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Windows Smartwatch! Samsung Android Wear with Windows 95

Windows Smartwatch! Samsung Android Wear with Windows 95

| October 6, 2014 | Reply

Advertisements To those itching to get a Microsoft/Windows Smartwatch, you could just as well install Windows on those Android wear devices. Just proof of concept I guess. Don’t get too worked up on the performance. Corbin Davenport via @Jon4Lakers/TB

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Video: Nokia Lumia 830 vs iPhone 6

Video: Nokia Lumia 830 vs iPhone 6

| October 5, 2014 | 5 Replies

      Basil at Btekt compares Microsoft’s Nokia Lumia 830 – their new affordable flagship against Apple’s iPhone 6 (which is almost twice the price and more depending on memory configuration) Experience wise, the 830 is very fluid, as is iPhone. Cortana is prefered but otherwise, the app ecosystem is obviously better on iOS. […]

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Microsoft gets Anti-Shake Correction System Patent for Curved Optical Sensors – for 1020 successor?

Microsoft gets Anti-Shake Correction System Patent for Curved Optical Sensors – for 1020 successor?

| October 5, 2014 | 10 Replies

There’s reports of Microsoft being awarded a patent for “Anti-Shake Correction System for Curved Optical Sensors”. MS’s OIS attempts to overcome the challenges faced by conventional optically stabilised photos. It wasn’t clear from the summary what the advantages were, though it may provide higher quality, better focused images. With regards to PureView patent, those are […]

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Weekend Watch: Nokia Lumia 730/735 promo – Selfie apps NokiaBrasil

Weekend Watch: Nokia Lumia 730/735 promo – Selfie apps NokiaBrasil

| October 4, 2014 | 1 Reply

The NokiaBrasil channel also have a Selfie promo, but this one shares some apps to further enhance your single or group shot selfies. Good example of getting more of the crowd in. Though they could have avoided chopping his chin off in the Nokia one. Apps include Lumia Selfie, FaceTune, A beautiful mess and Selfy. […]

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Video: Cortana speaking Klingon and other Star Trek Phrases

Video: Cortana speaking Klingon and other Star Trek Phrases

| October 3, 2014 | 1 Reply

  Tom Warren reports that Cortana has some new new interactions that are Star Trek related including: Speak Klingon Beam me up Set phasers to stun Engage (not demoed) It’s gimmicky and just for a bit of fun. There are multiple responses instead a single canned one. Also, there’s a mix between the actual Cortana […]

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Friday LOL: The Matrix starring Nokia 3310 and iPhone 6 #bendgate and #spoonboy

Friday LOL: The Matrix starring Nokia 3310 and iPhone 6 #bendgate and #spoonboy

| October 3, 2014 | Reply

Here’s a funny gif from Reddit, starring “Spoon boy” from the Matrix, the Nokia 3310 and the iPhone 6. It’s the spoon bending scene, the spoons replaced by phones. Note in the original Matrix scene, there are a bunch of bent, out of place spoons and the one unbent spoon that is about to be […]

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Glance updated – Always on Calendar and Weather info as Denim

Glance updated – Always on Calendar and Weather info as Denim

| October 3, 2014 | 13 Replies

The screenshot above shows the updated Glance app. The always on screen now with Calendar and Weather info. Users say you need the Bing “Weather” app as well as setting it as your lock screen. There may be some other apps that work too but not yet confirmed. Link: http://www.windowsphone.com/en-us/store/app/glance-screen/106e0a97-8b19-42cf-8879-a8ed2598fcbb?signin=true Via: Reddit

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Nokia Thailand: Nokia Lumia 730 – Best Selfies to get the whole gang with Wide Angle camera

Nokia Thailand: Nokia Lumia 730 – Best Selfies to get the whole gang with Wide Angle camera

| October 2, 2014 | 1 Reply

I like this promo with local peeps. Simple but effectively showing the USP of the Nokia Lumia 730. The usual attempts of a group ‘selfie’ results in people getting cropped out. With the 730, you can fit everyone in. They explain that the 730 has a 24mm wide angle lens. So those cropped out now […]

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Windows 10 Tech Preview, PC for now; not for phones yet for a number of months

Windows 10 Tech Preview, PC for now; not for phones yet for a number of months

| October 2, 2014 | 1 Reply

There’s some reports on twitter that Joe Belfiore states the Windows 10 Tech Preview is specifically for x86 PC. ARM devices and phones are not due till ‘well into 2015’. Right now tech preview is for x86 PCs. ARM devices and phones, not ’til well into 2015. Joe Belfiore (via WPC) I can’t find that […]

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