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Microsoft is releasing its free Photosynth app for taking 3D panorama shots into the Windows Phone Marketplace. The app works by letting you take extra wide photos of things that require this type of view like a long mountain range or a beautiful sunset over the ocean. You start out by taking a single photo…
When Microsoft announced that it’s Windows Phone Tango software would support devices with as little as 256MB of RAM, app incompatibility immediately came to everyone’s mind. How can a phone with such a minuscule amount of memory run the more intensive applications available on today’s smartphones? With the Lumia 610 and ZTE Orbit making their way to store shelves,…
Online travel retailer redspottedhanky.com launched a Window Phone 7 ticketing app for UK Rail. Developed by mTicketing experts of Masabi, the new application allows travelers to search for train times, buy UK rail tickets and earn loyalty points whilst not being charged any booking, card or delivery fees. Moreover, it also boasts displayable mTickets on…
Let’s face it, Windows Phone 7.5 users; Bing maps kind of sucks. I’ve been rocking the Lumia 900 for a few weeks now, and one of the biggest disappointments after using Android for several years was the subpar maps service. Sure, Nokia Drive is markedly better, but it’s not available to everyone, leaving several Windows…
Nokia Lumia 610 is now available in UK, with two online retailers selling the unlocked device starting from 164.98 GBP, which translates into some $258. Unlocked Mobiles has that price, though it’s offering the Windows Phone device only in black. Clove, on the other hand, asks 180 GBP (about $282) but it has both black…
We’ve already told you about the special Batman edition of Nokia Lumia 800; the Lumia 900 will get the same treatment, with such device soon hitting retailers in few European countries, including the UK, Germany and France. While we don’t know the price and the exact date when you’ll be able to get the new…
Facebook has updated its Windows Phone app. While it’s still not on par with iOS and Android version, it’s steadily getting better. Version 2.5 introduces a number of enhancements, including: Ability to like comments Full-threaded Facebook messaging including group messaging Ability to tag friends using “with” and “at” formats Delete posts and comments via long…
The latest mobile numbers are out from IDC and, not surprisingly, it shows that Android and iOS are the clear leaders in the smartphone battle around the world. Google’s Android had a whopping 59 percent of the market for the first quarter of 2012. The battle between Android and iOS is much tighter in the…
We knew it was coming, and yesterday Microsoft turned off access to the Windows Phone Marketplace for devices that aren’t running Windows Phone 7.5 Mango. Microsoft made the move because it wanted only devices with the added security and performance enhancements built into Marketplace Windows Phone 7.5 to access the Market. Further, making Windows Phone…
People give me a lot of shit for saying that Windows Phone, in its current incarnation, is not a smartphone platform I’d recommend to others. In fact, every time I write about a Nokia Lumia device I get pelted with comments from mentally ill fanbois who say things like “you should never write about phones…