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Whatsapp finally gets a huge update on Windows Phone, now with background agent and proper Emoji!

The saga of Whatsapp on Windows Phone has always been fueled with much hate since the app never really worked well out of the box and was always buggy. Having grown massively, Whatsapp left Windows Phone users to a sub par experience when compared with other platforms. The streaming API was hacked up and meddled with music playback and messages stopped refreshing inside the app occasionally. Annoying customers to the core, the app still has only a 3 star rating on the Windows Phone Store, but a new huge update to the app changes everything, again. Fixing all the problems that the app is known for, the company has provided the much needed huge update and looking at the early review, it seems all the major outstanding issues have been fixed.

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Nokia Lumia 1020 Hands On

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I just got my hands on the shiny new Nokia Lumia 1020 with some brilliant camera features. The camera is a 41 Megapixel Pureview camera with Carl Zeiss optics. It feels slightly heavy at 158g but a lot lighter than the Lumia 920 and slightly more than the 925. Watch the hands on video below. Continue reading “Nokia Lumia 1020 Hands On”

Nokia Lumia 1020 Zoom Reinvented Event Live Blog

We are in New York City for the Nokia Zoom Reinvented event where the company is expected to show of the Lumia 1020 with some kick ass imaging capabilities and a rumored 41 Megapixel camera for the first time on Windows Phone ! Stay tuned to the FoneArena live blog for minute by minute updates from the event floor. The live blog is embedded below. Continue reading “Nokia Lumia 1020 Zoom Reinvented Event Live Blog”

FIFA 13 now available on Windows Phone 8, exclusive to Nokia Lumia devices

The popular soccer video game, FIFA 13, is finally available on Windows Phone 8 devices. However there’s a catch as the game is exclusive to Nokia Lumia devices only. Gameloft & EA game is now available on the WP8 as well and has been priced at $4.99.

The game has 30 different leagues, 500 licensed teams. A fair bit of customization options are also provided including the ability to chose your kit and change the line up. As is expected from a FIFA game, it is possible to tweak the scenarios just as you want them. The game has 15000 players as well as 32 stadiums to chose from. You get a tournament mode as well as practice modes, penalty shoot out mode. The game comes with achievements and works with Xbox Live. The download size is a rather massive 951MB. You can click through to the source link to download the game on your Nokia Lumia Windows Phone 8 device.

[Via – Windows Phone Store]

Camera360 app to be pre-installed on the Nokia Lumia 925

Camera360 for Windows Phone 8

Camera360 has partnered with Nokia to pre-install the Camera360 app on the Lumia 925, the latest Lumia smartphone. The app would come pre-loaded on the device following its sales start in China from 28th June 2013. So it is clear that only new devices would come with the app pre-installed, since we did not find the app on our device that we unboxed last month. Camera360 has also announced that the app has been optimized for the device for better images. Continue reading “Camera360 app to be pre-installed on the Nokia Lumia 925”

Facebook v5.0 for Windows Phone 8 out of beta, brings new design, features and improvements

Facebook 5.0 beta for Windows Phone 8 users was released back in May. Now the app is finally out of beta and is available for download. This update brings lot of new features including a user interface, improved navigation, support for high-res pictures, post sharing, Facebook Timeline view, and more. This also includes lot of bug fixes and improvement that were reported in the beta app. Continue reading “Facebook v5.0 for Windows Phone 8 out of beta, brings new design, features and improvements”

Gameloft Sale: Up to 67% off on 10 Windows Phone games

Gameloft Windows Phone Games Sale

Gameloft has started their sale that would let you grab 10 games at discounted rate of up to 67% or $0.99. These include Real Soccer, Asphalt 5 , Let’s Golf 2, Amazing Spiderman, The Dark Knight Rises and more. Gamloft had released lot of XBox titles for the Windows Phone 8 in recent months. Some of these games that costed $6.99 is now available for $2.99. This is the first time Gameloft has put up a huge sale for Windows Phone devices. Continue reading “Gameloft Sale: Up to 67% off on 10 Windows Phone games”

Windows Phone’s Bing Voice Recognition Now More Accurate and Twice as Fast

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Microsoft Research has been sitting on various improvements it made to the AI voice and natural language recognition for a while now, but today Microsoft’s research team and the Bing team have allowed Windows Phone to get a taste of it. Showed off earlier in a tech demo at one of the various developer conferences, the new update to Bing’s voice search and voice recognition is now twice as fast and about 15% more accurate. This update is gradually rolling out for Windows Phone users in the US right now, and will eventually reach out to the rest of the world in the coming weeks and months.

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Nokia EOS 41MP PureView body in metal, or a 5.3 inch phablet?

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Remember the last time when the Nokia EOS and its circular 41 MP camera hump leaked out? It looked a lot like the Lumia 920 with a polycarbonate body that time, but there is yet another leak, and from the looks of it, it’s from the shady factories in China. The above two images literally show off a metallic body for the highly awaited Nokia EOS device to be launched by Nokia at an event in NYC on July 11th. The metallic body is a surprise as the device was already shown off in a polycarbonate body, but from what we can see above, the metallic body seems like an option as a part of the different colours, or at least we hope.

Update: The device in the images above seems to be unnaturally long, especially when you note the openings for the controls on the right. Is this actually a Nokia phablet we are looking at?

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Nokia “Zoom Reinvented” event in New York on July 11, could it be the Nokia EOS launch ?

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Nokia has sent out invites to some media outlets inlcuding Pocket-Lint for an event in New York on July 11th with the tagline “Zoom Reinvented”. It is almost certain from the invite that Nokia will launch a camera centric phone. Nokia has already said that it is bringing the Lumia 925 to the US on T-Mobile during the London launch event so it is certainly not got anything to do with the Lumia 925. Could we finally have the true successor to the PureView 808 in the form of the Nokia device codenamed EOS running Windows Phone ? We have seen some recent leaks of that device.

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JoikuShare now available for Windows Phone 8

JoikuShare for Windows Phone 8

Joiku, Finland-based company that released the JoikuShare and JoikuShare Pro apps for Android, has released the for Windows Phone 8 devices. This would let you Wirelessly transfer your Windows phone files and media between laptops, tablets, other phones and SmartTVs over WiFi. Both the devices must be connected to the same WiFi network to share files. Continue reading “JoikuShare now available for Windows Phone 8”

Nokia Lumia 925 sales begin starting from Germany, Adds Glance Screen

Nokia has announced that the Lumia 925 would go on sale starting today in Germany. It was announced last month. It has a 4.5 inch (1280×768 pixel) AMOLED display and an aluminium frame that makes the phone thinner and lighter. It is powered by a 1.5 GHz dual-core Qualcomm Snapdragon processor, 8.7MP auto focus camera with Optical Image Stabilization (OIS), dual LED flash and 1080p HD video recording at 30fps. It has 6 element lens and supports upto 3200 ISO. It has the Smart Camera that offers lot of new features. Continue reading “Nokia Lumia 925 sales begin starting from Germany, Adds Glance Screen”

Temple Run: Brave now available for Windows Phone 8

Temple Run: Brave for Windows Phone 8

Jetpack Joyride was released for Windows Phone 8 recently. Temple: Run Brave is finally available for the Windows Phone 8 devices. Imangi studios, popular for the Temple Run game has launched the game in partnership with Disney/Pixar. The game released for Android and iOS devices back in June last year. This game would let you Play Temple Run and shoot arrows as Merida in the beautiful world of Disney Pixar’s movie Brave. It has a new Archery feature that would let you tap targets to shoot a bulls-eye and earn extra coins. Continue reading “Temple Run: Brave now available for Windows Phone 8”

Nokia Chat v1.1 Beta for Lumia brings NFC support, option to share a place and more

Nokia Chat 1.1 Beta for Lumia

Nokia has updated the Chat Beta for Lumia Windows Phone devices to version 1.1 that brings Tap+Send (NFC) sharing between Lumia phones to share details of anyone on your chat contact list. This update brings option to share a place in chat that offers touchable map preview with links to place details, directions, and reviews, powered by HERE Maps. It also has improvements and support for more countries. The app lets you chat with Nokia Chat and Yahoo! Messenger users. Continue reading “Nokia Chat v1.1 Beta for Lumia brings NFC support, option to share a place and more”