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Microsoft Claims They Have “Some Say” in Nokia Lumia Designs

Microsoft Claims They Have “Some Say” in Nokia Lumia Designs

| March 22, 2013 | 29 Replies

Advertisements Previously we’ve heard about Nokia’s influence over Microsoft in terms of software; and how they were able to influence some decisions (such as the camera UI features and others). Well now it’s Microsoft’s turn, claiming that they have “some say” over what goes into the device and its hardware: “Our relationship is so close we get hardware […]

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Video: Elop Tosses Talk Show Hosts iPhone to The Floor; Promises to Replace it with a Nokia

Video: Elop Tosses Talk Show Hosts iPhone to The Floor; Promises to Replace it with a Nokia

| March 22, 2013 | 90 Replies

In a recent interview with Elop on Finnish TV (check out Jay’s blow by blow commentary in the post below if you haven’t seen it yet), the presenter showed Elop his iPhone and said he wants it to be a Nokia. Through the magical powers of tossing a phone across the room Elop promised to replace it with a Nokia (the presenter was […]

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Lumiapps: United Airlines app available for Windows Phone

Lumiapps: United Airlines app available for Windows Phone

| March 22, 2013 | 1 Reply

  Joe Belfiore and Ben Rudolph tweeted about the availability of the United Airlines App for Windows Phone yesterday. Reviews are coming in quite positively about it, apparently using the Metro UI very well.   http://www.windowsphone.com/en-us/store/app/united/e70dd5c6-dcd1-47e6-a3ab-3fc752aa33ed   United Airlines is proud to introduce our new mobile app for Windows Phone 8 devices. With helpful features […]

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Microsoft Working on Upgraded Voice Recognition, With “Streaming Detection”

Microsoft Working on Upgraded Voice Recognition, With “Streaming Detection”

| March 21, 2013 | 20 Replies

WP already has voice recognition in its “tell me” service, which you can access by holding down the Home button, or through the Bing Search. The video below demonstrates further upgrades and enhancements to the service, including a “streaming” service which detects, and searches for the words while you’re still speaking (no “thinking…” lag). What […]

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Something else fun in a few days for non-US folks, tweets Joe Belfiore for those missing out on Pandora

Something else fun in a few days for non-US folks, tweets Joe Belfiore for those missing out on Pandora

| March 21, 2013 | 11 Replies

At the start of the week, Mr Belfiore had been tweeting hints of upcoming fun apps. True to form, they’re trickling in, the latest being Pandora.  As cool as Pandora is, it has some regional restrictions. BTW, (1) if link isn’t working, just try again in a bit, and (2) for you non US folks, […]

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Video: The best Pandora experience – On Windows Phone – demoed on Nokia Lumia 920

Video: The best Pandora experience – On Windows Phone – demoed on Nokia Lumia 920

| March 21, 2013 | 5 Replies

  The freshly announced Pandora for Windows Phone has a little presentation video from the WP team. We’re told that whilst it looks the same on other platforms, this one has been built specifically for WP8, and includes ad-free streaming that you’d normally pay $3.99 for for the rest of the year. As well as […]

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Pandora now available fo WP8, available with ad-free listening – “the best way of listening on a smartphone”

Pandora now available fo WP8, available with ad-free listening – “the best way of listening on a smartphone”

| March 21, 2013 | 21 Replies

  I’m not a Pandora but I’ve seen a fair few requests around the web for this to appear on various Nokia platforms. It’s now available for WP8, no ads, no limits on streaming – due to a special arrangement with MS (until 2013 ends). Android and iOS users need to subscribe $3.99 to get […]

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Video: A trip to India, shot entirely on the Nokia 808 PureView

Video: A trip to India, shot entirely on the Nokia 808 PureView

| March 21, 2013 | 12 Replies

  Check out this video by Viktor Fokeev. He went on a trip to India and recorded his travels on the Nokia 808 PureView, stitching his clips together in this really cool video. The first time I watched it, the sound hadn’t been processed. With the sound it’s a bit like one of Nokia’s more arty […]

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Videos: Nokia Lumia 720 and 520 hands on from Nokia India Launch

Videos: Nokia Lumia 720 and 520 hands on from Nokia India Launch

| March 21, 2013 | 4 Replies

    Here’s Vaibhav Sharma from TheHandheldBlog· who was at the Nokia India launch of the Nokia Lumia 720 and 520. He’s got some hands on outside of the demo booths it seems so you can hear him talking to you about their features without too much noise from others. As we heard yesterday, the 520 […]

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