Well, at the very least, with the launch of the nokia lumia today, isn't windows marketplace supposed to be live in MY? And by that extension xboxlive? As the local windows phone enthusiast, Marauderz, do keep us updated.

Thanks for the warning on xboxlive not being enabled MY accounts. Just got myself a lumia 800 and I have to say it's nice to finally have a good reason to jump away from ios.

I considered waiting for the 900 but i've always liked the idea of owning a phone that did not require super large pockets to carry around

Now bring on the minesweeper leaderboard challenge!

From speaking with nokia staff, they all seem convinced that it's a question of "not yet". It's hard to say whether that's the genuine company line or if it's just a sales pitch. It would seem silly not to introduce it considering how much the other platforms are pushing gaming.

Still, I was always going to use my UK gamertag to register due to my emotional ties to my gamerscore/avatar. What sucks is that I'm now stuck with paying through paypal at GBP prices. Other than that, it's been quite refreshing retiring my 3 year old iphone 3g.

I believe that credit cards are still "region locked" so changing regions wont make a difference.. So i guess i'm still stuck on using paypal.

Found that out the hard way, which is a real PITA. Considering virtual credit cards like entropay now.

Not sure, but i'm in a unique situation with a uk gt and it seems entropay is uk based.. Otherwise theres the amex route but i suspect that only works if you can fool the postcode system and they have a different system in the uk.. What do you use to bypass the regional restrictions.

Well, entropay does work on my UK account which i used to buy chickens can't fly.

You're not missing much, Xbox companion doesn't really do much apart from acting like a remote control. Especially when you don't have access to a lot of the multimedia content.