Samsung has announced the Omnia M, their latest handset to feature Windows Phone 7.5 (Mango). The phone has 4.0-inch Super AMOLED display, 1 GHz processor and 5 MP Auto focus camera with LED Flash and a VGA video calling camera. This has larger display than the Omnia W that was launched last year but it doesn’t have impressive specs. Continue reading “Samsung Omnia M Windows Phone with 4-inch AMOLED display and 1 GHz Processor announced”
Viber launched VOIP (Voice Over IP) app for iPhone back in 2010 and for Android last year that we reviewed. Now they have launched Beta apps for BlackBerry and Windows Phone platforms. It lets you send free text and photos over 3G or WiFi with your Viber friends. Continue reading “Viber for BlackBerry and Windows Phone Beta now available, Voice calling coming soon”
Samsung has announced Focus 2 in the Focus family, followed by Focus, Focus S and Focus Flash. It is the 3rd Windows Phone smartphone on AT&T with 4G LTE support after Nokia Lumia 900 and HTC HTC Titan II. The Samsung Focus 2 has 4-inch (480 x 800 Pixels) Super AMOLED display, 5MP Auto focus camera with 720p HD video recording and a VGA front facing camera. It is powered by 1.4GHz Qualcomm processor and runs on Windows Phone 7.5 (Mango). Continue reading “Samsung Focus 2 announced, coming to AT&T on May 20 for $49.99”
Nokia Lumia 610, Nokia’s affordable Windows Phone device is finally on sale in Asia starting from Philippines. The Lumia 610 was announced at the MWC 2012 and packs in 3.7-inch LCD Display and is powered by 800 MHz Qualcomm Snapdragon S1 processor. Continue reading “Nokia Lumia 610 starts rolling out in Asia”
Facebook for Windows Phone team has announced that the Facebook for Windows Phone version 2.5 update would bring new features including, Threaded messaging, Tagging, Delete posts and comments, Option to ‘like’ comments and more. The previous update v2.3 update was a major one, that was available in February. Continue reading “Facebook for Windows Phone v2.5 coming soon with new features”
Skype has finally arrived for the Windows Phone devices at the Windows Phone Marketplace. Skype launched the beta version of the app at the Mobile World Congress earlier this February. The Skype app lets you make free audio and video calls to your Skype contacts over 3G and 4G or Wi-Fi. It also supports group chats, and you can also update your profile and account information. Continue reading “Skype for Windows Phone out of Beta, now available for Download”
Nokia just revealed via a Youtube clip that the upcoming Windows Phone based handset, the Lumia 610 will include support for NFC. The information was leaked via a Youtube video which has now been set to private mode.
Nokia has confirmed a software issue in the Lumia 900 that results in loss of data connectivity for the AT&T customers. Nokia says this is due to memory management issue that would be fixed by a software update and not due to a the phone hardware or the network. Continue reading “Nokia confirms Lumia 900 connectivity bug, to offer $100 credit and a software update”
I have had the Nokia Lumia 800 in my hands for a couple of weeks and been marveling at the Windows Phone Mango interface and usability. As a blogger, I want to share these with you, but you know what I discovered? You can’t take a screenshot on Windows Phone 7. Actually, you can, but you’ll need to go through so many hoops that you’ll want to kill yourself before the process is done. Here’s a rundown of my trials and tribulations over the past few days with the process, in hope of shedding a light on the sheer silliness of the situation.
First of all, a screenshot may not be vital for all users, but it’s vital for the platform
Continue reading “Dear Microsoft, Taking A Screenshot Shouldn’t Be A Privilege Nor A Struggle”
Nokia Lumia 900 and the Lumia 610 price has been revealed and is now available for pre-order from online retailer Clove in UK. Nokia announced the Lumia 900 for global markets at the MWC and also announced the Lumia 610. Continue reading “Nokia Lumia 900 and Lumia 610 get priced in UK”
With Indian Premier League (IPL) Season 5 around the corner, here are some cricket apps for your Nokia phones to follow the IPL right from your mobile phone. These apps range for Cricket scores, IPL schedule, Jokes and Games. Continue reading “Cricket apps for IPL for Nokia phones”
Evernote for Windows Phone has been updated to version 2.2 that brings new features such as native notebook sharing, improved editing, better searching and more new features. The previous update, version 2.1 was way back in December that brought new features. Continue reading “Evernote for Windows Phone v2.2 update brings notebook sharing, better editing and more”
Nokia has started rolling out a new Software update version 1600.2487.8107.12070 for Lumia 800, that brings improvements in battery performance, especially in 3G talk time as well as in predictive usage time, standby time, WiFi browsing time and music playback time. We reported the update earlier this month. Continue reading “Nokia Lumia 800 software update now rolling out, brings improved battery performance”
China Telecom and Nokia has announced Nokia 800C, the first CDMA Windows Phone in China. Other features are similar to the Global version of the phone including 3.7″ AMOLED ClearBlack curved touchscreen display, 1.4 GHz processor, 8MP camera with Carl Zeiss optics, HD video playback, 16GB of internal memory. Continue reading “Nokia Lumia 800C CDMA Windows Phone launched in China”
AT&T and Nokia has announced that Nokia Lumia 900 would be available exclusively in the U.S. from them on April 8 for $99.99. Nokia and AT&T announced the Lumia 900 with AT&T’s 4G LTE support at CES 2012 in January. The Nokia Lumia 900 has 4.3-inch ClearBlack AMOLED display and is powered by a 1.4GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon S2 processor. It has 8 MP camera on the back with Nokia’s Carl Zeiss optics and a front-facing camera which was missing in the 800. It runs on Windows Phone 7.5 (Mango) and has 1830 mAh battery. Continue reading “Nokia Lumia 900 coming to AT&T on April 8 for $99.99”
