Nokia Lumia 710 very soon to get updated to Tango

Upgrading to Windows Phone Tango for the Nokia Lumia 710 is fast approaching. To confirm a recent examination of the firmware is present at NaviFirm which include updates to Tango for Lumia 710 marketed in various geographical areas and are distributed through various national telephone operators. As we know, Tango is a version of Windows Phone designed for entry-level device such as Lumia 610, but will also be released to the terminals with more powerful hardware, introducing some welcome news as, for example, the WiFi sharing feature still absent in Lumia 710. 

More specifically, at the time, the countries for which is available on the update to Tango Navifirm include: Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Norway, Netherlands, Poland, Singapore , Spain, Sweden, South Africa, Switzerland, Thailand and Vietnam . There is still Italy, but remember that the list is not exhaustive.

The list of firmware dedicated to branded units by telephone operators further comprises:MobileOne Singapore, MTN ZA, Singapore SingTel, StarHub Singapore, Telenor DK, IT Vodafone, Vodafone Spain, Vodafone UK, Korea Freetel, Polkomtel PL, CH Swisscom, T-Mobile Vodafone UK and Portugal . 

The release of the update to Tango for Lumia should happen in the next 710 days through Zune. Do not miss to update you with more detailed information.

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Custom ROM's are now available for HTC Titan and HTC Radar

Windows Phones from the second generation was very complicated and inaccessible to hackers and geeks of the platform, mainly because of increased security of the system introduced by Mango. Today, however, the well-known DFT team has published a new guide on XDA Please install a new HSPL that will flash Custom ROM in HTC Radar and Titan.

The procedure for intallation dell'HSPL the DFT is a bit 'complicated and therefore only recommend for advanced users. In any case, then you Please install the terminal on your new Custom ROM DFT always created by the team where you can fully exploit the Full Unlock the device.

The ROM's are based on build 8773 Tango and have the following changelog:

• Replace HTC Apps software, add the Registry editor, file explorers ... etc.
• Few tweaks, DFT Full Unlock, support XAP download and install through Internet Explorer, full play Xbox Live games
• Internet Sharing, Static MAC Address Fix
• Keeps 2nd HTC boot screen

As always we invite you to read carefully the guidance given that such a procedure, as well as voiding the warranty, can damage seriously your terminal. If you have a second-generation HTC and want to run a Full Unlock you can refer to these links:

• [DFT] HSPL for HTC WP7 Second Generation
• Freedom DFT V1 ROM for HTC Titan
• Freedom DFT V1 ROM for HTC Radar:                                      

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Nokia Lumia 610 more powerful than first generation Windows Phones

After having reported the number of applications not currently compatible with a thorough analysis of performance and functionality, we return to talk about today's Lumia 610 and its compartment hardware. Thanks to an article by András Velvárt, Silverlight MVP and developer of 3D Browser Surfcube, we have examined the performance of CPU, GPU and Memory of the Nokia Lumia 610.

The new entry level Nokia with 800Mhz processor and 256Mb of Ram, was subjected to comparisons with Lumia 800 with 1.4GHz processor and 512Mb of Ram, and LG Optimus 7 with 1 GHz processor and 512Mb of Ram.

As for the tests on the processor the developer decided to compare the timing of starting the application drawing of the stars of Lumia 610, LG Optimus 7, and Lumia 800  SDK emulator.

The report of this application have shown that with the increase of the elements to load the processor Lumia 610  has often approached the start-up time required by the LG's Optimus 7, ensuring all in all a good computing power.

The real surprise comes from the GPU performance. As can be seen in the table above, the Lumia 610 is able to obtain a good number of FramesPerSecond, quite easily surpassing the performance offered by the Windows Phone by LG!

The FPS in fact begin to fall on an Optimus 7 Fill Rate (parameter used to evaluate the performance of a video card) of only 2.5, revealed a critical point at 5. The Lumia 610 shows much more stable and efficient, arriving at the threshold of 30FPS with a Fill Rate to 8.5.

So, ignoring the fact that some applications are still running pretty slow, the real problem of Lumia 610 seems to be the volatile memory: the 90MB reserved for each application with the devices with 512Mb RAM, 60Mb of Lumia down to 610 . Fortunately, Microsoft Windows Phone Tango has worked extensively on Paging File, providing additional virtual memory for applications, but this technique can cause swapping On the same time because of delays to the system is increased the workload of the processor.

• Paging File : To the memory of the physical RAM is the amount of virtual memory paging file, which is a file that the operating system created to simulate a larger amount of RAM.

Perhaps with further improvement of Frameworks SDK and things will greatly improve, but for now we can not help that the question asked yesterday would not have been better to choose 384MB of RAM?

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The Nokia Lumia 900 and Lumia 610 heading to India in June?

Formally introduced earlier this year, were expected for several months in stores two new smartphones Lumia 610 and 900 created by Nokia in collaboration with Microsoft and characterized by interesting features and specifications that make them very promising two mobile devices. 


In the past, much information has somehow left open the possibility of seeing these two devices to reach the Indian market, and new revelations, yet unconfirmed officially, back on ' argument once again. Portal Onlygizmos revealed information from an anonymous source reported that Nokia would be ready to launch two of its Lumia smartphones the Lumia 610 and Lumia 900 in the Indian market by mid-June, respectively, at a cost of 11,000 rupees and 28,000 rupees. 


Considering that the mobile market in India is the second largest in the world after China , with a growing market especially in the increasingly popular smart phones, such a move could be very positive and important to Nokia and Microsoft , who would see it grow substantially in the sales results of these new smartphones. 


To this we must also add that the prices reported by the anonymous source in question were not as high and therefore more competitive than before. not being available, however no official confirmation in this regard, the information being taken at the time as mere rumors. We await any official announcements. 

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Nokia Lumia 900 Dark Knight Rises edition is now available for pre-order at Phone4u in UK

As we have reported earlier UK customers will be able to get their hands on Nokia Lumia 900 "The Dark Knight Rises Limited Edition" and also get free cinema tickets and chance to win a vip experience to the premiere.

Now UK retailer Phones4U has just activated the pre-orders for this particular edition of Nokia Lumia 900 and the first shipments will begin June 1, just weeks ahead of the arrival of the latest Batman movie in the UK cinemas.

More info at Phones4U 

Facebook for Windows Phone bumped to version 2.5

We have reported in April, that the Facebook team was working on Facebook app for Windows Phone version 2.5 and now after one month after, here comes the much needed update  that implements several new features and improvements. 

Facebook app v.2.5 has the following new features :

• Posts:  Ability to view all messages including those sent to groups, all with a beautiful graphic style Metro.
• Tagging:  Now you can tag your friends and position in the messages
• Deleting posts and comments:  You can hold your finger on an item, remove a post or a comment there.
• Active links in the messages:  You can tap the link in a message to go quickly to its content.
• Updates and comments to photos on pages that we put "like":  The comments on the photos and the pages have been updated, you can view a small portion of the image at the top of the page, simply pull it down to see everything.
• Like in the comments:  by popular demand is the amazing ability to select the "like" in the comments.

Facebook version 2.5 is free app and can be downloaded from the Windows Phone Marketplace.

ZTE Tania with upgraded 1.4GHz processor will be out in China by the end of the month

Windows Phone continues its climb to the summit of the smartphone world, a tough and rugged mountains, full of obstacles that today are called iPhone and Android. Nokia has succeeded in giving a burst but the percentages are still not able to trouble the competition.

One of the strategies that Microsoft - together with the producers - is pursuing, is to raise the bar of quality / price ratio, offering smartphone can offer excellent performance even in the medium/low market.

ZTE Tania is one of them and at the launch in China the smartphone will be upgraded with 1.4GHz processor,so far the ZTE Tania used 1GHz processor.

Here are the rest of the ZTE Tania feature:

• 4.3 "TFT LCD display
• HSPA +
• 5Mpx camera
• No front camera
• Internal memory of 4 GB
• 512 MB RAM

A model created for low-end market is "nobility" and so it offers performance to reach the top of the range. Waiting paid off for Chinese users, we'll see if ZTE will be able to offer new surprises at the launch of Windows Phone 8 scheduled for late 2012.

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More positive Windows Phone sales news,Windows Phone market share started to go upwards

Although the Windows Phone OS still holds rates of diffusion rather low in recent months, the market share of Windows Phone has experiencing a significant growth in some markets . These results have certainly been achieved thanks to the massive advertising campaign carried out by Nokia to promote their Lumia organized with the initiative from Microsoft called "Smoked by Windows Phone" which as we have seen , has proved successful.

Through WordPanel Kantar , we learn that even Windows Phone has reached the quota of ' 6% share in Germany , marking an increase of 3% only in recent weeks. Another very positive news coming from Russia and in particular the operator MTS announced that the sales figures in Q1 of this year alone. According to the Russian company, sales of Windows Phone devices have outsold the iPhone, with a percentage of ' 8.2% of total sales , with three terminals in the top five best sellers, including the Nokia 800 Lumia, Lumia Nokia 710 and HTC Mozart.

Also yesterday, we have noted how Chris Weber, head of Nokia USA, is happy about the sales of Lumia 900 in the U.S.A. According to analysts at Canaccord Genuity, the new Windows Phone from Nokia is the second best selling smartphone through AT & T (preceded only by the iPhone, which still owns 70% of sales in America) the results are far greater than the HTC X-One, to hours, is considered the best Android device on the market.

We hope, therefore, that the spread and growth of Microsoft's operating system is stable, especially with the arrival of the Nokia Lumia 610 which should give an extra boost to the OS in emerging markets and considering also that the manufacturers do not should no longer submit new terminal until the arrival of Windows Phone 8.

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NPD - Android has 61% of U.S. smartphone market, iOS declining since the beginning of the year

NPD Group has published the latest data on the distribution of current operating systems for smartphones for the U.S. market and the report shows a system Android still in the midst of its growth at the expense of his arch rival iPhone OS since the beginning of the year shown a continuous decline, yielding market share to the Google platform.

The first quarter of 2012 saw a net gain by Android, which has risen from 49% to 61%, but iPhone has had the opposite effect down from 41% to 29%, percentage shares virtually ceded to the Android platform. With regard to systems of Microsoft and RIM have been recorded changes and both have maintained the same percentage stable.

Much more substantial changes we will have them in the second half of the year, with the announcement by Apple's new iPhone 5 , the launch of Galaxy S3 in the US and the arrival of all the other high-end handsets that are not available currently in USA,like the LG Optimus 4X, the Huawei Ascend or Sony Xperia GX. 

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Windows Phone Marketplace extends to 22 new countries

Although, Microsoft’s Windows Phone marketplace is far from the likes of the gigantic Apple app store and the Google Play store, in terms of both the number of apps and its reach, the latest news from the Windows Phone makers reveal that their marketplace is now available across 22 new countries. The web-based marketplace has now been made available for Windows phone users across Bulgaria, Costa Rica, Croatia, Estonia, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Turkey, Ukraine, Venezuela, UAE, Bahrain, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kazakhstan, Israel, Thailand, and Vietnam. 

Microsoft also has plans on some making some improvements to its marketplace. It has decided to clean-up spam and reduce the noise level. 

The Microsoft blog also reveals that a new clean-up initiative taken up by them will aim at putting an end to consumer complaints regarding app searches - when a user tries searching for an app by typing in a keyword or name, the expected app does not show up, thereby causing some inconvenience. The team has started reviewing the keywords that developers assign to their apps and are also removing the ones that aren’t relevant. 

The blog also states that one will require Windows Phone 7.5 to buy, download, or update apps from Marketplace. The new requirement is said to be a part of the larger Marketplace improvement effort. 

More info at Windowsteamblog

Nokia has shipped 17,000 Lumia smartphones to developers

Mark Silver, senior vice president of developer and marketplace experience of Nokia has announced that the Finnish brand, until now, has sent 17,000 Lumia developers committed to the growth of the Windows Phone platform.The company has contributed significantly to the expansion of the ecosystem of the Redmond operating system, given important push to the development of applications. Before the agreement between Nokia and Microsoft, in fact, the Marketplace app was formed by 7,000, while at the store in dedicated applications to Windows Phone has over 80,000 applications.

During Nokia World, the company had anticipated that it would distribute 25,000 Lumia smartphones to developers in the developer program designed to encourage the development of apps for Windows Phone. At the moment there are still other 8000 devices for distribution, but the results already obtained seem satisfactory, according to statements of Marco Argenti:

The growth (WP ecosystem) Also is two to the very repute We've Been Working Closely with Microsoft in a lot of practical actions to engage with developers to support our strategy

Growth (WP ecosystem) is also due to the fact that we have worked closely with Microsoft in many initiatives aimed at obtaining the support of our strategy by developers

Nokia in recent months has been engaged in the first person to encourage the development of phone appa for Windows Phone, not only producing exclusive apps for its Lumia range like Nokia Drive, Nokia Maps and Creative Studio, but also planning over 600 events for developers  from January until June.

The development of a robust ecosystem of apps is an indispensable element for the success of a mobile platform, and Nokia does not seem to have overlooked until now such an important element.

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Nokia Lumia 800 modified to support wireless charging (video)

The Nokia 800 Lumia has become the protagonist of a hardware change, which introduced the possibility of wireless charging the battery . How to make this course interesting modification requires expert knowledge of electronics and a certain dexterity.Although not accessible to all users, the model provides an integrated feature that would not mind seeing in the future in the next Lumia smartphones.

The ability to recharge the battery without connecting the charging cable to the power outlet is not an absolute novelty in the smartphone world. Palm Pre smartphone with had introduced this feature using the Touchstone Charger, an electromagnetic induction charging base. A similar approach was taken by the user who, after being armed with a screwdriver and the necessary skills, amended Lumia 800 and summed up the proceedings with the video that we propose below.

We hope that Nokia can draw inspiration from the modification described above by introducing it in the future in the new device Lumia.

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Analysts predict that AT&T will sale one million Nokia Lumia 900 in Q2 of 2012

Starting from a study performed by Aapo Markkanen, senior analyst for ABI Research, based on the statistics of the software house FourBros Studio, the analyst Jamie Townsend (the Town Hall Investment Research) has announced that the Lumia 900 AT&T could achieve sale of a million units in this second quarter of 2012

Several days ago Nokia was considered to be very satisfied by the sales Lumia phones in the States and the analyst believes that these numbers can be a good starting point for the return of the Finnish manufacturer in this key market.

Do not forget, however, the massive economic effort made to publicize this smartphone from Nokia, presented and marketed at a time when competition has not yet brought significant innovations.

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SkyDrive app for Windows Phone bumped to version 2.0

We had already seen some minor updates regarding Skydrive,like url shorter for sharing images and other files. Today, after updating Skype, Microsoft also update its popular app Skydrive to version 2.0

Here are some of the changes:

• slightly modified graphics for menus and dialog boxes
• ability to select / deselect files and folders for trips and / or elimination
• opportunity to choose which items can be shared, and recipients with whom you can share and edit files as needed

Skydrive is a free app and can be found here at WP Marketplace

Skype for Windows Phone comes out of beta to final version 1.0

In February, after a long wait, Microsoft has released the first official Beta version of Skype for your platform Windows Mobile Phone.Microsoft had promised the release of the final version by the end of April. 

As promised  today in the marketplace the update came and Windows Phone Skype Beta version (0.2) has been updates to the final version (1.0).

Microsoft does not currently provide the innovations that make this new version, however probably the new update will bring some improvements  and enhancements, and general improvements in the management of audio / video.

Unfortunately, as we had imagined recently , the final version of Skype for Windows Phone does not support notifications to be notified of an incoming Skype call, it seems that this limitation will be removed only with the arrival of the next major update of Windows Phone (Apollo ).

Skype for Windows Phone v1.0 is free as usual and can be downloaded from the WP Marketplace

Viber for Windows Phone coming soon

Viber is a multiplatform application that allows you to send messages or make calls to users who have installed the same app on their devices; Viber is already widely used in the iPhone OS and Android.

We said, since last year that Viber will release its application in the Microsoft Windows Phone platform. In February, however, according to some rumors, the arrival of Windows Phone application should be delayed because would be released only after the release on the RIM platform.

Good news comes for those who use Viber, even though the version for BlackBerry devices is not available, it appears that the Viber arrival for Windows Phone will be eminent, since WMPU reader Gurmit has forwarded an email to them from Viber support, suggesting the Viber WP7 app will come to WP Marketplace in very short time.

Thank you for contacting us. You'll be happy to know that Viber for WP7 is coming very soon. Please stay tuned for the next week. Announcing its publication. Stay tuned for release updates, see IENI us on Facebook and Twitter .

The Windows Phone marketplace is increasingly populated by known applications on other platforms, this symptom, and in a sense of growth and confidence from developers.

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Here comes the first custom ROM for Nokia Lumia 800 and Lumia 710

Having achieved the important goal of the bootloader access and modify files residing in the NAND memory the XDA community few hours ago has released the first Custom ROM for Lumia 800 and Lumia 710.  

  

The custom ROM is based on new firmware 12070 (RM819_059P453_1600.2487.8107.12070_002) and integrates the Interop Unlock, but unfortunately can be only flashed on Lumia 800 and Lumia 710 with unlocked bootloader (available only in the first official firmware). 

Now the XDA community will work to make the ROM available on all Lumia devices, trying to open each version of the bootloader. 

The flash ROM requires custom tool 'dd' (pre-installed on Linux distributions installed on Windows) and u hard reset the device. If you are interested will find information on Xda-Developers.

More information can be found at Xda-Developers.

Nokia Lumia 900 data connectivity fix available now

Lumia 900 owners can rest easy, as Nokia has just released a software update that fixes the data connectivity bug in its flagship smartphone - a full three days early. 


As we all know some of the Nokia Lumia 900s experienced data connectivity issues. Nokia promised an update would be available by April 16th and offered a $100 rebate to everyone that purchased the phone before April 21st as a gesture of goodwill. Those affected have the option to swap their phone out with a new device or wait for the software update.. 


You can get the Lumia 900 update by going through the Zune software on PCs, or the Windows Phone Connector on Macs.Here is the statement from Nokia:

"A little while after the Lumia 900 went on sale, we discovered a software issue that can sometimes lead to lost data connectivity. This issue is purely in the phone’s software, and isn’t related to the phone hardware or the network itself.  

We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused, and as a gesture of goodwill, we are offering a $100 AT&T bill credit to everyone who has already purchased a Nokia Lumia 900 or who will purchase one before April 21st. "

Windows Phone Marketplace - Microsoft working to improve the certification process of the apps in WP Marketplace

s shown by the latest figures reported days ago , Windows Phone Marketplace is growing but with the increase in applications submitted by developers for certification, you discover the real bottleneck of the system.

Lately, in fact, Microsoft acknowledged that the growth rates of the store may be much higher but to clip the wings of these dreams of glory fall on the certification process of the app, a system of control of code and content to avoid spread of malware and inappropriate content.

And 'the voice of Todd Brix to confirm this, stating that in the last three months were 30,000 new applications and new servers and a system of certification of new generation will come in the summer 2012 to minimize the lag between submission of the app and availability in the market.

We have plans of both medium and long term. We are already developing a service for the marketplace more "robust" and that will solve the problem is scalable will make way for even higher growth rates that we expect for years to come. The work of engineering, however, can not be executed in one night: according to our plans will be complete by late Summer 2012.

Until then we apply short-term control measures including the addition of more capacity in servers to better handle the load and a streamlining of the process to speed up the publication of the app.

Sales of the Nokia Lumia 900 exceed the expectations of AT&T

The Nokia 900 Lumia has already made ​​his debut in the U.S. market and is preparing to reach our continent in the month of May. The American public seems to have a very warm welcome in the current flagship of the Finnish manufacturer.The declarations of the leaders of AT&T, in fact, point out that sales a few days after launch were higher than what was budgeted. A good start for Lumia 900 that hopefully can get the same result also important when it reaches other contries

The Lumia 900 is a device that has many responsibilities: to help determine the future of Nokia in the U.S. , expand the installed base of Windows Phone Nokia in Europe and Asia. The stakes, as we know, is very high because of the situation of great difficulty that the Finnish company is going through in recent months, which is needed to overcome to win back market share in the smartphone segment.

After the storm in recent days, following the dissemination of the note on the financial results of the first quarter , the news on early sales data from the Lumia 900 can only be pleased at the top of Nokia and its supporters.

Paul Roth, president of AT&T retail sales and service, is explicit in stating that sales of the Nokia 900 Lumia have exceeded expectations . The stocks of the device in several stores were rapidly depleted and have been particularly successful with the model seems to have been blue. Interestingly, Nokia has done to heal meticulously not only the launch or marketing campaign and, but also the sales network. In this regard we can mention the sending of 10,000 Lumia devices for the AT&T employees,to allow the AT&T sales staff to offer the best device, knowing in detail.

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