Windows Phone Nightly – Wednesday

Welcome to the middle of the week, for today’s Nightly we ran across some Tango and Apollo rumors, a new Xbox Live enabled game, and more. Read on.

-Tango screenshots reveal upcoming plans: WMPowerUser posted some screenshots of the next big-small release from Microsoft for Windows Phone codenamed “Tango”. Some upcoming features include multiple attachments in MMS, exporting contacts to SIM cards, and better handling of domestic and international calling. Additionally we’ve always heard that Tango will lower system requirements for the Windows Phone chassis. For example, dropping the camera specification to 3 MP and RAM to 256MB. Read more here.

-Microsoft job posting confirms rumor: WP Sauce has found a job posting from Microsoft that seeks a tester for applications written for Mango running on Apollo. Interesting for two ways, it confirms what we learned about new Windows Phone 8 news and the code name Apollo. Read more here.

-Chickens Can’t Fly in Marketplace: This weeks Xbox Live game is called Chickens Can’t Fly and made by game developers Amused Sloth. It’s a well designed game based off a very similar game they made last year. It’s worth downloading, grab it here or use the Microsoft Tag below.