Microsoft has sent an e-reminder to the media and online blogosphere letting them start wondering what’s coming up from the Lumia smartphone family on the 10th of the June 2014 in Dubai, UAE. There is no words about the device or devices.
First ever dual SIM Windows Phone, the Nokia Lumia 630 with the latest Windows Phone 8.1 OS is now available in Pakistan. Lumia 630 packs with quad-core 1.2GHz processor and a Clear Black 4.5” LCD screen.
As expected, during the event in New York on 20th May, Microsoft has introduced a new tablet in Surface line-up. The Surface Pro 3 tablet seems as built mainly for replacing the laptop PC as it comes with 4th-gen. Intel Core processor, larger screen and Windows 8.1 Pro to run all your PC needs.
Microsoft, seemingly, getting ready to the public release of Windows Phone 8.1. The company has released an update to the Windows Phone 8.1 Preview for Developers exactly after one month of the big software update Windows Phone 8.1. If you have got your Windows Phone to 8.1 release of Preview for Developers, you should be getting the next update on your phone right now.
The advert is tagged with “Not Like Everybody Else” highlighting Nokia’s expertise in industrial design. The ad plots with a black and white film showing people busy in their lives and work get attention, when one dressed guy showin in colours grabs his yellow Lumia 1020 from the pocket and a matching pair of headphones. While walking through, he finds a lady in red with her Lumia 2520 sitting near by.
Since September 2013 when Nokia devices and services business were set to be acquired by Microsoft and what remained was the approval from all the Nokia shareholders, now is the day when they have turned to be one. And Microsoft; which has been the software giant since decades, has now turned into both the software and hardware giant officially getting hold onto all of the Nokia devices units as the acquisition of the Nokia Devices and Services business by Microsoft has now completed following the approval by Nokia shareholders and regulatory authorities.
Microsoft has released the preview of Windows Phone 8.1 for developers which is now available to download. The new version of Windows Phone was announced at recent Build Conference 2014 which showcased major features from the software update including Cortana (a digital voice assistant like Siri from Apple), a notification center, skinned tiles with background etc.
Windows Phone 8.1 software update was announced during the Build 2014 earlier this month, however an exact date of public release was not disclosed officially but a developer preview release was mentioned to be arrived on developer’s Windows Phone 8 devices just in the running month. The developer preview is coming early next week and you can get ready to receive the update very first if you enable your device for receiving developer previews. Read more to know you can get it even if you are not a developer.
Windows Phone customers may get 20 GB of extra storage for free on SkyDrive for 1 year. Microsoft is sending out emails to the Windows Phone users with a voucher link to redeem on SkyDrive .
After being successful on iOS and Android, finally Instagram has released the most popular image filtering and sharing app on Windows Phone platform. It’s almost over a year and half when Instagram was launched for Android OS, according to Instagram the community is now over 150 million people and spreads globally.
