Windows Phone 8 Start Screen Gets Makeover

Windows Phone 8 start screen

One of the bigger changes announced today at the Windows Phone Summit were changes to the start screen on Windows Phone 8. You can now set the size of tiles and the ability to customize gets even more emphasis in Windows Phone 8. Never thought of this, but what a great idea. Takes live tiles and adds more customization options, without losing any of beauty of the metro … [Read more...]

The First Live Tile App Hits The Marketplace

WeatherBug is the first third party app we've spotted that actually takes advantage of WP7's live tile abilities. The live tile has current weather conditions, with the ability to use push notifications to pop up if there are severe weather conditions in your area. Depending on how often you need the updates to come through on the live tile, you can manually set the interval … [Read more...]