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With leak of latest Windows 10build, Build 9901, one interesting possibility came to light and it seems Windows Mobile will replace Windows Phone as the name of Microsoft’s new Windows 10 smartphone operating system. Now, a LinkedIn profile throws more light on this possibility and it seems the Windows 10 smartphone SKU will be in fact called “Windows Mobile 10″. The person in question has been responsible for Windows Phone 8.1 deliverables too, as per the profile. Hence, it seems Microsoft is back to good old “Windows Mobile” branding again with Windows Mobile 10. Source: NPU

A new claimed image of Lumia 1330 has been leaked in China. The image supposedly confirms the name as “Lumia 1330″ and confirms the specifications reported by us earlier. We exclusively reported via our sources that Lumia 1330( RM-1062) will pack a 14 MP rear PureView camera and a 5 MP FFC. And, we presented some evidence in form of a screenshot from GFXBenchlisting of RM-1062. We are not sure about authenticity of the above image though, as there is nothing that confirms it to be the Lumia 1330. Source: NPU

We just came to understand that Microsoft has made “ Hey Cortana” an OS wide feature in Windows 10 via the leaked Build 9901. This also raised the hope of more devices having this feature with Windows 10 Phone. Now it seems, even Windows Phone 8.1 GDR2 will bring more advanced Hey Cortana with it. A video posted by “Windowsphoneapps.es” demos how a GDR2 or more advanced Windows Phone 8.1 Build running Lumia 930 can be switched on by just saying “ Hey Cortana“. Source: NPU

A week ago we reported that the rumored RM1062 Nokia Lumia 1320 successor was expected to have 14 megapixel rear and 5 megapixel front camera, and would have 32 GB of storage. We have received some evidence suggesting that those specs may be correct after all. They have been sent a screen shot from the GFXBenchmark entry for the device which shows it to have at least a 12 megapixel camera, and that the front camera is also around 5 megapixel. In addition the storage is set at 27 GB, which is consistent with 32 GB built-in, and the display also confirmed as 5.7 inch 720P HD. Unfortunately the relevant page is not publicly accessible at GFXBenchmark but some of the above specs have already been independently verified by the FCC and AdDuplex, meaning the handset has gathered quite a bit of momentum, and making it pretty likely we will be seeing it show up soon, likely at MWC 2015 in March or possibly even earlier. Source: WMPU

If you have been a little miffed with Microsoft for offering so many enticing deals to folks living in the United States and not as many for people living in the UK, the company wants to make it up to you. After announcing great discounts on Xbox One gaming console in the United States, the Redmond-based company is now offering a whopping £90 off on the white Xbox One bundles. The bundle, you should note, doesn't include the motion detection system Kinect. You can buy it separately, if required. Microsoft is offering the white Xbox One with Sunset Overdrive bundle for £309.99 through the Microsoft UK store. Prefer some other gaming title? Don’t fret, as you can grab a similar bundle for the same price with Forza Motorsport 5. While the listing on the Store doesn’t say until when this deal will last, we are guessing that it might run until the end of the ongoing holidays season. You might want to hurry, just in case! For those who’re wondering, yes this is the same white console th...

A new Windows Phone 8.1 GDR1 OS + Lumia Denim firmware is rolling out for Lumia 535in selected markets. This update may fix the touch-screen issues many Lumia 535 users were facing. Apart from the fix, the update brings the latest Windows Phone 8.1 GDR1version 8.10.14219.341to Lumia 535, that brings Mobile data toggle and Cortana Alpha. Update: Roll-out of this update is now happening in #India. Latest software release version for Lumia 535 is (02054.00000.14485.370xx / 8.10.14219.341) for Europe and Lumia 535 software update change log: *.Touch screen performance improvements. *.Cortana, the most personal digital assistant, is now available in more markets. *.You can easily switch your mobile data connection on or off in the action centre. *.Install phone updates more easily by scheduling them for a time that works best for you. *.Stability and performance improvements. ‪#‎SN‬

Camera360 Sight app has received a new update for Windows Phone devices. The new version is 1.0.1.0. The update brings tutorials, tap “•••” and enter “Tutorial” to learn about finger operations, Optimized icons, Solved black screen issue while editing photos and more. Camera360 Sight Changelog: Sight added tutorials, tap “•••” and enter “Tutorial” to learn about finger operations. . Sight has launched its official website, go to “Settings -> About” and tap the app icon or go to sight.camera360. com to check it out! . Solved black screen issue while editing photos. . Fixed bugs and improved stability. . Optimized icons. . Slide upwards to browse more photos Install Link: https://www.windowsphone.com/en-in/store/app/camera360-sight/6fca829e-0622-478c-848f-1175daf3bd5a Source: NPU

We last reported via one of the VLC for Windows Phone devs that they were targeting “Background audio”, one of the key features not yet working in VLC app, for the next update. Now, the same dev has reported some progress, saying it now works on his test device. “ Background audio is now working on my test device with VLC. This night I’ll try to write the code in a less crappy way and then update beta. — Thomas Nigro (@ThomasNigro) December 23, 2014 Another good news is about the “Public Beta release” of VLC app and again hint is about sooner release of a public Beta. Credits: Shanoor Parween

A new Windows Phone 8.1 GDR1 OS + Lumia Denimfirmware is rolling out for Lumia 535in selected markets. This update may fix the touch-screen issues many Lumia 535 users were facing. Apart from the fix, the update brings the latest Windows Phone 8.1 GDR1version 8.10.14219.341to Lumia 535, that brings Mobile data toggle and Cortana Alphato more markets. Update: Roll-out of this update is now happening in Europe, South Africa and APAC. Latest software release version for Lumia 535 is (02054.00000.14485.370xx / 8.10.14219.341) for Europe and South Africa and (02055.00000.14511.220xx / 8.10.14226.359) for APAC. Have a look at the official changelog below. Lumia 535 software update changelog: *.Touch screen performance improvements. *.Cortana, the most personal digital assistant, is now available in more markets. *.You can easily switch your mobile data connection on or off in the action centre. *.Install phone updates more easily by scheduling them for a time that works best for you. *.Stabi...

The WPBench data reveals a new Windows Phone 8.1 update 1Build 8.10.14226.0. This is an incremental build over the last released Developers preview build 8.10.14219 that brought some useful features like Mobile Data Toggle and Cortana for more markets. In fact, if you check all the last Builds of Windows Phone 8.1 update 1 aka GDR1 have been incremental only. Build 8.10.14203.306 brought scheduling of updates and real-time updated Live Tile showing battery percentage. 8.10.14192.280 which tested critical update capability or 8.10.14176 before that which brought update error fixes and spread the update to HTC devices. The update version 8.10.14157 before that was incremental too. Anyways, while new versions popping up not always confirm update roll out, but considering the above history of incremental WP8.1 GDR1 updates, it may be a good candidate of rolling out to dev preview devices, soon. Source: NPU

Well, it doesn’t come as a surprise to anyone following Windows Phone platform closely. Still the latest Windows and Windows Phone store trends data shared by Microsoft does confirm that low-memory Windows Phone devices account for 71% of apps installations. Lumia 520 is the top device. A good news which Microsoft can boast of is adoption of its latest Windows Phone 8.1amongst us ers. Windows Phone: Windows Phone 8.1 now represents 65% of Windows Phone downloads while downloads from Windows Phone devices running 7.x account for less than 5%. US is still the market with most app download but China, India, France, United Kingdom, Brazil, Mexico and Russia are significant too. The market with most downloads is United States, though the distribution of downloads shows there are many markets generating a significant number of downloads, such as China, India, France, United Kingdom, Brazil, Mexico and Russia. That doesn’t mean, however, that you shouldn’t consider other ...

While Microsoft Lumia 535 was recently announced in India at the low-end of the Windows Phone spectrum, it costs around Rs.9,000 which is higher for a device of its class. However, another low-end Lumia device Nokia Lumia 630 single sim is now available for just Rs.5,999. Except for the lack of secondary camera and flash, it is a great device for its price. Key Specs: Expandable Storage Capacity of 128 GB 5 MP Primary Camera 1.2 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 Quad Core Processor Windows Phone 8.1 OS HD Recording Wi-Fi Enabled 4.5-inch LCD Capacitive Touchscreen Find the deal  here Credits: Shanoor Parween

The IDC has released some market share numbers for the Brazilian smartphone market in Q3 2014. They revealed the market was 15.1 million devices strong in Q3 2014, an increase of 11 percent compared to the second quarter and 49 percent compared with the same period last year. The growth was largely driving by rapidly falling smartphone prices in the region, such that smartphones outsold feature phones 3:1, with only 4.7 million feature phones being sold. The average price of the devices has fallen from BRL 900 ($333) in early 2011 to BRL 700 in Q2 2014 and to BRL 590 ($218) in Q3 2014. Mid-range devices (priced between BRL 450 and BRL 900) already represent half of the Brazilian market. IDC Brasil expects that 63 percent of the smartphones in 2014 will have a screen bigger than 4 inches. The majority of devices are Android of course, making 91% of the market, but the IDC confirmed that Windows Phone surpassed iOS and moved into second place. We have seen Mi...

Back in February  #‎ Nawzil  said about large live tiles coming in #‎ WindowsPhone8 .1:  twitter.com/Nawzil8/status/432601930070634497 But that didn't come in the final WP8.1 More live tile sizes are coming in  #‎ Windows10  on PC and also on phone as you can see in these screenshots from Windows 10 on PC. You will also be able to rotate the Start screen without changing the position of the live tiles as seen in the second screenshot. The example screenshots are from #Windows10 on PC just to show how the new tile sizes look, but the same sizes are on phone too. The Start screen UI on phone does not look like that! Source: Nawzil on Twitter. twitter.com/Nawzil8/status/547323817832370176 twitter.com/Nawzil8/status/547325967387987969 twitter.com/Nawzil8/status/547328086815944705 Follow Nawzil on Facebook or Twitter and stay tuned for more! Nawzil.com/Facebook Nawzil.com/Twitter Credits: Nawzil Najeeb

Microsoft today updated Translator in Windows Phone Store to v3.2. This update includes voice translation support many new languages such as Japanese, Korean, Russian and more. - Voice translation for English (Australia), English (Canada), English (India), Spanish (Mexico), French (Canada), Japanese, Korean, Portuguese and Russian With this app, you can use your camera, voice or keyboard to enter text you want to translate. You can even use Translator on-the-go, even when you don’t have an Internet connection. The free app can be found in the Windows Phone  store Credits: Shanoor Parween

Movie Maker 8.1 , one of the top movie making apps for Windows Phone has gone free as myAppFree app of the day for limited time. Standard Price: $1.49 Bonus last until: 25/12/2014 12:00 (London UTC) – Approx 48 hours Movie Maker 8.1 details: ★ Full HD 1920×1080 video support ★ No movie duration limits ★ Load and save your videos from/to SD card and OneDrive ★ Titles: customizable font (type, color and size) and background (color/picture/video frame) ★ Ken Burns effect (pan & zoom) on images with custom duration ★ Tools: frame grab, trim, crop, split, move, cut, copy, paste, delete, replace, merge, audio levels, detach audio ★ Unlimited undoes and redoes ★ Project save and restore on a folder of choice ★ Fully customizable MP4 and MP3 compressor: format, quality, fps and bitrate ★ Exclusive: ‘tick’ noise removal tool (pre-Cyan bug) ★ MP3 Studio: works with audio tracks only and compose your mp3 compilation ★ Extract single frames from a v...

Facebook Beta for Windows Phone got another update today. The update helps fix a number of issues with the News Feed. A previous update released an unpopular feature introduced by Facebook, dubbed “Top Stories” News Feed. This latest update tackles a number of issues with the News Feed, as well as other general improvements for Facebook Beta. The previous updateaddressed most issues with video upload, messenger support, and other general bug fixes.  Here is a list of the current fixes in the latest update: *.Improvements for detecting when new News Feed stories are available *.Fixes to address user-created stories not being shown *.Fixes to address issues with duplicate stories *.Fixes to address issues with "Recent Activity" stories *.Fixes to address issues with stories reappearing at the top of the News Feed *.Fixes to address News Feed stability Download  link Source: WMPU

Microsoft revealed Windows 10 Technical Preview just a several months ago. The company also confirmed that Windows 10 will be the next major version for Windows Phone as well. Microsoft hasn’t revealed much about the upcoming version for Windows Phone, though. However, back in October, Microsoft did show off a new start screen-like UI for Windows 10 for Phones on an app at TechEd Europe, take a look. Microsoft’s Joe Belfiore shows off a bit of what may be the upcoming design for the start screen at the event. As you can see on the video above, the start screen-like UI on an app looks a lot similar to the Windows 8/8.1 start screen where the tiles aren’t transparent but there is a background. Microsoft hasn’t yet revealed if we’ll see the same UI for the start screen on Windows 10 for Phones – but there is a good chance. It’s worth mentioning that the video does state the fact that the demoed UI isn’t the final UI – it is a early version. Keep in mind that the demoed sta...

For all those fitness-oriented people out there, Runtastic Me is now available in the Windows Phone store . The app give users the ability to measure several health-related metrics, such as the number of steps taken, track the amount of calories burnt and much more. With the app, you can set your daily goals, and monitor your progress through out the day. To motivate you even more, the app give users the ability to compare daily data and see if you're improving or not. The app description says, Runtastic Me offers you reliable, on-the-go tracking to help you get a better sense of your daily movements, personal habits and untapped potential – perfect for Runtastic Orbit users looking for even more daily details and an attractive way to review stats! The app offers even more interesting features if you're in possession of the Orbit fitness band, which syncs with the app, and gives you a more meaningful data to monitor your progress. Here's a list of featur...

Microsof t is currently rolling out a software update for its latest Windows Phone, the Lumia 535 , in certain markets. The change log hints strongly that this update will fix some touch screen sensitivity issues that have been previously reported by owners of the device, along with some other improvements and additions. Here's the change log for the update: •Touch screen performance improvements. •Cortana, the most personal digital assistant, is now available in more markets. •You can easily switch your mobile data connection on or off in the action centre. •Install phone updates more easily by scheduling them for a time that works best for you. •Stability and performance improvements. Be aware that this update is just for certain countries and that it may take a while for every Lumia 535 device to receive it. Currently our unlocked Lumia 535 is not seeing the update, so this could take a few days to completely roll out. Source: WindowsCentral ...

Here is what we know about specs and features of this device, Lumia 1330 Specifications and Features: 5.7-inch , 720p resolution display Quad-core Snapdragon 400 processor, Adreno 305 GPU 1 GB RAM 14 MP rear PureView camera 5 MP FFC 32 GB internal storage The two most interesting features of Lumia 1330 (or whatever it will be called) are obviously the 14 MP rear camera and the 5 MP FFC. Many wondered why Lumia 830 packed such a pedestal FFC, when it was unveiled. The device may be revealed by Microsoft at MWC and may come running windows Phone 8.1 GDR2. Source: NPU

Hi members of this page and group One of our member "Jefferson Licet" who is only 17 years old and he developed a social network for selfies only for windows phone. To download follow the below link: http://www.windowsphone.com/es-ve/st ... ore/app/selfy/8a44c262-1daf-4ed4-9f34-fbff0e0bd759 Please help him to share his app. He was in the imaginecup 2014 in seattle with his team Food&Gram : http://www.foodandgram.com/

In case Lumia Denim update is available for your device / region combination and you can check that by either going to official trackers or by following our coverage, you would get the update even if you are on developers preview.So, unlike the Lumia Cyan case last time, you don’t need to roll-back your OS for getting Lumia Denim. This info is based on tips from our readers who received t he update on their dev preview devices in Europe and US (Verizon). Lumia 930 in Europe and Lumia 928 on Verizon have received firmware updates, as the incoming OS version in Lumia Denim is same as PFD, 8.10.14219. Other dev preview enabled devices like Lumia 520, Lumia 620, Lumia 625, Lumia 530, Lumia 720 etc, won’t get the firmware update and hence there may be no update for them at all. We have explained this here. Lumia Denim roll-out status: Rolling out to Lumia 520, Lumia 530, Lumia 620, Lumia 625, Lumia 720 etc in many of the African & Latin America markets Rolling o...

The Windows Phon e app, which has gone free next as myAppFree app of the day is Remote Device Manager. This app allows you to manage your phone through wifi without the need to connect it via USB, with any web browser . You can open the program, make a note of the address showed and insert into your browser. Remote Device Manager Features: With a simple interface , you can – NEW Multiple file upload – NEW Ability to convert files from Movie Maker 8.1 by Venetasoft to Windows Movie Maker for desktop with a simple click. Save the project on Movie Maker 8.1 and then browse the file with this app! – Check the charge of your phone – Download and upload files – Watch your videos – Listen to your songs – Display the pictures on your phone – View the contacts on your phone – Display your location on the map – Take a photo without touching the device Click  here  to download Remote Device Manager from store. Source:N...

  Microsoft today released a new app for Windows Phone . The company’s latest app, Lumia Moments lets users save images from a video. The app will allow users to extract action shots from vid eos or 4K Moment shots pretty easily. Here is a short excerpt about the app: With Lumia Moments you can extract great action shots from your videos or 4K Moment shots on your Lumia (or full HD shots on the Lumia 830). Use Best Frame to find pictures and save them as Living Images, then see them brought to life in the camera roll or Lumia Storyteller. Action Shot lets you add a strobe effect to show action or add blur to emphasize motion. As it is a Lumia app, it is only available for Lumia smartphones meaning that you can’t install it on any other devices. The app supports Lumia 830, Lumia 930, Lumia Icon and Lumia 1520. It’s worth noting that the app will only work on smartphones with Lumia Denim. Head-over to this  link #SN

Folders app which was one of the first file managers for Windows Phone today has a big update with some new useful features. Folders has a beautiful design, easy to use and professional features which makes managing your files easier than before. As an exclusive feature, It has a hidden and encrypted folder! You may have private videos or files but since it is not possible to lock a folder in Windows Phone and your files are visible in any app, this feature is very useful. You can put your private data in the password protected, hidden and encrypted folder. Files inside this folder are not accessible or visible anywhere else without your password. Folders app supports all fundamental functions like move, copy, paste, rename, delete, share etc.. New in this update : – WiFi file transfer: with this ability you can share any file with other devices on your WiFi network very fast. – Search option allows you to find all files and folders by searching a keyword. ...

If you are Finland and own a Lumia 1520 , you are one of the lucky few to get officially the new Lumia Denim OS and firmware update. Heading to the Microsoft support page, Finland's Lumia 1520 'country variant' is marked as eligible for the Lumia Denim update (firmware 02540.00019.14484.37004). In checking other regions and countries, Finland appears to be the only one with a Lumia 1520 and Denim. Besides the Lumia 1520, the Lumia 930 also began receiving Lumia Denim earlier today in Europe. The Lumia 520, Lumia 530, Lumia 625, Lumia 1320 and other Lumias also became eligible across Europe, the Middle East and Asia territories. Source: Microsoft Credits: Shanoor Parween

As we did for Europe, we have decided to go into Microsoft Mobile 's support page in Asia to highlight the, countries, smartphones and carriers that are currently receiving the Lumia Denim firmware update for those Windows Phone devices Denim is only available for a select number of Lumia devices at the moment, so this list will change over time. With that said, here are the current lists of te rritories and devices that are supposed to be getting the Denim update in Asia right now: Bangladesh •Lumia 720 - Country variant China •Lumia 520 - Unicom •Lumia 525 - Unicom •Lumia 526 - CMCC •Lumia 625 - Unicom •Lumia 720 - Unicom •Lumia 720T - CMCC Hong Kong •Lumia 520 - Country variant •Lumia 525 - Country variant •Lumia 620 - Country variant •Lumia 625 - Country variant •Lumia 720 - Country variant •Lumia 1320 - Country variant India •Lumia 525 - Country variant Indonesia •Lumia 520 - Country variant •Lumia 625 - Country variant, Trikomsel Malaysia •Lumia 520 ...

Microsoft Lumia 535 and its dual-SIM sibling have been plagued by touch issues since launch earlier this month. As it turned out lots of early adopters are complaining about improper multi-touch detection and the low touch sensitivity that results in either the phone not detect your finger, or registering it in the wrong place. Microsoft has acknowledged the issues already and said they were because the Lumia 535 touchs creen sensitivity is too high. We were also promised a firmware update and now we know when it's coming - December 27. The dual-SIM Lumia 535 for Vietnam will be getting an OTA update on December 27 that will make the touchscreen behave normally. This piece of info comes from an official Microsoft support email, send as an answer to a worried user. There is no info on the wider availability of this update, but we guess it should hit all Lumia 535 flavors around the world around the same time Vietnam will be getting it - on December 27 or sho...

 In a surprise announcement, LINE messenger has picked up MixRadio from Microsoft. LINE is one of the biggest messaging services around, although it is mostly preva ... lent in non-Western countries at the moment. Microsoft announced the news on the Lumia Conversations blog. The deal is expected to be completed by "early 2015" with the MixRadio team staying in Bristol, UK. Perhaps that is the big news here that LINE plans to continue offering MixRadio, building off of the music streaming service and recommendation engine. Jyrki Rosenberg, Head of MixRadio, comments: "We wanted MixRadio to continue to operate with a commitment to constant innovation and aspiration to deliver the best possible mobile-first experience to listeners. LINE share this vision and our passion for simple, personal and fun user experiences in every way". Although it was well known that Microsoft had decided to spin-off MixRadio after the acquisition of the Nokia mobile division, there ha...

#Lumia Denim rolling out to most of the Middle East markets now, confirms tracker After European and Asian markets, this now seems to be the turn of Middle Eastern markets to receive the Lumia Denim update. Lumia 520, Lumia 525, Lumia 620 ... , Lumia 720 and Lumia 1320 are marked as receiving the Lumia Denim update in Bahrain, Iraq, Philistine, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates and other markets. Lumia Denim update brings goodies from both Windows Phone 8.1 update 1 and Lumia Denim Firmware update in one. Read all about Lumia Denim and Windows Phone 8.1 GDR1 changes at our dedicated page. Lumia Denim roll-out status: Asian tracker: http://www.microsoft.com/en/mobile/support/software-update/wp8-software-update/wp8-availability-in-asia-pacific/ European tracker: http://www.microsoft.com/en/mobile/support/software-update/wp8-software-update/availability-in-europe/ Middle East tracker: http://www.microsoft.com/en/mobile/support/softw...

In time for major 4G roll-out in India early next year, all manufacturers are launching budget 4G Smartphones. Microsoft has also caught on the trend and launched a budget smartphone with 4G connectivity, Nokia Lumia 638. With a price tag of 8,299 INR, Lumia 638 goes on to become the cheapest 4G smartphone in India. Lumia 638 Specs The Nokia Lumia 638 features 4.5-inch FWVGA (480×854 pixels) ClearBlack LCD display with pixel density of 221 PPI. Under the hood lies a 1.2GHz quad-core Snapdragon 400 SoC backed with 1GB of RAM. There is an 8GB of built-in storage with a room for expansion via micro-SD card of up to 128GB. The phone boots Windows 8.1 with Lumia Denim update and is upgradable to Windows 10. For photography, there is a 5-megapixel rear camera with autofocus. However, there is no front-facing camera for selfies and video chat. Connectivity options include WiFi, GPS, EDGE, 3G, Bluetooth and 4G for Indian networks. Other features include includes ‘SensorCore’, low-power ...

Available from – September 2014 Nokia Lumia 730 is one of the best Mid Range Phone from the Microsoft having Great Camera Quality, Primary camera is 6.7 Megapixel and Front cam is 5.0 MP giving magnificent pictures. One of the good option for the selfie lover. The screen Size is HD 720 x 1280 with 316 Pixel density, screen is Corning Gorilla Glass 3.  The 2200mAh Battery can run more than a day in moderate use which is quite better than other phone of this range. Most of the Applications run smoothly but Heavy games like Asphalt 8 lag. The screen has good viewing angles. Phone does not have heating problem like many Android Smartphone . Nokia Lumia 730 Specifications- Price- ₹ 14500 OS - Microsoft Windows 8.1 Size - 4.7 inches (720 x 1280) Thickness - 8.7 mm Weight (g) – 130 Form Factor - Touch screen Bar Display - OLED capacitive touchscreen CPU - Qualcomm Snapdragon 400, Quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A7 RAM – 1GB Internal Memory - 8GB Primar...