows Phone next week
- St. Louis Windows Phone Development Workshop. Nokia will be there, how about you?
June 21
- More Windows Phone 8 features come to light
- HTC Windows Phone 8 specs leaked for three new phones
- Audible goes live on the Windows Phone Marketplace
- Carphone Warehouse starting the Windows Phone 8 hype
- Windows Phone App Review: Thumbz
- Full Windows Phone Summit presentation now available for viewing
- WPCentral Podcast - Windows Phone 8 and its future (w/ Special Guest: Paul Thurrott)
- Huawei confirm they are joining the Windows Phone 8 gang: Press release
June 20
- Windows Phone 7.8 update available in weeks? [Updated--not exactly]
- AT&T throws its support behind Windows Phone 8
- Microsoft announces the new Start Screen for Windows Phone 8 (Updated with Video)
- Windows Phone 8 updates will all be delivered Over the Air
- Words with Friends and DrawSomething coming to Windows Phone this Fall
- Dropbox reads your files...kinda
- Microsoft officially confirms over 100,000 apps in the Windows Phone Marketplace
- HTC, Samsung, Nokia and Huawei are announced as Windows Phone 8 launch partners
- Microsoft reveals Skype & 3rd party VOIP integration for Windows Phone 8
- Microsoft unveils Windows Phone 7.8 update for current hardware
- Microsoft announces Nokia Map Technology for Windows Phone 8
- Windows Phone Summit: New resolutions revealed for Windows Phone 8
- Microsoft officially announces Windows Phone 8
- WPCentral at the Windows Phone Summit - Live Blog
- Xbox 360 - Summer of Arcade 2012 schedule announced
- Windows Phone Game Review: MotoX Mayhem
June 19
- The Windows Phone Summit--What we know and what we're expecting
- Nokia's Monday Announcement: Nokia 808 coming to the U.S.
- Nokia, T-Mobile and the Dark Knight team up for the Lumia 710 Xpress-on covers promotion
- Carphone Warehouse gets excited about the Microsoft Surface
- Nokia giving away free Monster headphones with a Lumia purchase
- Is your Windows Phone a health risk?
- Netflix App to be available for the Surface Tablets
- Windows Phone App Review: myHealthbox
- Full video of Microsoft's Surface announcement now available for your viewing
- Fling coming to Xbox Live on Windows Phone this Wednesday on the cheap
- What we know about the camera on the Microsoft Surface tablets
- Surface website for all that is the Surface
- What does the new Microsoft Surface tablet cost?
- Microsoft Surface Tablets to sport VaporMg casing
- Microsoft's Mystery Monday revealed: Surface Tablets
June 18
- Microsoft Surface PC promo video
- The new Microsoft Surface image gallery
- Windows Phone hot on the heels of Android when it comes to app developers?
- Photosynth version 1.1 update is a must have update
- T-Mobile USA to start pushing out Windows Phone Refresh (Tango) for Lumia 710 on June 20
- Windows Phone Refresh (Tango) on Microsoft's Update History site
- Windows Phone App Review: Track My Life
- Monday Brief: WWDC Coverage, BB10 images, and more!
June 17
- From the Forums: Xbox companion, SmartGlass and Exclusive apps (Hot Thread)
June 16
- Nokia releases 'Climate Mission 3D' game exclusively for Lumia Windows Phones (Video)
- Windows Phone Game Review: Smashing Planets
- Microsoft's (old) Xbox 720 roadmap through 2015 leaked online [Updated]
- NY Times: On Monday Microsoft will unveil their own tablet, will take on the iPad
- Windows Phone Central Ringtone Contest (Reminder)
June 15
- Zombies, Run!, a different type fitness game, is heading to the Marketplace
- Microsoft improving Marketplace turn around times
- Barnes & Noble, Microsoft and tablets make for some interesting speculation for Monday
- Nokia's Creative Studio gets updated to version 1.3
- Windows Phone Case Review: BodyGuardz Protective Skin
- Poll: Is your Nokia Lumia 900 still having WiFi issues?
June 14
- Microsoft's Mysterious Monday Meeting
- AMC Theaters launches their official app for Windows Phone
- Elop: Nokia making cheaper Windows Phones to "compete with Android agressively"
- Logoarama reachs version 1.2, adds more gaming levels
- The New York Times announces version 2.0 of their Windows Phone app
- Windows Phone Game Round-up: Doodle Games
- Nokia plans to reduce up to 10,000 positions globally by the end of 2013
- Nokia acquires imaging firm Scalado to enhance Lumia line of Windows Phones
- Alleged shots of Nokia prototype Windows Phone 8 device leak, shows 54GB of storage
- Nokia Lumia 800 now available in Venezuela on Movistar
- Myth Busting Part 2: "Neon" is the next version of Windows Phone
- Myth Busting Part 1: Yahoo! News says Mango phones won't get Windows Phone 8 Apollo
- LinkedIn email marketing for their Windows Mobile app?
June 13
- Nokia advertisements surface highlighting the Lumia 610
- Xbox Live Companion app updated for iOS, released for Android, holds tight for Windows Phone
- Windows Phone Xbox Live Review: Civilization Revolution
- Supposed leaked screenshots of Windows Phone 8 Apollo appear, show off Skype and Lenses
- At last, Final Fantasy appears on the Windows Phone Marketplace
- What is a Windows Phone VIP?
- Quick Shift updated, adds free version and new game modes to the mix
June 12
- St. Louis Windows Phone Development Workshop with Nokia (Reminder)
- Windows Phone App Review: Countdown Tiles
- Generation App, helping you build a Windows Phone app in 30 days
- Nokia Lumia 900 Case Review: Case-Mate Tough Case
- Apple strikes out with iOS 6 Or: How Windows Phone 8 will be more impressive.
- LINE messaging by Naver now available for Windows Phone
June 11
- gMaps Pro for Windows Phone: Video Overview
- Report: Microsoft decided against buying Nokia, for now
- Toddler goes gaga over Windows Phone commercial
- Windows Phone successes and failures at E3 2012
- Nokia Lumia 900 now available in Germany via Amazon.de
- Windows Phone Review: Doodle Bomber 7
- Monday Brief: WWDC Kicks Off, SGS3 Review, Project SmartGlass, and More!
- Windows Phone Central Ringtone Contest (Win a Nokia Play 360)
June 10
- Show your loved one you care with Thinking of You messaging for Windows Phone
- Best Buy offering T-Mobile Lumia 710 Windows Phone on prepaid plan
- Official Foursquare app gets Windows Phone Tango certified but no overhaul for new service
- Windows Phone Central's favorite Xbox Live Arcade games of E3 2012
- E3 2012 - Ascend: New Gods XBLA gameplay and Windows Phone details
- Apple Store employees check out Microsoft Store opening in Freehold, NJ
June 9
- Windows Phone Game Review: Flick Baseball
- Microsoft opens Cafe Press store for Windows Phone Gear
June 8
- Final Fantasy becomes the first Xbox Live RPG on Windows Phone next week
- From the Forums: Games Spotlight
- Nokia's giving away a few Purity Headsets
- Contract Killer for Xbox Live on Windows Phone exclusive E3 2012 demonstration
- Windows Phone Photo Panorama Round-up
- Microsoft's Mayhem Project turns your Windows Phone into a powerful remote control
- Reminder: gMaps Pro free on Friday
June 7
- Dark Knight Rises Nokia Lumia 710 cases surface
- Windows Phone device registration no longer limited to one account [Developers]
- Nokia Lumia 900 choice of Los Angeles based Woodcraft Rangers
- Nokia Lumia 900 Case Review: Case-Mate Pop! Case
- Samsung releases ChatON messaging app for Windows Phone users
June 6
- Nokia releases Goal.com 2012 Finals app for Lumia Windows Phones
- Windows Phone Game Review: Wizard Wars
- HTC TITAN and Sensation XL switch operating systems
- Millennial Media releases advertising SDK for Windows Phone
- AT&T Lumia 900 gets firmware update, fixes display issue and more
- Does having a gyroscope affect PhotoSynth?
- Doodle God: Xbox Windows Phone Review
- Assassin's Creed slays its own price as the Xbox Live Deal of the Week
- Battleship now sinking ships on Xbox Live for Windows Phone
- Microsoft Account goes minimalist in latest redesign for consumers
June 5
- Reminder: All Liquid Daffodil apps now freely available through June 8th
- Microsoft set to open up a store in Puerto Rico?
- Roger's Lumia 710 officially being powered by Windows Phone Tango. Sign of impending update?
- First look: Battleship for Xbox LIVE on Windows Phone (Video)
- OverDrive Media Console gets updated
- Microsoft Store coming soon to Florida Mall in Orlando
- The Xbox Live Arcade games of Microsoft's E3 2012 Press Conference
- Windows Phone featured in Ubisoft's Watch Dogs E3 Introduction Trailer
- Xbox Entertainment E3 demonstration [Video]
- Microsoft releases on{X} for Android and makes us a bit jealous
- Windows Phone Marketplace hits 100,000 apps!
- Wordament update on the way, bringing improved connectivity and other features
- Windows Phone App Review: Photosynth
- Nokia Maps updated to version 2.0
June 4
- Summing up the Microsoft E3 Presentation
- 3 Screens, 1 Voice: How Windows and Xbox are merging
- Slacker Radio bringing music, sport, comedy and more to the Xbox 360
- Microsoft unveils Xbox SmartGlass at E3 to bring the living room TV to life
- All Liquid Daffodil apps now available for free through June 7th
- Microsoft Xbox E3 Liveblog!
- Nokia Lumia 900 officially set to be released on June 16th in China
- HTC Titan II vs. Nokia Lumia 900, it really goes beyond hardware
- Monday Brief: RIM Rollercoaster, EVO LTE Review, iOS 6 Predictions, and More!
- Windows Phone Summary of the Week: May 28 - June 3, 2012
June 3
- Reminder: Xbox E3 Liveblog tomorrow 9am PDT
- Nokia signs product placement deal with UK TV soap Hollyoaks
- Prototype Sony Ericsson "Julie" Windows Phone [Video]
June 2
- The Dark Knight Rises now available for Lumia Windows Phones
- Birdsong version 1.7 now live on the Windows Phone Marketplace
- Windows Phone Game Review: Chain Explosion
- Windows Phone Central's E3 2012 Weekend Trailer Roundup
- Xbox Live - Super Monkey Ball's Price falls off a cliff, now 99 cents
- Windows Phone Marketplace down in China for over 20 hours?
- Does the color of your Windows Phone say anything about you?
June 1
- ESPNcricinfo: For those who like a good game of cricket
- Google complains about antitrust issues, pointing fingers at Microsoft and Nokia
- E3 Sneak Peek: Xbox Smart Glass
- Sneak Peek: MonsterUp Adventures for Windows Phone (Video)
- HTC Titan and Radar Windows Phones get unlocked bootloader and custom ROMs
- Lumia 710 available at Carphone Warehouse for just £99.99
- Nokia Lumia 900 shows up on Fox's "Touch", sports AirGraffiti app