Category: Windows Phone
If you’re a long term Windows Phone user you will want to check the email account you have registered with Microsoft, as you may well have an extra 20GB free SkyDrive storage! Everyone gets 7GB free storage when signing up to SkyDrive, but this “enthusiast” bonus goes on …
Here’s a pretty interesting story from The Atlantic (no, me neither) with some revelations from Chris DeSalvo. He worked with Andy Rubin at Danger before switching to Google to work on Android. It was 2005 and Android was in the early stages, but by January 2007 and – …
The day has come when Nokia will stand up and be recognised as a force to be reckoned with. This stance comes in the form of the stunning Lumia 1520. This large (there is no hiding it really) phone is the one that has been designed to bring …
Xbox Music has been an integral part of the Music app in Windows Phone, which at times got a little confusing to differentiate between streamed subscription music, cloud music and local music. It’s a confusion which eventually led to me unsubscribing from Xbox Music in the end. Although …
Radio has been around for a few years now, with the latest way of listening being to stream the radio over the internet. There are a few apps around that let you do this such as Tunein and now Windows Phone users have another option. Here’s how the …
Recently Instagram added a new feature to its Android and iOS in the form of Instagram Direct, which allows you to send images to specific people and not make them public. The Windows Phone version wasn’t updated at the time and guess what? Yes you’re right, they’ve not …
Almost everyone knows of Angry Birds now and Rovio have fired out another game continuing the series. This one is a little different to the usual fling the birds at the pigs. The birds are driving cars. Check out the trailer below. The game has come to the …
Windows Phone, as an OS, has a cost attached to it. It’s an actual financial cost that needs to be paid by manufacturers who use the mobile OS. Trouble is, Microsoft have just bought the phone-making side of Nokia, and guess who provided the bulk of their Windows …
The rather good and much loved Despicable Me and Despicable Me 2 has spawned the inevitable spin off merchandise and of course mobile games. Despicable Me: Minion rush is one such game, an endless runner in 3D that is already a massive hit on Android and iOS and …
Last year we all wrote up our hopes and dreams for the year to come, I wrote about Windows Phone as it’s something I’m fond of and the other guys will all just want to write about Android. So here we go, here is what I would like …
Vodafone have launched the Nokia 1520 in black today, a full 3 days before Nokia’s initial statement suggested. This monstrous beast is the biggest Windows Phone ever, sporting a massive 6″ full HD display. You think the handset’s too big? You should see the price! If you want …
Thinking of buying a loved one an HTC One mini for Christmas? You’d better be quick, because as of 6th December they will be taken off the shelves after HTC lost a patent battle with Nokia today. Without getting too technical, there’s a chip in the HTC One …
Hill Climb Racing, the rather popular Android game that has seen over 50 million installs from Google Play has found its way onto Windows Phone. The game which is published by Fingersoft sees you take control of Newton Bill in order to get your vehicle as far along …
With every good phone there should exist a decent selection of official accessories. You know the sort, well made, nice colours and with features not found in third party accessories. The official Nokia Lumia 1020 cases are just that. I’ve got them both and here is my review …
Facebook Beta for Windows Phone has received one of its regular updates, and this one is a bit bigger than usual. Notifications and Messages have received big updates, with improved Toast notifications as well as Toast notifications for Messages/Chat. Tiles have also been redesigned, with a variety available, including …
Yellow is the new white ok, in my world it is anyway. So imagine what I thought when I saw the new Nokia Coloud range of Lumia colour matching headphones, I was excited as there are three different headphones to choose from. In the end I went for …
The budget Windows Phone handsets from Nokia seem to be doing rather well at the moment. This, then, is the next cheap Lumia – the 525. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pv7ijWuY8E It’s a follow-up to the Lumia 520 and has a 5 megapixel camera but no flash and no vanity camera up-front …
There are two things that really get the blood flowing here at Coolsmartphone Towers. One of them is new toys, and the other is bargains. Now, combine the two and the extra large bottle of smelling salts gets put on standby! This time it’s the new Huawei W2 …
I’m going to mention a couple of things that could send your head into a spin right now. First of all, it’s the sheer fact that people want to download an app which will let you re-watch Channel 5 programmes (such as … errr.. Neighbours and … ummm.. …
Nokia have today announced availability of their new ‘Phablet’ – Nokia Lumia 1520. This new handset offers a massive 6 inch 1080p display, a first for Windows Phone. It also features a very impressive 20 megapixel PureView camera with OIS for superb photos and videos on the move. …
Rudy Huyn is the developer behind popular third party Instagram and Vine apps on the Windows Phone platform. He’s now gone and made a Snapchat app, called 6snap. Which If it’s anything like his Instagram and Vine apps it’ll probably be better than the original apps on other …
The day has finally come, the day that non Windows Phone fans have to search for another app to cite as their reason for not being able to get on with Windows Phone. Yes Instagram is now available for Windows Phone. But as is often the way, you …
Nokia music is a free music streaming service that allows users to either choose a pre-created playlist from a wide range of themes and musical styles. You can also create one of your own by selecting up to 3 artists and letting the app then choose similar artists …
Google made Windows Phone apps are a little rare, the one that has been around for a while is Google Search, it basically lets you search the web and do a little bit of browsing too. The latest update has basically improved the search functionality. Here is what …
Star Wars: Tiny Death Star is a game developed by NimbleBit and Disney Mobile and published by LucasArts. It is a business simulation game, based on Tiny Tower a previous hit for NimbleBit. The Emperor has tasked Darth Vader with constructing the Death Star, according to his nefarious …
A few weeks ago in Abu Dhabi Nokia announced real DNG file format support for the Lumia 1020 and 1520. Today they’ve pushed out the update to enable that, so if you really like to fiddle with your images then your going to be happy. But there is …
TV catchup apps are pretty damn useful, with the move towards official apps from each channel being the way forward apparently. Last night UK channel “Channel 4” released their TV lso catchup app. Which allows you to watch channel 4, E4 and More4. Streaming only works via WiFi …
During Nokia World in Abu Dhabi a few weeks ago, Nokia demonstrated a rather useful app called Refocus. Which takes a photo and then let’s you choice which bits to “Refocus” on. Nokia Refocus lets you take a photo first and choose what you want in focus later. …
Vine, the six second video service that originally launched on iOS followed by Android is finally available for Windows Phone. Windows Blog made the announcement early yesterday saying “The popularity of Vine, a mobile service for shooting and sharing six-second looping videos, is nothing short of astonishing: In barely a …
Headsets and headphones are pretty useful, you can use them whilst driving, listen to music, listen to podcasts (ours is here!) and if you have a bluetooth headset you can do all of this wirelessly. I’ve been trying to find a headset that I can listen to music …
We’re never overly keen on “analysts” who “estimate” figures, but we’ve known for quite some time that Microsoft have been making a good return from patent royalties. Put simply, Google have to pay Microsoft a fee for every Android handset because of Microsoft patents used in the OS. …
Serial leaker @evleaks on Twitter has posted an image of the rumoured successor to the super popular Nokia Lumia 520, which is going to be titled the Lumia 525. The Lumia 525 is going to be a budget device, with a basic spec similar to its predecessor, just …
The Nokia Lumia range has always had its own idea of where it wanted to go, in as much as sizing anyway. Even though the whole world wanted bigger devices Nokia stuck with their 4.5″ flagship, be it the Lumia 920, 925 or 1020. Plus of course a …
Drop your phone in a lake and, well, you’re pretty much stuffed. However, Roger Nilsson found his Nokia Lumia again some three and a bit months later. There it was, jammed between two rocks at low tide. Roger snapped a picture of it and sent his story to …
A picture can only tell so much, imagine adding some sound to your pictures. Well that’s exactly what Foundbite does. Foundbite combines photos and sound to capture the real atmosphere of a place, event or experience in a new and unique way. From the cheering of a crowd …
I’m becoming a wireless charging convert, the ease of just slamming gently placing your phone or tablet onto a pad on your desk to charge it so quick and easy. The more devices I buy that support Qi charging the more I want to use it, have already …
Nokia launched a new camera app for their Lumia devices recently combining both Pro Cam and Smart Cam into a single application for super fast access and ease of use. However there have been a few bugs with this launch, the biggest being the fact when you try …
Nearly all the Angry Birds apps (apart from Angry Birds Space and Angry Birds Seasons) are now showing as free on the Windows Phone store. You can now get Angry Birds Star Wars and Angry Birds Star Wars II (although both are confusingly listed as just “Angry Birds …
Whether it’s for the right reasons or not, Nokia are a big name in the mobile industry. They’ve been a market leader, they’ve nearly gone bust, they’ve jumped onto the Windows Phone boat, they’ve gone and got themselves bought out by Microsoft and this week we saw the …
Air Hockey is one of those games I often install on my phone, it’s quick easy and you can play for a minute or two or for hours. Blugri the developers behind Jungle Mamba, Sudoko, Freecell, Solitaire, spider and some others, have released their take on the classic …
