Archive for the 'homebrew' Category



Folders for Windows homebrew app brings folders to Windows Phone 7

Thursday 3 May 2012 @ 9:20 am
Do you have an HTC Windows Phone? Or are you on the edge, waiting for that one necessary feature to be added to Windows Phone? Today Windows Phone Hacker released its homebrew application known as “Folders for Windows.” This app allows for the creation of folders in the app menu. Now remember this app is [...]





Mango, Windows Phone Beta: Part One

Friday 1 July 2011 @ 7:27 am
So if you have a developer registered Windows Phone, hopefully by now you have received your invite to update to the trial, beta of Mango, the next build of Windows Phone. If you’re like me you dev unlocked your device to take advantage of homebrew apps like registry editors, file managers etc. As drastic as [...]





Screen Capture App for WP7, Homebrew!

Friday 27 May 2011 @ 6:32 am
One of the essential tools for bloggers when reviewing mobile phones and applications is the ability to capture screenshots of the device and application in action. Makes sense right? Isn’t picture is worth a thousand words? But the native API’s for Windows Phone, don’t allow for that functionality. Although I’ve posted about screenshots on WP7 [...]





Windows Phone Device Manager Public Beta!

Friday 22 April 2011 @ 8:46 am
When I first became aware that this application would be possible, it was the news that it might provide an alternative WP7 unlock tool, to ChevronWP7, which was by then withdrawn. The developer Julien Schapman, has released a series of Windows Mobile and Windows Phone utilities, after the news though that he had cracked Windows [...]