The Sunday Paper - July 17th, 2011

Welcome to The Sunday Paper! If you've been too busy to check out Windows Phone Daily this week, we're willing to forgive you. As long as you promise to just read this article instead. Plus this contains all of the stuff you can catch up on--not too shabby, right? Check out this week's best content below.

News

Joe Belfiore spotted with Mango Twitter integration, #insanelyjealous
Oh, okay. We get it. A bunch of developers just got upgraded to a shiny new beta build of Mango and everyone was happy, but you just had to rain on everyone's parade didn't you Mr. Belfiore?

Say Hello to the Future of Microsoft
Microsoft appears to have finally achieved their goal of "three screens" offering a unified Windows experience.

New Samsung, Other Windows Phone Devices Teased at WPC 2011!
Microsoft pulled out a surprise at it's Worldwide Partners Conference--our first look at new Windows Phones powered by Mango!

A Detailed Look at Revealed Windows Phones
Join us for an in-depth look at what to expect from tomrrow's phones today!

Rumor: Mango phones to be released by September?
Winners of Microsoft's Imagine Cup 2011 contest are lucky...very lucky. Apparently the finalists are all going to be awarded with Mango-powered production phones from Microsoft for their talent. That's a pretty sweet deal for them and we're insanely jealous, Microsoft may have let some crucial release info slip by making this announcement.

Rumor: Future Microsoft OS to run phones, PCs, tablets, consoles--and may leave 'Windows' in the dust
Microsoft is plotting even bigger moves in the future for their post-Windows 8 operating system.

Fujitsu Windows Phone launching in August in Japan, first Mango device to hit the market?
Japanese carrier KDDI seems to have announced the upcoming release of the network's first Metro-lovin' phone in the Fujitsu IS12T and a late August timeframe for its launch.

Apps & Games

Game Review: Wordrix
Who doesn't love a good word game? No one. Why? Probably because most everyone can play them. However not every word game is so great and there are plenty of duds floating around in the world as we know it. Fortunately we usually find some pretty good word games for Windows Phone like the excellent Wordament. Now under our most critical eye is another word game from Haylex Studios called Wordrix. [Rating: 9/10]

New YouTube app enters the battle -- 'easyTube'
Well look what we have here, another YouTube app competitor! We've had a long history of covering Youtube apps on our site beginning with our War of the 'Tubes feature and LazyWorm as well as SuperTube have both matured quite a bit since. But it's always good to get some fresh blood in the scene especially when things start to slow down like they are right now for YouTube apps, and so we now have easyTube by wsoftvn.

Angry Birds on Windows Phone has less content than others, no timeline for updates
When we reviewed Angry Birds for Windows Phone, we noticed that the port was based on an earlier version (specifically v1.4.2). Quick calculations of numbers give us the total of 135 levels for the Windows Phone port. Now compare that to the latest version of Angry Birds on iOS and Android, both of which are now on version 1.6.1. Both top out at chapter 17 level 15 which, assuming each chapter consists of 15 each, means that iOS and Android have 105 more levels than the Windows Phone port.

Xbox Live Wednesday: Beards & Beaks
This week’s new Xbox Live game is Beards & Beaks. This is actually a landmark title as it is the first Windows Phone game to be created entirely by Microsoft Game Studios. Usually MGS has their hand in helping all of the Xbox Live titles from different developers, but this is the first time a game has been wholly their own.

Deal of the Week: Max & The Magic Marker
Max & The Magic Marker has dropped from $4.99 to $2.99 for the rest of the week. The standard free trial is also available.