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Jolla Sailfish OS with Nokia X Android Store

Jolla Sailfish OS with Nokia X Android Store

| March 2, 2014 | 40 Replies

Advertisements More worlds colliding; Here’s Sailfish os on Jolla with the Nokia X Android Store. Although Nokia went with Android, they flooded the handset with their own services as well as that from Microsoft. XDA developers (previously an enthusiast community mainly for the Windows side, hence XDA, are now mainly those tinkering with Android) have […]

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LeakyLeak: Background Images for WP8.1, tile skinner. Set size and number of tiles for Start Screen.

LeakyLeak: Background Images for WP8.1, tile skinner. Set size and number of tiles for Start Screen.

| March 1, 2014 | 24 Replies

  This is an interesting implementation of the background wallpaper. Unlike what is seen in W8, WP8 has minimal background wallpaper to expose thus if you did have some wallpaper there you wouldn’t see it (unless the tiles were all slightly translucent). Over at TheVerge, Tom Warren confirms the appearance of the ‘background’ wallpaper wherein […]

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Finns Love Lumia! 1 million Nokia Lumia in Finland, population 5 million Finns!

Finns Love Lumia! 1 million Nokia Lumia in Finland, population 5 million Finns!

| March 1, 2014 | 27 Replies

Considering that there are only 5 million Finnish people in the whole of Finland, it’s quite remarkable to consider that there are now 1 million Nokia Lumia handsets in the country. It shouldn’t be a surprise anymore to see them so frequently on the streets. Finland maybe the home of Nokia, or at least the […]

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Blue Eye of Sauron: Cortana, can you hear me? Image of Cortana appears.

Blue Eye of Sauron: Cortana, can you hear me? Image of Cortana appears.

| March 1, 2014 | 10 Replies

Another tweet from Tom Warren reveals an image of Cortana. An animated circle that in this screenshot looks like an Eye. Another user on reddit who might have seen it before says that this is what Cortana looks like but more beautiful. The only reliable source at the moment is Tom Warren who ensures us […]

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Weekend Watch: Nokia Lumia ICON MobileTechReview

Weekend Watch: Nokia Lumia ICON MobileTechReview

| March 1, 2014 | 1 Reply

Lisa reviews one of the few non-numbered Nokia handsets, the Nokia Lumia ICON for Verizon. Basically the Nokia Lumia 1520 but in 5″ form factor – the sweet spot Better than life vivid colours The OS, Lisa likes quite a lot. Most of the apps are here now. Camera looks natural but not over sharp. […]

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HERE on Gear: HERE Maps on Samsung Galaxy Gear

HERE on Gear: HERE Maps on Samsung Galaxy Gear

| February 28, 2014 | 7 Replies

The official HERE Maps blog tells all about Nokia’s HERE Mapping solutions providing some navigation experience on Samsung’s Galaxy Gear wearables. Now it makes sense that the HERE blog is separate to NokConv as it talks about the Samsung devices in the way they’d talk about Nokia ones previously. That and NokConv is probably changing […]

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WP8.1 IE 11 brings: Private browsing mode, more tabs, File downloads, tab sync and more!

WP8.1 IE 11 brings: Private browsing mode, more tabs, File downloads, tab sync and more!

| February 28, 2014 | 5 Replies

Some neat additions to IE 11 according to UTP who previously shared a quick little teaser. InPrivate browsing mode – for when you want to “buy your significant things online for a surprise” more tabs, exceeding the 6 limit currently imposed. File downloads. So hopefully this means no silly file type downloads and we can […]

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Tom Warren: WP8.1 3D touch gestures and notification interaction: A combo of Glance and Moto X?

Tom Warren: WP8.1 3D touch gestures and notification interaction: A combo of Glance and Moto X?

| February 28, 2014 | 4 Replies

Tom Warren tweets saying: Would be good if Windows Phone 8.1 included 3D touch gestures and notification interaction when phone’s off. A combo of Glance and Moto X 🙂 To which twitter folks replied indicating that they’re taking this as something coming soon.  When someone else mentioned the rumour of the 3D touch device, Tom […]

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Whatsapp background and privacy control features:

Whatsapp background and privacy control features:

| February 28, 2014 | 3 Replies

A private beta of Whatsapp recently got an update and brings with it some neat features. This includes some custom backgrounds for your messages and also some privacy controls, detailing who can see when you were last online, your profile photo and status. At the moment, anyone that has your number can pretty much see […]

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