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Windows Phone 8.1 Update 2 (GDR2) Due Before Windows 10 for Lumia
Windows Phone 8.1 Update 2 (GDR2) for Microsoft Lumia devices will be released within the next few months, it has been revealed, meaning that it will arrive before the release of Windows 10, due later this year. Unfortunately, the incomplete changelist made available makes no mention of any revisions to…
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Microsoft Lumia with Massive Camera Leaks
Photos of what appears to be a prototype Microsoft Lumia phone have appeared on a Chinese auction site. The unconfirmed prototype has a very large camera in the back, somewhat akin to the Lumia 1020 with its crazy 41-megapixel camera. The device purportedly has 2GB of RAM and a 1080p 5-inch display. The phone…
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Microsoft Plans Windows 10 Update For Windows 8 Lumia Phones
Microsoft has announced that its existing Lumia handsets running Windows 8 will update to Windows 10 when it becomes available. It made the pledge on its official Twitter account, in response to a customer question, tweeting, “We plan to upgrade all Windows Phone 8 devices to Windows 10 in the future.”…
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Microsoft Announces First Non-Nokia Lumia Smartphone
Microsoft has announced it’s first non-Nokia branded Lumia phone. The Microsoft Lumia 535 is the first to carry the new Microsoft branding since their $7.2 billion acquisition of the Finnish company’s devices unit closed earlier in the year. The new phone is a low-cost Windows Phone (obviously) that is billed to resemble where…
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Microsoft Killing Off Nokia Branding, Calls it Microsoft Lumia
The brand the world over once knew as the biggest mobile phone manufacturer on the planet is gone. After Microsoft’s recent acquisition of the company, reports are swirling that Redmond is about to make the death of the Nokia brand official. ‘Nokia’ mobile phones will be replaced with ‘Microsoft Lumia’ moving…
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Microsoft’s Lumia 830 Offered by AT&T
With Apple and Android news barraging the internet currently, maybe you’re looking for something a little different? Windows OS phone; the Microsoft Lumia 830, is coming to AT&T as announced recently. Sometime later this year, you’ll be able to get your hands on this piece of kit through the phone company,…
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Microsoft Announced Cortana Update and 2 New Lumia Phones
Microsoft’s Cortana has been very well accepted in the US and UK where it’s already rolled out in beta state. Now Microsoft is ready to remove the beta tag from the assistant as well as add it to more markets. The next ones to get access to Microsoft’s voice based…
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Warning: Nokia Lumia Cyan Update Could Brick your Smartphone
There have been reports that some Windows Phone users were experiencing BitLocker issues after upgrading their handset to the latest Cyan update, but a clear confirmation of who was experiencing it and how could not be made. It now seems that the users being affected are Windows Phone 8.1 Preview…
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Microsoft Will Launch Two 3D Touch UI Windows Phones In 2014
Microsoft 3D Touch UI is an interesting new gesture and touch based UI that is supposed to respond to various things, for example it is rumoured to end a call when you put the phone back in your pocket, answer a call when you lift the phone up to your…
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“Nokia By Microsoft” Android Smartphones Coming Soon
Despite Microsoft buying out Nokia’s handset division with the specific intention of making it “their own” it seems Microsoft now wants to continue with the Nokia and Lumia brandings. Earlier rumours even suggested Microsoft would axe its Surface brand and replace it with the Lumia brand. Instead of axing it…
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Lumia Cyan Update Has Been Released in Select Markets
Microsoft’s upcoming Windows Phone 8.1 update has been long teased and awaited by users of the latter operating system. The majority of users however are stated to be on Lumia handsets, having the Nokia devices engulfing the majority of WP market. Lumia users also have some additional and exclusive features…
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Rumour: Microsoft Axing Surface Brand, Will Be Replaced By Lumia
Some very interesting information about Microsoft’s Surface brand emerged recently via the infamous leakers EVLeaks. Their leaks suggest that Microsoft is finalising the licensing of the Nokia brand in preparation for ditching their own branding. On the smartphone side Microsoft will sell Windows Phone handsets with the branding “Nokia by Microsoft”,…
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Cortana Could Find Its Way Into Windows Phone, To Be Announced At BUILD
There are more rumors surfacing that Windows Phone 8.1 update will bring the voice of Halo’s well-known AI, Cortana, to its personal assistant feature. Cortana’s real-life voice belongs to Jen Taylor, an US actress. Microsoft will officially announce Cortana in April at BUILD. Though, Halo fans will already start to…
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Xbox Video App For Windows Phone Now Available On The Windows Phone Store
While Microsoft keeps nagging about the lack of apps on Nokia’s Windows Phone Store, it seems that they can hardly be excused themselves for not offering one of their own services on their own platform. The lack of Xbox video on Windows Phone has been the subject of criticism for…
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Instagram Windows Phone App Receives Update, Adds Photo Tagging and Maps
It’s thrilling to see more and more interest in developers develop and improve Windows Phone application as well, besides the usual Android and iOS releases and updates. That said, the official Instagram Windows Phone client has received an updated to version 0.2. While the app itself remains in beta, there…
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