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Archive for January, 2013

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Lumia 510 Coming to UK Soon Via Phones4U

Lumia 510 Coming to UK Soon Via Phones4U

| January 22, 2013 | 24 Replies

Advertisements The Lumia 510 which was announced back in October last year was (and I believe remains) the cheapest Windows Phone devices till now. Of course the 510 runs Windows Phone 7.5 but is upgrade-able to 7.8 (hopefully by the end of the month). Phones4U has listed it on their site under “coming soon” although in the initial […]

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Italy and UK WP market share reach 13.9% and 5.9%, 50% growth in smartphones for Nokia in UK.

Italy and UK WP market share reach 13.9% and 5.9%, 50% growth in smartphones for Nokia in UK.

| January 22, 2013 | 98 Replies

Figures from Kantar World Panel for December show continued growth for Windows Phone in Europe (except Germany). Nokia’s shares of smartphones has increased 50% since last year in the UK, 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 […]

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Video: Lumia 920’s OIS Goes Skiing; Impresses Everyone

Video: Lumia 920’s OIS Goes Skiing; Impresses Everyone

| January 22, 2013 | 7 Replies

Although I’ve never gone skiing I can only imagine that it’s quite difficult, and probably a lot more difficult when you’re using miniature skis like the “sled dogs” seen above. All that aside the Lumia 920 has no issues keeping everything steady while flying down hill on some slopes in the video down below Everything […]

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Multiple Sources Pointing at January 31st For Global WP 7.8 Rollout

Multiple Sources Pointing at January 31st For Global WP 7.8 Rollout

| January 22, 2013 | 10 Replies

Although a lucky few got an early release of Windows Phone 7.8 on what later turned out to be “developer devices”; unfortunately both Nokia and Microsoft haven’t been very forthcoming with the details of the rollout (as usual). Thankfully though other sources have been more helpful in providing a date for the update; which is most probably […]

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Video: 5 gloves on one hand and Nokia Lumia 920’s super sensitive screen

Video: 5 gloves on one hand and Nokia Lumia 920’s super sensitive screen

| January 22, 2013 | 5 Replies

    The Nokia Lumia 920 and 820 have super sensitive screens. This means that despite the glass capacitive screen being super responsive to light bare finger touches, it will also work with your gloves on. And 5 here to be exact. We’ve tried keys, plant stems, blackberries, iPhones, Galaxies, Banana peel, Orange Peel, pens, […]

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Lumia user creates Wood Veneer shell for his Nokia Lumia 920

Lumia user creates Wood Veneer shell for his Nokia Lumia 920

| January 22, 2013 | 5 Replies

  How cool is this? A forum member at pocketpc.ch has made a DIY phone shell out of wood for his Nokia Lumia 920. These personalised shells aren’t gonna be for 820 users and their 3D printers only, no, no, no :). http://www.pocketpc.ch/nokia-lumia-920/180219-nokia-lumia-920-holz-furnier.html Hi folks you wanted to present my project! Since I was one already […]

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Nokia Lumia 620 available at Argos (UK/Ireland), coming to Carphone Warehouse in February

Nokia Lumia 620 available at Argos (UK/Ireland), coming to Carphone Warehouse in February

| January 22, 2013 | 5 Replies

We got tipped by Alberto Pietrobon that the Nokia Lumia 620 was available (but quite expensive) in Ireland. Indeed it was – 319.99 EUR. Approx 290GBP. Though it is ‘SIM FREE’ and is usually more expensive, than say, the UK handset above which is retailing at 199.99GBP or 237 EUR (you would need to purchase […]

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GeekGossip: Former MS exec suggests Elop and other competitors/threats to Ballmer ‘pushed out’?

GeekGossip: Former MS exec suggests Elop and other competitors/threats to Ballmer ‘pushed out’?

| January 22, 2013 | 86 Replies

I wouldn’t have written about this but it does mention Nokia somewhere in the article. GamesIndustry says that a former Microsoft executive is claiming that MS CEO, Ballmer is getting rid of anyone that could potentially take over him. Strong claims indeed, by ex original Xbox Chief, Joachim Kempin who says key figures like Belluzzo (COO […]

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Microsoft trying to work around the Google Sync Problem by supporting CalDAV and CardDAV in Windows Phone?

Microsoft trying to work around the Google Sync Problem by supporting CalDAV and CardDAV in Windows Phone?

| January 22, 2013 | 35 Replies

  As you may or may not know, Google will stop supporting ActiveSync from January 30th 2013. It’s what makes Windows Phone work so flawlessly with Google Mail, Google Contacts and Google Calendar. No set up, just sign in and sync. From Jan 30th, any NEW WP users will be unable to sync said google […]

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