Nokia Lumia 510 to ship with Windows Phone 7.8 pre-installed

Nokia Lumia 510 to ship with Windows Phone 7.8 pre-installed December 15, 2012 | By Surur According to BGR India the Nokia Lumia 510 will be the first phone to ship with Windows Phone 7.8 from the start. BGR notes it comes with Bluetooth File Sharing and a Ring tone maker pre-installed. The WVGA device with 256 MB RAM and 4 GB storage features a 5 megapixel camera and an 800 Mhz Cortex A5 processor. Unfortunately...

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Samsung ATIV S now on sale in UK and Canada

Samsung ATIV S now on sale in UK and Canada December 15, 2012 | By Surur The long-awaited Samsung ATIV S has finally hit the market, just in time for Christmas. The handset is now available unlocked from Expansys for £459.99 VAT inclusive, and should arrive soon on Handtec for £431.99. Meanwhile in Canada the ATIV S is now available via TELUS, Bell and Rogers in limited quantities. On Bell...

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Facebook app for Windows Phone updated

Facebook app for Windows Phone updated December 15, 2012 | By Surur The Facebook app for Windows Phone 8 has seen a minor update to version 4.1.0.0. There is not much obvious that is new, with the app remaining blazing fast on WIFI, but it was noticed that the Info panel in the Events tab has been fixed. The Facebook app for Windows Phone can be found in the Windows Phone Store here. Have any of our readers noticed any...

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Clove sold out of Lumia 920’s, will only be restocked in mid-January 2013

Clove sold out of Lumia 920’s, will only be restocked in mid-January 2013 December 15, 2012 | By Surur In somewhat of a sign regarding Nokia production and distribution capabilities, Clove has announced that they are sold out of all Nokia Lumia 920’s, but expect to receive another shipment in a month’s time. So far both shipments they received were sold out in days of receiving them, and there is little doubt that...

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WhatsApp for Windows Phone 8 now in the Windows Phone Store

WhatsApp for Windows Phone 8 now in the Windows Phone Store December 15, 2012 | By Surur WhatsApp 2.8.10.0 is now in the Windows Phone Store, and will install on your Windows Phone 8 handset. There do not appear to be much obvious improvements – in fact smilies have disappeared, and the app does not appear to be using fast resume from the live tile or any other Windows Phone 8 specific APIs, which does make one wonder what...

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Upcoming Xbox Live Windows Phone 8 games revealed

Upcoming Xbox Live Windows Phone 8 games revealed December 14, 2012 | By Surur WPCentral have collated the some upcoming Windows Phone 8 Xbox Live-enabled games from the  Xbox website. The titles include: Asphalt 7: HeatTake on the world in six different game modes in tracks across the globe, driving the most amazing cars by prestigious makers like Audi, Lamborghini and Aston Martin. Fairway SolitaireUnique...

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MOBILE This Dual LCD And E-Ink Phone Will Be Available In 2013

Earlier this year, a prototype of a dual e-ink and LCD phone was floating around. Turns out it’s much further down the development road than that though — in fact, it should be available next year. Manufactured by a Russian company called Yota Devices, this is an Android phone at heart. But, unlike other phones, into its frame is crammed both a 4.3-inch 720×1280 LCD display on the front and a 200dpi e-ink display of the same size on...

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Sim-Free Nokia Lumia 620 Now Available For Pre-Order From Unlocked-Mobiles UK

Sim-Free Nokia Lumia 620 Now Available For Pre-Order From Unlocked-Mobiles UK December 14, 2012 | By Pradeep Nokia announced its low-end Windows Phone 8 device Lumia 620 in the first week of December. The device will be priced around $250 for the following specs. Nokia Lumia 620 Operating SystemWindows Phone 8 Display3.8-inch TFT WVGA 800×480ClearBlack Battery1300 mAh ProcessorQualcomm Snapdragon(TM) S4 processor with 1 Ghz...

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Apple’s share price collapse after chilly iPhone 5 reception in China

Apple’s share price collapse after chilly iPhone 5 reception in China December 14, 2012 | By Surur Apple’s share price opened 3% down this morning on news that the iPhone 5 has had a pretty muted reception in China, where the device went on sale today. Unlike the release of the iPhone 4s, no long lines of customers were seen queuing outside Apple’s seven retail stores in Beijing, Shanghai and Shenzhen. Sina.com notes although...

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NPD: 5% of smartphones in Italy now Windows Phones

NPD: 5% of smartphones in Italy now Windows Phones December 14, 2012 | By Surur NPD has released some stats on the Italian market, and it reads as good news for Microsoft, with it and Android the only two growing smartphone ecosystems in the country. The survey, which measures ownership, not sales, shows Windows Phone ownership has increased significantly from Q2 2012, and currently rests around 5%. In terms...

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Nokia Lumia 800 continues comeback in UK

Nokia Lumia 800 continues comeback in UK December 14, 2012 | By Surur UK does not have the most vibrant economy in the world at the minute, and I think this is clearly reflected in the popularity of older smartphones in uSwitch’s top 10 list. This also probably explains why the Nokia Lumia 800 is making a come back, rising to the 7th spot on their weekly list of “UK’s most popular mobile phones this week, ranked...

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MetroTalk 3.0 GoogleTalk client released for Windows Phone 8

MetroTalk 3.0 GoogleTalk client released for Windows Phone 8 December 14, 2012 | By metrotalk MetroTalk is the best-rated Google Voice app for Windows Phone. It supports push notifications for instantly receiving SMS messages and voicemail, even when the app is not active. Performance and user experience have been the major focus during development. The trial/free version is ad-supported, and comes with all the features of...

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Day Thirteen – 25 Days of Christmas Photos

Day Thirteen – 25 Days of Christmas Photos December 14, 2012 | By andrewbares That is one beautiful snow-covered forest! Travis shot these pictures with his Lumia 920. His dogs were also out enjoying the fresh snow. Some hot cocoa by the fireplace is definitely needed after a chilly snow storm like this! Submit your own photo! (See past photos) Take a pic using your Windows Phone and do NOT edit it! No Instagram-style shots! Email...

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Windows Phone Store now available in 191 Markets

Windows Phone Store now available in 191 Markets December 14, 2012 | By Surur The Windows Phone Store team have announced a further expansion of their service. The online webstore has added another 37 markets, taking the web store up to 112 markets, and the store on the phone itself to 191. The new markets are: Angola, Armenia, Bangladesh, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Chad, Congo (DRC), Dominican Republic,...

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Apple found to violate 3 Nokia and Sony patents

Apple found to violate 3 Nokia and Sony patents December 13, 2012 | By Surur Jurors in Wilmington, Delaware today found Apple was in violation of 3 patents held by MobileMedia, a consortium created by Nokia, Sony and the MPEG-LA to enforce their collective patents. The firm sued Apple in 2010 claiming that it infringed 14 patents in total. Only 3 patents eventually went to court, and Apple was found to be infringing all three....

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IDC: More than 1/3 Of Developers Very Interested In Developing For Windows Tablets And Windows Phone

IDC: More than 1/3 Of Developers Very Interested In Developing For Windows Tablets And Windows Phone December 13, 2012 | By Pradeep IDC today released their Appcelerator quarterly report for Q4 2012. According to the report, 36% of the developers surveyed by IDC were interested in Microsoft’s mobile platform Windows Phone. The same number of developers were also interested in Windows tablets. While not the biggest number,...

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Windows Phone And Core77 Announces “App To The Future” Design Contest

Windows Phone And Core77 Announces “App To The Future” Design Contest December 13, 2012 | By Pradeep For the second year in a row, Microsoft has partnered with Core77 to run a design contest for Windows Phone developers. 5 winners will be awarded with Microsoft Surface, Windows Phone 8 device and 1 year Windows Phone developer subscription. To participate in the challenge, you must submit a design concept by February 3,...

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Microsoft Store Windows Phone App Updated To v2.0 With The Ability To Purchase Within The App

Microsoft Store Windows Phone App Updated To v2.0 With The Ability To Purchase Within The App December 13, 2012 | By Pradeep Microsoft has updated their retail store app for Windows Phone devices. Now, you can order things from Microsoft Store catalogue within the app. Older features such as locating nearest Microsoft Store, Scheduling an Answer Desk or Personal Training, etc, are still present in this app. New in version...

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Microsoft Working On Google Ingress Like Mobile Game To Improve Mapping?

Microsoft Working On Google Ingress Like Mobile Game To Improve Mapping? December 13, 2012 | By Pradeep Microsoft just like other mapping companies like Nokia, Google, etc, is looking to improve their mapping system with crowd sourced data. The system describes a AR game where users will have missions to take photos and post information of a place thereby improving the location information. Read the...

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Metrotube YouTube App Now Available For Windows Phone 8 Devices

Metrotube YouTube App Now Available For Windows Phone 8 Devices December 13, 2012 | By Pradeep Metrotube, one of the best YouTube app available on Windows Phone Store is now available for Windows Phone 8 users. The new Windows Phone 8 version of the app will feature multi-sized Live Tiles, pre-loading videos for offline view, etc,. Live, double sided tile notifications Chameleon tiles that adapt to your phone theme Share videos...

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No Google Apps for Windows 8 & Windows Phone

Google was in the news today with the launch of their Maps application on iOS but it looks like Windows 8 isn’t going to be getting similar attention from the Search giant. In an interview with V3, Google Apps product management director Clay Bavor said that “we have no plans to build out Windows apps.” Google hasn’t completely neglected Microsoft’s latest platform, the Windows Store does have Google’s Chrome browser as ell as a Google Search...

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Nokia Drive+ Beta for WP8 updated–now easier on your battery

Nokia Drive+ Beta for WP8 updated–now easier on your battery December 13, 2012 | By Surur Windows Phone 8 introduced the welcome ability to let GPS navigation apps continue to run in the background, but this does open up the issue of the same GPS navigation app draining your battery by constantly polling for your location, even when you are sitting in the office. The latest update to Nokia Drive + Beta for Windows Phone 8...

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Windows Phone 7.8 shows up on Navifirm for NL 800 and NL 510

Windows Phone 7.8 shows up on Navifirm for NL 800 and NL 510 December 13, 2012 | By Surur Windows Phone 7.8 can not be too far off, with a version of the OS showing up on Navifirm for the Nokia Lumia 510 and Nokia Lumia 800. This means if you are so inclined and do not mind losing all your data you could flash the OS to your phone right now. Windows Phone 7.8 will eventually bring an updated start screen, Bing wallpapers,...

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Nokia Lumia 620, HTC 8S

Nokia Lumia 620, HTC 8S December 13, 2012 | By Surur WinP.cn have collated some more pictures and info for the Huawei Ascend W1, and the above table makes for interesting reading. It is of note that the device is is many ways very similar to the HTC 8S and Nokia Lumia 620 specs wise, but has a larger screen than the NL 620, bigger battery than the HTC 8S and is considerably cheaper than both. The devices of course feature...

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Weather Flow App Updated For Windows Phone 8 Devices

Weather Flow App Updated For Windows Phone 8 Devices December 13, 2012 | By Pradeep Weather Flow, one of the beautiful weather apps on Windows Phone Store just got updated with Windows Phone 8 features. It now features three Live Tile sizes, Lock Screen support and more. Features:   * Choose from two different live tile styles and three different live tile settings. Use the simple and elegant modern style or the...

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HTC 8X firmware update now available

HTC 8X firmware update now available December 13, 2012 | By Surur After the first OS update for Windows Phone 8 HTC is now also pushing out a firmware update for the HTC 8X. WPC reports that manually checking for updates produced the new software on their unlocked HTC 8X. It is not known what changes the new software brings, but the standard performance and stability improvements is probably a good bet....

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Samsung ATIV S finally hitting the market starting from the 13th December

Samsung ATIV S finally hitting the market starting from the 13th December December 13, 2012 | By Surur It seems the first Windows Phone 8 handset announced is now finally ready to hit the market. In UK Unlocked-Mobile will be offering the handset for costs £424.98(about €526 or $686). Clove is offering it for £442.80 and Expansysfor £459.99 for shipping on the Friday, December 14. In Canada, both Bell...

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Pacific Crest: Strong Demand For Nokia Lumia WP8 Devices Only Due To Low Shipment Volumes

Pacific Crest: Strong Demand For Nokia Lumia WP8 Devices Only Due To Low Shipment Volumes December 12, 2012 | By Pradeep We saw several reports that there is a strong demand for Nokia Lumia Windows Phone 8 devices due to both sales and low shipments volume. Today, Analyst James Faucette from Pacific Crest said that there is no strong demand for Nokia Lumia WP8 devices due to sales. We believe that the recent rise in the stock...

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