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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.

Video details on Windows Phone 8 on the finalized emulator and SDK

WPCentral have on hand a complete (or nearly complete) software development kit (SDK) for Windows Phone 8 - which is only given to selected developers. This SDK has appeared on the internet a few days ago on WinUnleaked.

The above video is just a quick look WP8 on this SDK. Therefore, we should understand that the video say the features in the build for SDK only, Microsoft is not putting all about WP8 into this SDK, which means that we will still have to wait until Microsoft announced full WP8.

Via WPcentral

Video Challenge: Nokia Lumia 920 vs iPhone 5

One of the most interesting features of the Nokia Lumia 920 is the camera. The optical image stabilization (OIS) should make for better still and video imaging. The OIS will aid in taking low light pictures and smoother video footage.

But what if Compare Nokia Lumia 920 with video recording capabilities with iPhone 5. Engadget has conducted a comparison of the two phones and get the results as expected.

The video footage is shot while running across the parking lot and using a prototype of the Lumia 920. From the first step, you can see the advantages OIS gives the Lumia 920 over the digital (or software) stabilization of the iPhone.

Via wpcentral

Windows Phone 8 will support offline map

people probably still remember Microsoft and Nokia has said it will integrate directly Noka Maps service in Windows Phone 8. This really is one great news for us, because after all they still have to admit that Bing Maps is missing so much.

Each time using the map to access the Internet, it is very inconvenient right?

Preview SDK pack released shows that Windows Phone 8 will allow users to download the map pack they want. This is another very nice addition to the Windows Phone operating system.