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“Microsoft focusing on increasing Windows Phone volume with GDR2; features coming later” wpcentral

“Microsoft focusing on increasing Windows Phone volume with GDR2; features coming later” wpcentral

| July 30, 2013 | 82 Replies

Advertisements WPcentral wrote a piece today explaining Microsoft strategy with GDR2/GDR3. This is my attempt of making sense of  said strategy. Part of the problem is also a misunderstanding of Microsoft’s strategy: GDR2 is less about new features and more about enabling new hardware.  Same thing with the GDR3 release, expected around October, empowering next generation Qualcomm […]

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Why we LOVE Nokia…explained in a 2:05 minute video.

Why we LOVE Nokia…explained in a 2:05 minute video.

| July 30, 2013 | 100 Replies

Dear MNB Readers, Some of us LOVE Nokia…some of us LIKE Nokia…some of us may even be secretly loving them from AFAR (aka, using another OS or non Nokia phone) while there are others that simply HATE Nokia. I LOVE Nokia products. Just for a moment, let us put aside the current situations and happenings […]

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Pocketnow share their favorite shots taken with the Lumia1020.

Pocketnow share their favorite shots taken with the Lumia1020.

| July 29, 2013 | 10 Replies

PocketNow’s Michael Fisher doesn’t hide his love for the Lumia 920’s camera skills in his articles, in fact he carries it as his daily driver sometimes and he preferred it over the Galaxy S4 active for his vacation on the beach, he loved the pictures he took with it that he bragged about them last month Much like […]

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Lumia 1020 ads on a roll second decent TV commercial from WindowsPhone

Lumia 1020 ads on a roll second decent TV commercial from WindowsPhone

| July 29, 2013 | 11 Replies

The Lumia 1020 seems to be on a roll with decent tv ads. It speaks clearly about the Lumia 1020 features. The video states it’s the first smartphone that puts the camera first, then goes on to show it through two amazing zooms. Nokia has always been horrible with ads focusing on UNKNOWN people with […]

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Stunning Nokia Lumia 1020 pictures from Topolino70 and Belfiore

Stunning Nokia Lumia 1020 pictures from Topolino70 and Belfiore

| July 29, 2013 | 27 Replies

We’ve showcased Topolino70 (Tommi Vainionpää)’s work for many years, marvelling at how he pushed the likes of the N8 and then 808. Here he is again along with ‘Green Button‘ (JoeBelfiore and family?) to show us some beautiful photos. With cameraphones like the N8/808/1020, they take great pictures in Auto, and you don’t have to […]

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Nokia ‘Treasure Tag’ Lumia accessory could stop you ever losing your keys

Nokia ‘Treasure Tag’ Lumia accessory could stop you ever losing your keys

| July 29, 2013 | 27 Replies

  This reminds me somewhat of that indoor location tag Nokia had at one of their last Nokia Worlds. The Verge reports that Nokia will be officially releasing this accessory which combines bluetooth and NFC to track items from a phone (except this doesn’t seem to require additional sensors placed in the room itself). The […]

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Nokia Amber PR2.0 Lumia Update Changelog

Nokia Amber PR2.0 Lumia Update Changelog

| July 29, 2013 | 53 Replies

This is apparently the full changelog for the Nokia Amber update (v3047.0000.1328.xxxx for the Nokia Lumia 920). ETA? Unknown really. I thought it was July but apparently next month. NEW FEATURES Glance Screen Clock Charging indicator / low battery Indicator for silent / vibra mode, night mode (change color for night time). OFF by default. Smart camera capture […]

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Microsoft fights old mistakes, slows down Nokia? #rant + Important news

Microsoft fights old mistakes, slows down Nokia? #rant + Important news

| July 29, 2013 | 114 Replies

Windows Phone is a Microsoft product that has an amazing vision of what a smartphone should be, not restricted by the common features that other smartphones have, it goes for a different target audience and experience so it operates differently. And so to understand why this vision is slightly misguided and needs to change. I’ll […]

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Up to $125 Off Nokia Purity Pro (OverEar) Headsets on Amazon ($223)

Up to $125 Off Nokia Purity Pro (OverEar) Headsets on Amazon ($223)

| July 28, 2013 | 6 Replies

One of the coolest accessories Nokia have pumped out to date has got to be the BH-940 AKA  Purity Pro Wireless Stereo Headset by Monster, something our very own Jay can definitely attest to. Well good news for anyone who’s been eying a pair, Amazon have some pretty nice price reductions on the white and black […]

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