Category: Windows Phone
Mobile World Congress always shows us just how the mobile OS’s are performing in the marketplace. We saw for ourselves that the Google Android stand was full of people and the Windows Phone stand was perhaps a little more subdued. Sure, it goes without saying that Windows Phone …
We first heard about the “Angry Birds Space” a couple of weeks ago and there was a notable omission in the supported OS’s. Our exact words at the time were.. Set your alarm for March 22nd people… Oh .. and if you’ve got a Windows Phone… Ermmm… Look! …
You may remeber the white Lumia 800 that I have been banging on about for a while now. Well Phones4U seem to have an exclusive on it, details here. They now have them for sale and as to be expected the prices are higher than the other colours. It is …
Picture the scene, your listening to music on your nice new Windows Phone. Let’s say a Lumia 800. Something happens and you have to stop listening to the music. From that moment onwards you are left with the blasted music on pause notification for the rest of the …
It is a public transport information app. Covering 512 cities worldwide. Unfortunately this doesn’t include Nottingham yet. In just a few taps, you can instantly see the routes and connections you need and how long each leg of the journey will take. Also the app uses Nokia Transit …
Adverts. Nobody really likes them, especially those foreign ones that get badly re-dubbed in English. On your mobile they can, according to a report picked up by the BBC, suck a lot more battery life too. By running constantly in the background and offering “helpful offers and reminders” …
Back in February last year Symbian had a 12.4% share of the smartphone market here in the UK. Now, according to figures by Kantar Worldpanel ComTech, this has now dropped to 2.4%. The 10% drop means that Windows Phone 7 has now … just…. overtaken the Symbian OS. …
Another Nokia Lumia device ? Yes indeed, if this shot is to be believed anyways. The Nokia Lumua 719c looks to be another entry-level device but we don’t have a great deal of info at the moment… Link – baidu.com Credit – MyNokiaBlog
We saw the upcoming Nokia Lumia 900 at the MWC the other week. It is a larger version of the Lumia 800 and there are a few questions people have about the device. Well Nokia Connects have asked Nokia a whole host of questions and some of them …
If you are a Lumia owner you have probably noticed how there are a few apps made by Nokia on your device and also in the Marketplace. Well this week they have added another one. It’s called Creative Studio and it pre applies filters to photos, applies the …
If you bought The Sun this Saturday then you might have seen one of the SEVEN massive Nokia Lumia advertisements. There’s an advert for the Android-powered Galaxy in there too, but its mostly Windows Phone all the way. Link – Phones 4U
To celebrate the announcement of the Nokia Lumia 900 at MWC the other week, Nokia have filmed a range of videos which briefly feature the new Lumia. I really like the look of the 900, that extra screen space should really put the 900 up there amongst the …
We seem to be finding a good selection of cheap Windows Phones lately. Now it’s the turn of the HTC Radar, which has been reduced to £199 on eBuyer. The Radar has 8GB of storage on board, a 3.8″ screen, 5 megapixel camera and 1GHz CPU. Link – …
So, someone somewhere apparently decided to brand Windows Phone “Tango” as “Windows Phone 7.5 Refresh”. The details have come out during an interview with that WindowsPhoneItaly conducted with Stefania Duico from Microsoft Italy. Now, turn the clock back to 2010 when “Windows Phone 7 Series” was launched. Shortly …
You want online storage, you go to Dropbox, right? Well yes, you could, but there’s other providers to choose from. HiDrive free gives new users 5GB of storage and it’s all stored in super-secure datacentres in Germany that are owned and operated by Strato – the people behind …
Back in June last year we heard that Windows Marketplace was headed for the bin and now it looks like that’s happening. Emails are going out to say that the shut-down begins on May 9th, which is just two months away. A huge number of you have sent …
We all love a deal right? We all love Windows Phone?…. Right. Well Expansys have dropped the price of the HTC Radar, which we reviewed here. They have dropped it to £209.99 which is a bargain really. You can find the deal here. The Radar definitely has a …
Had notification this morning that my Lumia 800 phone has a o/s update which now takes it to 7.10.8107.79 this fixes the frustrationg dissapearing keyboard among other things as well. Full list of fixes below On-screen keyboard. Fixes an issue to prevent the keyboard from disappearing during typing. …
After a brief break from the Windows Phone Marketplace, due to some issues with the name TV Guide+ is back. It is a full Sky+ remote record and TV guide app. It is free as well which is also nice. App features Full 7 day Sky TV Listings, …
Remember this stonking 41mp monster Nokia announced last week at Mobile World Congress? Well it appears Nokia’s Jo Harlow has all but confirmed the company are using that technology in upcoming Windows Phones. The actual quote is “I can’t say precisely when, but it will not take very long.” …
It’s about 2AM here in Barcelona as I type this, but I’ve noticed something that keeps happening fairly regularly at Coolsmartphone. Every week or so, I get notified of a comment on a really, really, really old handset review we did years back. Today it’s the turn of …
The Lumia 900 is not a handset which was announced at Mobile World Congress this year, it was announced at CES in Las Vegas back in January as a AT&T LTE exclusive device for their new network. What Nokia have done though is replace the LTE radio with …
So Dan has got some great hands-on time over the last days and has uploaded some great pictures following the announcement. There’s also some great Lumia 900 shots too. We were both taking photos without realising it, so I’ve ended up with a number of additional photos which …
Although announced at MWC on Monday, today was my first real chance to spend time with the Nokia Lumia 610 which is their new low end Windows Phone. With lower specs will come a lower price and on testing Nokia found 95% of the apps worked on a …
Microsoft don’t really have a booth if I’m honest. They don’t even have a stand. Sure, they’re displaying the latest phones running Windows Phone, plus some older ones too. I took a look at the Fujitsu IS12T yesterday, which is one of the 8 on show. This year …
Over the last few weeks Expansys have been dropping the prices on various different devices. The latest price drop is on the Jill Sanders Windows Phone. They are now selling it for £169.99 Inc vat which you can get here. Mark reviewed the Jill Sanders phone aswell, and …
So, you’ve got the major players here in Barcelona. HTC, Samsung, LG, Motorola, Nokia and the new boys – Sony Mobile. Then there’s the people close behind, Acer, Asus, Huawei and ZTE are becoming more well known. Huawei in particular have been behind a lot of network-branded kit …
ZTE are no strangers to Windows Phone. They already have the well-priced ZTE Tania and seem to be pushing further with the Windows Phone OS thanks to this, the ZTE Orbit. As I said in my other ZTE post, there’s a definite improvement in build quality and design …
Dan has a huge hands-on with the new Nokia 900 coming soon. However, one big question we’ve received during the last few days is “does it have Internet Connection Sharing?” Well guess what.. More news as we get it on this one. Check out our earlier story for …
During the Nokia event this morning they announced that Skype is in beta as a free download for their devices so you can finally keep in touch worldwide at super low prices. It had been rumored that Skype was coming on Windows Phone for a little while now, …
Another ZTE handset announced today was the Orbit – a Windows Phone handset to go alongside their existing ZTE Tania that we looked at last month. It’ll be available in the second quarter of this year. Powered by Windows Phone the ZTE Orbit will have 4GB of memory, …
Nokia have just announced the Lumia 900 will ship worldwide from April starting in Canada. Unlocked-mobiles will be selling it for £445.98 and it’s due to arrive on May 21st, so there’s a bit of a wait yet.. It’ll be available in black, cyan and white and has …
Nokia have just announced the Lumia 610 which is a new low-end Windows Phone from Nokia. Available in white, cyan, magenta or black the new Lumia 610 has an 800MHz Qualcomm Snapdragon S1 CPU, WiFi, GPS, Bluetooth 2.1 and runs Windows Phone 7.5 Inside there’s 256MB of RAM …
Looks like a new Nokia Lumia has leaked before it’s official announcement tomorrow here in Barcelona. The new low end Nokia device is expected to run Tango OS which will also be talked more about tomorrow by Microsoft. Red, Silver, Black and Blue… sorry.. Cyan are the ones …
BGR.in appear to have a bit more information on the Nokia 610, which we’re expecting to get final details on tomorrow morning. Their moles reckon that it’ll have a 3.2″ display and a 3 megapixel camera. Apparently this will go on sale for around €175. We’ll be live …
The latest Gartner figures are out and, for Microsoft, they’re probably best ignored. Less than 3 million Windows Phones sold worldwide for a Q4 1.9% market share, down from last year’s Q4 of 3.4%. Windows Phone,market share is still lower than the Bada OS. Although this was to …
Nokia are teasing us with their new camera technology here, and we fully expect to see more over the coming days. Smartphone cameras always been fairly “OK” until recently and out looks like Nokia are about to set the bar a little higher. The video includes lots of …
Mobilissimo have posted the following video which shows the upcoming LG Miracle handset. Specs wise this seems to be a fairly mid-range handset, with a 1GHz processor, 4″ display and 8GB storage. Let’s see where in the market LG see this being placed in just a few days at …
This weeks article should have been called “Rather cool stuff I’ve found on the web + a token Windows Phone app”. This week we have a neat Lego video for you. A really cool hardware mod. A strange boy dancing around. Oh and the token Windows Phone app. …
What is it? It’s only just a flippin Google Music client for Windows Phone. The more observant of you out there may now that I use both Android and Windows Phone on a daily basis. Several things are daily essentials for me. Phone, Text messages, Email, Twitter, Google+, …
