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Jacob Gable has developed a custom Admob control for Windows Phone 7 which he believes offers better performance and features than Robert Gelb’s Admob WP7 control ( covered here ). His new control, Mo Ads, offers full styling, animation and template support, allowing for example a fading animation when the ads are refreshing

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For Developers: Mo Ads offer improved Admob integration in WP7 apps

According to Long Zheng from the IstartedSomething blog Microsoft will be publishing further code to allow developers to use the same user interface effects as Microsoft uses in their applications, in an effort to maintain consistency in the look and feel of the OS and third party developers. Microsoft will already be releasing Pivot and Panorama controls with the final SDK in September, but will now also release code samples to allow developers to make use of the Tilt effect, where controls subtlety distort when pressed.

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For Developers: Microsoft to publish more UI code samples to preserve 3rd party UI consistency

What a strange week it’s been for Trinket Software, the developer of Twikini. We haven’t heard much from them since March and at the time seemed pretty gung-ho about their upcoming Windows Phone 7 Twitter application .

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Twikini developer wants out. Trinket Software up for auction.

One of the biggest changes to the Windows Phone 7 ecosystem is the installation of applications: you can only install them via the Marketplace and all programs need to be approved by Microsoft. A lot of anger was directed against Microsoft for this decision, but we actually see why they would want to do this: consistency (security & performance) and a one-stop place to get software (simplicity). And at least unlike Apple, they promised to be much more transparent during the approval process

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U.S. Gov’t legalizes ‘jailbreaking’ but what does it mean for Windows Phone 7?

We did a Quick Look of the XO Skins for iPhone 4 over at Apple Thoughts, and the XO Skins folks were generous enough to give us a code for $2.00 USD off their products. XO Skins makes protective covers for a wide variety of products (not just Apple stuff), so if you want to partake, use the code APPLETHOUGHTS2OFF. I believe the code will work on any of the products they sell at XO Skins, and is good until 12/31/2010

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Get $2 Off Your XO Skins Order

It is that time of the day for us to announce the winners of the contest we ran for 48 hour. The winners are to receive one coupon code for a free Zagg Skin or just the plain old full body protector. The skin includes a custom design for the back of your device, and the front invisible shield

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Winners Announced For Free Zagg Coupon

Since I did my review, I was hoping to start giving you guys a piece of Zagg goodness. Today in the US of A is July 4th, and so its a perfect day for giving away something for our good readers

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Retweet To Win One Of Two Free Zagg Skin For HD2 or Whatever

McObject today announced it is offering support for its Perst™ object-oriented, open source embedded database on Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 (WP7) smartphone platform. At present the operating system does not offer persistent database support natively.

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Fully supported Persistent Database solution now being offered for Windows Phone 7

McObject today announced it is offering support for its Perst™ object-oriented, open source embedded database on Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 (WP7) smartphone platform. At present the operating system does not offer persistent database support natively. The open source software was ported to Windows Phone 7 by APPA Mundi, a Birmingham, England-based consulting firm, who have been offering it since early June from their website.

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Fully supported Persistent Database solution now being offered for Windows Phone 7