Archive for the ‘Platforms: Windows Phone’ Category

Nokia Pushes out Long-awaited Lumia 800 Update

March 28th, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: Windows Phone | No Comments »

Nokia has announced the availability of the latest software update for the Lumia 800. Though the company made some minor adjustments to the OS, the majority of work went into improving batterylife.

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€18 Million Available for App Development

March 26th, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: J2me, Platforms: Symbian, Platforms: Windows Phone | No Comments »

Nokia and Microsoft have put together a new fund that will assist developers in getting their work onto Nokia phones including Series 40, Symbian and Windows Phone. The new fund is called AppCampus.

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Rovio Confirms Angry Birds Space for Windows Phone

March 25th, 2012 by Roelof Posted in Platforms: Windows Phone | No Comments »

With the second releasewave of the iPad, Rovio also released their highly anticipated Angry Birds Space game. This fourth instalment brings a lot of change to the catapult game as gamers will have to defy gravity now.

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App Hub Soon to Accept Submissions for New Markets

March 19th, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: Windows Phone | No Comments »

Microsoft has announced the support for a large number of new markets where consumers can download apps to their Windows Phone devices. As so, App Hub will soon allow submissions for these.

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The Nokia Tablet Rumours

March 18th, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: Windows Phone, Smartphones & Tablets | No Comments »

Though Nokia has been stating it is not developing tablet devices, Marko Ahtisaar (the Nokia design chief) has said in an interview with a Finnish magazine the company is looking at the tablet market.

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Microsoft Serverproblems Delted Xbox Live Achievements

March 14th, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: Windows Phone | No Comments »

Gamers world-wide are complaining as the achievements they earned during their Xbox Live and Xbox Live Arcade (both on console and Windows Phone) games went M.I.A.

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Sony to Launch Windows Phone Devices!?

March 12th, 2012 by Roelof Posted in Platforms: Playstation Vita, Platforms: Windows Phone | No Comments »

With the change from Sony Ericsson to Sony, comes not only a name change. The company seems to be interested in exploring opportunities with Microsoft again. Sony Ericsson’s first Xperia device ran Windows Phone.

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Free Lumia 710’s for Dutch Developers

March 12th, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: Windows Phone | No Comments »

Nokia and Microsoft have announced a new deal for Windows Phone developers in The Netherlands. Developers that are able to push out three new apps on Windows Marketplace before the end of June get a free Lumia 710.

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Windows Mobile 6 Marketplace Online May 9th

March 9th, 2012 by Roelof Posted in Platforms: Windows Phone | No Comments »

With most consumers transferred to alternative platforms like Android, iOS and Windows Phone, Windows Mobile is now heading to an end of life status. Starting May 9th, Microsoft will take down its marketplace.

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MWC: Microsoft Releases new Windows Phone SDK

February 27th, 2012 by Roelof Posted in Platforms: Windows Phone | No Comments »

Nokia has launched a number of new smartphones today. The most interesting one was actually the Lumia 610. The device still had the same screensize, but is the first one with a limited availability of RAM.

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