Microsoft changes Surface Product guide to remove “Surface Mini” references
Surface Pro 3 user guide was released by Microsoft inadvertently confirming existence of Surface Mini, because of lots of references it had of "Surface Mini". It had, because Microsoft has removed all of them now, further confirming that Surface Mini may sometime in...
Surface Pro 3 in stores now. Docking station coming 15th August, on pre-order now
Surface Pro 3 has become available now at stores in Canada and the United States. Those, who have placed pre-order for Intel core i5 version will receive them directly but the Surface Pro 3 tablets with Intel core i3 and i7 versions will start...
Gameloft brings ‘GT Racing 2’ to Windows Phone store as free to play
This may get the car-racing gamers out there pretty busy today!! GT racing 2 from Gameloft has landed on Windows Phone store and the great news is it being free to play. It is a racing game which simulates top end real-world cars and...
Lumia 930 vs Samsung Galaxy S5: video capture shootout
Lumia 930 is Nokia / Microsoft's latest flagship with a 20 MP PureView camera and Samsung Galaxy S5 is latest from Samsung with a 16 MP rear camera, which boasts of 4K video recording. Lumia 930 can record in max 1080p resolution, so can...
Voice activation for Cortana coming. To have British accent in UK. Cortana could have been named Alyx.
Marcus Ash, Group Program Manager for Cortana on Windows Phone has teased the voice activation coming for Cortana. In a tweet which has the link showing voice activation for Xbox One with "Xbox On" voice command, he says, Something to think about as we design...
Lumia Cyan imaging improvements detailed. How to save living images.
In an “AMA” at Conversations PureView imaging experts Juha and Eero have revealed details about imaging improvements Lumia Cyan brings to Lumia 1520, Lumia Icon and also Lumia 930. Much better low light performance
Better colors
Continuous autofocus comes to Lumia 630, Lumia 1520, Lumia Icon, and...
Windows Phone 8.1 Music & Video apps updated. Full Changelog.
It is raining native apps updates!! We covered quite a few yesterday and also that Settings now have Device Hub. Microsoft has today pushed updates for Music and Video apps for Windows Phone 8.1. Check out below for the full changelog, Music Changelog:
In version 2.5.3991.0...
Nokia regained 5th smartphone vendor rank (India) in Q1 2014
Latest IDC report for Q1 2014 brings good news for Nokia / Microsoft from India. Nokia has regained 5th smartphone vendor rank in India with just 4% market share. The market share may not seem that impressive but the fact that after seeing some...
Q1 2014: Windows Phone grew by 61.3% QoQ and 361% YoY in Vietnam
A report from IDC reveals the smartphone market share details for Vietnam market. It is really good news for Windows Phone all the way!! While we have earlier reported Windows Phone enjoying as high as 26% market share in Vietnam, the IDC report talks...
Micromax announces aggressively priced Canvas Win W121 & Canvas Win W092
Micromax, the 2nd biggest smartphone vendor in India has finally announced two Windows Phone 8.1 smartphones Canvas Win W121 & Canvas Win W092 today. These two smartphones are aggressively priced at Rs 9500 and Rs 6500 for the specs they carry. Both of these...
Microsoft now owns Nokia’s PureView & Clearblack trademarks as well
When Microsoft acquired Nokia’s Devices and Services division, it was hotly speculated as what will happen to Nokia created brands like PureView and Clearblack. At that time there were hints about Microsoft planning to drop PureView branding, which has become synonymous with high-quality smartphone...
Report: Lightest yet Windows Phone to come from Xolo in July.
A report form TOI claims that Indian manufacturer Lava is going to launch a budget minded Windows Phone 8.1 in early July. Lava had earlier confirmed plans to launch Windows Phone devices. This device which will be the lightest yet Windows Phone, but still...