Nokia Releases Maps Apps For All Phones With Windows Phone 8 [News]

It is undeniable that Nokia has invested heavily to make Windows Phone to succeed. One proof of this is the number of apps exclusive to the devices of Lumia series launched by Nokia, which bring several features that users would like to enjoy. Now, thinking about the development of the platform, the Finnish company released some of these apps to other devices with Windows Phone 8. Nokia announced that Maps, Transit Drive applications are available in Windows Phone Store, and you can download them via any smartphone with Windows Phone 8. Named as HERE Maps, HERE Transit and HERE Drive.

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Lumia 920 : Learn all about the new Nokia Windows Phone 8 With PureView, PureMotion & Qi Wireless Technology [Review]

Nokia and Microsoft are already in a partnership for some time now, but the most distinguished product from them is surly the Lumia 920, which will be the first of flagship Nokia's new Windows Phone 8 Marketplace (to be released commercially soon). Nokia showed that device can really impress and brought very interesting hardware features, that should be more than enough to ensure the proper functioning of the newest mobile operating system from Microsoft. But what really caught my attention was the revelation of something that many already expected - Nokia Lumia 920 will be equipped with the PureView technology. Besides, it has a lot other really brilliant features to compete against the most powerful smartphones of today like iPhone 5, HTC One X+ or Samsung Galaxy S3. We, today, have gone through deeper into the Lumia 920 and I found something that inspired me to write about it. So, I’ve decided to put up this article with my views about Nokia Lumia 920.

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Windows Phone 8 Will Have Real Multitasking Technology To Run Multiple Application Simultaneously

If you have a smartphone, must have realized that you can access multiple applications at the same time (not sharing the screen, but leaving several of them in the background). This is called multithreading (or multitasking), but not all operating systems offer a real support to the multithreading technology. Is the case of iOS, which freezes the status of applications in the background, causing them to actually stop from execution. But Microsoft has revealed that Windows Phone 8 will not have that same system, it will work with a real multitasking technology. One of the greatest examples of this feature is Skype, which can be used to make and receive calls without the need of closing a running application. While the connection is performed, the other software will continue running as well.

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Microsoft Announces The New Voice Recognition System For Windows Phone

Microsoft’s Windows Phone Summit at San Francisco yesterday (Wednesday, 20th June) only lasted 2 hours approximately but it had so much media resource. One that drew the most media attention was related to the latest voice recognition technology of Windows Phone. Starting from now, developers can have access to a new development kit to integrate the voice system to their apps. Although such use has only become famous with Siri of iPhone, from the earliest versions of Windows Phone voice recognition system is presented. Now, with technology of Audible, Microsoft plans to create a totally new featured technology, capable of interacting with consumers in ways never seen before. Easily, partnership with Audible should ensure more features for the voice control system.

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Microsoft Uses NFC To Create Wallet Hub Which Aims To Make Windows Phone As A Payment Method

If the NFC (Near Field Communication) drew everyone's attention during the conference from Microsoft for Windows Phone 8 (20th June), much of the surprise is on a specific resource presented: the Wallet. As the name suggests, this is a virtual wallet that you concentrate all your finances without having to carry cash, credit cards and debit cards or something. Your cell phone is the only currency you need to use. That means more than just centralizing this information, you can use your smartphone to pay bills, conduct financial transactions and even order a pizza. Thanks to NFC, just one specific equipment for which the payment methods we use today become a thing of the past. If you are already familiar with Google Wallet or similar other tools, this feature will change you vision about mobile currency completely.

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Microsoft Announces NFC (Near Field Communication) Technology In Windows Phone 8

This is undoubtedly the week of Microsoft. After surprising the world with the Surface, the company decided to show some of the features of Windows Phone 8, the new version of its operating system for mobile devices on the Microsoft Windows Phone Summit in San Francisco. And of all the new ideas presented, the most impressive was that the devices will support the so-called Near Field Communication (NFC). But what is this? As its name suggests, this is one of the latest technology of communication devices via a simple approach. In summary, it is as if you could send data from one smartphone to another only touching them. Although it may seem somewhat futuristic, Microsoft shows it's real and it will be on our hands soon.

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Windows Phone 8 Includes Support For DirectX & Havok With Simplified App Porting Feature

If you're looking for a new smartphone or tablet to enjoy the next generation gaming experience, can now look to Windows Phone 8 as one of the most featured competitor. As presented by Microsoft in the early afternoon of Wednesday (20th June), the new version of its operating system has native support for DirectX, which makes it perfect platform for game development. This means that the studios will have much more freedom to work on building their projects, giving a much more beautiful and realistic technology. Moreover, this also makes it easier to port apps between iOS and Android and can easily ported to Windows Phone 8.

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Microsoft Confirms: Existing Devices With WP7 Will Not Be Upgraded To The Latest Windows Phone 8

During the press event held yesterday (Wednesday, 2th June), Microsoft announced that soon the smartphones will start to hit the market with the new operating system Windows Phone 8. Many new features were revealed for appliances, including support for multicore processors and also the NFC. But there are bad news also for the current Windows Phone users. Those who already have smartphones with the Windows Phone 7 OS will not receive updates. Microsoft has mentioned that there are many reasons of not to upgrade old appliances because they do not have sufficient hardware compatible with the new features. But there’s a good news too for them, after Mango update (7.5), Windows Phone 7 users will receive yet another upgrade as Windows Phone 7.8.

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Windows Phone 8 Will Be Manufactured By Nokia, HTC, Samsung, Huawei With Qualcomm Processor

Smartphones with Windows Phone 8 should reach the U.S. market around September or October this year. And Microsoft has already announced who are the feature manufacturers of phones that will have Windows Phone 8. Besides the already expected Nokia, Huawei, HTC and Samsung (one of today's technology giants) will also have Windows smartphones. Other partners may be advertised in the future, but the first list already excludes some names that were in the past conferences, such as ZTE. And it's not just the operating system of these companies devices have in common, because they will all be equipped with processors from Qualcomm - probably the chosen model is the Snapdragon S4.

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Windows Phone 8 Will Come Integrated With Full Featured Internet Explorer 10

On Wednesday (20th June), Microsoft announced all the new features of Windows Phone 8, the operating system which will be the next generation of cellular partners of the company. One of the big news is the Internet Explorer 10, which will come integrated on Windows Phone 8. The best part is that it uses the same techniques seen in the Windows 8 to handle the HTML codes, ensuring the best quality when viewing your favorite sites on the handset screen. During the demonstration, even animations heavy canvas seemed to behave in smoothly.

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Windows Phone 8 Homescreen Gets New Personalizing Option To Resize Tiles

When Joe Belfiore (Manager of Windows Phone Program) took the stage of Microsoft Windows Phone Summit at San Francisco and said that the new home screen of Windows Phone 8 would be the "sexiest thing" the new operating system, few imagined that it would be based on personalization, but it is. From the next generation, the operating system interface will allow users to change the tiles size, based on your usage. For this, it will suffice to access the customization mode and then select the song of the "tile" to make it larger or smaller. There are three different sizes available in Windows Phone 8: small, medium (default) and Double Wide, which occupies a larger space on the screen of the smartphone and highlights applications or functions that the consumer considers most important.

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Soundtracker Radio Brings Geo-Based Music Discovery & Stream Service To Android, iPhone & Windows Phone

Soundtracker Radio is an interactive on-line music discovery, distribution and sharing service that includes no but eleven million quality songs for your mobile. It allows you managing and taking note of your favorite tracks as well as you'll be able to use this service to explore music shared by your Facebook or Twitter friends and from users next to you. Soundtracker have it’s own official client for almost all mobile platform covering Android, iOS, WP, Symbian and bada. By using the Soundtracker Radio app, you will get an opportunity to search, enter, and share your favorite music stations from anywhere around the world. It conjointly allows you to find the taste of music of different users, make friends, chat with them and give your opinion on their tracks. The app also supports a handy homescreen widget that allows you to switch tracks, and share them together with your friends right from the homescreen (Android). This powered music application will surly appeal any music fan.

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Recover Lost Files From SkyDrive To The Office Hub In Windows Phone 7

SkyDrive is a great cloud service powered by Microsoft. As a product of Microsoft, SkyDrive is deeply integrated in Windows Phone. If you store something in the Office Hub of WP7, they will automatically be synced with your SkyDrive account and stored on the cloud. However, there’s a lot of report (confirmed by Microsoft) from lot’s of user regarding that their documents/files stored in the Office Hub have suddenly been vanished. While recovering them, it shows an alter that those files cannot be recovered as they got deleted from the server. Well, there’s an alternate method to follow.

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Try Window Phone Mango From Your Browser Without Any Hardware

Yesterday Reyad show’s you why Windows Phone is better then Android recently. So do you have a plan to switch to Windows Phone 7.5 AKA Mango? Switching to a new OS, whether it’s for Mobile or for PC – is always a bit tough task because you will need to spend at least some of your time with that new OS. That’s why trying it before switching it completely is really important. In this situation, iPhone is the worst one as you have to own a Mac device for trying iOS as demo. While Android supports running complete SDK in Windows, Mac and Linux – but you need to follow a quite long list of steps for doing it perfectly. We have full tutorial regarding this. Now Windows Phone have gone on this issue with direct online demo which can be accessed right from your browser. So what’s this? Check after the break.

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All Windows Phone To Receive Windows Phone 7 Update - What About Android & iPhone [Smartphone Battle]

Just a few hours ago today, Microsoft announces Windows Phone 7.5 Mango updates for Dell Venue Pro via Zune. So now in smart-phone market, the battle between Windows Phone, Android and iPhone is getting more closer. Though Microsoft haven’t officially confirmed that they are pushing Mango updates for all Windows Phone but this marks a significant approach of their goal announced back in October 2011, to deliver updates to 100% of eligible device. They haven't announced it yet, but today’s update really puts a mark on that wish list and also make a question on Google’s “No Android Updates” rule. So what should be the best smartphone OS to go for? Let’s have a quick look.

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Customize Your Windows 7 Like Windows Phone 7.5 With Mango Skin Pack

Mango Skin Pack is yet another amazing skin pack from Hamed which will transform your Windows 7 looks like Windows Phone 7.5 AKA Mango. This skin pack contains amazing black and red effect from metro UI and uses cool metro like icon package which will turn your Windows 7 visual interface just like the Mango. Hamed is that developer who brought us Windows 8 Skin Pack, Lion Skin Pack, Ubuntu Skin Pack, Haloween Skin Pack and Android Skin Pack. This Mango Skin Pack is one of the best in this list. Mango Skin Pack will change almost all appearance based settings to give a perfect Mango outlook.

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UC Browser 7.8 Goes Official For All Mobile Platform : Now Available For Android Too

UC Browser is the most popular mobile internet browser nowadays. It’s not something we declared, it’s been elected by the users’ rating in “About.Com”. There are a lot of thing to love about this UC Browser. One of them is, it’s updating and improving itself regularly. The great UC Development Team works by day and night to make it more and more amazing. And now, maintaining routine schedule, they have released the new version 7.8 officially for Java, Symbian, Windows Mobile and Android too. You got to love this browser. In official note, they have marked “View Image” mode as the most initiated feature but as per I think, the greatest news on this release is, UC Browser has updated their Android version. Android version haven’t updated for a long time since the release of 7.2. It was stickled to the same version for a long time. But today, no more Android’s sign, as they have brought up a new version for all platform. So folks, join us after the break.

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Garmin StreetPilot : Now Available On MarketPlace

The StreetPilot GPS combines satellite tracking technology with detailed electronic maps to bring Garmin navigation to your automobile. The safety and convenience of knowing where you are anywhere in the world, in any weather, 24 hours a day is as close as your dash. Garmin's first product designed primarily for the automobile contains a reference basemap showing Interstate, U.S., and State highways, plus rivers and lakes in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico, with main arterial streets shown in metropolitan areas. Optional MapSource® MetroGuide® U.S.A. CD-ROMs can be uploaded for street-level map detail and access to business listings and points of interest in your area. All you need to do is enter a street address or choose points of interest (such as restaurants, hotels, gas stations, banks, and shopping areas) and the StreetPilot will display it on a map along with your current location.

The StreetPilot features a high-performance twelve parallel channel GPS receiver for quick satellite acquisition and reliable signal reception, whether you're under dense tree cover or surrounded by high-rise skyscrapers. A large high-resolution four-level gray scale display offers razor-sharp images, even in direct sunlight—and with Garmin's new, three-level amber backlighting, navigating in low-light situations is easier than ever. Text and graphics are shown in large type for easy viewing with three-level backlighting for nighttime use. Six AA batteries supply sixteen hours of operation, or you can use an optional cigarette lighter adapter to power the unit. Either way, you can quickly transfer your StreetPilot to another vehicle for continuous pinpoint navigation.

Garmin StreetPilot has been released over at the Windows Phone Marketplace. The GPS/Navigation app joins a host of other voice navigation apps already in place for your Windows Phone such as Turn by Turn Navigation, GPS Voice Navigation and aSpass.

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TouchXperience For Windows Phone 7 - Feel The New Touch Experience

If touch flow was the only thing keeping you from getting the Diamond, then you might want to take a look at TouchXperience. It brings a sort of infinite scrolling to your Diamond and gives you the option to scroll through via 'flicking' the device itself. With the ability to customize your own menu - adding contacts, calendar, or any shortcuts makes this a robust app. It even takes advantage of the built in GPS by acting depending on your location. So when you are out and about reminders will pop up saying buy milk, drop off mail, pick up dry cleaning or whatever it is that you program it for. check out the video how it uses the accelerometer to flip through the phones functions. No word as of yet of a launch date or a price but you can bet were keeping our eyes on this app simply for its coolness.

TouchXperience is the Next Generation User Interface for Windows Mobile, finger friendly and highly customizable, it offers many interesting features: program launcher, contacts manager, home screen, appointments, messaging, task manager, profile and event manager, call log, control panel, communication manager. TouchMenu is probably the most powerful and customizable menu, replacing original Start Menu for an innovative touch interface. TouchMenu supports finger scrolling and gestures, for example you can switch from a menu to another by sliding your finger left/right, or display context menu by a long press on the screen. You can also scroll menus using G-sensor. Each menu has four different views (large list, small list, large grid, small grid). As the rest of the future user interface, TouchMenu has a nice Vista/WM7 look.

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UC Browser 7.7 : Released Officially : Featuring in-line Editing And Much More.

UC Browser 7.7 English Version Officially Released

UCWeb announced that the latest version of its flagship product, the UC Browser 7.7 has been just released, with those new features, UC Browser became the most competitive players in the mobile internet market, compare to Opera Mini, Bolt Browser & SkyFire. The highlights of the 7.7 version is more traffic saving to browse WWW site and WAP 2.0 optimization made the page rendering even better.
To download UC Browser 7.7, please go to www.ucweb.com by PC or wap.ucweb.com by handset.
The feature list is summarized below:

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