Advertisements
Advertisements

Category: Windows Phone

Advertisements
Nokia and Microsoft working even closer, MS to raise Nokia visibility

Nokia and Microsoft working even closer, MS to raise Nokia visibility

| June 12, 2013 | 132 Replies

Advertisements   Engadget reports that Nokia and Microsoft are going to be working even closer. Nokia’s Ray Haddow says we’ll see fruits of this closer pairing in the next few weeks. Some query whether it’s new software or new services. Nokia has told Engadget that Nokia and Microsoft will work to raise Nokia’s profile. I […]

Read More

Last Symbian shipments this summer

Last Symbian shipments this summer

| June 11, 2013 | 89 Replies

  FT.com reports that Nokia will stop shipping Symbian devices this summer. The Nokia 808 PureView was the last device Nokia had worked on with Symbian. Nokia had apparently said that it took them 22 months to get phones out with Symbian but less than a year with WP as they no longer have to […]

Read More

iOS7 Steals Windows Phone’s Mulitasking Layout

iOS7 Steals Windows Phone’s Mulitasking Layout

| June 10, 2013 | 256 Replies

For those of you who have been keeping away from twitter and the rest of the internet, Apple are announcing their latest version of iOS as we speak. Included in this latest iteration of grid icons is a new multitasking layout, as seen above; remind you of anything?   Also is it just me or does that […]

Read More

Video & Gallery: Lumia 520 Electric Yellow Unboxing

Video & Gallery: Lumia 520 Electric Yellow Unboxing

| June 10, 2013 | 10 Replies

We got our hands on the quirky little Lumia 520 to test out (gracias Nokia Jordan), so check out our unboxing video & gallery below + some of our first thoughts on the device: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eb0QrxjqtxA And here’s the customary Flickr gallery/Set either in the slideshow below, or the at the Flickr link: http://www.flickr.com/photos/23218958@N05/sets/72157634049089130/ My first […]

Read More

Adduplex WP statistics for May 2013 – Nokia at 80.2% of all WP devices.

Adduplex WP statistics for May 2013 – Nokia at 80.2% of all WP devices.

| June 10, 2013 | 29 Replies

  Quick heads up on adduplex’s Windows Phone statistics for May 2013. http://blog.adduplex.com/2013/05/adduplex-windows-phone-statistics.html Nokia at 80.2% of all WP devices Nokia at 79.8% of all WP8 Nokia at 65.9% in the US Nokia at 83% outside US. 49.4% of all devices WP8 822 top device in USA AT&T top at 42% (this is before 928 […]

Read More

At&t Increases Phone Subsidy Period on Contract From 20 months to 2 years

At&t Increases Phone Subsidy Period on Contract From 20 months to 2 years

| June 9, 2013 | 21 Replies

In a blog post today At&t announced that the new upgrade cycle for phones bought on contract will now become 24 months instead of the current 20; adding an extra 4 months of contract lock down. At&t was one of the first carriers to welcome Nokia back to the US with the lumia 900, 920 […]

Read More

WP8 UI concepts inspired from W8 + New Metro

WP8 UI concepts inspired from W8 + New Metro

| June 9, 2013 | 13 Replies

Here are some design concepts for WP8 brought over from W8. After hearing about the WP8.1 leaks, seeing various notification styles, mdtauk on TheVerge forums decided to put his own spin onto the WP designs.  Note above, like Peter’s concept, the notifications are brought up by opening the task switcher. Though there’s no panel to tap, the […]

Read More

WP8 Blue eBay Nokia Lumia 920 recovered by MS

WP8 Blue eBay Nokia Lumia 920 recovered by MS

| June 9, 2013 | 46 Replies

The excitement yesterday over the leaked WP8 new firmware with such things the new notification centre and improved calendar view has been recovered by Microsoft. http://mynokiablog.com/2013/06/08/chinese-lumia-920-ships-with-new-firmware-brings-notifications-daily-calendar-view-close-background-tasks-and-much-more/ The temporary owner of the new WP8-Blue 920 from eBay will be reimbursed AND a new phone. TheVerge’s sources say that what we saw was WP8 Blue. Questions: When […]

Read More

Ebay Lumia 920 Ships With New Firmware! Brings Notification Center, Daily Calendar View, Close Background Tasks and Much More

Ebay Lumia 920 Ships With New Firmware! Brings Notification Center, Daily Calendar View, Close Background Tasks and Much More

| June 8, 2013 | 32 Replies

A user on reddit posts that he ordered a Lumia 920 on Ebay, and got a bit extra with it. I believe we might be looking at the first images of GDR2 or possibly even 3 that brings a slew of new features that have been requested by many.   Up first is the ability […]

Read More