Windows Phone News: WP8
Showing posts with label WP8. Show all posts
Showing posts with label WP8. Show all posts

Monday, March 11, 2013

Lync 2013 is now available for Windows Phone 8 devices


Lync 2013 is now available for download for Windows Phone 8 devices. Lync 2013 is the business application  that allows access to the server of your company that makes use of Lync Server or Office 365 for communication between employees through email, instant messaging, conferencing and function of voice conversations and video. 

Nokia Lumia 620 is already distributed with updated firmware with new Storage management options


The last few days, the reports regarding  the solution to the very annoying problem of the management of the "Other" in the device Windows Phone 8 at present.
Now, WPCentral reports, that in fact the new Nokia Lumia 620, that has been on sale recently, was spotted an additional option in the settings menu.

Monday, February 18, 2013

Nokia and Microsoft sign carrier billing agreement with VimpelCom


Microsoft and Nokia have signed agreement with VimpelCom, the 6th global carrier in the world. The name of the carrier may not be familiar, but the brand of VimpelCom include, “Beeline” (in Russia and CIS), “Kyivstar” (in Ukraine), “Wind” (in Italy and Canada), “Djezzy” (in Algeria), “Mobilink” (in Pakistan), “Banglalink” (in Bangladesh), and others and has 205 million customers across 20 countries. 

Thursday, February 7, 2013

KooZac - New Xbox puzzle game is now available for Windows Phone users

Square Enix , the maker of Final Fantasy , has released a new Xbox Live game, named KooZac. Koozac  is puzzle game , inspired by the Tetris and offers a very colorful graphics and a host of features and functionality that will make the game exciting and thrilling. 

Tuesday, February 5, 2013

Samsung ATIV S now available for purchase in Germany


The Samsung Ativ S Windows Phone 8 was the first WP8 devices presented, however Nokia and HTC beat Samsung and managed to push their WP8 smartphones in to consumers hands before Samsung. 

Monday, February 4, 2013

The Guardian - 41-megapixel Pureview sensor system coming to Lumia devices



The Guardian is reporting that Nokia will soon launch a new smartphone running Windows Phone 8 with PureView 41 megapixel camera, pretty much with similar of better photographic abilities as the one of the original Nokia PureView smartphone, the Nokia 808.

Tuesday, January 29, 2013

Amazon Kindle App bumped to v2.0, now supports Windows Phone 8



Amazon Kindle, the Amazon application that lets you read e-books directly on your Windows Phone has been updated and is now also supported for Windows Phone 8. This new version brings a few important changes.

Monday, January 28, 2013

Nokia Lumia 920 in Gray comming to Russia in February


The Nokia Lumia 920 Gray version so far has appeared in some Asian markets, and we can say is the most uncommon Nokia Lumia 920 version.However the distribution of this particular version of the Nokia Lumia 920, seems that is getting closer to Europe, according to the latest news fron Russia.Confirmation to that would come to be present in the examination of the NaviFirm firmware and Nokia Russia representative who confirmed the this version in coming in February

Tuesday, January 8, 2013

Windows Phone sales over the Christmas period up 5 times over past year sales



As we all know, Microsoft rarely talks about real sales figures of the Windows Phone smartphones. This time too, even though they were declared the sales numbers, it turns out the growth had over the Christmas period compared to last year.

Wednesday, November 28, 2012

According to Liberum, Nokia may sell 3-3.5 million Nokia Lumia 920 in Q4


The number of positive estimates on the results of the Nokia Lumia 920 goes on sale with the assessments of Liberum analyst, a company that deals with market research.Following the indication of 2.5 million units pre-ordered rumor coming from Yahoo China , Liberum test to track the overall sales of the top range of Nokia WP8 smartphone for the last quarter of the year. Very positive results that could be further improved at the beginning of 2013.

Tuesday, November 20, 2012

Angry Birds Space and Star Wars for Windows Phone 8 are updated to v.1.1



Here comes the first update for the two new titles Angry Birds for Windows Phone 8, Space and Star Wars , released just a few days ago. The new version is now 1.1 , and does not bring substantial new, at least at first sight. Unchanged the number of levels and no other level unlocked.

"Meet Your Match", an interesting advertising campaign following the footsteps of "Smoked by Windows Phone"

Many of you will remember the campaign initiated by Ben Rudolph "Smoked By Windows Phone" , an initiative to prove that Windows Phone is simply faster than any other smartphone operating systems. In several commercials, in fact, Ben Rudolph defied many users to do simple things with your smartphone to show them how much with Windows Phone 8 can do and faster than the competition.

Monday, November 19, 2012

White Huawei Ascend W1 appeared in new leaked photos


More pictures have leaked of the upcoming Windows Phone 8 smartphone from Huawei, the Ascend W1.This time the pics reveal the white variant of the upcoming device, which  according to rumors circulating on the web, will be introduced at the Consumer Electronics Association (CES) in January 2013.

Wednesday, November 14, 2012

Sonic CD is now available for Xbox on Windows Phone

Sonic CD for Windows Phone is available to download from the Windows Phone Store. SEGA first announced Sonic CD for Windows Phone back in August 2011, but after long wait, today finally arrived

The game has been adapted and optimized for Microsoft's mobile platform only to provide the best user experience but also to be included in the collection of exclusive, high-quality Xbox games for Windows Phone.

Monday, November 12, 2012

Nokia Lumia 920 vs Nokia Lumia 800 Speed Comparison (Video)


The responsiveness of the UI of Windows Phone 7.5 smartphones has never been a real problem, and from this point of view the increase in performance introduced with WP8, although present, is not so obvious. The situation is different with regard to the speed of launching applications, as proven by the video which is shown below.

Microsoft working to improve the WI-FI management on Windows Phone 8


Windows Phone 8 has brought many new but has also dragged behind some small shortcoming of the previous releases, such as talking about the Wi-Fi that disconnects as soon as the device is in standby, sins which will be remedied as soon as revealed by a tweet from Joe Belfiore.

Thursday, November 8, 2012

Nokia Lumia 830 Windows Phone 8 smartphone images leaks in China


We are keeping track of the many variants of the Nokia Lumia devices in the world and now appeared that we have a new Windows Phone smartphone and it's name is Nokia Lumia 830. 
Few hours ago from Asia came the first photos of the Nokia Lumia 830, a model that apparently should be positioned at a slightly higher step of the Nokia Lumia 820, but that, in reality, is presented, in spite of the nomenclature, as a device named to succeed the Nokia Lumia 710. 

SkyDrive 3.0 for Windows Phone 8 released


SkyDrive is one of the cornerstones of Microsoft and the interaction with the Cloud is the basis of the entire Windows ecosystem "Windows Phone 8/Windows 8/Xbox 360". The smartphone application has, however, been slow to arrive and is only available now in version 3.0 , compatible with all Windows Phone 8 devices.

Tuesday, October 30, 2012

Nokia Lumia 920 and Nokia Lumia 820 Now Shipping

It was a busy day yesterday for Microsoft and Nokia with the official presentation of Windows Phone 8 and Nokia Lumia WP8 smarphones.
According to reports from the press release,Nokia has all ready begun to ship its two newest wp8 smartphones,the Nokia Lumia 920 and Lumia 820 to Phone operators and retailers in select markets. More specifically, the Lumia WP8 devices firstly will be distributed in France and the United Kingdom, then delivery will be extended up to encompass Russia and Germany before reaching other major markets.

Windows Phone 8 features shown in the latest promo videos


Microsoft on its on Windows Phone YouTube channel  has posted several videos that showcase some of the highlights of the new Windows Phone 8 OS. As you can see, shows a number of features and characteristics of Windows Phone 8 as the familiar Start screen with resizable tiles , the new Live Apps, the assistant voice, the ability to share your location, the photo editor and many Other features that distinguish the new experience of the new devices.