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Nokia Australia has held a launch even in Sydney today. If you were on twitter you might have picked up on the chatter if you were following the #LumiaLounge hash tag. Long story short Aussies can pick up the
Nokia Lumia 900 and the
Lumia 610 ( not the
610 NFC ) . Details below
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by Saijo George on May 17, 2012
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local-scout-ad
Local Scout is a great feature ( sorry to the folks who use a windows phone in non supported region ) that came to Windows Phone with the Mango update. Many users love this feature on Windows Phone and now it would appear paid listings are being featured in there along with organic listings. Local Scout is great for finding great local stores and cafe near you. You can easily pull up the listing which also provides you with the stores website, contact number address, and hours of operation. You can also easily find the direction from your current location to this destination all thanks to Bing Maps that is deeply integrated in to the OS.
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by Saijo George on May 17, 2012
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Metro_Music
As Windows Phone gets more mainstream we are starting to see more cool things people are doing with Windows Phone. This time we are treated to some music created almost entirely by Windows Phone Apps by Matt Oglesby. Video after the break.
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by Saijo George on May 17, 2012
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Jeff Fong
This should be no surprise to those who love the Metro UI on Windows Phone. Design Lead for Windows Phone, Jeff Fong was named as one of the 100 Most Creative People in Business according to June issue of Fast Company magazine. He came in at position 81. (
more info ).
Airports may be frustrating, but give them this: “The signage is so clean, pure, and direct, it helps you navigate a very complicated environment,” Jeff Fong says. “I wondered, Can we apply that same approach to designing our user interface?” His team culled photos from London’s Heathrow and designed the smartphone’s software–with its animated, colored tiles, and straightforward imagery–based on the signs’ typography and simplicity.
Windows Phone blog also interviewed him to pick his brains on the Metro UI. ( more info )
by Saijo George on May 17, 2012
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Joker Aggressive Expansion
“Now, our operation is small, but there’s a lot of potential for “aggressive” expansion. So, which one of you fine gentlemen would like to join our team? Oh, there’s only one spot open right now, so we’re gonna have… Tryouts. ” — Joker, The Dark Knight, 2008. (
video )
Why bring this up ? We are kinda swamped with review request these days for Windows Phone 7 Apps / Games, it’s time we got some new talent on board to help us with this important task. It’s like what Mr J said we are looking for one or maybe two of you ( ladies / gentlemen ) to join our team. You will be required to review WP7 Apps and Games for 1800pocketpc.com and BestWP7Games.com. We are looking some someone who can send in at least 2 review per week. So if you like to get paid to review apps / games on WP7 this might be for you. We are also looking for news writers, details below.
Some requirement :
- The review write up will need to be in English
- You will also need to record a video ( in English ) of the game or app in action on an actual WP7 device ( preferably in HD )
- Must be 18 or older to apply
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by Yanko Andreev on May 17, 2012
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Microsoft just announced a new strategic partnership. This time Microsoft has teamed up with Barns&Nobles to create a new experience of reading. Barns&Nobles will bring their Nook service into a subsidiary. The subsidiary is will build upon the strong history of both companies in digital reading technologies. The new subsidiary has yet to be named, for now it is still Newco.
The first devices that will get a new Nook app will be Windows 8 devices. B&N are targeting a market of unbelievable high potential customers. You can read the news – here.
This will be the next concept, in which will see something different for the first time. If you have any ideas what might be in future Nook reading experience for Windows Phone, please write in the comments below to see it next time.
GPRS Optus
Rumors of the
Lumia 900 and
Titan 2 heading to Australia has been going on for a while , we recently saw
AllPhones stocking the Lumia 900 soon and now the GPRS Internet Configuration page on Optus is showing the Lumia 900 and Titan 2. This does not necessarily mean the carrier will be stocking these devices but is a fairly good indicator that these devices will be hitting our shores soon.
by Saijo George on May 16, 2012
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Windows Phone Fan
Here is something you might not have expected to see when you hear “
Windows Phone Fan ” .. welovewp.hk came across some Windows Phone gear Microsoft was handing out in Hong Kong, it was an handheld electric fan that displays some Windows Phone promo text. It’s not something you will find me walking around with but any Marketing Windows Phone gets receives a thumbs up from me. Check out the video of the fan in action below
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