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Archive for August 21st, 2013

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Sweet Smell of Success, Windows Phone is Latin America’s 2nd Most Popular Mobile OS!!!

Sweet Smell of Success, Windows Phone is Latin America’s 2nd Most Popular Mobile OS!!!

| August 21, 2013 | 59 Replies

Advertisements While some people insist on debating whether or not Windows Phone has achieved the “third OS”  against BlackBerry, Windows Phone has been making some huge leaps in Latin America (namely Mexico, Argentina, Brazil and Columbia). Windows Phone has made some giant leaps, seeing as it was still 4th place last quarter, but with over […]

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Nokia 106 and 107 Announced, With Massive Music Playback Times and Ultra Low Prices

Nokia 106 and 107 Announced, With Massive Music Playback Times and Ultra Low Prices

| August 21, 2013 | 20 Replies

Today Nokia announced two more entry level feature phones, the Nokia 106 and the 107. Both follow the similar design of the 105 with Lumia-esque colors and polycarbonate build material.  The phones run your standard S30 (I assume?) and have the usual stopwatch, clock, snake, calendar, radio and more. The Nokia 107 is a dual […]

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PSA: Amber Update Now Rolling Out to Verizon’s Lumia 822

PSA: Amber Update Now Rolling Out to Verizon’s Lumia 822

| August 21, 2013 | 7 Replies

Quick heads up guys, the Verizon Lumia 822 has started receiving the Lumia Amber/GDR2 update, so if you happen to have an 822 be sure to check if it’s available. In other news my Lumia 920 (UK country variant) still hasn’t received the update, but the status has been changed to “Coming soon” rather than […]

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Seven Nokia Device Codenames Leaked, Courtesy of @evleaks

Seven Nokia Device Codenames Leaked, Courtesy of @evleaks

| August 21, 2013 | 55 Replies

@evleaks sent a tweet containing 7 new codenames for upcoming Nokia devices, they are as follows: Bandit Lanai Orion Pegasus Rivendell Shorty Siruis Nokia product codenames: Bandit, Lanai, Orion, Pegasus, Rivendell, Shorty, Siruis — @evleaks (@evleaks) August 21, 2013 https://twitter.com/evleaks/status/370145613809074176 The Verge has previously confirmed that Nokia’s upcoming Quad-Core phablet is codenamed Bandit, short of […]

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Facebook Beta for WP Updated, Finally Brings Image Messaging and Inline Tagging + More

Facebook Beta for WP Updated, Finally Brings Image Messaging and Inline Tagging + More

| August 21, 2013 | 6 Replies

Facebook beta has just received another update, this time bringing some very useful features. Mainly the much awaited ability to send pictures to your friends inbox (and viewing shared images too); plus the ability to tag your friends in comments and replies! There’s also a new bubble thingy that shows the number of new posts […]

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Nokia continues to take over WP at 86.9%, Lumia 1020 exceeding Lumia 928 sales

Nokia continues to take over WP at 86.9%, Lumia 1020 exceeding Lumia 928 sales

| August 21, 2013 | 74 Replies

Quick heads up on some data by adduplex. First, Nokia’s continuing to dominate the WP scene. Yes it’s still small but it’s obviously still growing too (in line with market so that the sales increase in Q2 also meant a marketshare increase). Now, Nokia commands 86.9% of WP versus 85% last month (still, relatively excellent […]

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Video: Nokia HERE 3D Maps Refresh with Gen 2 mapping car

Video: Nokia HERE 3D Maps Refresh with Gen 2 mapping car

| August 21, 2013 | 11 Replies

Chris Davies from SlashGear takes a look at the latest generation cars that Nokia’s HERE Maps division is using to update their 3D data. This features an updated laser and panoramic rig. We see an app that has an algorithm designed to give directions to the driver to get the best coverage whilst reducing redundancy. […]

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Lumiappdates: Hipstamatic Oggl, 6Sec, Facebook Beta, Burton, HDR Photo Camera, Flash Video

Lumiappdates: Hipstamatic Oggl, 6Sec, Facebook Beta, Burton, HDR Photo Camera, Flash Video

| August 21, 2013 | Reply

My Nokia Lumia 920 is Purely on mobile connection due to lack of WiFi so Im not sure of that affects the updates I get. 9 got pushed to me consisting of: Hipstamatic Oggl (improved performance and stablity, v1.0.0.5, 20.08.13) 6Sec (v1.2.0.0, 20.08.13) HERE Transit Facebook Beta – performance improvements, in line tagging, image attachments […]

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