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Nokia Music Arrives on Windows 8 and Windows RT

Nokia Music App on Windows 8

Just a quick note for those into Nokia Music on Windows Phone 8 and also use Windows 8/RT. Nokia has seen fit to release a Nokia Music app for these additional platforms to get some further traction in the music market against the likes of Spotify (who are still yet to release an app for …

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Hard Case Cover for Nokia Lumia 920

Despite the Nokia Lumia 920 receiving some feedback about general robustness against being dropped it can’t hurt to give it a little bit of extra protection so you keep it in good condition even if something unfortunate should happen. Anyway, I found a great cover on eBay for AU$1.74 which will do a good job at …

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Nokia Nostalgia for Lumia Handsets

Once upon a time, Nokia was the kingpin when it came to mobile phones and mobile photography was very much in its infancy. The quality was rather average at best but it helped spur on MMS traffic before data took off in a big way. Anyway, Nokia has been known to provide a raft of …

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Nokia Lumia 920 Unboxing

As promised, here is the unboxing video for Nokia’s flagship Windows Phone 8 handset – the Lumia 920! Nokia is betting big on Windows Phone. While Nokia seems to have navigated the potential disaster of original Windows Phone 7 devices ultimately being stranded on Windows Phone 7.8 with some incremental updates the refinements incorporated into …

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And the Windows Phone 8 Handset is…

… the Nokia Lumia 920 🙂 I shortlisted three flagship Windows Phone 8 handsets as a potential new smartphone given my recent acquisition of a Microsoft Surface tablet and using Windows 8 on my desktop computer at home. For the record, there was nothing wrong with my Samsung Galaxy S III (which is going to one …

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Incoming Device – A Windows Phone

Yes, I know. I only got the Samsung Galaxy S III back in May this year but I have fancied getting right into the Microsoft ecosystem and seeing what it has to offer across the desktop, tablet and smartphone platforms. Anyway, as part of an old gadget clean out I sold my old first generation …

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Spotify Arrives Down Under

This is already old news but I thought I’d write briefly about the arrival of Spotify in Australia yesterday. I did use this service myself a while ago by getting around the regional lockout but after some time it didn’t work properly. Now that the service is now available I am now turning off the …

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Will Existing Windows Phone 7 Devices Be Stranded?

If Microsoft is good at any one thing at the moment, it’s muddying the waters and casting doubt on the fate of existing devices and potential upgrades. I’m talking about nothing other than the uncertainty surrounding existing Windows Phone 7 devices and their ability to receive an upgrade to Windows Phone 8 (which will be …

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Samsung Omnia 7 and Data Corruption Problems

Just an observation I have made when using my Samsung Omnia 7 Windows Phone since I have had it. After upgrading to Mango I have found that some time after adding my Twitter account my phone seems to become unstable and I eventually lose all of my mail account settings amongst intermittent crashes or lock …

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Tethering is Coming to Nokia Lumia Phones

Just a quick note for the people out there who have bought or are about to buy Nokia Lumia handets. At the moment, the Lumia 700 and 800 handsets running Windows Phone 7.5 do not include the ability to tether other devices (i.e. use your phone as a Wi-Fi hotspot). It looks like that was …

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