Category: Windows Phone
Microsoft have announced that they will be holding a Windows Phone Developer Summit on June 20th and 21st in San Fransisco, very few details have been made available but I am sure they will give attendees an insight on what to expect in the next release of the …
Microsoft today added 22 new countries these include Bulgaria, Costa Rica, Croatia, Estonia, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Turkey, Ukraine, Venezuela, UAE, Bahrain, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kazakhstan, Israel, Thailand, and Vietnam. As a Windows Phone user one can only hope that the continued expansion of the …
You may have noticed that our new Forum went live the other day. Well to make things easier and reduce load times etc we have added Tapatalk functionality. This makes it a lot easier to track your favourite topics and private messages. To find us simply search for …
I’ve been banging on about this for a while now. Nokia have stolen a lot of limelight on the Windows Phone stage recently and it’s no big surprise to see LG now putting the brakes on. In an interview for the Korea Herald an unnamed LG Exec stated …
I plugged my phone in to my PC today and planned to see what new app’s were available but the link wasn’t there. Having spent some time checking my phone was connected and there was nothing wrong with the lead and looking through all the settings in Zune …
ZTE have today announced that Virgin Mobile will be the first UK operator to carry the new ZTE Tania. The Windows Mobile 7.5 carrying device will be available from the middle of May on pay monthly and pay-as-you-go. The Tania has a TFT capacitive touchscreen, a display of 480 …
We have today received official confirmation that Phones4U will be the first european retailer to carry the Nokia Lumia 900. As previously detailed, there will be a slight delay in receiving stock which will be available from 14th May. By way of a small apology to those that have pre-ordered the handset, …
If you just thought “yes” then you are the sort of person that SPB are after to help them with a survey. I know surveys can be boring and long winded but SPB the makers of SPB TV are obviously looking for ways to improve their current offering …
A mixed bag of news has emerged from the beleaguered Finnish giant as they have announced that the flagship Lumia 900 will now not ship on April 27th as previously expected but has now slipped to May 14th. In what could be seen as better news, Nokia have cited better …
Imagine the scene, one minute you are the worlds biggest maker of mobile phones, dominating sales on almost every continent. The next your market share drops off a cliff in all but one (India), your shares are virtually worthless, your products have a major image issue and the …
Skype has been available in Beta form on Windows Phone since the announcement at Mobile World Congress this year back in February. However it now looks like the full version is now available to download from the Marketplace right now. There is a video and an announcement over …
“Will my device get an official update?” It is one the most often asked questions, be it to the networks, to the manufacturers or even to websites like us. People just want the latest and greatest version of the software. Most recently it has been the turn of …
Reuters are reporting that European carriers faith in Nokia is quite low at the moment. They’ve gone as far as to say “If the Lumia with the same hardware came with Android in it and not Windows, it would be much easier to sell” This comes off the …
The Windows Phone Marketplace has a bit of a sale going on at the moment. There’s a variety of apps and games at a discounted rate, such as Rowi which we mentioned the other day. They’re at 79p which, for some of the games, is a drastic reduction. …
The bods from HiDrive have been twiddling around with their mobile apps and have added stacks of new features. Their service is similar to DropBox but locks your important stuff away in one of their ISO 27001-accredited datacentres in Germany. All versions now have bandwidth-friendly image previews, with …
Nokia has traditionally been on top when it comes to total phones shipped but it looks as though Samsung is about to overtake them for the first time this quarter. Lower end estimates are that Samsungs shipments stand at 85m and Nokia’s figures from earlier this week are …
The other week I got all excited because Nokia had created a website which detailed when you would be able to get the latest update for your Nokia Lumia 800. The excitement didn’t last long as I realised it was being left to the networks to decide when …
Competition in the mobile marketplace is hotting up. Already HTC have announced a drop in profits and now, in the space of one day, Nokia shares have fallen by over 16% in the last few hours. The dive comes after Nokia warned that their first quarter performance had …
HTC are more than aware how quicky the mobile industry changes. In Barcelona we saw how eager Fujitsu, ZTE and Huawei were to take bigger bites of the mobile market. HTC have realised that their previous “carpet bombing” technique, introducing handsets for almost every segment and user, wasn’t …
One app that I have wanted for a while on Windows Phone was a way to track your data usage. As we are all aware our internet tariffs are not quite unlimited any more (unless your on one of those truly unlimited tariffs). We all have an upper limit to …
Just days aftet launch and Nokia have had to apologise to new owners of the Lumia 900 for a bug which disconnects the phone from the web. A statement on the Nokia.com site reads… Soon after this flagship device began selling, we identified a software issue. In short, …
In the world of Windows Phone there are quite a few Twitter apps. Most of them are ill thought out, barely functional, awkward, slow, laggy and unpleasant apps. My first big challenge when I started off down the Windows Phone path was to find something that did not tick …
After MWC and the release of lots of new phones, many people are talking about what their next phone will be. Myself and the rest of the team at Coolsmartphone.com are no different, and most of the debate has been around the new Sony’s and HTC’s. Personally I …
As is always the way devices always get leaked. Either by the actual device being left in a bar somewhere or a mysterious source somewhere or just a mobile network accidentally posting details online. Well in China someone has got their hands on a presentation showing what looks …
Hmmm… Reviews for the Nokia Lumia 900 over in the USA are certainly mixed. What seems to be coming across isn’t necessarily the hardware either. The specs aren’t as good as other handsets, but Windows Phone doesn’t necessarily need it. Strangely, over here in Europe, the Nokia Lumia …
So I jumped on the Android Instagram bandwagon the other day. Once I had it installed I thought to myself “ooh I would love a nice metro version of this on my Lumia”. So rather ambitiously I headed over to the Windows Phone Marketplace. I found two apps …
The guys over at Nokia Innovations have spotted a bargain on the Nokia Lumia 710 on pay as you go. Basically you can get the device on either Vodafone or T-Mobile for £129.95 plus a £10 top up. Quite a bargain if you ask me. Especially if you …
Figures recently released by comScore reveal a telling story regarding market share for the major smartphone manufacturers in the United States. Perhaps the biggest suprise is the fall of Microsoft’s share of the market from 5.2% in November ’11 to only 3.9% in Februrary ’12. Microsoft can only …
Before I start I must express now that this article contains mostly opinion. Right, now that’s said we can continue. 🙂 I have had a lot of phones…. Blackberrys, an iPhone, Androids and even the short lived HP Pre3 (another time) but the newest bit of tech to …
Mobilefun and Clove have both posted details about the upcoming Nokia Lumia 900 and 610 on their websites. Most interestingly though are the prices. They are both higher than I though they would be. Especially the Lumia 900, which they have listed at £489.95. For someone to spend …
You’ve probably seen those Keep Calm posters around. Originally used during the war to raise spirits, but now these days they appear on a huge variety of things like posters and collectables. Well this app lets you create your own posters. You can choose from a selection of …
Microsoft have just posted pictures of one of their new devices. Details are a little vague at the moment. They have posted the following on their Facebook page. “Introducing Windows Pager. Meet our newest mobile device. Coming 2014… give or take a few months.” No specs or connectivity …
The BBC have filmed a miniture movie but, instead of using expensive HD broadcast cameras, they used a smartphone instead. They’ll be showing how it was done later but the results, we must admit, are rather good. Now sure, there’s going to be some slick BBC editing and …
Expansys are having one of their never ending clearance sales. As usual there is a item that caught my eye. It was the LG Optimus 7. They have reduced it to £149.99, which for the spec is quite a good deal. The Optimus 7 also has 16gb internal …
Woah, it’s been just minutes since we complained that only SIM-free Lumia 800’s were currently getting updated and pow, Three are now pushing it out to their Lumia 800 phones. Their support pages detail the improvements, but the key enhancement has to be the extra battery life. There’s …
Over the last few weeks we have been hearing rumors about the next update for the Nokia Lumia 800. The main feature is the extra battery life. They have apparently improved the bass in music playback as well. Nokia have put up a web page that shows you …
So, following our earlier story, Microsoft are now trying to make amends with Sahas Katta. He won a “Smoked by Windows Phone” challenge with his Android-powered Galaxy Nexus. Microsoft are trying to make amends by offering up a laptop and phone. Many on Twitter have already congratulated Microsoft, …
In Barcelona we saw Microsoft doing the “Smoked by” challenge daily. The rather minimalist stand had this white-board showing the winners and losers. The winners bagged some cash and the losers probably thought that Windows Phone was better. Is it? Well, that’s personal preference, but the whole “challenge” …
Whilst browsing around the web or checking out the latest you may have seen posts done in a strange font or a basic picture made with dots and squiggles. Well this app lets you do just that on your Windows Phone. You start off adding the text you …
Earlier on today we reported that Rovio the developer behind the recently released Angry Birds Space weren’t going to make a version for Windows Phone. I felt a little saddened by this not because I couldn’t play it on my new Lumia, but more that one of the …
