07 May 2012

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Rumours: Bluetooth file sharing for Lumia? Lumia marketplace renamed as Nokia marketplace

Posted: 06 May 2012 04:00 PM PDT

 

 

Some interesting WP Tango/WP7.5 Refresh related news:

1) WiFi sharing – yes we’ve heard this before. But the Lumias that didn’t come with this (for what ever reason) will finally get it like all the other WP7.5 devices in the update

2) Battery improvement – not that interesting but good to see them continually optimise this. My battery life is quite decent but some report not being as happy with theirs. I think at least 1 day normal use is quite good (Max 4d standby minimal).

3) Now this is new. Marketplace is being renamed Nokia Marketplace, with Nokia’s Store logo. This is interesting because if you remember, we saw this already. Possibly a mistake or Tango on show already? Note the Nokia Store logo. Possibly just an error as we noted several in the video, though Nokia MP would make sense given this info.

http://mynokiablog.com/2012/04/02/nokia-store-instead-of-marketplace-for-lumia-in-nokia-lumia-video/

4) The best till last, if this is true. Apparently Nokia will release an app that will allow bluetooth file transfer for Lumia phones. This is one of the main list of gripes listed by Nokia users used to a plethora of features. We can’t be sure of this but it would be great if it comes true. Nokia already has bluetooth contacts transfer as an app, unlike the other WPs – something that was invaluable when switching over from a new device (though once everything is synced with Live, losing contacts is no longer an issue).

For transfer of content, I use either Zune, or WP connector for mac or the wireless Sync with zune (which happens automatically whenever I’m charging the Lumia). This may come in handy in future (though not with my laptop as it has some faulty Acer BT module that has never worked for file transfer).

Source: NokiaPowerUser

Cheers Dave for the tip!

Lumiappaday #173: Warp demoed on the Nokia Lumia 800

Posted: 06 May 2012 11:18 AM PDT

This game reminds me a little of System Rush Evolution, a pretty cool 3D racing game on the N93/N95. It’s an accelerometer based racing style game, though you’re not really racing anyone, just travelling along this very lumia inspired tube. There are items to try and get and obstacles avoid.

#173) Warp 

Price:  £0.99

Link: http://www.windowsphone.com/en-gb/apps/da1fe4fa-1769-e011-81d2-78e7d1fa76f8

Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6U7ziiPGhQ

 

Developer Blurb:

Control the spaceship by tilting your phone left or right. Avoid obstacles inside the tube, catch different types of bonuses, and advance from level to level.

 

The full version will unlock the following features:

- An infinite number of levels (the trial version is limited to the first 4 levels).

- New bonuses

- New types of obstacles

- Ability to publish your score to an online global leaderboard

 

New in version 1.1:

- The text notification for power-ups now leaves the screen quickly

- In the full version you can publish your score to the new online leaderboard

Rating:

Design: 8

Usability: 9

Performance: 9 

Price: 8

Video: Amazing Weather Updated to V 3.1

Posted: 06 May 2012 05:02 AM PDT

This isn’t the first time we’ve heard of Amazing Weather- in Fact Jay covered it in His LumiAppAday #94; I think it’s safe to say that it’s a pretty impressive app, Last week the Developer of the app contacted us again letting us know that the app has received a hefty update, here’s a quick video showing what’s new:

Changelog:

-3 beautiful themes
-3 distinct live tiles
-weather alerts
-offline mode
-auto location using GPS
-5 different cities,
-refined UI with charts
-support for new languages
- New loading transitions.
- Faster data loading.
- Traditional Chinese support

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Weekend Watch: Multitasking with Belle FP1, demoed on Nokia 700

Posted: 06 May 2012 03:12 AM PDT

 

 

Here’s a video that shows off some multitasking on the Nokia 700 with Belle FP1. Multitasking is not just about doing multiple things at the same time, but also being able to quickly switch between what you’re doing. Furthermore the main activity’s performance must not be compromised and the battery should not significantly suffer.  Belle FP1 seems to do quite a sterling job on this. Multitasking tons of apps is all fine and good but it gets annoying when you have to manage memory to keep it usable. The 512mb RAM vs 256 in the N8 is obviously helping quite a bit, as well as the optimisations brought in FP1.

Three games (Incredible Circus, Dungeon Hunter 2 HD and Sparkle), two browsers (Symbian 8.2 and Opera Mini 6.5), one video player app (Nokia Trailers), facebook app (fMobi), PDF viewer (Smart Office), CNN App, WRC App, all running at the same time

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Cheers Jill for the tip!

Close to 50,000 Phones Smoked by WP #SmokedByWindowsPhone

Posted: 06 May 2012 03:04 AM PDT

Smoked by Windows Phone

Honestly when I first saw this picture I thought it was a joke, but seriously fifty thousand?? (ok fine 46K) but still that’s a crazy amount of phones to have been smoked; with only 588 victories that equals a crazy 98.75% Win rate or only a 1.25% loss rate. Sure the contests are in favor of WPs strengths but you can’t deny that that is quite an impressive run.

Sure feels good to be the One percent who smoked WP (although I wish I’d gotten one of those laptops); and for the record the smoked by WP challenge HAS NOT ended; it is still a thing.  And the other note is that once again the Lumia 900 has been chosen as the face of WP (I honestly feel bad for the Titan 2- regardless of how crappy the quality is a 16MP camera is a selling feature but it’s not getting any love).

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