Author Archive: Prashant

An engineering student, java programmer, little hardware and software hacking,
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Improved Facebook experience coming to Lumia Windows phone says Elop

Improved Facebook experience coming to Lumia Windows phone says Elop

| March 11, 2013 | 13 Replies

Recently in Nokia forums, an owner of Lumia 920 conveyed a complain on their forums about problems regarding the integration of Facebook in windows phone. In the mean time Facebook has been updated various times for Windows phone 8 but still Facebook chat is very much unusable lacking at various places with poor integration and [...]

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Eldar claims to have seen the aluminum unibody Lumia

Eldar claims to have seen the aluminum unibody Lumia

| March 5, 2013 | 38 Replies

Over at W7phone.ru, there is a report from Eldar Murtazin, that mentions he saw an aluminum unibody Lumia in a “secret room” at MWC. Apparently select journalists were allowed to enter this room, but he is so far the only one to mention it. Summing up the post, as translators have made things so complicated [...]

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Nokia and FourSquare teaming up for its new Windows phone 8 app

Nokia and FourSquare teaming up for its new Windows phone 8 app

| February 26, 2013 | 2 Replies

Rumors have been leaking from WPcentral regarding the new Foursquare app for Windows Phone 8 ecosystem. Yeah the application is already there for Windows phone 8 but the new application is predicted be very efficient and to have new interface. The previous application by 4th & mayor was available for previous versions of Windows phone [...]

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New renders suggests Nokia Asha is getting a face lift in its design.

New renders suggests Nokia Asha is getting a face lift in its design.

| February 25, 2013 | 31 Replies

In all this hype Evleaks again had tweeted it’s worth watching some promotional previews of the upcoming Asha series getting a huge turn over in the body design and the user interface. Looks like the new Asha line is going to lose its weight and size making it more thinner and sexier to hold for. [...]

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Nokia 109 announced: Cheapest S40 alive!

Nokia 109 announced: Cheapest S40 alive!

| November 1, 2012 | 13 Replies

Showing their love towards S40 platform, Nokia today has taken one more step in their business.This is the cheapest S40 phone till being priced at just 42$. Achieving some of the showcasing features in this phone from Nokia has made it an interesting giving the superb battery life of 7.5hrs of talk time.The Nokia 109 [...]

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SMS update for some of the S^3 devices rolling out

SMS update for some of the S^3 devices rolling out

| October 25, 2012 | 14 Replies

I don’t recognize this update for S^3 devices properly but still happy that Nokia is watching on their abandoned child till now as those above screenshots are proof of it. Update is named as ‘SMS update‘.It seems to be a normal bug fix as it solves the problem in sending the SMS’s to multiple recipients [...]

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Nokia Asha 205 gets leaked on Navifirm

Nokia Asha 205 gets leaked on Navifirm

| October 20, 2012 | 11 Replies

It has been months since I looked on Navifirm, but every time I do, I find something news. This time was no exception. We have previously seen leaked product codes for devices such as Nokia RM-838/852, etc  which were also quite a mystery, even for a while after they were first spotted. They turned out [...]

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Nokia India Offer Free Play 360 with Lumia 800 Purchase

Nokia India Offer Free Play 360 with Lumia 800 Purchase

| October 16, 2012 | 23 Replies

Nokia India is spreading butter for the Indian customers, offering Play 360 speakers which are valued over Rs. 9k(M.R.P) when you purchase a Nokia Lumia 800. It must be bought between the 27th September and 27th October. Here is the press release with details of what you need to do: Play 360° with your Nokia [...]

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Nokia City Lens updated for Windows Phone but still in beta

Nokia City Lens updated for Windows Phone but still in beta

| August 14, 2012 | Reply

City Lens from Nokia helps in locating the various places like restaurants, hotels, ATM, etc tag, share, save your location in a visual way, in short we can say it as visual exploration/navigation. Nokia had recently updated its Augmented reality app to version 1.1 but it still lives with beta tag. Change log from Nokia: [...]

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Nokia X2 vs. Bullet = A life saved and X2 a real hero

Nokia X2 vs. Bullet = A life saved and X2 a real hero

| August 12, 2012 | 81 Replies

Today, in the early morning (3.00 AM) a friend of mine on Facebook messaged me reporting about an incident which happened in Syria where a civil war is going on. A Nokia X2 user, who lives there in Syria was filming the fight going on between the rebels and military. Bombs and bullets were being [...]

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AT&T and Rogers: 8779 update for Lumia 900

AT&T and Rogers: 8779 update for Lumia 900

| August 11, 2012 | 9 Replies

I had looked at this earlier in the week, but due to a lack of time, wasn’t able to cover it until now. Apologies. Nokia is preparing the 8779 Tango update for Lumia 900 owners in North America (AT&T & Rogers branded). Navifirm confirms the update, so the roll out should be just around the [...]

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Nokia: Whatsapp for Windows phone to “be available within 48 hours”

Nokia: Whatsapp for Windows phone to “be available within 48 hours”

| August 11, 2012 | 9 Replies

A few days back there was an unannounced removal of WhatsApp for Windows phone from the Marketplace. Nokia Netherlands has confirmed that the sudden disappearance was due to a committed upgrade to a newer version and removing bugs and issues. When WhatsApp initially disappeared from the Marketplace, the team clarified: “There is no security issue [...]

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Leaked? Rm-838/852 spotted on Navifirm

Leaked? Rm-838/852 spotted on Navifirm

| August 8, 2012 | 32 Replies

What can I say about these leaks erupting constantly on Navifirm day by day. It seems every time when I open Navifirm, there’s something new every time. New device numbers on Navifirm are having the product codes as RM-838/852, resembling with the previously leaked devices. These might be S40 or Windows phone based and with [...]

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Weekend Read: Leak: Nokia Phi, Nokia Dogphone, Lumia 908, Juggernaut Alpha?

Weekend Read: Leak: Nokia Phi, Nokia Dogphone, Lumia 908, Juggernaut Alpha?

| July 28, 2012 | 19 Replies

We haven’t covered these new fangled Nokia names before but we thought you might as well hear about them in case you’ve missed it. These have appeared in a few benchmark apps and now on occasional gamer where a phone’s identity appears in their stats. First up: >>The Juggernaut Alpha, second time this device is [...]

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Pandoras box: More WP8 features…

Pandoras box: More WP8 features…

| July 26, 2012 | 37 Replies

Yes, I am talking about WP8′s SDK which got leaked today.People from the blogs, developers and other enthusiasts are not hesitating in getting their hands on the leaked version of WP8′s SDK.As the time is passing, people all around the world are exploring new features from SDK and revealing them at the same time too. [...]

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Nokia maps updated to v2.5

Nokia maps updated to v2.5

| July 26, 2012 | 13 Replies

Nokia maps app for windows phone updated to version 2.5 with couple of new added features and other slight improvement and bug fixes. The two features added in version 2.5: —->Groupon integration(U.S only). —->Route planner. This update is reported to appear on Windows Phone marketplace in a matter of time. While I asked Nokia whether [...]

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Vote for Nokia Lumia 900 at T3 gadget awards

Vote for Nokia Lumia 900 at T3 gadget awards

| July 23, 2012 | 32 Replies

T3 is conducting an online award event in which Nokia Lumia 900 is nominated.It’s been nominated in two categories: >>Best gadget design and >>Best phone of the year. Vote for Lumia 900 in both the categories below: Best phone of the year: Vote here Best in design: Vote here There are other phones like iPhone [...]

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Leaked! Nokia Lumia 910 on RDA

Leaked! Nokia Lumia 910 on RDA

| July 7, 2012 | 33 Replies

  A mysterious device named Nokia Lumia 910 popped in the list of Nokia remote device access(RDA), a tool which gives the info on the latest hardware to the developers. Possibilities of what Nokia Lumia 910 can be: Some of tech experts are saying Lumia 910 is a T-Mobile variant for the Lumia 900 and [...]

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Nokia have a back up plan………..After all!

Nokia have a back up plan………..After all!

| July 1, 2012 | 242 Replies

Nokia’s chairman broke the silence on Nokia’s backup plan in a recent interview by Yle with Nokia’s Chairman Risto Siilasmaa: Siilasmaa pointed out that the company owned five business areas, including its location services, patent stock and network division (Nokia Siemens Networks). He defended the choice of Windows Phone as the platform to replace its [...]

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Nokia RM-839/840/841 leaked at navifirm

Nokia RM-839/840/841 leaked at navifirm

| June 28, 2012 | 70 Replies

  New on Navifirm are devices whose codes are RM-839/840/841. These might be symbian devices. The core platform is BB5 for the RM-840/841 and it’s saying unknown for RM-839. We may get to see these devices announced at the summer Nokia event, Nokia Connection. Regards: Prashant.

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Nokia WP8 proto spotted again

Nokia WP8 proto spotted again

| June 28, 2012 | 54 Replies

This news is coming from the TechEd conference where a Nokia representative is hold a Nokia’s WP8 prototype device. Well the prototype device is same as we saw at Microsoft Summit on June 20 2012, you can see the snap below if you haven’t seen it: The snap taken of prototype device at Microsoft Summit: [...]

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