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Nokia has spoken about Joblens before – their augmented reality app which makes it easier for Lumia owners to find employment. Nokia has now finally showed off the app to O2Guru who posted the above video, and demonstrates that the app is surprisingly sophisticated, not just overlaying potential jobs on a map, but it will [...]

Nokia has updated their HERE Maps app with LiveSight support. You can tap the “LiveSight” icon and HERE Maps reveals virtual signs for restaurants, galleries, shops, and sights attached to the buildings in your camera display so you can pinpoint exactly where you’re going just by looking. What’s New: - LiveSight reveals what’s around you through your [...]

Unity has announced that their Unity3D middleware is now free to indie developers with a turn over of less than $100,000 in their previous financial year. The software allows developers to create high quality 3D games and has only recently become available for Windows Phone developers. In its first wave the middleware will only be [...]

In their latest ad for the Nokia Lumia 928 Nokia and Verizon once again makes a strong case for the low-light performance of the handset as its major selling point. The ad touts the Nokia Lumia 928’s ability to take vibrant pictures in near darkness, and shows owners from other phones sharing photos which do [...]

We heard this morning from the Windows Phone marketing head Greg Sullivan that Microsoft is being more aggressive with their marketing. The result of this initiative can clearly be seen in this ad showing the low-light capability of the Nokia Lumia 928, which ends with the narrator saying very clearly “Better than the iPhone, better [...]

Nokia today detailed some of its investments in next generation imaging start-ups through Nokia Growth Partners(NGP). They listed three start-ups which inclused Pelican Imaging, Luminate and InVisage. Here are the short descriptions about each of them, Pelican Imaging: The Pelican technology, based on combining signals from arrays of sensors, enables very slim camera modules with the [...]

Waze is a community-based mapping, traffic & navigation app with more that 40 million members which lets you to outsmart traffic, save time & gas money, and improve everyone’s daily commute. Since it is a open community based app, its community-generated maps and real-time traffic, you’ll get the best route to your destination. The app [...]

Welcome to the Week in Review, your weekly recap of important Windows Phone news. Nokia Lumia 928 now on sale • Shipping on May 20th • On Verizon • $99 with 2-year contract • $499 without contract • AMOLED screen instead of LCD, slightly lighter and thinner than 920 • Very powerful Xenon flash on [...]

The latest US Windows Phone commercial features the Nokia Lumia 521 and celebrity stylist Robert Verdi, who seems to be going around as a phone fairy, handing out free Nokia Lumia 521 handsets and loads of accessories to go with them. The commercial appears to be about demonstrating how Windows Phone can satisfy the needs [...]

A commenter recent suggested the reason Microsoft did not implement VPN and instead spent the time on Kids Corner was that it was pointless to simply replicate the features of other operating systems, but that time was better spent creating features uniquely Windows Phone and using those as selling points. One such feature is of [...]

Compass Deluxe – Where do you want to go today? Compass Deluxe Features: map & navigation compass tap & route for driving and walking address lookup map download & update night & day color mode for road map support four cartographic modes landmarks and pedestrian features Marketplace Link See a video demo after the break.

Samsung has shown us that marketing is pretty important, so its good to see Microsoft and Nokia is keeping up the pressure. The latest is some great product placement in the new Jennifer Lopez video featuring Pitbull, with the Nokia Lumia 920 in white getting several seconds right at the start of the video. The [...]

One of the advantages of having a removable battery is the ability to replace it with a larger, extended version. Mugen Power is now offering a massive 4800 mAh extended battery for the Samsung ATIV S, which more than doubles the regular 23000 mAh capacity and would mean you will never have to worry about [...]

Voxer is a Push to Talk app for smartphones, and is currently available for iOS and Android. The company has now added a Coming Soon badge to their home page for Windows Phone, meaning we will soon be able to join the network. See a video of the iPhone version after the break. Thanks Andrew [...]

Movie fan? You’re gonna love this app… Film Closet is a complete movie database where you can find informations about the films of your choice in an easy, quick and effective way. Currently it provides details for more than 60000 movies. Some of the most important features that the app offers: Browse through one [...]

PhoneArena have posted their review of the Nokia Lumia 928 , currently available at Verizon. They note the pros of the low price, slightly thinner and lighter design, Nokia enhancements and camera quality, but lamented the long time it takes to make a focus adjustment when recording video, and the lack of improvement in the [...]

The rumor mill is swirling again, and this time is concerns the all important enterprise necessity VPN. It had been previously reported that VPN would not come until GDR3. But sources close to Microsoft are now reporting that VPN may not arrive until Windows Phone Blue, Q1 2014, or even later! Windows Mobile did have VPN [...]

If you need Instagram on your Windows Phone ASAP, then Itsdagram is the perfect app for you! This app may cost $1.49, but it brings an excellent Instagram experience to Windows Phone. The app seems to be nearly fully featured, allowing you to follow people, view your home feed, keep up with your activity, and [...]

Natwest has recently started running the above ad on television, featuring mobile banking done on a smartphone. Interestingly the handset used by the father in the ad appears to be a Nokia Lumia 920, while the florist is using an older Nokia Lumia 800 handset. The only other handset shown appears to be one Android model, the [...]

With the cold war between Microsoft and Google heating up quite a bit today, now may be the perfect time to show the video above, which is supposedly an internal Microsoft video parodying Google’s own bouncing ball ad, which can be seen after the break. If you think Microsoft’s version is exagerated, see Google’s even [...]

In a press release Three UK announced that they will be getting the newly announced Nokia Lumia 925, and that the device will support LTE when Three rolls it out eventually. Sylvia Chind, Head of Devices at Three said, "We’re delighted to be ranging the Nokia Lumia 925 on Three. Not only is Nokia’s latest [...]

There was a rumour that Angry Birds Rio was coming to Windows Phone “very soon” and now less than 2 weeks later the promise came to fruition. The app places the eponymous Angry Birds in Rio, after they were kidnapped and shipped there. After their escape their mission is to save their friends Blu and [...]

The aluminium band around the outside of the Nokia Lumia 925 also acts as the antenna for the handset, which immediately made us concerned about reception issues, as was the case with the iPhone 4, for which Apple ultimately had to hand out thousands of bumper cases and settled a class-action lawsuit. Nokia has however [...]

FoneArena have posted this video comparing the Nokia Lumia 925 vs the Samsung Galaxy S4. The reviewer notes the Nokia Lumia 925 feels more solidly built, with more premium materials, but is let down by having a smaller and non-removable battery and not having a microSD card slot. Of course the camera is likely a [...]

Unleashthephones.com have posted this video showing a test where the Nokia Lumia 925’s low light camera performance is compared with the HTC One’s Ultrapixel camera, presumably after the recent update. The video shows that while the HTC One does manage to retrieve a recognizable picture from near darkness, the picture is still full of noise [...]

Dailaphone, who clearly have early access to handsets, have posted the first mini-review of the Nokia Lumia 925. They note the handset is more mid-range than high-end, something I think Nokia Lumia 920 owners will agree with. The handset is noticably different in appearance to the Nokia Lumia 920, a relief in these days of [...]

Engadget have posted a hands-on video of the Nokia Lumia 925, and besides showing of the new camera app features the video also revealed that the smart camera app can be set to launch directly from the camera button, which I think addresses a major Windows Phone issue with its rather barebones camera app. See [...]

Nokia has just posted this video showing off the new 6 element lens of the Nokia Lumia 925 camera and also some features of the SmartCamera app, which provides 5 effects and produces 5 megapixel pictures taken at a high frame rate. See more videos showing off camera features after the break.

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The Nokia Lumia 928 is exclusive to Verizon, and it is interesting to hear which points the company is expecting its sales team to hit when pushing the handset. The pitch hits all the main points, except for the business features of the OS, focussing much more on the multimedia elements. Do our readers think [...]

WindowsPhonino reports that the Official GoPro app is now in the Windows Phone Store. The app allows Windows Phone users to control their GoPro cameras remotely over WIFI and even have a video preview from the cameras on their phones. The app features: Full control of all camera settings Live, remote viewfinder/preview on your Windows [...]

Nokia has posted a full resolution version of their teaser video for tomorrow’s announcement. Can our readers see the resemblance to the leaked pictures of the Nokia Catwalk? See those after the break. The handset is said to feature a Qualcomm S4 1.5GHz dual core processor, 4.5? octaOLED 1280×768, 1GB RAM 16GB ROM, 8.7Mpx f2.0 [...]

Shopping list is one of these apps, that all the mobile Stores are full of. These apps fight for the user usually by adding features. But is this really what the user needs or wants? More features? The app is actually just a simple list of items at its core. The main advantage is the [...]

Lady Shotgun have recently released their game Buddha Finger on Windows Phone and on Windows 8, with some great support from Microsoft themselves! Windows Phone Store Link: www.windowsphone.com Price: 99p, $1.29, €1.29 Part twitch action and part beat ‘em up, Buddha Finger challenges your reflexes as you use an ancient kung-fu pressure point attack to [...]

Nokia is raising the hype level of their Nokia Lumia announcement on Tuesday, and have posted a short trailer on Channel 4 TV this evening in the UK. The trailer, which was in an ad break in the Inbetweeners show, promised “a new Nokia Lumia is coming” and appears to concentrate on camera aspects such [...]

Two new third-party Instagram apps were released today. One is excellent, and the other is awful. I’ll keep it short and simple. Itsdagram is the excellent one! The interface is beautiful and really well designed. The app is also very functional! You can create an account, upload pictures, add friends, view friends’ photos, comment/like pictures, search [...]

The new game Star Jumper from the authors of the popular game HexaLines has been released today for Windows Phone. It is an original endless platformer, very colorful, fast-paced and entertaining game. You are running and jumping with an astronaut on the planets, flying through the space and between the planets. You need to collect [...]

Have fun boosting and drifting in this arcade racer. Overall Score: 5/5 Fun gameplay, great graphics, and lengthy lasting value make this a worthy arcade racer at only $0.99! Gameplay: 5/5 First of all, this isn’t a simulation racer. Just have fun, forget realism! Secondly, the game doesn’t get tough till halfway through… experienced video [...]

A WPCentral forum member claimed to have a Nokia Lumia 928, and posted some videos and pictures taken with the camera of the handset. As can be seen from the samples Nokia seems to have tweaked the camera for even better performance than on the 920, with the device handling varying light levels very well [...]

Nokia have posted their first full promo video of the handset, and it concentrates as expected on the media features (camera and audio) from the handset, with the tag line “Capture the highlights, even in low light”. Nokia also posted the full specs of the handset, confirming that the screen is AMOLED and that the [...]

Nokia has posted the above video of the Nokia Lumia 928,in which they laud the edge to edge screen, great camera and video recording capability, and also a surprisingly loud speaker. Are our readers lining up to pick up the device? Let us know below.

Nokia has updated their teaser site for the still unannounced Nokia Lumia 928. The company has added a new video which shows off the Optical Image Stabilization in the handset by recording video in the rain forest while suspended below a quadrocopter platform. Nokia also added a new render of the device, showing both the [...]

T-Mobile introduced the concept that phones actually cost real money to the USA last month, and the Un-carrier is now adding the option for customers to reduce this very real but previously hidden cost by buying a brand new Windows Phone. T-Mobile today announced that it would start selling the Lumia 521 on May 22. [...]

At an even held at New Delhi in India, Nokia unveiled an new feature phone Asha 501. The new Asha 501 comes with the newly revamped Asha software platform. The new device and its UI reminds us the Nokia N9 and its MeeGo platform. As you can see in the image above, Nokia Lumia hardware [...]

From what we have seen so far from the Nokia Lumia 928, the campaign surrounding it will concentrate on the quality of pictures and video recording. In the above video Nokia once again pushes this message, showing how their Rich Recording Microphones improves the quality of audio recording in their handsets, The video also gives [...]

Microsoft’s new YouTube app takes a huge step forward, providing Windows Phone with an official quality YouTube app. How does it compare to Google’s own YouTube app on Android? It compares quite well! In some sections, the Windows Phone app wins, and in others the Android version wins. Overall, Microsoft’s YouTube app can finally directly compete with [...]

Nokia today posted a new video to promote its upcoming Nokia Lumia 928 device on Verizon. The video was recording using Lumia 928 and it showcases the OIS capabilities of the device. The next Nokia Lumia is coming and we are excited to unveil it soon. In the meantime, enjoy a preview of what’s in [...]