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WP8 GDR3 Features List

WP8 GDR3 Features List

| August 9, 2013 | 61 Replies

Advertisements   Whilst many are still waiting for Nokia Amber (Nokia’s suped up GDR2) here’s what you should expect in GDR3. http://www.reddit.com/r/windowsphone/comments/1k08rm/gdr3_feature_list/ So here’s what’s coming in GDR3: Orientation Lock Driver Mode, will turn on automatically when you connect it via Bluetooth. Can reject phone calls / sms and send auto reply back Ability to […]

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WP8 GDR3 is in testing says Tom Warren

WP8 GDR3 is in testing says Tom Warren

| August 8, 2013 | 48 Replies

Tom Warren says that WP8 GDR3 (General Distribution Release 3), a bigger update than the recently released (but not yet everywhere – I certainly don’t have it, hurray me) GDR2 is in testing. The reddit thread says it’s been in testing from employees at MS for many weeks. Windows Phone 8 GDR3 update is in […]

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Reminder: Nokia Have Been Using “Double Tap to Wake” Since 2008

Reminder: Nokia Have Been Using “Double Tap to Wake” Since 2008

| August 8, 2013 | 28 Replies

Earlier we posted about LG copying Nokia’s “Double tap to wake” feature that we all came to know and love in the N9 when it was announced in 2011; but that’s not even Nokia’s first to use it. The beautiful Ellen  was kind enough to remind us that Nokia have been implementing this idea in there […]

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77.6% shipment increase in WP since last year

77.6% shipment increase in WP since last year

| August 8, 2013 | 37 Replies

Reports from IDC show that Windows Phone’s shipments have increased 77.6% since last year. TheVerge notes that whilst WP’s lead over BlackBerry isn’t huge, WP and BB are clearly going in “different directions”, with WP on the incline. Android continues to dominate. iOS is second, actually contracting in marketshare. Really slow progress from WP but […]

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Amazing Lumia 1020 PureView Promo

Amazing Lumia 1020 PureView Promo

| August 8, 2013 | 16 Replies

Here’s another amazing promo video showing off the technical side of the Lumia 1020’s camera, it’s interesting to watch as someone who knows what the 1020 is all about and how it works; but I don’t think it would be *too* effective to the common folk. Unless of course some sort of on screen text […]

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UNOFriends Xbox Live Game Comes to WP8 (Free)

UNOFriends Xbox Live Game Comes to WP8 (Free)

| August 7, 2013 | 4 Replies

Gameloft have just released their latest title, UNOfriends, a social version of UNO exclusive to WP8 and complete with XBL Achievements. UNO & Friends, which works only on Windows Phone 8 smartphones, links you to a worldwide community of fans online, and puts you in the middle of an all-new multiplayer experience. Invite your friends to […]

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Video: Nokia Pro Cam running on Lumia 925

Video: Nokia Pro Cam running on Lumia 925

| August 7, 2013 | 18 Replies

Nokia Pro Cam is Nokia’s advanced Camera App that was announced alongside the Lumia 1020 is said to be coming to the Lumia 92X series (920/925/928). However, if you’re like me, you don’t like waiting for things. If you currently have Amber on one of these devices (in fact any WP8 running Lumia Amber can […]

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Whatsapp for WIndows Phone Updated With Voice Chat

Whatsapp for WIndows Phone Updated With Voice Chat

| August 7, 2013 | 18 Replies

Whatsapp for WIndows Phone has just received a feature update (surprisingly it doesn’t require you to actually update the app itself), that allows you to send instant voice messages to your contacts. A new microphone option appears next to the text input that starts recording instantly and sends the message as soon as your done […]

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Amber update for Lumia 920; your questions answered. (corrected a little)

Amber update for Lumia 920; your questions answered. (corrected a little)

| August 7, 2013 | 62 Replies

Yesterday Nokia uploaded the Lumia 920 GDR2 AKA Amber update to its servers, this meant that anyone with access to a Nokia care suit or a software updater could flash the new update on their phones. Having flashed all of my Nokias in the last 4 years (except the 808) I went ahead and flashed […]

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