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Android Nokia X2 launching later this month?

Android Nokia X2 launching later this month?

| June 5, 2014 | 7 Replies

Advertisements BGR reports that there will be an addition to Nokia/Microsoft’s Android family. The previously leaked Nokia X2 is said to appear later this month. The Nokia X2 may feature a home button to improve the navigation the single back button. It seems, even to BGR, that it wasn’t clear that you had to long-press […]

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UK police in Cambridgeshire upgrades to 8000 WP8.1 Nokia Lumias to replace 4000 crumbling BlackBerry Devices

UK police in Cambridgeshire upgrades to 8000 WP8.1 Nokia Lumias to replace 4000 crumbling BlackBerry Devices

| June 5, 2014 | Reply

The Cambridgeshire Constabulary says that their 4000 BlackBerry devices are crumbling around them. As such, their best enterprise solution is to go with WP8.1. With new encryption, VPN and universal apps to use either on the desktop on the phone, Nokia Lumia WP8.1 devices are enterprise ready. 8000 new devices will become available including the […]

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Nokia Lumia 1520/1320 no longer the biggest WP Phablet? 6.45″ Wistron Tiger Reference Design

Nokia Lumia 1520/1320 no longer the biggest WP Phablet? 6.45″ Wistron Tiger Reference Design

| June 5, 2014 | 3 Replies

It seems the Nokia Lumia 1520 and 1320 are no longer the biggest screened Windows Phone. The Wistron Tiger bests even the 6.4″ of the Xperia Z Ultra at 6.5″ (6.44 vs 6.5). Wistron is an ODM in Taiwan, once the manufacturing arm of Acer, it was spun off in 2000. The design seems pretty […]

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WP Blue OTA schedule

WP Blue OTA schedule

| June 5, 2014 | 3 Replies

@evleaks blogged and tweeted the pic above showing the rollout of Nokia Cyan for the Benelux (Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg) region. It may pan out similarly for other regions it may not. Nokia Cyan is the Nokia specific update that is blended into WP8.1. The latter has been available as a developer preview weeks after launch. In […]

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Lumiapps: HP Wireless Printing HP AiO Remote for WP8

Lumiapps: HP Wireless Printing HP AiO Remote for WP8

| June 5, 2014 | 1 Reply

HP have released the HP AiO Remote for printing on WP8.  Reviews seem to be a bit hit and miss. That might be a combination of issues, one of which is that printers are generally annoying, more so when wireless. I have an Epson one and meh. Though I can print without an app from […]

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Nokia Lumia 630 Video Review – PhoneArena

Nokia Lumia 630 Video Review – PhoneArena

| June 5, 2014 | 3 Replies

  Phone Arena reviews the first All Screen, dual-sim Lumia, the successor to the very successful huge bang for buck Nokia Lumia 620. Build and design is high quality and typically Nokia. The 5MP are not terrible, with good detail but colours are off. Vivid display is a great asset. Call quality not all that […]

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Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Word – separate updated apps soon?

Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Word – separate updated apps soon?

| June 5, 2014 | 2 Replies

    Viipottaja and Arsalan noticed than in Nokia’s 1520 tile video, in the app list, you could see both Microsoft Word and Microsoft Excel as separate apps. Could they be coming with an improved version in an update? Viipottaja even mused as to whether it might be the full suite. At the moment, whilst […]

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Engadget takes a deep look at Cortana – Overseas voices to be different

Engadget takes a deep look at Cortana – Overseas voices to be different

| June 4, 2014 | 4 Replies

Brad Molen from Engadget takes an in depth look at Cortana, Microsoft’s Voice Assistant for Windows Phone that seeks to be almost human. http://www.engadget.com/2014/06/04/cortana-microsoft-windows-phone/ Microsoft found that people are more likely to interact with something if it feels more human (also if it can actually do what you expect it to do). To personify something like […]

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Nokia Lumia 1520 – What story will yours tell? – Tile Fun

Nokia Lumia 1520 – What story will yours tell? – Tile Fun

| June 4, 2014 | 3 Replies

This video shows the tiles on the homescreen having a bit of fun with each other. At the start, it does indicate that these screens are simulated (remember the ruckus after Nokia left this out in their first OIS demo despite the OIS actually being awesome?). What I don’t like is that the sequence of […]

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