Nokia Care stores in Lebanon flashing Lumias with Windows Phone 7.8

Nokia Care stores in Lebanon flashing Lumias with Windows Phone 7.8 January 5, 2013 | By Surur Jeffrey wrote to tell us that his local Nokia Care service centre in Lebanon has flashed hisNokia Lumia 900 with Windows Phone 7.8. The Care centres have apparently been offering the service for the last 2 weeks, presumably using the ROMs from Navifirm, and Jeffrey reports his handset is working pretty well afterwards. Unfortunately...

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AT&T Nokia Lumia 920 free wireless charging plate offer expiring on the 10th

AT&T Nokia Lumia 920 free wireless charging plate offer expiring on the 10th January 5, 2013 | By Surur GadgetInsider writes to remind us that AT&T’s offer of a free wireless charging plate with the purchase of a Nokia Lumia 920, on sale on contract for only $99, will expire on the 10th January 2012. The plate, which costs more than $50 on its own, adds the convenience of charging your phone without having to plug...

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Digitimes: HTC 8X sales “extremely strong in the US”

Digitimes: HTC 8X sales “extremely strong in the US” January 5, 2013 | By Surur DIgitimes’ usual unnamed industry sources have some good news for Windows Phone fans. According to their sources sales of the HTC 8X has been “extremely strong in the US”. The HTC 8X has not been topping charts as far as we know on carriers in the US, but it is the only Windows Phone which is on sale on 3 of the 4 big carriers, meaning it...

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Adduplex: 43% of US WP users run Windows Phone 8

Adduplex: 43% of US WP users run Windows Phone 8 January 5, 2013 | By Surur Adduplex have tweeted the above slide showing the break down between Windows Phone 7.x and Windows Phone 8 on their ad network, interestingly corroborating our own statswhich on Thursday showed 46.4% of our WP readers are using Windows Phone 8 handsets vs 53.6 Windows Phone 7.x handsets. Adduplex, who run in-app ads in the main, and who therefore...

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Custom Windows Phone 7.8 ROM for the HTC Surround now available

Custom Windows Phone 7.8 ROM for the HTC Surround now available January 5, 2013 | By Surur We don’t know when Windows Phone 7.8 will be rolling out to current handsets, but it is seeming less likely the roll-out will be as smooth as we first believed when Microsoft said they would take direct charge of it and ensure all handsets are upgraded. If you own a first generation Windows Phone flashing a custom ROM may be the quickest...

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Red and Black Nokia Lumia 920’s back in stock with Clove early next week

Red and Black Nokia Lumia 920’s back in stock with Clove early next week January 5, 2013 | By Surur Clove UK is just about ready to sell their first shipment of Nokia Lumia 920 handsets. They are expecting a supply of Red and Black Windows Phones on the 8th January, and a further supply of white handsets some time in the middle of the month. Their first shipment sold out even before they received it, and despite supply loosening,...

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HG Software’s augmented reality apps leverage Windows Phone 8

HG Software’s augmented reality apps leverage Windows Phone 8 January 5, 2013 | By HG Software A few days ago, version 2.0 of all of HG Software’s augmented reality apps passed Windows Phone Store certification. Version 2 is available exclusively for Windows Phone 8 and leverages new Windows Phone 8 features. Version 1 is still available for Windows Phone 7 and will continue to receive updates, too. ATMs Online and Toilets...

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Don’t like Google’s behaviour? Complaint To The Consumer Watchdog

Don’t like Google’s behaviour? Complaint To The Consumer Watchdog January 5, 2013 | By Ferrarifan Google is at war with Windows Phone, and us users are the victims. They have been systematically cutting the quality of services they offer to Windows Phone users, culminating in today’s events, which casts a different light on earlier issues, such as recently breaking 3rd party YouTube apps on Windows Phone, and of course removing...

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Colourful Huawei Ascend W1 pictures leak

Colourful Huawei Ascend W1 pictures leak January 1, 2013 | By Surur EvLeaks, via Unwiredview.com, have leaked some pictures of the back of the Huawei Ascend W1, showing the multiple colours, which appear to be white, blue, pink and black, the device will be available in. The low-end Windows Phone 8 handset is expected to be shown off at CES in only a few days time, and is said to have a dual-core 1.2 Ghz processor,...

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Keep your New Year’s SMS Group Messages short or else suffer MMS error 225

Keep your New Year’s SMS Group Messages short or else suffer MMS error 225 December 31, 2012 | By Surur Many people welcome the New Year by sending SMS messages to friends and loved ones. On Windows Phone we have the option of sending group messages, and many of us may be tempted to send the same message to a group of friends when the clock strikes 12. LandofTechnology however warns that if you try and send a SMS message more...

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Will the Indian Nokia Lumia 920 get TD-LTE support via an OTA update?

Will the Indian Nokia Lumia 920 get TD-LTE support via an OTA update? December 31, 2012 | By Surur We have covered recently how the Nokia Lumia 920 coming to India will not support their local variant of LTE, TD-LTE, making the device de facto a 3G phone. Now according to Nokia support it seems the issue will not be a permanent black mark on the handset in the Indian subcontinent, with support claiming the device will be updated...

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Nokia Lumia 920 still got it–Topping AT&T Best Sellers on Amazon

Nokia Lumia 920 still got it–Topping AT&T Best Sellers on Amazon December 31, 2012 | By Surur The Christmas rush is over, but that does not mean people have stopped buying phones.  And if its an AT&T phone you are after, it seems on Amazon that phone is a Black Nokia Lumia 920. The handset has been hovering around the top of the AT&T Best Sellers chart, and at the time of writing is occupying the first...

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Symbian stalwart CameraPro App comes to Windows Phone 8

Symbian stalwart CameraPro App comes to Windows Phone 8 December 31, 2012 | By Surur CameraPro is a software application popular on Symbian for enhancing the functions of your camera. The software has now made the jump to Windows Phone 8, bringing along unprecedented control over your camera. The app offers: Fast access to camera features Support for manual focus distances Auto-, Macro-, Touch focus Manual exposure times Exposure...

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F1 Racing driver Heikki Kovalainen also thinks his Nokia Lumia 920 camera is “real good”

F1 Racing driver Heikki Kovalainen also thinks his Nokia Lumia 920 camera is “real good” December 30, 2012 | By Surur Nokia does not have to pay for all celebrity endorsements. Some just want to use the best device money can buy. One of those is F1 Racing driver, Heikki Kovalainen, who has previously driven for McLaren and Lotus last year  and is currently driving for CaterhamF1 Team. Being from Finnish extraction...

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A look back at our 2012 Windows Phone Predictions

A look back at our 2012 Windows Phone Predictions December 30, 2012 | By Surur It is of course a slow news day, which makes it a perfect time to look back on the past and see if our predictions from Jan 1 2012 were accurate. We predicted more handsets would be announced throughout the year rather than only once per year, and more geographically targeted handsets. In some ways with the slow roll-out of the Nokia Lumia...

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Nokia Lumia 820 and 920 now available in Oman on Omantel

Nokia Lumia 820 and 920 now available in Oman on Omantel December 30, 2012 | By Surur In a press release Nokia Middle East has announced that the new Nokia Lumia 920 and the Nokia Lumia 820 are now available in Oman through Omantel outlets.  Due to the Windows Phone 8 OS the Nokia Lumia 920 including Arabic language capabilities and of course a host of other features. "Nokia is currently embarking on a journey of executing...

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MyVideo.de planning to support Windows Phone soon

MyVideo.de planning to support Windows Phone soon December 30, 2012 | By Surur Not all streaming TV services are as stubborn as BBC iPlayer. A similar TV service in Germany, MyVideo.de, which houses numerous TV programs and music videos, amongst other content, have informed WPArea.de that they soon plan to support Windows Phone both on their website and with an app. A reader emailed their support and received the following...

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Nokia removes LTE frequency references from Indian NL 920 site due to lack of local support

Nokia removes LTE frequency references from Indian NL 920 site due to lack of local support December 30, 2012 | By Surur We posted recently on the wide LTE frequency support of the Nokia Lumia 920 in India, but it turns out that supporting 9 LTE bands does not really matter of its not on the right protocol. The Indian Nokia Lumia 920 supports LTE, but unfortunately India chose to use TD-LTE, similar to China Mobile,...

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Second shipment of Chinese Nokia Lumia 920’s sell out in only 20 minutes

Second shipment of Chinese Nokia Lumia 920’s sell out in only 20 minutes December 29, 2012 | By Surur WinP.cn reports that the appetite for the Nokia Lumia 920 in China has not slacked, with large crowds queuing for a chance to purchase the handset. The queues were at the flagship Nokia store in Shanghai, and even those that queued had to pre-book ahead of time, and despite this the yellow Nokia Lumia 920 sold out in only...

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