So you’ve been brave and ditched your iPhone or Android phone for Windows Phone 7. Good move. Loving the UX? So are we. But wait! Where are the awesome apps we loved on the ruling mobile platforms of the world? The Twitter app blows. There’s no Reeder for Windows Phone 7. No good IM clients. Heck, there’s no Instagram or PicPlz! Gasp!Fear not, fellow Windows Phone 7 users. While there’s not much we can do about the apps issue, there’s a way to take photos with cool effects and share them on your social networking websites through a few simple steps. You won’t be able to check in to Foursquare but seriously, that’s not the end of the world.  Read more...

Permalink: Do you miss Instagram and PicPlz on Windows Phone 7? Here’s an alternative method to share Photos!

According to an anonymous source at WinRumors, Microsoft may be getting ready to release an SDK (software development kit) for Kinect, the Xbox 360 motion sensor, to support Windows PCs and it may happen a lot sooner than anticipated, most likely this summer. The first beta of the official SDK could well be released in the next few months allowing third-party developers to create titles that utilize the Kinect sensor when plugged into a PC.  Read more...

Permalink: Kinect Support For Windows PCs Coming This Summer!

Even before it could be released to the OEM manufacturing partners of Microsoft who always get the code before the official release to start integration process, the final RTM version of Windows 7 SP1 and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 (Service Pack 1) have been leaked in the wild and are now available all over the internet. The rumors were hinting at SP1 release on January 18th, however it appears both the Service Packs can be grabbed right now.  Read more...

Permalink: Windows 7 SP1 (Service Pack 1) Final RTM Leaked All Over The Internet!

So you think you can dance? Wanna share your dance moves with the world? No problem! In fact, you can actually do it right from your living room. All you need is an Xbox 360 gaming console with Kinect™ motion senor and you can join the “Dance Central Dance Battle” social media challenge, presented by Brickfish.com. All you need to do is download the sample music from here, and create a dance video of you and your friends with Kinect™ sensor using to Dance Central for Xbox 360. SImply upload that video with a brief description why you are excited to get Xbox Dance Central and why your video is the best! Finalists will get exciting prizes such as an Xbox 360 250 GB Console with Kinect or a Samsung 55″ Class LED-LCD 1080p HDTV.  Read more...

Permalink: Xbox 360 “Dance Central Dance Battle” Challenge, Join Now For FREE & Win Exciting Prizes!

After ages of wishing, users have finally gotten their hands on a working WP7 ROM for Windows Phone 7. But an issue has remained that Windows Live/Xbox Live Services do not work on it by default. A fix has been developed for it though by guys over at XDA. Here’s how you can fix Windows Live/Xbox Live services on your HTC HD 2 running WP7 ROM:  Read more...

Permalink: How to Get Live Services Fully Working on HTC HD2 Running Windows Phone 7 ( WP7 ROM )

First fully working Windows Phone 7 ROM for HTC HD2 has just been released unofficially. The project is still experimental, the ROM being labeled as LEO_WP7 ROM, courtesy of the DFT (Dark Forces Team). Currently there is no Live! service access on this WP7 ROM but may be fixed in the next release. You can grab the ROM for your HD 2 via download link below. Complete description, log and some videos of WP7 Rom in action on HTC HD 2 have been published by MobileTechWorld.  Read more...

Permalink: BREAKING! First Working Windows Phone 7 ROM For HTC HD 2 Released [Unofficial]

After all the Kinect hacks we’ve been posting here on iTD, it shouldn’t come as a surprise that Kinect support for PCs is on the cards.  The confirmation came through BBC’s show Click Online, when Ballmer told them:  Read more...

Permalink: Kinect Support for Windows PC planned says Ballmer

This is a pleasant surprise for us Windows Phone 7 users. Flickr has announced an upcoming app for Windows 7 and Windows Phone 7 that easily puts the iPhone version and the non-existent iPad version to shame. It makes great use of panoramic UI, home screen tiles and the interactive UX of Windows Phone 7 which just can’t be matched by any other platform out there at the moment. We just hope the performance is on par with the native apps in Windows Phone 7.  Read more...

Permalink: Flickr App for Windows 7 and Windows Phone 7 Coming Soon

Microsoft Studios have announced the launch of an Avatar Kinect for coming Spring. In regards to what this new add-on exactly is, the Avatar Kinect is supposed to be a feature that allows communications between players relative to a virtual home-like setting. Although one may feel that this should have been announced together with the announcement of the Xbox 360 kinect, but oh well, it was not to be.  You may also argue that this is a complete PlayStation 3 Home knock-off, but then again you need to live with it; it might just turn out to be something better, who knows.  Read more...

Permalink: Avatar Kinect connects in Spring (Video)

Yes, it’s true. We had previously covered how Kinect hacks had paved way for RTS interface concept and also how Kinect could augment images of the user. This time round, we show you how Kinect usage has become even more practical with the allowance of home grown motion capture.  Motion capture is not easy business by any means – it involves effort which is why most amateurs would avoid such a thing. One thing that really makes it a piece of cake is Microsoft’s Kinect. How? Well, through yet another Kinect hack, what else!  We have seen them before and we see another impressive effort right here.  Read more...

Permalink: From a Motion-Sensing Kinect to a Motion Capturing Kinect device [Kinect Hack Video]