Along with using Zune as your desktop media player, you can employ the software to perform its main task – syncing music and video to your Zune HD or Windows Phone. The process for each is the same – Windows Phone 7 features Zune software in the Music & Videos Hub in much the same way as the iPod features media playing capabilities of the iPod Touch. In order to get started syncing music and videos with your phone, you will first need to make sure you have a copy of the app from www.zune.net; once downloaded, this can be installed. Hooking Up to Zune Client In order

Among the options for media player apps for Windows 7 is the Zune client, intended as a sync tool for Zune and Windows Phone 7 hardware that is also very useful for managing your music, videos and pictures collection. Whether or not the application will be offered as a full replacement for Windows Media Player in future is not yet apparent – however Zune is more regularly updated than WMP, and is an integral part of Microsoft’s dynamic with Windows Phone 7. It also provides media synchronization with Xbox 360 consoles. But you don’t have to have a Zune player or Windows

One of the main uses for the Zune client is for the search and installation of apps for Windows Phone 7. Providing direct access to the Marketplace in much the same was as iTunes does for iPhone, Zune displays by default the top available apps, an index of app categories (including games and various sub-categories) and also offers a Search tool to find the app that you want. With your phone hooked up to your computer or connected to your local wireless network you can then install the app of your choice – if your phone isn’t connected, however, Zune will hold onto the app

One of the main uses for a Windows Phone handset is playing games. Whether you’re looking for interesting entertainment pursuits or full on action adventure titles with Xbox LIVE integration, there is something for everyone in the Windows Phone Marketplace. Installing a game is just as easy as installing any other type of app for these devices, although the experience could be said to be a little more entertaining… Windows Phone games – as with all apps – are available to played on all handsets, although you should keep in mind that some games might not suit your device

Creating a movie with Windows Live Movie Maker can be a long and arduous project – or it might take five minutes until you’re done! Either way, once you have finished the project, added the transitions that you want, polished it off with some titles and captions and so on, you will probably want to share it. This can be done in a number of ways, offering you the opportunity to share the finished product online on sites such as Facebook and YouTube, save to disc or even package for viewing on a Windows Phone or Zune player. Saving Your Windows Live Movie

A new phone means new apps – and this is particularly true of Windows Phone 7, which already has around on the Marketplace. Several thousand good quality apps and games area currently available for the platform, enabling you to use your phone as a measuring device, a light saber, an internet radio player and even as a gaming machine. There are many more uses for Windows Phone 7 devices thanks to the efforts of developers around the world – but how do you get a new app onto your phone? And once there, if you don’t like the app, how exactly do you remove it? Finding and

A leaked document from Verizon believed to be the roadmap for its devices in Q4 2010 has indicated some interesting things. Its feature phones list for Q4 includes two old devices, indeed in new name, the KIN ONEm and the KIN TWOm, targeting the young adults and the teen segment of the market. If you have your memory working in bleep-speed, you will recall the Microsoft products – Kin One and Kin Two – which had a short life on the Verizon network. With the new document leak, it seems Verizon is giving a second chance to the Kin after it was pulled from the network due to

As the owner of a brand new Windows Phone 7 device, I was fascinated to discover that rather than resorting to Windows Mobile Device Center Microsoft’s new mobile platform utilises the desktop version of their Zune media player for syncing pictures, movies and video. More interesting though was the fact that with this Zune client I could stream content from my Windows 7 PC to my Xbox 360 across my home network. There are many ways of managing this kind of streaming, from using Windows Media Player 11 or 12 (depending on your OS) to employing a third party like TVersity. While

This is why we hailed the launch of Windows Phone 7. Not so much because it immediately swept us off of our feet, but because it has brought in ‘Battle Royale’ to the Smartphone arena. That, of course, can only mean one thing- great deals for consumers. We seem to be already seeing the early effects with AT&T showering many free gifts and throwing in a few more just to make sure its Windows Phone 7-based handsets are taken up by those who hit the stores come shopping season. AT&T already offered free ilomilo and a free month of U-verse Mobile to those who bought a

Samsung has announced the launch of the Samsung Omnia 7, the company’s first Windows Phone 7 smartphone. The company has confirmed that the device is headed for European carriers T-Mobile, Orange, SFR and Movistar, sometime during the holiday season. The Samsung OMNIA 7 comes equipped with a 4-inch SUPER AMOLED touchscreen, a 1GHz application processor and a 5 megapixel camera with LED flash. The phone also offers an unparalleled entertainment experience directly on the mobile with Xbox LIVE features and games, and Zune music and video. The phone’s customizable Start Screen