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We’ve already told you that the new Nokia Lumia 625 will be available in the UK through three of the major operators, including EE, O2 and Vodafone. Well now we have a date to associate with the launch. According to vizileaks, interested Brits will be able to grab Nokia’s biggest Windows Phone to date from…
Windows Phone 8 users will be receiving an update to Bing search, which begins rolling out today in the U.S. The update refines the Bing search interface and adds some new features, such as new search result categories and improved video and image searches. A big improvement has been the addition of more search features,…
Google said last year it was going to end ActiveSync support for new mobile devices on July 31st. According to The Verge, the company has extended that date to December 31st so Microsoft can adequately prepare its Windows Phone platform for the shutdown. This shut down has the biggest impact on Windows Phone users, who…
AT&T has been making amazing progress on expanding its 4G LTE service this year, announcing today the availability of its fast and reliable 4G coverage in ten new markets today. New markets that have received 4G LTE coverage are: Marthas Vineyard, Massachusets Durant, Oklahoma Enid, Oklahoma Ardmore, Ada, Oklahoma Arkadelphia, Arkansas Russellville, Arkansas Ponca City,…
The Surface lineup of Windows tablets are not selling as well as Microsoft hoped. How bad are they doing? Really bad, according to analysis of Microsoft’s annual form 10-K by Todd Bishop of Geekwire. According to the document, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Microsoft has recorded Surface tablet revenue of $853 million between October…
A leaked document from O2 Germany suggests the carrier will drop BlackBerry internally and replace the smartphones with Windows Phone handsets. According to the report by WMPoweruser, sales representatives will soon be sporting Nokia Lumia 520s as their main handset, while managers and above will receive Lumia 925s. The leaked document claims this switch will…
One service missing from Windows Phone is Instagram. Despite pressure from Nokia, Facebook still has not released an Instagram client with support for Microsoft’s mobile OS. As a result, Windows Phone owners have turned to third-party clients to post to the image sharing service. Apparently, Facebook doesn’t like these Windows Phone clients and is deleting…
What we have here is the still unannounced Nokia Lumia 729 which is apparently heading towards Verizon Wireless. Details are scarce but we assume this is a slightly beefed-up version of the Lumia 720. Moreover, it is said this phone will have a PureView camera, making it the best-ever camera phone in the mid-end of…
Starbucks customers in Silicon Valley will now be able to charge their mobile devices wirelessly. Starbucks is putting Duracell Powermat wireless charging devices in its tables at 10 Silicon Valley locations, which are compatible with devices that utilize the PMA wireless charging standard. “More and more customers are using Starbucks as their home base and…
We’ve no doubts Nokia wants to enter the phablet market. The company may just be waiting for Microsoft to update its platform, and include support for full HD screens and quad-core processors, both of which are slated to arrive in the forthcoming Windows Phone 8 GDR3 update. So what you can see above is apparently…