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Windows Phone Portico update reaches Nokia Lumia 820 on Vodafone Australia


Windows Phone Portico update reaches Nokia Lumia 820 on Vodafone Australia

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The Vodafone roll-out of the Nokia Lumia 820 (and presumably 920) update has now reached Australia, with reader brent3000  reporting that he has received the prompt to download the latest Windows Phone OS. The update was reported last night to have reached Vodafone Germany and Italy.
Have anyone else on Vodafone had this update in other parts of the world, and on any other carrier? Let us know below.

Kantar: Windows Phone breaks 5% market share in Europe, making strong gains in UK and Italy


Kantar: Windows Phone breaks 5% market share in Europe, making strong gains in UK and Italy

The full Kantar WorldPanel data for the twelve weeks ending December 23rd is now available, and it shows great traction for Windows Phone in Europe.
In Q4 2012 Windows Phone took 5.4% of the EU5 market for smartphones, which has a population about the same size as USA.  The OS continued to do well in Italy, but the real surprise has been that Windows Phone is finally seeing good growth in UK, a market where it has been lagging earlier.
Dominic Sunnebo, global consumer insight director at Kantar Worldpanel ComTech, comments: “At the end of 2012 the global OS picture shows Android on top, but clearly the rate of growth it experienced over the past year is beginning to slow as easy wins from first time smartphone buyers begin to reduce.
“It has been far slower than Microsoft would have liked, but Windows Phone is now starting to gain respectable shares in a number of key European countries. However, its performance in the Chinese and US markets remains underwhelming. As the two largest smartphone markets in the world, these remain key challenges for Microsoft to overcome during 2013.”
In Britain and Italy shares hit 5.9% and 13.9% respectively – up from just 2.2% and 2.8% a year ago.
Sunnebo continues: “Among the handset manufacturers, Samsung has held onto the number one spot in Britain, claiming 35% of smartphone sales, although Apple is now biting at its heels with 32%. Nokia is experiencing something of a turnaround in Britain with its smartphone sales share at 6.2% and actual sales growing by over 50% compared with last year.”
It is of note that Blackberry, who has traditionally had a stronghold in UK, is finding Windows Phone nipping at its heels, with 6.4% market share vs 5.9%
Smartphone percentage penetration in Great Britain hit 61% in the latest period, 82% of all mobile phone sales over the past 12 weeks were smartphones.
Recent performance in China has been disappointing, with only 0.9% market share, but an influx of cheaper handsets should help this market grow also.
With numerous new markets and a doubling of market share in a growing smartphone market, I suspect we can expect equally good numbers from Gartner and IDC. Who says 10% in Q4 2013 is out of reach?

Latest Kantar numbers shows Q4 Year on Year market share gains in US


Latest Kantar numbers shows Q4 Year on Year market share gains in US

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AppleInsider have published some numbers from Kantar’s Q4 2012 numbers for the 12 weeks ending December 23rd.
The numbers show that Windows Phone has grown market share in US despite intense pressure from iOS and Android handsets, growing from 2.2 to 2.6% of the market. The number is slightly down from 2.7% in November, but probably not significantly so.
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Kantar also broke down the numbers by carrier somewhat, and revealed that the HTC 8X and Nokia Lumia 920 won Windows Phone a 3.6% market share on AT&T, significantly up on Q4 2011.  At that  number for every 5 Android handsets AT&T sells they sell one Windows Phone handset, a level of competition I don’t think Android users are used to.
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On Verizon the HTC 8X and Nokia Lumia 822 did not do as well, but still grew 0.1% from the HTC Trophy days in Q4 2011 to 1% in Q4 2012. The numbers likely reflect the lack of a flagship phone on the carrier and Verizon’s inexperience in selling Windows Phones.
Interestingly we can generate some rough numbers from these percentages, given that AT&T announced that they sold 10.2 million smartphones in Q4 2012.  At 3.6% that represents around 360,000 phones sold on AT&T.  If 10.2 million phones is 33.3% of the market, a total of 30 million smartphones were sold in Q4 2012, meaning at 2.6% around 800,000 Windows Phones were sold in total, and that a significant share of Windows Phones sales come from carriers like Verizon and T-Mobile. At 1% market share on Verizon we can estimate around 100,000 sales on that carrier also, leaving a somewhat unrealistic 340,000 to share between T-Mobile and Sprint.  Kantar’s numbers do of course exclude the last week of the season.
The numbers show for better or worse Windows Phone is now the 3rd OS in the country, having swept RIM out of the way, but of course needs to grow some more to provide a significant challenge to iOS and Android.

Windows Phone Store Now Allows Download Of Apps Up To 50MB Over Mobile Network


Windows Phone Store Now Allows Download Of Apps Up To 50MB Over Mobile Network

Since its launch, Windows Phone Store allowed only apps/games up to 20mb to be downloaded over mobile network and if you want to download apps/games which are more than 20mb, you need Wi-Fi network. While this policy may sound good for consumers to save their precious mobile data, some preferred to download all the files regardless of size through their mobile network.
It seems Microsoft has silently increased the limit to 50mb so that you can now download apps/games upto 50mb using your mobile network.

Lock Buster now available for Windows Phone 7.5


Lock Buster now available for Windows Phone 7.5

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Lock Buster (formerly My LockScreen) receives another major update that brings support for the Windows Phone Mango platform. This app is a relatively new one that allows you to decorate your lock screen with photos from your pictures library.
Lock Buster for Windows PhoneThe list of improvements covers the following feature updates:
  • New preview mode
  • New template selection window that shows miniatures of all templates
  • More refresh intervals (Windows Phone 8 only)
  • Shuffle option when previewing your collage
  • Several minor bug fixes and improvements
 The app  now also supports the Windows Phone 7.5 platform with a slightly modified version. Since it is not possible to change the lock screen automatically under WP 7.5 yet, you still can create your custom collage and set it manually as the current lock screen.
You can pick up the app in the Windows Phone Store for 0,99€ ($0.99) with a free trial (time-limited).
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WordPress for Windows Phone app gets a minor update


WordPress for Windows Phone app gets a minor update

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The WordPress for Windows Phone app has seen a minor update to version 1.9.1.
The update includes a fix for loading all pages, reliability improvements and a few more tweaks.
The updated app can be found in the Windows Phone Store here.

Samsung Updates The Galaxy Note 10.1, Tab 2 To Android 4.1 JellyBean


Samsung Updates The Galaxy Note 10.1, Tab 2 To Android 4.1 JellyBean



Here’s some good news if you happen to own the Wi-Fi only versions of the Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 and Galaxy Tab 2. The Korean electronics giant has issued fresh Android 4.1 (Jellybean) updates to these tablet owners across the globe.
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If you own a Galaxy Note 10.1, you wold also get a bunch of new features as well as access to to Premium Suite which endows the tablet with better multi-tasking and productivity capabilities. Also enhanced is support for more S Pen capabilities. The Premium Suite was announced back in December and back then, Samsung had promised that the tool would be seen on the company’s devices.
If you are a Galaxy Tab 2 (10.1 and 7.0) owner, you might be unhappy to know that it doesn’t get the Premium Suite treatment. That said, it does get the all important update to Android 4.1,thereby endowing it with a faster, more interactive user interface. The performance too sees a marked improvement with batter response times resulting in an overall smoother experience.
Anyway, if you happen to own either of these devices, you might want to check if you already have an update notification hidden somewhere in the notifications. Or maybe you want to try a manual update?

We need a Smartphone Battery Revolution – Commentary


We need a Smartphone Battery Revolution – Commentary




Seriously, I give up. I am done with modern smartphones that are running on a default battery. I kinda feel like there are a bunch of hidden cameras around me and that the smartphoneindustry created my very own “Truman Show” setup.
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Some of you might remember my little rant on the HTC Butterfly, which is a brilliant phone, with an amazing SoC and the most gorgeous display you can imagine:
Unfortunately HTC decided to squeeze just a 2020mAh sealed battery into this handset which is simply a crime. Now check out the comments I’ve received because I claimed that I am killing this battery in 2 hours.
Guys, I am getting roughly around 200-300 emails a day on 4 different mail accounts. Twitter, Facebook and Google+ are constantly syncing in the background and I am reading new articles on various apps like Google Currents, Appy Geek, Engadget and of course on my browser. A smartphone is a working horse for me!
So whoever tries to convince me that he can get 8, 10 or even 12 hours of battery life out of this device is simply not using it!
It is called Smartphone not Idlephone!
Now lets take a look at th screenshot I took on my Nexus 4 just a couple of minutes ago. You might think that the battery life is absolutely fantastic considering that I am on battery for over 11 hours, right? Bullshit and sorry but I have to repeat myself: This is bullshit! I’ve been using this phone for maybe 75-90 minutes. Some emailing, maybe using the browser for 15 minutes and uploading pictures to Google+ and Facebook (around 10). Oh I’ve made two 45 seconds phone calls and sent 3 text messages. That’s it!
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The Nexus 4 comes with a 2100mAh battery and it runs on the same SoC as the HTC Butterfly but the main difference is that the display of the HTC handset is 0.3-inch bigger and has to handle more than twice the amount of pixels with an even smaller battery!
We don’t only need new battery tests, we actually need a battery revolution!
Even though it seems that we have quite some competition on the battery market it is more like a silent agreement to not hurt each other and to not support and push new technologies into the market.
Sanyo, Sony, Samsung, LG, Marushita and BYD are controlling this industry and they just don”t have to come up with new solutions even though there are plenty of R&D labs coming up with working technologies that are capable of killing Li-Ion and Li-Polymer batteries right away!.

Wait… did I say that these technologies would compete against the ones that we are buying anywaysbecause we don’t have an option?
Well, welcome to the “competitive” market of the battery industry….
Hands up if you’ve also heard the whole fuel cell pitch a decade ago! I actually tested a bunch. We all know right now that this was more of a marketing thing.
It’s time for a change! I don’t wanna read about battery tests anymore that are claiming that a modernsmartphone with a 2000mAh battery can run for 6-8 hours because it can’t. Use it for 2 consecutive hours and you will know what I am talking about.
Lets compare it to the mpg of any car out there… Have you ever heard about an mpg-test of a car and the reviewer switched off the engine on top of a hill and “idled down” the other side for some 10 miles! No, of course not but for smartphones this seems to be alright.
You might think that you can’t compare this but for me this is just about the consumption or energy and I care about the actual numbers when I am using a device!
Sorry HTC, sorry LG and sorry all you OEM’s who are trying to convince me that thinner smartphonesare better because that’s the only way you can sell these sealed batteries to your customers. You are not only committing an environmental crime, you are fooling all your customers by selling us idle time in your spec sheet.
So please smartphone, tablet, notebook and whatever industry that is selling devices with a battery: Could you please stop this insanity and finally kick your battery suppliers where it hurts before thinking about all these new fancy quad- or even octo-core processors in a handset with a 6-inch 1080p display?
This is like selling a new Ferrari with an 8 gallon tank!
P.S. My Nexus 4 display was set to auto brightness!
If you want to continue this discussion with Sascha on Google+ here is the link and weigh in below!


Samsung ATIV S 16GB Now Down To €539 From Expansys Italy, 32GB Model Pre-Order Begins



Samsung ATIV S 16GB Now Down To €539 From Expansys Italy, 32GB Model Pre-Order Begins


Expansys Italy has now listed Samsung Ativ S 32GB for pre-order on its website. Samsung Ativ S was originally released as 16GB model for about €539 is now down from its original price of €559.
It comes with following specs,
Network : HSPA 42Mbps 850/900/1900/2100MHz,  EDGE/GPRS 850/900/1800/1900MHz
Processor: 1.5 GHz dual-core processor
Display: 4.8 inch (121.9mm ) HD Super AMOLED
OS: Windows Phone 8
Camera: Main(Rear): 8 Megapixel Auto Focus Camera with LED Flash , Sub(Front): 1.9 Megapixel VT Camera
GPS: A-GPS,  Glonass
Connectivity: Bluetooth® 3.0,  USB 2.0,  Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n (2.4 & 5 GHz), Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi Channel Bonding,  NFC
3.5mm earjack
Sensor: Proximity, Accelerometer, Geomagnetic, Ambient Light, Gyroscope
Memory: 16/32GB User memory ? 1GB RAM,  microSD (SDXC support)
Dimension: 137.2 x 70.5 x 8.7 mm, 135g
Battery: Standard battery, Li-ion 2,300mAh
via: WindowsPhoneItaly Source: Expansys (1)(2)

Error 86000C29 blocking Windows Phones from Enterprise


Error 86000C29 blocking Windows Phones from Enterprise

imageWindows Phone 8 was meant to be the update which will allow Windows Phones to finally become first class citizens in enterprise, after Windows Phone 7 failed to meet up to even the iPhone in Exchange ActiveSync compatibility.
We have however been getting reports from readers that their phones refuse to sync with their employer’s Exchange server due to error 86000C29, and it appears to be all Microsoft’s fault.
Error 86000C29 is a message from the Exchange Server telling a client device they will not be allowed to sync due to Require Encryption on Storage Card policy being in place. While this is fair enough in devices with removable storage, even Windows Phone 8 handsets without removable storage, like the Nokia Lumia 920, will get this error.
Microsoft is fully aware of this issue, writing on their support pages:
The following example shows an issue with the current version of Windows Phone 8:
When the policy parameter Require Encryption on Storage Card is enabled, Windows Phone 8 devices misreport the presence of an SD card, even if the device has no SD card slot. The policy enforcement occurs, provisioning fails, and the device cannot be synchronized.
According to MSDN topic 2.2.2.51 (RequireStorageCardEncryption) about the policy parameter, if the policy parameter is present but the device does not support removable storage, the parameter should be ignored, and the device should be able to synchronize.
The only work-around is to relax the security on the Exchange server by setting the policyAllow Non-provisionable Devices, something I think very few users will be able to convince the IT department to do.
It is somewhat amusing to see one department in Microsoft reporting a bug in a product by another department in Microsoft as if it is a 3rd party product, but rather less amusing when your expensive Windows Phone can not get your work email. Hopefully with Microsoft and Nokia trying to convince businesses Windows Phone is ready for work they will prioritize a fix for this annoying issue.

Huawei Ascend W1 WP8 Pricing Confirmed At 1599 Yuan


Huawei Ascend W1 WP8 Pricing Confirmed At 1599 Yuan

Huawei’s first Windows Phone 8 device Ascend W1 was announced at CES and later confirmed by carriers like O2 UK. The Ascend W1 has a 10.5mm slim body and a bright 4-inch IPS LCD 480 x 800 touchscreen with OGS Technology and is powered by the  Qualcomm Snapdragon™ S4 MSM8230 dual-core 1.2 GHz processor and Adreno 305 GPU. It features a low reflective IPS LCD display with full lamination technology, providing great visibility under any lighting condition. It also has a 5 megapixel autofocus camera with LED flash, and includes 4GB on-board memory, expandable to 32GB with a micro SD card.
Even though the availability for Acend W1 in China, Russia, India and some European market was confirmed as Q1 2013, we has only approx pricing. Now, Huawei has confirmed that Ascend W1 will be available for 1599.00 Yuan (approx $250 USD) making it to join the cheapest Windows Phone 8 device title along with Nokia Lumia 620.

Paddle Quest – Free Windows Phone Pong game


Paddle Quest – Free Windows Phone Pong game

Paddle quest takes the idea of a pong clone to a different level with attributes and power ups. Slowly level up your paddle by playing against the AI and earning Paddle Points to purchase new power ups. Keep track of your stats with a bar graph that helps you visualize your wins, losses, rebounds, spins, and drags.
Plans –
Multiplayer is currently under development and achievements will be added in the future.

Check your BMI with BMI Calculator Pro


Check your BMI with BMI Calculator Pro

Use this fluid and beautiful app to calculate your Body Mass Index, in both US Imperial and Metric formats. This app also shows you your BMI on a line graph scale to check to see if you are underweight, normal, overweight, or obese by International standards.
This app also works as a mass converter to calculate from and to Pounds, Kilograms, and Grams all in a simple fluid interface.
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  • Body Mass Index Calculations
  • Supports both Metric and Imperial Systems
  • Puts your BMI on a graph for BMI level checking
  • A built in Mass Converter for converting from and to Pounds, Kilograms, and Grams
This app is 99 cents in Windows Phone Store and can be foundhere. This app does not have a free trial.

DPReview reviews the Nokia Lumia 920 camera


DPReview reviews the Nokia Lumia 920 camera

DPReview has taken a look at the Pureview camera of the Nokia Lumia 920, and generally liked what they saw.
They had some criticism however, finding the camera button a bit stiff to avoid shake induced by pressing the button, and also did not like that focus was not locked during a half-press of the button.
They also did not like that exposure metering was for the whole scene rather than the area being focussed on.
They also complained that the camera menus were somewhat clunky, for example offering video camera settings when in Photo mode and that the settings were in a normal app menu, rather than the more traditional on-screen buttons as found in other camera and camera phone interfaces.
They also lamented the absence of HDR modes and Face detection, though noting these are available in lenses apps, but with less control over the camera.
They were happy that the camera sensor was a real multi-aspect ratio sensor, offering fewer vertical and more horizontal pixels than in 4:3 mode, giving you a genuinely wider field of view, which they note feels almost panoramic.
The tested the camera after the Portico update, and noted that while the pictures were sharper, they were now also noisier.  They were better but still not brilliant. They did however find the colour rendering and exposure acceptable. They were happy enough with the dual-LED flash, saying it was capable enough for casual portraits.
They concluded that while daylight pictures remained merely average, the phone camera really came into its own in low light.
They say:
…the 920 routinely delivering sharp images at 1/3rd of a second shutter speeds. You can see the OIS in action before you take a picture: the system kicks in when you half-press the shutter, and the preview image immediately snaps into a spooky steadiness, floating ghostly and immune to the usual micro-movements of your muscles.
The urge when given OIS is to push it to the extreme, and we did. The system hugely increases the number of sharp shots you’ll get at very slow, sub-1/10th of a second shutter speeds. That means you can afford to lower ISO for cleaner images, or in very low light, just get photographs that would be otherwise impossible to capture.
Here we’ve set ISO to 200, forcing the 920 to use a slow shutter speed of 1/3rd of a second. The result is as tack sharp as sensor noise allows. The 920’s image stabilization massively increases the number of useable shots you can get at such slow shutter speeds.
They found video quality is good, saying “the 920’s optical image stabilization provides an unusually steady image that’s familiar in dedicated cameras but a novel luxury on a phone.”
They concluded:
The Nokia Lumia 920 sports a very capable camera. Thanks to its optical image stabilization, it can capture clear images at low shutter speeds that would elude any other phone on the market. This makes it an ace at low-light photography of stationary objects, and partially addresses the Achilles heel of every phone camera on the market except Nokia’s own 808: poor low light performance. OIS also helps with borderline shutter speeds that non-stabilized phones routinely use anyway. While they simply hope for the best, the 920 stands an excellent chance of delivering a sharp image.
The multi-aspect-ratio sensor combined with a wide angle lens also gives the 920 a uniquely broad view of the world that will tickle anyone who feels stymied by their phone’s boxy, narrow outlook.
Unfortunately, the 920’s daylight performance is only OK. There’s at least as much noise as much of the competition, if not more. So much engineering has clearly gone into the 920’s camera unit that we’d hope for class-leading sensor performance, but it seems to be middle of the pack. The good news is that with 7 or 8 megapixels to play with, a lot of the sins visible at 100% disappear at more realistic magnifications.
The 920 is a solid offering, especially at $99 on contract from AT&T in the U.S. Nokia’s innovation around the camera takes mobile photography into new levels of darkness, but don’t expect miracles from the phone’s typically-performing sensor.

Nokia Lumia 920 coming to Israel in a week


Nokia Lumia 920 coming to Israel in a week

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Nokia Israel has started a promotion on their Facebook page for the Nokia Lumia 920, which will be arriving in the country in 6 days.
They are running a contest on their Facebook page with a Lumia 920 up for grabs. If your join the contest your profile picture is uploaded, and in 6 days time when the contest ends the winner’s picture will be displayed.  To increase your chance to win and also get some special prizes you can invite up to 5 friends.
See the contest at Facebook here.

Microsoft Details Managing Windows Phone 8 Device Using Windows Intune


Microsoft Details Managing Windows Phone 8 Device Using Windows Intune

Microsoft yesterday released as whitepaper on how to manage a Windows Phone 8 device using Windows Intune and System Center Configuration Manager SP1.
This whitepaper contains following contents,
  • Using Windows Intune for Direct Management of Windows Phone devices
  • Configuring Windows Intune to Manage Devices
  • Setting up Windows Intune for Windows Phone 8
  • Enrolling Windows Phone Devices in Windows Intune
  • Using System Center Configuration Manager SP1 to manage Windows Phone Devices.
You can send this to your IT department if they are still not supporting Windows Phone 8 as your work device.
You can download the full whitepaper here.

Huawei has long-term plans for Windows Phone says CEO


Huawei has long-term plans for Windows Phone says CEO

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WPDang reports that the Huawei Ascend W1 will break new grounds for Windows Phone in China by costing only 1599 Yuan on release ($257).
The price was revealed by Huawei at a China Telecom 3G  carrier exhibition In Sichuan, and makes it the cheapest Windows Phone 8 handset yet.
Huawei will be testing the market by producing 500,000 of the handsets, with the first of these hitting shelves by the end of the month.
WPDang notes that at the exhibition the Nokia Lumia 620 and HTC 8S were both being advertised at 1999 Yuan, and that the eventual price when the Ascend W1 reaches the consumer may be even lower than 1599 Yuan.
In an interview with WPDang  Huawei CEO Mr. Yu Chengdong said Huawei was not trying Windows Phone as a once-off deal, but that the W1 was part of a very long-term plan.
The W1 will be distributed in China, Russia and India, and at such an aggressive price may be able to carve a place out in the Windows Phone ecosystem after all.
Read more at WPDang here.

Nokia comic urges buyers to #Switch and not let cables tie them down


Nokia comic urges buyers to #Switch and not let cables tie them down

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With wireless charging gaining momentum it has somewhat surprisingly become strongly associated with Nokia’s Lumia range. Nokia is taking full advantage of this by touting this feature in their latest #Switch comic, telling readers their phone has a life of partying ahead of it if it were not tied down by wires.
The Qi standard is gaining momentum at present, with the new Samsung Galaxy S 4 rumoured to feature the technology, but only as an add-on.  This will however likely increase the range of Qi accessories available to everyone, and also solidify the standard against competition by the Powermat consortium, which has backing by Google and AT&T.
Hopefully this will mean our current investment in wireless charging accessories will be usable in the next generation of devices also.

Caledos Runner V2.1, the activity tracking application integrated with RunKeeper is available on the Store


Caledos Runner V2.1, the activity tracking application integrated with RunKeeper is available on the Store

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Rome IT, 01/19/2012. It is available since yesterday, on the Windows Phone Store, Caledos Runner V2.1, the new activity tracking application developed by the Caledos Lab team and integrated with RunKeeper’s fitness platform.
Inspired by the best Windows Phone UI designed by Microsoft and Nokia for their apps, Caledos Runner provides the user with a unique, fast and fluid experience. It allows to track activities, to measure calories burned and the distance covered over time, on a big, bold and easy to read interface, usable even while you’re running. A “Fitness Dashboard” is integrated in the App and allows the user to analyze and monitor his activities through summary data and graphs.
Integration with RunKeeper platform and their HealthGraph gives the user countless opportunities thanks to both the online tools and the wide ecosystem.
This version is compatible with Windows Phone 8 only and sports the following new features:
  • Countdown timer
  • Running Splits
  • Enhanced Media Player with Album Art
  • Enhanced Stats Filters
  • New UI for activity list and stats page
  • Full support for the Italian language (voice commands, speech, user interface)
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In the coming days an update for Windows Phone 7.5 will provide the same enhancements for that platform. Caledos Lab is committed to support 7.x devices until Caledos Runner’s user base on 7.x will be bigger than the base on Phone 8.
Download at www.windowsphone.com. Follow us on Facebook:www.facebook.com/CaledosRunner

KickStarter for RPG needs only $720 for a Windows Phone version


KickStarter for RPG needs only $720 for a Windows Phone version

622493e08e8c150b5bfdfcb916cb9c1d_largeVacant Sky: Awakening – A Pre-Apocalyptic RPG is a KickStarter project by Bishop Myers for a new  and modern RPG in which the player assumes the role of a young nobleman and follows his seven year journey for glory, fame, power, and love. As time moves on, the player will see characters grow and contend with the new issues that come with adulthood – such as taking responsibility for one’s past actions.
The team initially aimed to raise only $8000, but added some stretch goals, initially for iPhone and iPad support up to $9000 and now for an extra $1000 for Windows Phone support.
They have already raised $9,283 at the time of writing, with 16 days to go, and the team is aiming for a Spring release.
If this style of gaming strikes your fancy drop by the KickStarter 

Nokia’s 3D Printed Lumia 820 case design adapted for the Makerbot, printed out


Nokia’s 3D Printed Lumia 820 case design adapted for the Makerbot, printed out

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Continuing on the 3D Printing theme, Makerbot have adapted the 3D design released by Nokia for the Nokia Lumia 820 battery cover to work with their MakerBot Replicator 2 Desktop 3D Printer, which costs around $2,199.
They note the result creates an awesome shell that fits great.
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See more pictures and download the Makerbot plans for free from their site here.

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