Entertainment Culture

Many of you know I’m a big music fan, so I got pumped when I heard about a new offer from Windows Phone for some free music. The new Gentleman Hall album has been free the last few weeks, but tomorrow is the last day to download! Head over to the Zune Marketplace on your PC, or just login at Zune.net to stream or download.

Brr… its cold outside! As both winter and the holidays are in full swing around us, it’s always fun to have a distraction. This week, Sony is going to be providing a few huge distractions. First off, we’ll be giving away a Sony VAIO SE 15” Windows PC which is one of the hottest PCs on the market. This stylish slim PC has great graphics and a huge 15.5” screen – perfect for watching movies or gaming!

Two new sleek and stylish Windows Phones hit AT&T stores across the U.S. today—the Samsung Focus S and Focus Flash. They join the white HTC Radar 4G introduced last week by T-Mobile.

Today might be Halloween but the holidays are practically tomorrow. You might think this is an unsavory warning but it’s really said with all the enthusiasm my 5’8”s can muster. I love the holidays. In fact, I’m the person who started singing Christmas carols in July. It might be a problem but I can’t help it. In fact, what I love best about the holidays are the handmade crafts and projects people give each other. I used to exclusively make pillows and baby blankets for people. Now, I’ve upgraded to movies, recipe books and cool digital albums.

If you love music, you’re going to love Nokia Music for Windows Phone.  It takes the things that you already love about Zune – millions of tracks to download, personalization, and great audio quality – and extends it to make your music experience even better.    Mark Wheatly, Nokia Music’s product manager, took me through the apps to show me some of its unique features.

One of the coolest things about Internet Explorer 9 (free download here!) is certainly the integration into Windows 7. And site pinning is the feature that pops to the top for most users.

Here we are again for another Windows Phone Radio episode! Exciting week as Mango started to make to phones all over, we are excited to hear what you think. This week we talk about the update, new pricing for the Zune Pass music subscription service, updates to apps for Mango, launch of the suggestion box and much more! You can find Windows Phone Radio in the Zune Marketplace, in iTunes and streaming direct here.

thanks for listening!

Brian (@brianseitz)

Rock on, Canada! Starting Monday, the Zune Music Marketplace and Zune Music Pass is expanding north, giving Windows Phone owners in Canada access to more than 14 million tracks from all the major labels, as well as tens of thousands of indie tunes.

On Friday we published the 42nd episode of Windows Phone Radio. During the show we chatted a bit about the Foursquare app, and how it will take advantage of the upcoming Mango update to Windows Phone. We shot a quick video to show of how you can not only pin the Foursquare app to your start screen, but also specific locations where you check in most. You can find Windows Phone Radio in the Zune Marketplace and iTunes in the podcasts section, or stream direct from here.

Today Sony has revealed a new VAIO S Series Windows PC (VAIO SE) with a 15.5-inch full-on 1080p HD display. The VAIO S Series has a slim and light design with an optional sheet battery for impressive battery life (up to 12 hours!).