LG Optimus 7 vs Nokia Lumia 610, features and performance comparison (video)

The video that we propose below, published by pocketnow.com, shows a comparison between two Windows Phone devices with different hardware characteristics: LG Optimus 7 and Nokia Lumia 610. 

The first is a first generation of smartphones, with 1 Ghz processor and 512 MB ​​RAM, while the second, launched in Europe this month, is the low cost device Windows Phone from Nokia, with 800 Mhz CPU and 256 MB RAM.

According to IDC Nokia has Shipped 2.2 Million Lumia Phones Last Quarter

IDC, the well-known company that conducts market research, has recently reported estimates of smartphones Lumia delivered in the period between January and March. These assessments are coming from an authoritative source may submit to the inevitable margins of error, but are equally interesting, given that the Finnish manufacturer, when reporting the financial results for the first quarter of 2012 , had not specified the exact number of  sold Lumia devices.

According to IDC estimates, Nokia in the last quarter has delivered 2.2 million Lumia smartphones. We clarify that the estimates refer to the points "handed", in other words devices that reach store shelves, but that does not necessarily translate into actual copies sold to the end user.

GMaps Pro is now free for all Windows Phone users, but just for today

More good news for users of Windows Phone who prefer Google maps to those of Bing. After being returned to the WP Marketplace in recent days, GMaps Pro today will be free of charge for the whole day!

ChatON in now available for Windows Phone, exclusively on Samsung devices

Samsung finally has brought its proprietary IM client Chaton to Windows Phone,but only as an exclusive for the devices belonging to the Samsung brand.

At the moment we do not know if this decision is final or not, although it is very likely that sooner later, the program does its appearance on Marketplace generic , as on other platforms, is already freely available even on different brand phones.

Battleship - A modern naval battle game in multiplayer mode

Battleship is the modern version of the classic naval battle made ​​by Electronic Arts. The game is now available on Xbox Live Marketplace version, with objectives to unlock and an engaging multiplayer mode asynchronous. The graphics are not top level, but will support the display of the attacks of the enemy, to see the cannon fire and the smoke of the enemy aircraft carriers that sink!

According to the analysts the Nokia Lumia 900 continues to sell well in U.S.

Officially presented during the first months of 2012 , the new smartphone Nokia Lumia 900 , a member of the famous family of Smartphones created highly successful collaboration between Nokia and Microsoft , is available on the market in various countries around the world for some time now. 

The results recorded up to now have been positive for Nokia demonstrating the excellent reception received by this device evaluated positively by the international critics, but recently some items, at least for the American market, presaged some suffering resulting drop in sales of smartphones due to the launch of the HTC One X.

Windows Phone Marketplace passes 100,000 apps

Another important goal for  Windows Phone marketplace has been reached today, according to a scan performed by  AAWP , the number of applications / games published in Windows Phone marketplace passed the 100,000 mark.

HTC Titan and HTC Radar get unlocked bootloader and custom ROMs

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 Nokia Lumia 610 GPU beats the performance of the first set of Windows Phone smartphones

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.

Nokia Lumia sales pushed Windows Phone users to 13 million

As you can see from the chart above, the number of users who use Windows Phone Facebook is growing.The data comes directly from a research done by Microsoft and has been established that there are approximately 2 million monthly active users.

The data obtained are also due to strong sales of Nokia's Lumia Lumia 610 and 900, besides the fact that to sell well in Finland, are proving very popular elsewhere.

The Nokia Lumia 900 Batman Edition will be sold in Germany and France

Announced recently on twitter by Mark Squires, Comms Director at Nokia, the Nokia Lumia 900 Batman Edition is coming in these days with Phone4U in England, but according to what has been reported by Pocket-Lint, at the suggestion of Nokia itself, the smartphone will be sold in other European countries.

BBC released official Top Gear app for Windows Phone

BBC makes a very welcome gift to those who have a Windows Phone smartphone and is a car enthusiast. This is an application dedicated to Top Gear, considered by many the most unusual, entertaining and irreverent program, on engines.

O2 Germany will be selling 32 GB Nokia Lumia 900

The German operator O2 has recently included the Nokia Lumia 900 on its online catalog , the novelty is that the device in question will have 32GB of internal memory instead of the usual 16GB. 

WMPU contacted the German operator who confirmed that they will market the Nokia Lumia 900 with 32GB memory.

Certainly there are many users who use their smartphone as a media player and bigger memory than 16GB would be undoubtedly convenient. 

Via WMPU

Magenta Nokia Lumia 900 appeared on Facebook

The Magenta Nokia Lumia 900 first appeared in a Microsoft Store with AT&T and later in a webapp in the official Nokia Facebook page and now the Lumia 900 in Magenta was again anticipated by the Finish manufacturer in photo albums on Nokia Australia Facebook page.

Survey - Windows Phone is the third platform chosen by the game developers with 8.8%

The Game Developer Magazine has published the results of its latest survey for the developers of games on different mobile platforms.


From the findings it is clear that the developers of games for mobile devices are more focused on the Apple platform with 94.6%, to follow with 70.7% of developers are dedicated to the Google platform and in the third position with 8, 8% of the developers interested in the Microsoft platform. 

Windows Phone 7.5 is now necessary to continue to use the Marketplace

Microsoft has announced that from May 22, you must have Windows Phone 5.7 Mango on their smartphones to continue to download applications and games from Marketplace.

As of yesterday, in fact, Microsoft has announced that the devices that still  does not mount Windows Phone Mango,will not be able to download, purchase or review applications and games from Windows Phone Marketplace .

Ad for Nokia Lumia 900 unveils new Contacts and Photo Live Tiles?

As you can see in more detail in the following screesnhost Hub Contacts and Photos look different from what we usually see on Windows Phone Mango, written with the first and the second with a count for which was also divided into two square tiles. 

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.

New official wallpapers for your Windows Phone

Using the Windows Team Blog, Microsoft today announced a new set of wallpapers dedicated to nature to be used to customize the lockscreen of Windows Phone devices. The backgrounds are born from the collaboration between design teams in Redmond and graph designer  Levi Freeman  and are just the first of a series that Microsoft intends to provide its users with the help of high-level creative designers.

Receive a complimentary accessory for your Xbox Live avatar thanks to Windows Phone Insider

The ongoing campaign organized by Nokia has definitely helped develop the Windows Phone ecosystem. From today, in fact, you will receive three new accessories for your Xbox Live avatar completely free. Your avatar can be customized randomly with one of the following items:

• Nokia Windows Phone Longboard
• Windows Phone #1 foam finger
• I <3 Windows Phone shirt