Category: Windows Phone
Arriving at some point today, Expansys have the lovely Nokia Lumia 920 in red. It’s SIM-free and costs £574.99 with free shipping. The Lumia 920 comes with PureView camera technology (have a look at some of the low-light shots Dan took with it) and has a 1.5GHz dual-core …
The number of Nokia Lumia 920’s that you see on the street could be set to increase rapidly as EE’s exclusivity deal comes to an end. Three have today announced that coming soon are the flagship Lumia 920 and the entry level Lumia 620. Although Three have already …
Nokia admitted the growth of its Windows Phone smartphone business has been held back by supply problems after it feared a potentially costly stockpile of unsold Lumia handsets. The Finnish giant today revealed financial results that were ahead of most analysts’ expectations to break even, but said its …
For a while Huawei have been saying they are going to release a Windows Phone 8 device and over at CES they have done just that. The Huawei Ascend W1 is an entry level device similarly spec’d to the HTC 8S. The Ascend W1 is 10.15 mm thin …
O2 have confirmed they will be stocking the first Windows Phone 8 device made by Huawei called the Ascend W1. Launch is set for some time in Q1 2013 so it wont be long until you can get your hands on it. The Huawei Ascend W1 features a …
Continuing the theme of our wishlists for 2013 here is my list of things I’d like to see in then next few months. 1. This is easy. Its at the top of the list: battery life. I’m really tired of being given decent handsets that don’t last the …
Statistics on Windows Phone sales have always been hard to get, with Microsoft playing everything very close to their chest. Advertising platform AdDuplex have used their spread across a very large spectrum of Windows Phone devices to collect their own statistics on the most popular devices, and versions …
At times it’s hard to believe that I’m actually typing this but yes, HTC is suffering badly. They made a profit of T$11bn last year but have managed just T$1bn this year – that’s £21million and a 90% drop. With Mobile World Congress just around the corner, many …
If you’ve got yourself a Windows Phone and try and browse onto Google Maps through your browser it just won’t work. Visiting the web version of Google Maps now redirects you to the main Google homepage. Google have explained this by saying that the mobile version of Google …
Based on a survey of 30,000 mobile subscribers in the USA, comScore figures are out for the three month period ending November 2012. The study reveals Samsung at the top of the tree with 26.9% of US mobile subscribers and Apple second with 18.5%. LG are in third …
The war between Microsoft and Google continues. Following the spat over a Windows Phone YouTube client, Microsoft has responded on a different matter – the removal of ActiveSync support for GMail and Google Apps users with Windows Phones. Like many, we are surprised and disappointed that Google wants …
Recently you might have seen the Nokia Lumia 920 review. The main feature of the device was the very impressive camera which is supposed to work really well in low lighting conditions. So, what better place to take some photos and record a long video example than at …
YouTube for Windows Phone. Just don’t mention it. You can’t get a YouTube app for the Microsoft OS and many (including my good self) have pointed out that it’s a pretty big problem – customers want a YouTube app and expect it out of the box. The two …
2013 is upon us and today is the day when most people get back to work and start to wonder what the year ahead is going to bring. I always have a mental wishlist in my head of stuff that I want to see happen and stuff I …
The poor, poor HTC HD2. It shipped originally with Windows Mobile 6.5 but had Windows Phone 7 splattered all over it along with Android Ice Cream Sandwich. Now we can add WIndows RT to the mix as CotullaCode has managed to squeeze the OS into the ancient old …
Exactly a year ago, thanks to the lovely team at Nokia Connects I’ve had an opportunity to review the Nokia Lumia 800 – the first Nokia-designed smartphone running the Windows Phone operating system. Putting all ramblings whether Nokia’s sudden strategy switch was right or not, the Lumia 800 …
Three have come out today and now confirmed via Twitter that they will be stocking the new Nokia Lumia 920 on it’s UK network. Considering Vodafone have announced it will be coming to their network once the EE exclusive period ends we can assume that this will also …
I’ve been a follower of Nokia for years now. At one time I actually ran my very own Nokia dedicated website and attended many launches. Their hardware was top quality and phones like the N95 were market-leading in terms of specifications and features. Slowly they began to find …
Following the back-lash from users, photo-tweaking-and-sharing site Instagram has now returned to their original terms and conditions. A blog post has been added which states…. The concerns we heard about from you the most focused on advertising, and what our changes might mean for you and your photos. …
HTC are in a dark place at the moment and they’re obviously looking for new product ranges to sell. Their recent move into the phablet arena is an example of this. Bloomberg have reported that HTC are working on two tablets, a 12″ one and most interestingly a …
Here we go again. Now, I’ll be honest and admit that Android is a bit of a mess when it comes to OS updates. With Android, some handsets get updated, others don’t and there’s stacks of ROM’s floating around to help get around or confuse the situation. With …
When I say yellow I mean shocking neon yellow. HTC call it “Limelight Yellow” and originally it was the phone I wanted. Then there was a slight delay and I just had to get a WP8 device. Now I have the blue (purple) model instead. But if you …
An update for the Lumia 920 is heading this way. There’s been a few issues with battery drain and resets, and this update should rectify those issues and keep the WiFi on, text drafts and you’ll be able to reject phone calls with text messages. This should be …
Although Microsoft have apparently already started rolling out the cosmetic Windows Phone 7.8 update, it seems that production handsets won’t start seeing it until early in the new year. The news comes in a post on Tweakers.net and the update will bring those Windows Phone 7.x owners a …
XYO.net has created a page to help Windows Phone owners switching from iOS or Android. To start you simply select the OS you used to use, then you type in the app name and it’ll find a Windows Phone alternative. We started off by entering Astro File Manager …
The Nokia Lumia 920 has been heralded as the ultimate Windows Phone 8 device. When it was announced I was excited the range of colours and accessories. It captivated my imagination and made my wallet area hurt with anticipation of the upcoming cost. When it came to it, …
How many times over the last few weeks have we heard that the Windows Phone 8 equipped Samsung Ativ S was going to be in stock somewhere or delayed again? Answer: A lot. Well the day has finally come that retailers actually have the phone in stock and …
Are you one of the millions of WhatsApp users around the world who happened to purchase a new WIndows Phone 8 device only to see the disappointing news that this app was not available to download yet? Well today there is great news, WhatsApp is now available for the latest …
Yesterday we brought you a leaked photo of an unannounced new Lumia device from Nokia, today the Lumia 505 gets announced as a new low end of the market smartphone featuring the upgraded 7.8 version of the OS. Ever since the partnership with Microsoft was announced Nokia have been …
Android, Blackberry OS, iOS, Windows Phone – All current(ish) mobile operating systems and all with their own good points and foibles. I have never made any bones about the fact that I am an Android user. I have had a few Blackberry devices but moved on once the …
The HTC 8S was a phone I wanted to be good, REALLY REALLY good. I wanted it to be the phone that showed those LG Nexus 4 toting people that you didn’t need a huge great quad core CPU or 2GB of RAM to have a damn good …
Over on MyNokiaBlog a photo of a yet to be released Windows Phone 8 device was tweeted in which has many fans scratching their heads in confusion wondering is this a new mid range Lumia device which could be announced at MWC in just two short months or …
When was the last time you saw a Dell smartphone? There were some. Honestly their were. In recent years we saw the Dell Streak, which I always typed as “Steak” before getting uncontrollably hungry. Tesco were selling it earlier this year for a knock-down price. It had a …
At last – Samsung’s first Windows Phone 8 smartphone! The Samsung ATIV S looks set to be available starting tomorrow (Friday 14thDecember) in the UK. Windows Phone obsessed website WPCentral has revealed that both Clove and Expansys in the UK will have stock of the new smartphone available to order tomorrow. Also it insists that, despite …
Wallbase is one of my favourite websites for tracking down wallpapers for my phones, tablets, laptops and desktops. In the Android world there is quite a nice third party app to serve up some wallpapers to me. In the Windows Phone world it’s something I’ve always missed. Having …
Rowi in my opinion is one of the best Twitter apps for Windows Phone. This morning their update which added Windows Phone 8 compatibility has finally been approved and it has appeared on the Store. Rowi allows you to do a lot with Twitter, a whole lot more …
Oh Nokia… some good press would be great, wouldn’t it? It seems analysts are revising earlier predictions that Nokia would have a strong Q4 with “an overly optimistic interpretation of initial Lumia sales commentary”. That’s “we thought they’d sell more phones” to you and me. If the analyst …
Back in February we saw HTC making a big decision. The HTC One Series meant that the company would concentrate on a core group of handsets – the One X, One S and One V. It was clear. The One X was the power-house. The One S was …
Last week when the world got their hands on the HTC 8S we all realised that it was running a different version of Windows Phone 8. The 8S included persistent WiFi and some tweaks to the messaging app to allow mass deletion and also to be able to …
Windows Phone has had it’s rebirth with a whole host of new features and most importantly a whole host of new devices. All those weeks ago when Microsoft, HTC, Nokia and Samsung were all showing off their new devices the one that stood out to me was the …
