Microsoft brings the Windows Phone Web Marketplace to 22 new markets

Microsoft brings the Windows Phone Web Marketplace to 22 new markets

If you are a Windows Phone user you are probably familiar with how the Marketplace works. In case you don’t want to browse apps from your Marketplace app on your phone you could only check them out via Zune or some third-party service.

That’s why last September Microsoft launched the Web Marketplace where you can browse and purchase apps directly from your browser. It’s a neat feature, much like the one Android users have been enjoying for a while now.

Anyway, the Web Marketplace started with its availability limited to the major markets. But now it is expanding to 22 more regions – Bulgaria, Costa Rica, Croatia, Estonia, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Turkey, Ukraine, Venezuela, UAE, Bahrain, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kazakhstan, Israel, Thailand, and Vietnam.

There is one more thing you should be reminded of � soon the Marketplace will require Windows Phone 7.5 Mango to work. Every WP device out there already got the update so it’s about time you applied it if you haven’t done so already. In case you don’t, you will be cut off from the Marketplace supply of fresh apps and updates. Also, the app browsing in Zune will be soon turned off, due to low interest and the Web Marketplace expansion.

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Samsung Galaxy Tab 10

Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 gets a very cute new video ad

Samsung has just released a new ad, this time about the Galaxy Tab 10.1. It’s a really sweet commercial with a father, his son and a Galaxy Tab.

It seems Samsung is on a roll these days – it launched two Galaxy S II ads within less than a week. Now is the Galaxy Tab 10.1 turn. Here is the video:

This ad is definitely a hit – a very cute way to advertise the Galaxy Tab’s thickness. Personally it��s the second (among the new Galaxies) Samsung ad that I really like. The first one is the Super AMOLED commercial with the hen and the eggs.

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This iPhone has been sleeping with the fishes for 6 months and it still works

This iPhone has been sleeping with the fishes for 6 months and it still works

Modern day smartphones are great at many tasks, but unfortunately, swimming is not among them. Ken Hovanes learned this the hard way when he accidentally dropped his iPhone in a lake about six months ago. The water in the lake was 2m deep and murky back then so Ken gave up on retrieving the device and bought a new iPhone.

Fast forward to more recent times. After finding the lake waters have slightly receded, Ken went to search for his iPhone again. And he found it, still sitting on the bottom. What surprised him most however, is that it still worked.

The battery is dead (you can see the bulge on the back), there’s no Wi-Fi, and the screen is all messed up. The rusty 30-pin port supplies the phone with power, but won’t transfer data just yet. Yes, the newly found iPhone won’t win a beauty contest and it’s hardly usable, but Ken has high hopes (and high chances) of finding a way to offload the photos from the device.

Water damage does not stop this iPhone from working

So do you have an amazing electronics water damage survival story yourselves? Share it in the comments below.

You can also check out some more photos at the source below.

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