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Archive for April, 2013

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GoComics App Released for Windows Phone 7&8; Comes in Stride with iOS and Android Versions

GoComics App Released for Windows Phone 7&8; Comes in Stride with iOS and Android Versions

| April 21, 2013 | 10 Replies

Advertisements Today calls for a minor celebration, GoComics app has been released for Windows Phone 7 and 8; bringing the full archives of the most beloved comics to your phone; including Garfield, Calvin & Hobbes (my absolute favorite), Peanuts, Dilbert and many more. Even more important is the fact that the app was released for iOS, Android […]

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Video: Gaming on the Nokia Lumia 520 – Asphalt 7 Head, NFS Hot Pursuit, Assassin’s Creed and more

Video: Gaming on the Nokia Lumia 520 – Asphalt 7 Head, NFS Hot Pursuit, Assassin’s Creed and more

| April 21, 2013 | 34 Replies

    Here’s a quick demo of some XboxLive titles available to play on the Nokia Lumia 520. Although WP is very consistent in user experiences from the high end to the lower end (fast, fluid, reliable), the differing RAM quantities do often mean some limitations for the lower end handsets at least when it […]

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Video: Indigo Voice controlled Personal Assistant for WP

Video: Indigo Voice controlled Personal Assistant for WP

| April 21, 2013 | 1 Reply

  In this video, WPC looks at a third-party app with enhanced voice commands like Ask-Ziggy. Now, the built in voice commands in WP8 have been improved slightly over WP7.5 but we’d definitely welcome some more versatility, such as being able to set alarms or initiate tracks or even enabling the features shown by Indigo […]

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Weekend Watch: Microsoft promotes Kids Corner on Nokia Lumia 920 – (parents giving up their iPhones and Galaxy for Lumia)

Weekend Watch: Microsoft promotes Kids Corner on Nokia Lumia 920 – (parents giving up their iPhones and Galaxy for Lumia)

| April 20, 2013 | 21 Replies

Kudos to MS for continuing to give some air time to the Windows Phone that matters :p – Nokia Lumia. At least for the most part of this video where they compare the parents phones against Windows Phone. What’s funny is that whilst the family above were shown Ben’s HTcopypasta phone, they were still given […]

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Weekend Watch: Brief history of the live tile

Weekend Watch: Brief history of the live tile

| April 20, 2013 | 4 Replies

Here’s a fun promo video from Windows Phone UK that follows the journey of the live tile in history. Whilst Live Tiles have become more active in the latest generation of WP, we hope to see more of the enhancements detailed at this post. Although the last device carries no branding and it’s a cartoon, […]

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Weekend Watch: Nokia’s twitter follower list into wall art – did you make it? :)

Weekend Watch: Nokia’s twitter follower list into wall art – did you make it? :)

| April 20, 2013 | 12 Replies

Check this out! At first I was like, “What’s this artsy fartsy thing they’re doing now” but when it came to the reveal it turns out the graffiti was in the shape of the Nokia Logo, containing Nokia’s 400,000+ twitter followers. Can you see your name on there? It’s a great idea. I might give this […]

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Interactions Concept: Tangible Alarms Through NFC

Interactions Concept: Tangible Alarms Through NFC

| April 19, 2013 | 6 Replies

While at MWC a couple months ago I got a chance to meet up with the winners of Nokia’s 3D printing challenge; in case you missed it the idea was to make the most “useful” 3D printed shell for the Lumia 820. One of the winners was Victor, whose concept was 3D printing your house […]

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LeakyLeak: More Nokia Lumia 928 Renders, in White

LeakyLeak: More Nokia Lumia 928 Renders, in White

| April 19, 2013 | 24 Replies

Well the floodgates have been opened, here are a couple more renders of the 928 in white, courtesy of @evleaks. I’ve only just noticed that second mic on the back; perhaps there’s some rich recording to go along with that Pureview goodness? Source

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GSM Arena battery tests the Nokia Lumia 520 – Nokia’s entry level Lumia beating almost all midrange Androids

GSM Arena battery tests the Nokia Lumia 520 – Nokia’s entry level Lumia beating almost all midrange Androids

| April 19, 2013 | 30 Replies

  Here’s GSM Arena’s battery test on the Nokia Lumia 520 where it performs quite admirably against the competition. http://blog.gsmarena.com/nokia-lumia-520-goes-through-our-extended-battery-testing-regime-see-how-it-managed/ Cheers Alvester for the tip!

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