Nokia launched The Dark Knight Rises app for Lumia handsets last year in partnership with Warner Bros. These two have teamed up once again to bring the exclusive Man of Steel App for Lumia devices running on Windows Phone 8. This app offers wallpapers, actor information, interactive games and more. You can play games to unlock DC Comics, watch movie trailers and more. Continue reading “Nokia launches exclusive Man of Steel App for Lumia Windows Phone 8 devices”
You might be aware that Nokia is hosting an event in London this week on May 14 where the Finnish handset market is expected to announce a new Lumia phone. We have been hearing a lot of rumours about the phone code-named “Catwalk” in the last few weeks. Nokia might finally make this phone official and call it the Lumia 925. The company has been teasing the new phone in a commercial aired on British television earlier today. The phone in the video looks a lot like the one spotted in the Catwalk leaks. This device certainly must pack some impressive camera features as Nokia decided to use the words “more than your eyes can see” in the teaser. I am right now sitting at an Airport in Chennai waiting to board my flight to London to cover the Nokia event.
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With the Nokia Lumia 720, the Finnish smartphone manufacturer has revealed the latest element of its strategy to recapture the mobile phone market. Sitting right in the middle of the Lumia Windows Phone family, the Lumia 720 marries sophisticated design and subtle design elements with specifications that are powerful enough to get the job done but is this sufficient to take on the multitudes of midrange Android based competitors ? Read on to find out. Continue reading “Nokia Lumia 720 Review”
Microsoft and Google have not always been best of friends by any means and that had meant no official blessing for any Google services on Windows Phone. It was a huge pain for people using Google services and they were huge in number. YouTube is also one of the most used Google services, probably next to Gmail, and its official app on Windows Phone, published by Microsoft was a link to the mobile web version of YouTube until today. Now, the official app, still made by Microsoft has gotten a huge update and is finally a real app. With support for every YouTube client feature you’d want, the app has been finally released onto the Windows Phone store.
Nokia Lumia 928, the company’s upcoming smartphone for Verizon has confirmed on the official Nokia US website. The phone has also been advertised on Vanity Fair magazine and recently spotted on a bill board in the US. Both these ads confirms the PureView camera, optical image stabilization (OIS) and th Carl Zeiss lens in the phone.New press render for the Lumia 928 surfaced last month. Continue reading “Nokia Lumia 928 with PureView camera confirmed”
Over at the Global Mobile Internet Conference, UCWeb has announced a new partnership with global internet security expert, Trend Micro. Under the agreement, both companies will work to provide mobile web safety assessments in the browser. The aim is provide a comprehensive safety net for users of the product via cloud based security scans in the browser and also for Android apps downloaded via the UC Web browser.
Trend Micro analyzes as much as 4.46TB of data every day and has identified 350,000 high risk Android applications. This number is further expected to grow by 400% to 1.4 million in 2013.
UC Web with a global userbase in excess of 400 million and with 200 million daily registered clicks aims to provide comprehensive cloud based security for its users through its partnership with Trend Micro. The technology in question is Trend Micro’s Application Reputation Service (MARS) that works with both websites and Android applications. The service has analyzed close to 3 million Android apps to date with about 560,000 of them being flagged as malicious. UC Web has added the feature to version 7.4 of its browser making it the world’s first ‘secure mobile browser’.Considering the browser’s popularity in developing markets, the move is a welcome addition. Available for all major platforms, click through to try out UC Web Browser on your Android phone.
Green Gold Animation and Microsoft India has launched Chhota Bheem and the Throne of Bali application for Windows Phone. This app offers exclusive images, song previews, trailers and a lot more from the movie is releasing today May 3rd 2013. The app is already available for Android and iPhone. Chhota Bheem and the Curse of Damyaan app was released last year. You can read about the cast, watch trailers, listen to movie songs and shop for favorite Chhota Bheem merchandise. Continue reading “Chhota Bheem and the Throne of Bali App now available for Windows Phone”
Facebook has released a new Windows Phone Beta app (version 5.0) for devices running on Windows Phone 8. This offers a redesign user interface (UI) and includes several much-requested features, including new support for high-resolution photos, post sharing, and Facebook Timeline. Since this is a separate app, you can install this beta app alongside the current Facebook app (version 4.2.1). Continue reading “Facebook for Windows Phone Beta released, brings new design and features”
Nokia has sent out an invite to several media outlets for a launch event in London , UK happening on May 14.The invite says that the “Nokia Lumia Story Continues” on May 14th. The previous major Lumia launch happened at MWC in Barcelona where the company launched the Lumia 520 and Lumia 720 which are already available in India.
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First alleged images of the Nokia’s upcoming Windows Phone device codenamed Catwalk has surfaced online. This would be a follow up to the Lumia 920, but it would reportedly come with a aluminium body, making it thinner and lighter than the Lumia 920. Specifications of the device surfaced earlier this month. Renders of the Lumia 928 codename Laser with Xenon Flash for Verizon USA surfaced earlier this month.
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ZeptoLab, the creators of popular game Cut the Rope has finally released the Cut The Rope Experiments for the Windows Phone. Cut The Rope arrived for Windows Phone back in November 2012. . The Cut the Rope Experiments was launched for iPhone and iPad on August 2011 and the game was released on Android last March. This is also available for Windows Phone 8 devices. Continue reading “Cut The Rope Experiments now available for Windows Phone”
LinkedIn for Windows Phone has been updated to version 1.5 that brings lot of new features including Live Tile support, speech recognition that lets you speak out commands, lock screen support that shows images right on your lock screen and lots more. This update also brings support for 4 new languages. LinkedIn for Windows Phone was first launched back in May 2012. Continue reading “LinkedIn for Windows Phone updated with Live Tile support, Speech recognition and more”
Nokia launched the Lumia 720 in India last month along with the Lumia 520. The Lumia 520 went on sale earlier this month. Online retailer Flipkart has put up the Lumia 720 for pre-order at a price tag of Rs. 18,999. It was listed on Flipkart for Rs. 18,499 on Friday, but Flipkart changed the price of the device to Rs. 18,999 yesterday. The Lumia 720 was unveiled at the MWC 2013 back in February along with the Lumia 520. Continue reading “Nokia Lumia 720 up for pre-order on Flipkart for Rs. 18999”
Since the Windows Phone 8 reboot, Nokia has so far launched five devices, with the Lumia 920 and the Lumia 820 launching way back in September 2012, then the Nokia Lumia 620 at LeWeb, and the Nokia Lumia 720 and Lumia 520 at the Mobile World Congress. The portfolio of devices cover almost all the price points of the market, and the Lumia 620 is in that special mid range segment. Same time last year, Nokia had the Lumia 610 as the predecessor to the 620, but the hardware was so lacking(with 256MB of RAM) and Windows Phone 7 was not really up to the mark in terms of market expectations. Fast forward to this year, Windows Phone 8 brings a lot of features and ticks check boxes of most requested features including Bluetooth file transfer, mass storage, support for micro SD cards, NFC tap to send etc and the hardware too has gained some decent specs, with respect to the Lumia 620. With all these specs and features backing it, will the Lumia 620 suffice a budget minded smartphone buyer in India? Read on to find out.
Nokia launched the Lumia 720 in India last month along with the Lumia 520. The Lumia 520 went on sale from retail stores last week. Now, online retailer Flipkart has listed the Lumia 720 on their website for Rs. 18,500 Rs. 18,999. The Lumia 720 was unveiled at the MWC 2013 last month along with the Lumia 520. It has a 4.3-inch (800 x 480 pixels) ClearBlack display, powered by a 1 GHz dual-core Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 MSM8227 processor and runs on the latest Windows Phone 8 OS. It has a 6.7-megapixel auto focus camera at the back with LED Flash, Carl Zeiss optics and a 1.3-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Nokia Lumia 720 gets listed on Flipkart at Rs. 18999”
