The Windows Phone app BingVision allows users to acess product information by scanning QR codes or Microsoft tags using the camera, but Bing Vision has been updated to read barcodes on books, CDs, and DVDs. Not only will Bing glean information about the specific product, the service will supply users with details of local availability and cost comparison so Windows Phone users can check prices on the move. The feature is already live. Admittedly the functionality has been available on a certain Apple smartphone for a good while now, but it's great to see the Windows Phone environment catching up. Another newly-added feature in the Bing search engine is the ability to photograph a newspaper [...]

Here’s something that should make the grade for Windows Phone users who were feeling down in the dumps for their not-so-updated Facebook app. After making many arch their shoulders for a long time, Windows Phone has now finally received the much-needed Facebook App Update for users out there. The recently unleashed version 2.3 features a host of new features and significant changes that have been recommended by Windows Phone Facebook users. Now that should certainly be a load off for a lot there! Interestingly, the revamped app will now come embedded with a novel, attractive panorama design and a fresh profile layout. This may tickle pink those who want to stay knitted with others with [...]

Microsoft’s Marketplace for Windows Phone apps is still rather small – it has only about 40,000 apps, which isn’t much compared to the hundreds of thousand apps available in Android Market and App Store. However, quantity isn’t always quality. While there’s so much trash among the apps created for Android and iOS, among Microsoft’s 40,000 you can find some really good and useful ones, and most of them are free. Let’s try to find out which are the best and the most popular apps designed for Windows Phone Mango. You can download them and use on any phone running WP Mango, like the Nokia Lumia 800, the HTC Titan and many others. 1. Spotify I haven’t seen any article [...]

Microsoft is reportedly preparing up to six additional form factors which will be permitted to run Windows Phone as their operating system. Albert Shum, General Manager of the Windows Phone design studio, recently unveiled plans for a broader Windows Phone ecosystem based on multiple form factors. The news comes less than a week after Microsoft published details of spec requirements for its next-gen handsets, including multi-core CPUs, NFC functionality and full microSD support. Now it seems four different display resolution will be allowed - and the largest design shown has no physical keyboard or buttons and might be pitched as a direct competitor to the Samsung Galaxy Note. Another [...]

Windows Phone 7.5 mango will be featured on the new Titan 2 when it arrives, possibly at MWC in Barcelona, so to set the scene we're going to take a closer look at the original Titan, complete with Windows Phone 7 OS. Mango or not, the 4.7-inch display is the most striking feature of the Titan. The Titan stretches a mighty 131mm x 71mm but weighs in at a lightish 160g. For all that screen real estate the Titan is still not too chunky - just 9.9mm thick. The included headset is poor, but swapping the stock headset for decent headphones proves there is nothing wrong with the audio output of the Titan as such, it's just a question of how you capture and render that output. So Titan buyers [...]