Back in December, Nokia and Microsoft were told to be in talk of buying RIM. Now it seems that there was more on this rumor, but not in that way we all were thinking. [click to continue…]
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Checkout Our SponsorsBack in December, Nokia and Microsoft were told to be in talk of buying RIM. Now it seems that there was more on this rumor, but not in that way we all were thinking. [click to continue…]
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Checkout Our SponsorsLet the frenzy begin! The Nokia 900 is now available for pre-order online via AT&T and WalMart! This is great news for many overly eager people who had a rumored day come and go without the Nokia 900 becoming available earlier in the month. The availability of the top-tier smartphone the Nokia Lumia 900 at the largest retailer in the US is important. A common complaint with our young OS is availability. While contractually you still will need to be an AT&T subscriber, there is a WalMart in almost every town or city in America and has a thriving online site as well. [click to continue…]
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AT&T has been in the Windows Phone headlines of recent with it’s snubbing of the 8107 Update, receiving much scrutiny for it’s decision not to rollout the update to it’s WP subscribers. Perhaps in an attempt to redeem themselves, AT&T announced they in conjunction with Nokia will be marketing the Nokia Lumia 900 with more force upon it’s April 8th launch date than when they released the iPhone. In addition AT&T has offered some explanation as to why their WP subscribers will have to wait for the 8107 Update and when to expect it. For more details read past the break.
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Checkout Our SponsorsToday the HTC Locations app received an update to version 2.1.0.0. I am not using the app personally, but I got it installed and this morning an update has shown up.
HTC has learned a bit from Nokia and is now providing downloads for maps in their app. [click to continue…]
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As the DigiTimes magazine reports, Taiwanese OEMs want more flexibility from Microsoft for their Windows Phones. The OEMs want to be able to customize the UI (user interface) as well as more freedom on creating apps for Windows Phone Apollo devices.
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Today Nokia announced the first CDMA Windows Phone, the Lumia 800C, in China. Together with Chinese Telekom Nokia will bring CDMA Windows Phones to the world´s largest market.
Both Stephen Elop and Wang Xiaochu (Chairman of China Telecom) are very exited to bring the Nokia Windows Phones to the chinese market.
“This grand launch for China’s first CDMA Windows Phone represents our optimism and excitement for the future of Windows Phone and Nokia Lumia in China.”
With this words W. Xiaochu introduced the Lumia line to the press, and shows that they are serious about the OS as well as Nokia. [click to continue…]
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Andreas Hammar, developer and author on jayway.com, discovered that Fast Application Switching is still available on 256 MB devices.
As he discovered, the MSDN documentation has been updated recently. Microsoft confirms the availability to use the FAS.
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Most of you are all familiar with Ben Rudolph or @BenThePCGuy, who has been busy with WP’s “SmokedbyWindowsPhone” campaign. This is where Ben is up against non-WP phone users in a battle to upload a photo taken then to FB from lockscreen, also referred to as Pocket-to-Picture-to-Post. If Ben wins, participants leave with a new WP and if the participant wins, they leave with a$100. Well Microsoft thought they would up the ante raising the stakes. A participant can win a limited edition Hunger Games PC (HP Folio 13 Special Edition) valued at $1,049.00 based on a seperate set of criteria. Unfortunately, this revamped event is now facing a new scrutiny.
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