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Archive for September 20th, 2013

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LeakyLeak: Asha 500; Dual Shot with Capacitive Buttons

LeakyLeak: Asha 500; Dual Shot with Capacitive Buttons

| September 20, 2013 | 28 Replies

Advertisements Another leak from earlier today, courtesy of @evleaks (no surprises there) is the Asha 500. The device comes in a similar size/form factor to the 501; but with a capacitive back button instead of a physical one. The shell also appears to be some form of dual shot, with a plastic see-through layer overlaying […]

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Nokia “Sirius” Tablet Reported to be Launching Alongside Lumia 1520 on October 22nd

Nokia “Sirius” Tablet Reported to be Launching Alongside Lumia 1520 on October 22nd

| September 20, 2013 | 33 Replies

According to @evleaks (and a couple other rumors we’ve heard) the Nokia Windows RT tablet will be launching alongside the Nokia Phablet next month in Abu Dhabi. Look for Nokia Sirius to launch alongside Bandit next month. — @evleaks (@evleaks) September 20, 2013 The news is somewhat contradictory to the rumor that Microsoft were pressuring […]

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Microsoft To No Longer Support WP7 Version of Skype App

Microsoft To No Longer Support WP7 Version of Skype App

| September 20, 2013 | 13 Replies

In what will probably come across as another blow of abandonment to WP7 users, Microsoft today have announced that there will no longer be any updates to the WP7 version of their Skype app. Microsoft have never shown particular preference to their own OS when it comes to Skype, in fact WP was the last […]

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More 1520 leaks, Shows Off its Ginormous Size

More 1520 leaks, Shows Off its Ginormous Size

| September 20, 2013 | 30 Replies

The 1520 leaks just keep on coming, the latest showing the 1520 in the flesh in a users hand. The screen looks absolutely enormous with a relatively small bezel, Yay! You can see the new tile sizes on display, which make it easier to get more content at a glimpse (and this layout makes it […]

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Glance Screen Gets “Notification” Toggle, Lock Screen Notification Eminent?

Glance Screen Gets “Notification” Toggle, Lock Screen Notification Eminent?

| September 20, 2013 | 25 Replies

I’m not sure how long this feature has been there, but I just noticed it on my 1020. There is now an option to toggle the “Clock and notifications” on and off under the Glance part of the settings. Currently the glance/always on screen only shows the clock and the battery status, with no further […]

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Q&A:  Chris Weber hoping to create some bad days for Samsung and Apple in the weeks and months ahead

Q&A: Chris Weber hoping to create some bad days for Samsung and Apple in the weeks and months ahead

| September 20, 2013 | 34 Replies

Quick heads up on this Q&A with Chris Weber that was held with Nokia Bloggers, thanks to the Nokia Connects team. Chris Weber will be one of the execs moving over with Mr Elop as Nokia’s devices and services transition to MS. The talk of a unified brand across the devices in interesting. It seems […]

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$25,400,000 for Stephen Elop to move back to Microsoft as head of Devices and Services

$25,400,000 for Stephen Elop to move back to Microsoft as head of Devices and Services

| September 20, 2013 | 142 Replies

TheVerge and AllThingsD report that Stephen Elop is set to get 25 million dollars to move back to Microsoft. 70% of that is coming from MS ‘for a job well done, har di har har’. :/ It’s been a long time since we first looked at Elop’s contract. From what I remember, it mentioned different […]

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Qualcomm Accidentally Confirms Lumia 1520’s Snapdragon 800 Processor

Qualcomm Accidentally Confirms Lumia 1520’s Snapdragon 800 Processor

| September 20, 2013 | 8 Replies

  There have been plenty of rumors claiming that the Lumia 1520 phablet will carry the mighty Snapdragon 800 processor; and it seems the Qualcomm twitter account has just accidentally confirmed that. The tweet has since been deleted, and they claimed that they misread the original tweet, now claiming that they don’t have any info […]

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Yet another Symbian story.

Yet another Symbian story.

| September 20, 2013 | 106 Replies

Symbian had an army of fans who knew how the OS operated on a kernel level, today if you spot one of them you’ll see him telling the story of the mighty Symbian failed because of Nokia’s bad management. Or explaining how the kernel of Symbian was so good it has no almost no delay between hardware and software. “the famous […]

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