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Video: Gaming on the budget Nokia Lumia 530

Video: Gaming on the budget Nokia Lumia 530

| August 25, 2014 | Reply

Advertisements Geekyranjit shows the gaming capabilities of the Nokia Lumia 530. The quality of the sound is immediately noted. Although it plays very well, the screen’s viewing angles is somewhere Nokia has compromised on. From Subway Surfer to Asphalt 8, this quad core packs a punch. No problems either with apps installed on the microSD. It can […]

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Litchfield: What if Nokia stayed on MeeGo and Symbian in 2011? Or Android? And other tough questions

Litchfield: What if Nokia stayed on MeeGo and Symbian in 2011? Or Android? And other tough questions

| August 25, 2014 | 78 Replies

  It seems like I’m having dejavu – news about WP about to take off, now questions on what would have happened if Nokia went with MeeGo and Symbian or even android in 2011. It’s all questions that have been asked before but now with great hindsight, it’s all being asked in a different context. Steve […]

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Huawei Says Tizen is Destined to Fail, No More Windows Phone’s for Now

Huawei Says Tizen is Destined to Fail, No More Windows Phone’s for Now

| August 25, 2014 | 13 Replies

  Huawei’s boss Richard Yu talked a bit publicly about competing OSes and the future of Huawei, regarding Samsung’s homegrown Tizen OS he said it “no chance to be successful”, and they won’t perusing that route for the time being. In terms of Windows Phone where they already have two devices on the market he said “it […]

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HERE Jobs: Explore a career with HERE

HERE Jobs: Explore a career with HERE

| August 25, 2014 | 1 Reply

On the job search subject, here is HERE from Nokia careers. Their linkedin page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/heremaps/careers Job positions include: Senior Software Engineer (C++ / Qt / QML) in Connected Car team Senior Java Developer Software Engineer, Java/Scala Field Collection Driver II – Columbus/Pittsburgh Western Region Inside Sales Representative – Northern Europe (UK, Nordics, Benelux) Inside Sales Representative […]

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Tiles staying in Windows 9 Threshold Modern UI 2.0 – Interactive live tiles?

Tiles staying in Windows 9 Threshold Modern UI 2.0 – Interactive live tiles?

| August 25, 2014 | 3 Replies

According to the folks of WinBeta, they’ve got some inside info on what Windows 9 Threshold. Where does this info come from? Not quite sure. But anyway… Interactive live tiles may be on the way (wow, so new, much innovation!). WP8.1 already has interactive live tiles of sorts with their new folders but now they […]

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WP about to go big? hmmm…

WP about to go big? hmmm…

| August 25, 2014 | 11 Replies

The stars are aligning and Reddit appears to be discussing another post about how WP could make it big. http://www.neowin.net/news/is-windows-phone-about-to-go-big Vlad Dudau makes an interesting comparison with Android of which WP in WP8.1 is making similar moves just before it became huge. WP8.1 apparently is no longer in the catchup stage feature wise, similar to FroYo. […]

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Video: New demo of 3D printed OLED Jolla “The Other Half” (and LED notification?)

Video: New demo of 3D printed OLED Jolla “The Other Half” (and LED notification?)

| August 25, 2014 | 3 Replies

Here’s the latest iteration of the OLED “The other Half” back covers for Jolla Phone. This is the one with an OLED panel at the back. What’s that at the right though – LED notification? That for me would be useful (like on the Nokia N900) The panel shows battery life, time, missed call and […]

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Video: Nokia Lumia 930 Vs Lumia 1520 Hardware, Design & Specs Comparison

Video: Nokia Lumia 930 Vs Lumia 1520 Hardware, Design & Specs Comparison

| August 24, 2014 | 4 Replies

Since the Lumia 930 and the 1520 are Nokia’s current “flagship status” devices, here’s a quick video running down the differences between the two devices in terms of hardware, design and specs.

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Deal Alert: Lumia 1520 Free On Contract, Lumia Icon for a Penny

Deal Alert: Lumia 1520 Free On Contract, Lumia Icon for a Penny

| August 24, 2014 | 1 Reply

Just a quick heads-up, Amazon have both the Lumia 1520 and the Icon free (or close to free)  with a standard two year agreement for At&t/Verizon. Both devices are in the top of the lineup in the specs race, and given that Nokia are rumored NOT to be releasing a new flagship device this year, […]

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