Tag: windows phone
Microsoft isn’t a company that uses subtle marketing techniques, their ham-fisted Scroogled campaign has lost them a lot of respect, so this time their giving people phones in order to get them to switch from Android or iOS to the Windows Phone platform. The deal is that if …
Alright flower? How goes it? Fancy a cheap mobile? How does £169 for a Nokia Lumia 920 sound? Good yeah? The 920 is powered by Windows Phone 8 and has a Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 at its’ heart. There’s an 8.7 megapixel Pureview camera, 4.5″ WXGA (1280×768) screen (332 …
Late last year in Abu Dhabi Nokia announced a range of new devices including the rather large 6″ Lumia 1320 and Lumia 1520, when I first saw them I thought “wow, they look amazing, I need them asap”. After a few months of reading early reviews and seeing …
Canalys have released their latest figures and, according to their stats, 998 million smartphones were shipped in 2013. Year-on-year that’s a 44% increase and pretty much matches the numbers that came from IDC but here it’s the breakdown that’s interesting. Microsoft saw their Windows Phone platform gain one …
We’ve had a number of competitions in recent weeks and, just before Christmas, we ran a competition to win a brand new Nokia Lumia 625. Those lovely people at EE have supplied the prize and the Coolsmartphone reader that won was Jane Heenan from Whitstable. Congratulations Jane, we …
Great news for customers on Three UK who use Windows Phone 8 devices, you finally have access to an official My3 app. It was just released this morning to the Store and is a free download. This new app will allow you not only check your allowances, but …
With Mobile World Congress (MWC) fast approaching, the rumour Mill is starting to turn. Samsung, according to what we’re getting, is planning for a successor to its Ativ S Windows Phone device in the coming weeks. The upcoming Samsung device named SM-W750V will have a 5-inch 1080 x …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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. …
Microsoft sent me an email. I know. They love me. They wanted to tell me about the new SkyDrive app for iOS 7. Now, I might be rocking the boat a little here, but I think Windows Phone is gaining a little traction, so what better time to …
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 …
Traditional Satellite navigation systems were once upon a time a must have for anyone that regularly undertook long journeys to far away places. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=epSURT21hxs With the launch of Google maps, Apple maps and the vast array of other mapping solutions available for mobile phones the demand for Sat-Navs …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
This morning during the Nokia World event we saw a demonstration of the new Nokia Camera app. It is a combined version of Smart Cam and Pro Cam. Well they’ve only gone and released an update to the Pro Cam app already so if you’ve got a Nokia …
Nokia World is happening over in Abu Dhabi this morning, Nokia have announced a variety of new devices and one of them is the brightly coloured Lumia 2520 tablet. It’s an odd device that I struggle to understand as to its existence. What with the dire performance of …
Nokia World in Abu Dhabi happened this morning, Nokia have announced a variety of new devices and one of them is the rather large Lumia 1520. It seems to be like a larger higher spec version of the Lumia 925. Complete with Snapdragon 800 quad core processor and …
Nokia World happened over in Abu Dhabi this morning, Nokia have announced a variety of new devices and one of them is the budget Lumia 1320. It basically seems like a larger version of the Lumia 625. Specifications for the Nokia Lumia 1320 Operating System: Windows Phone 8 …
During the Nokia World event Stephen Elop from Nokia mentioned during a chat about photography that an official Instagram app would be coming to Windows Phone in the next few weeks. Source – Nokia Instagram
The Nokia Guru is apparently an MP3 player made by Nokia and no doubt deeply tied into the Nokia Music and Xbox Music services. Regular source of leaks @evleaks has posted an image of the Guru, which I guess will be announced at Nokia World in Abu Dhabi …
The Nokia Lumia 1020 is an amazing camera, that in the right hands can take some truly stunning photos and it can easily replace your point and shoot. But at what cost? Does Windows Phone support the Lumia 1020 enough? From the day I first saw the leak …
Maxthon is one of those alternative browsers that is available on various different platforms allowing you to easily sync your favourites between machines, now you can add your Windows Phone devices to that list as Maxthon have released a Windows Phone 8 version of their browser. Maxthon Cloud …
With the Windows Phone sales share figure rising (at least, according to Kantar) and more than 175,000 apps now available, things are looking a little better for Windows Phone. Update 3, as it’s now known, has a number of improvements. Not only that, but there’s a developer preview …
6tag for Windows Phone is an Instagram app that allows you to post pictures and view your friends pictures. The interesting thing about the latest update it is that you can view nearby posts. As there isn’t an official app for Instagram this is the closest you’ll get. …
The new version of Windows Phone 8, which has received the natty title “General Distribution Release 3”, now appears to be revealing some additional goodies. Firstly, you can now actually attach Office files (.doc, .xls, .ppt and .pdf) to emails. Whoopa! Next up, you can actually stop the …
This afternoon Twitter for Windows Phone has had an update. You can now choose from a light or dark theme. A feature that none of the other official apps have. People will be outraged (possibly). How dare Twitter implement something on Windows Phone before any of the other …
