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Nokia Australia Officially Announces Lumia 1520 – Coming Dec 11; RRP $899

Nokia Australia Officially Announces Lumia 1520 – Coming Dec 11; RRP $899

| November 26, 2013 | Reply

Advertisements We knew it was only a matter of time until Nokia Australia made the Lumia 1520’s availability official, and it has just happened. Moments ago, they announced that the Lumia 1520 will be hitting Australian shelves from Dec 11. The RRP is set at $899, and will launch exclusively via retailer Harvey Norman (who […]

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Nokia’s Possible Next Steps In Imaging

Nokia’s Possible Next Steps In Imaging

| November 14, 2013 | 12 Replies

At Slush yesterday, there were talks about Nokia’s Imaging capabilities. With the acquisitions we have seen recently, many of us have wondered where will they go from here. Posted during Nokia World, a few questions that Nokia highlighted the acquisitions help answer are: Can we make a smartphone camera with better resolution than the human […]

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Aussie Dev Creates Pluralsight Course for WP

Aussie Dev Creates Pluralsight Course for WP

| November 1, 2013 | Reply

Lars, a Windows Phone dev who has been involved in several Hackathons, and has a prominent name in the dev community, is exemplifying the community’s values. He has decided to take the time out of his busy schedule, to teach others how to create some outstanding apps. Take a look to see what he is […]

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#NokiaWorld Roundup: Pt. 1 – Products

#NokiaWorld Roundup: Pt. 1 – Products

| October 26, 2013 | 7 Replies

So we’ve seen Ali’s take on things, as well as hands-on and demos from around the interwebs, but, as you may know, I was at Nokia World, so I got to experience the awesome stuff Nokia is bringing out. Lets start with Asha. Nokia announced three new Asha devices, the Asha 500,502 and 503. This […]

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Weekend LOL: Steve Ballmer GIFS, Pics and videos

Weekend LOL: Steve Ballmer GIFS, Pics and videos

| August 25, 2013 | 7 Replies

  Steve Ballmer is an eccentric character. For someone at the head of such a serious company like Microsoft, the blogosphere often portrayed Ballmer as a bumbling comedic act of sorts. Like some of the comments are saying, we may never see someone like Ballmer again. He was, in all fairness a good manager; he […]

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Video: Quick look at #6tagram Beta for WP8

Video: Quick look at #6tagram Beta for WP8

| August 4, 2013 | 11 Replies

The beta for 6tagram, Rudy Huyn’s Instagram client finally went live, and we are fortunate enough to be on the beta list. I’ve quickly put together a little hands-on look at the first release and hot damn is it promising! Besides the fact it looks good, it is pretty much 1-1 with Instagram on iOS […]

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“Microsoft focusing on increasing Windows Phone volume with GDR2; features coming later” wpcentral

“Microsoft focusing on increasing Windows Phone volume with GDR2; features coming later” wpcentral

| July 30, 2013 | 82 Replies

WPcentral wrote a piece today explaining Microsoft strategy with GDR2/GDR3. This is my attempt of making sense of  said strategy. Part of the problem is also a misunderstanding of Microsoft’s strategy: GDR2 is less about new features and more about enabling new hardware.  Same thing with the GDR3 release, expected around October, empowering next generation Qualcomm chipsets […]

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Microsoft fights old mistakes, slows down Nokia? #rant + Important news

Microsoft fights old mistakes, slows down Nokia? #rant + Important news

| July 29, 2013 | 114 Replies

Windows Phone is a Microsoft product that has an amazing vision of what a smartphone should be, not restricted by the common features that other smartphones have, it goes for a different target audience and experience so it operates differently. And so to understand why this vision is slightly misguided and needs to change. I’ll […]

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Google co-operates with MS to create a YouTube app for WP

Google co-operates with MS to create a YouTube app for WP

| May 25, 2013 | 5 Replies

According to The Verge, Google have reportedly announced that they will work closely with Microsoft to bring a “compliant” YouTube client to Windows Phone. “Microsoft and YouTube are working together to update the new YouTube for Windows Phone app to enable compliance with YouTube’s API terms of service, including enabling ads, in the coming weeks.” […]

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