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One of the main pillars of Nokia’s Windows Phone strategy is to provide exclusive apps for Lumia smartphone users. One such app is Nokia Drive, which has been launched in Windows Phone Marketplace in version 2.0. There are several new things included in this release, including offline route planning and navigation (very cool), speed limit…
There’s no secret that Nokia is all in on Windows Phone, as the Finnish-based manufacturer has bet the farm on the Microsoft mobile operating system. Well, just when you thought that deep commitment could’t go any further, think again. According to WPCentral, Nokia could be paying up to $25 million to get AT&T retail staff…
Today’s Windows Phones don’t have near field communication (NFC) support. Not because there isn’t any NFC hardware out there, but because Microsoft hasn’t built the protocol into the platform. Later this year, with the release of Windows Phone 8, that’ll obviously change, but how will Microsoft market the feature? According to NFC World, Microsoft just…
Rovio, the Finnish company that became an international sensation overnight when the launched the Angry Birds franchise back in 2009, has launched a sequel called Angry Birds Space. Now there have been other versions of Angry Birds released over the past few years, but they’ve all been nothing more than themed versions. One for Halloween,…
Another rumor, this time from from WP Central, suggests the Nokia Lumia 900 will land at AT&T starting April 8th online and in-store on April 9th. This latest information comes from several employees who sent in tips to the Microsoft-oriented site. Another tipster visited an AT&T store where the Lumia 900 was already in the…
Microsoft’s Dev center website is encouraging iOS developers to rethink their apps and port them to Windows 8 as a Metro style app. The article details the design elements that distinguish a Windows 8 metro app from its iPad counterpart. The example focuses on a connected photo journal that lets its users view and manage…
Microsoft certainly has high hopes for the Windows Phone OS. Less than a day after the first Windows Phone device started selling in China, the HTC Eternity, Microsoft predicts it will pass the iPhone and Android in market share in China over the next few years. Simon Leung, CEO of Microsoft for the Greater China…
You should all be aware of Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode II hitting Android & iOS platforms when it releases on May 16th, but don’t forget there will also be a Windows Phone 7 version released that same day. Seeing as how WP7 has been doing worse than Android has in terms of delivering worthwhile…
And the first Windows Phone to start selling in China is… (drums please)… HTC Eternity, which will be offered in its unlocked form until some carrier picks it up (though we don’t know whether that will actually happen) and offer it with a contract. The device rocks a huge 4.7-inch screen, dual cameras, and also…
Well, Apple can add another notch to its belt, as the Cupertino-based manufacturer has become the most popular mobile platform among application developers, according to a survey. This survey asked developers if they were interested in creating certain applications on various devices. The survey highlighted a bit of a dip when it came to developers…