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Video: New Nokia Asha Software update for 230, 500, 501, 502 and 503

Video: New Nokia Asha Software update for 230, 500, 501, 502 and 503

| April 7, 2014 | Reply

Advertisements This video gives a hands on tour of the new Nokia Asha update. Enhanced selfie mode Panoramic photo guide One Drive Birthdays appear in fastlane Better twitter notifications Nokia Mix Radio

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Video: Nokia now making promos for Nokia XL, their bigger Android powered Nokia with Fast Lane

Video: Nokia now making promos for Nokia XL, their bigger Android powered Nokia with Fast Lane

| April 7, 2014 | 7 Replies

For those that want a bigger screen experience but with an Android powered Nokia, the Nokia XL is the way to go. The Nokia XL also features a 5mp camera with LED flash. In the description, again Nokia goes with the tagline that this is your fastlane to Android apps. Advertisements

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Tips: Taking HDR on the Nokia Lumia 1520 and 1020 (using built in Bracketing)

Tips: Taking HDR on the Nokia Lumia 1520 and 1020 (using built in Bracketing)

| April 6, 2014 | 3 Replies

Automatic HDR is not yet available by default on the Nokia Lumia devices. You can get HDR apps or even HDR simulations (e.g. Fantasia Painter) In the video below, we see how to use the exposure bracketing (like a DSLR) to take 3-5 shots of different exposures which you combine later to produce a HDR […]

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Video: Happy Birthday to the World’s Best known Ringtone! @NokiaUS

Video: Happy Birthday to the World’s Best known Ringtone! @NokiaUS

| April 6, 2014 | 5 Replies

Nokia US celebrates the birthday of the Nokia Ringtone, the best known ringtone in the world. Which came first, Nokia phones or the famous Nokia ringtone? The tune first appeared in the Nokia 2110, which was released in 1994. It might come as a surprise that the ringtone (also called Grande Valse) was composed in […]

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Video: Updated phone app, cosmetic changes and new tweaks.

Video: Updated phone app, cosmetic changes and new tweaks.

| April 6, 2014 | 10 Replies

Check out the updated phone app for WP8.1 The changes are quite subtle and are brought into the whole “why wasn’t this there from the start?”. A slight shift in appearance as the dialler now includes call and save buttons within the grid as opposed to being at a bar at the bottom. When actually […]

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Video: Upload files from WP8.1 browser and downloading of more file types

Video: Upload files from WP8.1 browser and downloading of more file types

| April 6, 2014 | 3 Replies

We’ve seen this demoed before but not quite as clearly. Here it is from another SDK emulator. You can see that files can be uploaded from the WP8.1 device, picking files from some file browser of sort. Also you can now download things, such as videos, MP3s (previously just images and .pdf). In the video […]

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Video: Nokia Lumia Labs Tour – #Gore @NokiaUS

Video: Nokia Lumia Labs Tour – #Gore @NokiaUS

| April 6, 2014 | 4 Replies

Another look inside the labs where they check out the durability of infamously invincible Nokia phones. We see the surprise when the Nokia falls flat on the ground but is unscathed. But the achilles heel is the corner. Attack that vulnerability and… And this machine looked like fun! At the end, the twist torture looks […]

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At last: Search within text messages, WP8.1

At last: Search within text messages, WP8.1

| April 6, 2014 | 3 Replies

Found in the SDK, it appears you can search within text messages. File this under “shouldn’t it have been able to do this from the beginning”. I hope it searches names as sometimes that’s how I’d like to find the latest messages but can’t. Anyway, not to sound too jaded. It’s a welcome addition. Let’s […]

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Weekend Watch: Collection of Nokia Lumia 930 hands on with WP8.1, Cortana and Action Centre demoes

Weekend Watch: Collection of Nokia Lumia 930 hands on with WP8.1, Cortana and Action Centre demoes

| April 6, 2014 | 7 Replies

Here’s a look at the Nokia Lumia 930 with WP8.1 across all the other tech blogs. The launch took place in the US and although it’s a global phone it’s funny that Cortana is currently US only.

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