Advertisements
Advertisements

Archive for March, 2014

Advertisements
Nokia Lumia 1520 tops blind camera comparison, HTC One M8 comes 6th

Nokia Lumia 1520 tops blind camera comparison, HTC One M8 comes 6th

| March 31, 2014 | 8 Replies

Advertisements According to a blind test (meaning the winner was chosen based on quality and not the brand) the Nokia Lumia 1520 tops the list. G2 came a surprising second with Z1 in third place. HTC’s much prized snapper comes in at 6th, something PhoneArena was keen to point out. I’m extremely pleased with the […]

Read More

Stephen Elop on Microsoft’s Senior Leadership Team for MS Devices Group

Stephen Elop on Microsoft’s Senior Leadership Team for MS Devices Group

| March 31, 2014 | 39 Replies

  In part of Satya’s email today he reiterated some points about the Nokia Deal including what is happening to Elop and the Nokia D&S. Satya and Stephen have worked previously before Elop became infamous at Nokia. Botht have been working closely again as they’ve worked the initial stages of integrating Nokia D&S to Microsoft. […]

Read More

Phil Spencer now leads Xbox Division, Satya says more Xbox Magic to Phones and other form factors

Phil Spencer now leads Xbox Division, Satya says more Xbox Magic to Phones and other form factors

| March 31, 2014 | 4 Replies

  Larry Hyrb, aka, Major Nelson (Director of Programming for the Microsoft gaming network Xbox Live) reports that Xbox has a new lead. Phil Spencer. Name might not ring a bell to anyone (maybe in the UK he has the same name as the Location, Location, Location guy). He was the previous head of Microsoft […]

Read More

Rumor: WP 8.1 Developer’s Preview to Be Available April 10th

Rumor: WP 8.1 Developer’s Preview to Be Available April 10th

| March 31, 2014 | 5 Replies

According to WPC, the much awaited WP 8.1 preview for developers will go live on April 10th, about a week after the expected build announcement. Of course as much as we’re looking forward to the official unveiling of WP 8.1 what we really care about is WHEN we can get it; and for now it […]

Read More

WP 3 column for 4.5″ screens and over; WP8.1 app install to card requires class 6 and above

WP 3 column for 4.5″ screens and over; WP8.1 app install to card requires class 6 and above

| March 31, 2014 | 7 Replies

There’s a bit more info on the SD card app installation front for WP8.1. A minimum of Class 6 SDHC is now required. If it isn’t supported, the phone stores apps to the on board phone memory. There’s no max/upper speed limit, which at least in my experience was needed for Nokia Camera recorded HD […]

Read More

WPDev: Schedule for Build 2014, Notification platform and voice sessions

WPDev: Schedule for Build 2014, Notification platform and voice sessions

| March 31, 2014 | 3 Replies

For those interested, you can see a list of what’s going to be happening at build 2014 (April 2nd, 3rd, 4th). The topic titles are available which suggests what features are going to be updated for WP, such as the store. http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/Build/2014?sort=schedule&direction=asc#tab_sortBy_schedule Via WPdev, reddit Notification Platform in the action centre http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/Build/2014/2-521 Voice integration. Launch […]

Read More

Weekend Watch: 20 minute Nokia X Review

Weekend Watch: 20 minute Nokia X Review

| March 30, 2014 | 3 Replies

Quick heads up: Here’s a 20 minute Nokia X review. Geekyranjit

Read More

Rumor: WP 8.1 Already RTM’ed, New 8.1 Devices to Come Late April

Rumor: WP 8.1 Already RTM’ed, New 8.1 Devices to Come Late April

| March 30, 2014 | 8 Replies

According to a rumor over at WPC, WP 8.1 has already achieved RTM (release to manufacturer) status; meaning that OEM’s (such as Nokia) can go about adding their custom touches to the OS version. Such as the rumored Nokia Cherry  Pink Blossom, which is said to be the name of Nokia’s next WP update. Also rumored […]

Read More

Jolla Releases Early Build of #SailfishForAndroid on Nexus 4

Jolla Releases Early Build of #SailfishForAndroid on Nexus 4

| March 30, 2014 | 4 Replies

Earlier this weekend, I got an email that was sent to “early adopters” of Sailfish for Android. Currently, this in-development build is only for the Nexus 4, but a release will be coming soon for the Samsung Galaxy S3 4G.  Jolla will also publish a Hardware Adaptation Development Kit (HADK) in the next few weeks, […]

Read More