09/29/12 | Nokia Windows Phone 8

Microsoft institutions party for employees in the WP8 team

In case you missed it, earlier this month, Windows Phone 8, Microsoft's new OS will power the likes of Lumia 920 and HTC 8X, has been released to manufacturing. This marks the final version of the code, by all accounts will begin shipping in early November along with the phone.

Now this party has not come close to the one held last year for the release of Mango, as the Windows Phone team represents buried (R.I.P) RIM. The last party of the year was held on August 6th, maybe it is the same with this launch, which will provide some information on the rumors that Windows Phone 8 is delayed part.

Let's hope Microsoft and implementation team will do wonders with WP8.

Why the iPhone 5 sell well?

The answer here:

The above video demonstrates that Apple inspires such devout devotion that people would line up for their phone simply because the number has been incremented.
The girl in the movie line 2 on the cold street to buy the iPhone 5, but do not know what it was ...

Lumia 920 black for pre-order on eBay, shipping in late October

The Lumia 920 Windows Phone 8 smartphone is available to pre-order on eBay from highly recommended user never-msrp (99.5%). The listing is for the matte-black version and is set at $899.99 with a release date of "end of October", though the specified shipping date is October 1-15.

Lumia 920 version is international and will work on any GSM network in the world, we can not authenticate the seller on eBay where to get the goods.

If you are interested, give it a try at: http://www.ebay.com/itm/...afsrc=1

Nokia Drive's My commute is ready in the German, English, Italian and Russian

"My commute" features of Nokia Drive, learn about your driving preferences and help you make a decision about the way to go on your commute, is now available in Germany. England, Italy and Russia are expected to follow soon. This service can be activated and set via the setting screen of the Nokia Drive application.

Nokia Germany noted that it is not necessary to update the Nokia Drive application (version 3), but it can take up to 7 days before the feature became available (related to the time between test automatic updates). Users do not want to wait to be advised to remove the application, and then reinstall it.

If you want to learn more about my commute, you can visit this site:

http://allaboutwindowsphone.com/news/item/15318_Nokia_Drive_30_released-adds_M.php

Video compares the anti-shake of the Lumia 920 vs Galaxy S3 vs iPhone 5

We are beginning to see a new theme of this year's video review: shaky video cam tests. Yes, with Nokia's Lumia 920 and their optical image stabilization (OIS), everyone will be comparing it to everything.

Clips Video below from Thailand, that Lumia 920, Galaxy S3 and iPhone 5 are mounted together on a platform to compare the video stability...by running through an internet cafe or coffee house.

This test will be tougher, and probably the winner still is ... Lumia 920.

Bad Piggies will be available on WP and Windows 8

Rovio, the makers of Angry Birds ever popular IP, has released a new game called Bad Piggies (www.badpiggies.com). In previous Angry Birds games plays had to use multiple types of bird to knock out pigs who stole their eggs.The pigs return in Bad Piggies (hence the name), but are in fact the protagonists this time around.

Has just been released, Bad Piggies present on iOS, Android and Mac OS X. On the home page and the download section of the site, Rovio added to Windows 8, Windows Phone, as well as download the PC to the list of platforms will be supported.

Unfortunately, no release date has been revealed, but we hope to see the title at launch is available as a LIVE game allows for both Windows 8 and Windows Phone. Here's hoping Rovio will begin to fully support Microsoft's mobile platform operating system desktop integration with Windows Phone sports. PC download will also be available for those on Windows 7 or earlier versions of Windows.

Lumia 920 video demonstration of the advantages

For those of you in love with the new Nokia devices, we bring you a rather long video, which you can see 920 Lumia black man handle around a studio.Video quitemuch describes all of what we know about 920 Lumia and demonstration of the most popular features: NFC pairing, wireless charging, and the low light camera performance and image stabilization technology. Interestingly enough we can also see a few glimpses of the brand new OS, that Microsoft has been so secretive about.

Unfortunately, the only video made by the Thai language, So I ... did not understand what they are saying!?

Bill Gates: Windows 8 operating system ‘very exciting’ and will be ‘a very big deal’

Microsoft founder and philanthropist Bill Gates told the media in an interview related to his efforts to eliminate polio, Thursday, September 27, 2012, in New York.Microsoft founder Bill Gates on Thursday called the new Windows 8 operating system scheduled for release next month “a very exciting new product” and “a very big deal” for the world’s largest software maker.

Gates said in an interview with The Associated Press that he is already using Windows 8 “and I’m very pleased with it". Windows 8 is the biggest overhaul of Microsoft Windows for over a decade and the company's efforts relevant and interesting in a world of mobile gadgets have begun to overshadow the personal computer.

“Hardware partners are doing great things to take advantage of the features,” Gates added. “It’ll be a big deal.”

Microsoft will release Windows 8 on the 26th along with a new version of Internet Explorer.

Gates answered a question about Windows 8 during an AP interview about the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation’s key role in a new global campaign to eradicate polio.

Windows 8 will replace Windows 7 on practically all personal computers sold to consumers.

Although Microsoft has grown into much more than a maker of computer operating systems — providing computer services to corporations and Xbox gaming machines to game enthusiasts — Windows still accounts for a significant chunk of the company’s annual revenue.

Demo HTC 8X with wide-angle front-facing camera

While Nokia has been showing Nokia Lumia 920 on worldwide, HTC has also been showing HTC 8X and 8S off in France.

In the above video we see a very good example of the wide-angle F/2.0 28 mm wide-angle front-facing 2 megapixel camera in action, and the quality certainly appears on par with that of the back camera, with the wide-angle lens effectively encompassing both the presenter and reporter.

If Skype to make video calls or self-portrait is going to be an important part of your use of Windows 8 Phone is sure to be a big selling feature of Windows phones.

Amazon UK plummeted HTC 8X pre-order price to £399

Amazon UK lists the HTC Windows Phone 8X enables pre-order for £ 531.43 (about $ 680 including tax) SIM Free.It now it seems the retailer has reduced price of £ 399 (about $ 520including tax), is reduced quite considering we did not get any information from HTC Windows Phone pricing or availability.

We are still eagerly awaiting confirmation from HTC on both the price and availability, so we should take this with a pinch of salt lightly. Amazon UK can expect to Ship HTC 8X on November 8th, 2012. The new pricing matches another UK retailer, Unlocked Mobiles, who also lists the HTC 8X for £399.

Not only that, but 8S is set only £ 224 - a bargain for a Windows Phone device, and many hunters have agreed as smart phone is back on a popular website promotions UK deals website.

What you may not know about the Nokia Lumia 820

Nokia recently answered the question that the media had raised about the Nokia Lumia 820. The answer is more or less also revealed to us some interesting information about the upcoming Windows Phone 8 in the near future.

The NL 820 supports 64 GB microSD cards.
The battery needs to be removed to insert or replace the card.
The screen is not Gorilla Glass, but is scratch resistant.
The snap-on covers made the device both Uni-body, which is good, but also versatile, for example adding wireless charging or a rugged shell.
The camera is module is the same as the Nokia Lumia 900, but features a new software experience which is “greatly improved and new”
Nokia is “looking at the possibilities” of a standby clock on the screen when the device is sleeping.
The rugged case did allow Nokia to address different channels such as both consumer and business with the same device.
Nokia did not comment whether future devices will also have wireless charging.
Nokia may look into a rugged shell with wireless charging included.
Nokia could not talk about delivery dates, pricing and availability yet.
They were able to have better battery life on the NL 820 despite a smaller battery due to the Snapdragon S4 engine with improved power management capabilities and also Nokia know-how & expertise on the power management.
They hopes to leverage the fact that Qi wireless charging is an open standard, but could not comment on 3rd party plans.
The NL 820 has a WVGA screen due to “much better readability for our consumers on the display size and due to the fact that the performance, mainly FPS, is something amazing in the new Lumia 820 OLED display with that specific resolution.”
The NL 820 screen featured Nokia’s ClearBlack display and other Nokia specific features like Sunlight Readability Enhancement.

Photo taken from the Lumia: very good low-light shooting, but what will happen when shooting in daylight?

Nokia has not released a lot of photos taken by the Nokia Lumia 920. However, they have to Engadget to upload up to 30 pictures taken by camera on Flickr, many in full resolution.

Most of them are low-light images, and of course excellent for the case, but does not give us a good idea of what to expect when the picture was taken in optimal conditions. The picture above example seems to have been done in daylight, but can be seen from the lights on it is in fact a shooting indoors.

However, this collection contains a few pictures of daylight, previously released, but the resolution is not sufficient, and they look as good as one would expect, and shows camera PureView Nokia Lumia 920 in fact, can capture the action, at least in good lighting conditions.

Some other pictures:

You can view the entire album here

Tim Cook apologizes for iOS 6 maps, he suggested to customers replaced by Bing and Nokia Maps

CEO of Apple has officially sent a letter of apology to customers of iPhone 5 that "did not make the commitment to bring the best possible experience for our customers," but do not forget the promise that everything will be better and at the present time, iPhone users are recommended to replace it with other software "special" is Bing Maps and Nokia web maps.

Bing Maps also many people that use better on iOS than on Windows Phone, and now it has been Apple's CEO encouraged to use as a free alternative to the "sinner" Apple Maps.

Here is the open letter from Tim Cook apologizing to Apple users.

To our customers,

At Apple, we strive to make world-class products that deliver the best experience possible to our customers. With the launch of our new Maps last week, we fell short on this commitment. We are extremely sorry for the frustration this has caused our customers and we are doing everything we can to make Maps better.

We launched Maps initially with the first version of iOS. As time progressed, we wanted to provide our customers with even better Maps including features such as turn-by-turn directions, voice integration, Flyover and vector-based maps. In order to do this, we had to create a new version of Maps from the ground up.

There are already more than 100 million iOS devices using the new Apple Maps, with more and more joining us every day. In just over a week, iOS users with the new Maps have already searched for nearly half a billion locations. The more our customers use our Maps the better it will get and we greatly appreciate all of the feedback we have received from you.

While we’re improving Maps, you can try alternatives by downloading map apps from the App Store like Bing, MapQuest and Waze, or use Google or Nokia maps by going to their websites and creating an icon on your home screen to their web app.
Everything we do at Apple is aimed at making our products the best in the world. We know that you expect that from us, and we will keep working non-stop until Maps lives up to the same incredibly high standard.

Tim Cook
Apple’s CEO

The top car brands using Nokia's navigation service

Referring to mobile navigation service, Nokia is the king. That's why 6 leading car brands decided to use the Location & Commerce and Nokia's digital map content on their cars or on the navigation system that they use in the car - the content will be almost identical to what appears on Windows Phone 8.

The company car / car accessories top choice to use the Nokia Maps service includes:

BMW
Mercedes
Volkswagen
Hyundai
Garmin
Pioneer

With Nokia's navigation services, the driver can access the data warehouse POI (point of interest) huge Nokia, have access to live traffic information and also an array of entertainment options in their car, right from the dashboard. Essentially, turning your car into a command centre.

Microsoft opens new retail store in New York; while at the Apple Store ...

This morning in the Walt Whitman Mall in Huntington Station, New York (Long Island), Microsoft has finally opened their doors to a few hundred customers are willing and able to their new retail store.
We have included all the interesting and mood as Microsoft-show before giving away a Samsung Series 9 laptop, Xbox 360 with Kinect and a number of other features for some lucky person. Line to get in the store lasts 30 minutes to open and staff on hand did a great job.

This is the 45th store of Microsoft to Open White Plains, New York, Delaware and New Hampshire are set to get their stores today and tomorrow. The location for the Huntington Store is ideal as Walt Whitman mall is one of the more famous and residents of Long Island, in addition happen to have an Apple store too.
In addition, Microsoft donated $ 1.5 million in software for local charities (more on that soon).

Yes, and right now at the Apple Store and nearby places ...

Samsung phones Ativ S price at 710 USD

Samsung has officially announced the price of their first smartphone Windows Phone 8 - Ativ S with price up to 710USD.

When performed at the IFA exhibition in late August, Samsung said, Ativ S for the mid-range segment. Products with a thin design, Super AMOLED HD touch screen 4.8-inch and 1.5-GHz dual-core processor, 1GB of RAM. It also supports HSPA +42 connectivity for mobile web surfing speed faster.

Ativ S also has a 8MP camera on the back capable of autofocus, LED and a 1.9 MP front camera for video calling function.

Ativ S take full advantage of the capabilities of the new operating system - Windows Phone 8 and has a microSD card slot and supports NFC technology (the first devoted to file-sharing and the latter will be used to pay replace cash and credit cards).

Samsung also added battery capacity for is 2.300mAh. Device has two 16GB and 32GB version and will contain applications like Music Hub and Samsung Media Hub.

There Ativ S, also two rival products work on Windows Phone 8 operating system coming to market is HTC 8X and Nokia Lumia 920.

After the price of the smartphone Windows Phone 8 HTC 8X and HTC 8S, Nokia's Lumia 920 and Lumia 820 was revealed, the price of Ativ S also revealed.

A retailer in Belgium quotes Ativ S with SIM free is 710USD. The price is not too high compared to other Windows Phone 8 smartphone was announced as the HTC 8X price 641USD, Lumia 920 priced at 770USD. However, the Windows Phone 8 will need to be wiser price strategy to attract users to the platform.

Currently, Samsung has not officially confirmed the price of Ativ S that Belgian retailer has launched.