Nokia Lumia 820 hands-on video, app to read and write NFC tags spotted

Nokia is returning strong and once again proven to have a lot of features and innovations in order to sell its two new Lumia smartphones, both in design and form factor stylish, original and very pleasant.

After several hands-on video dedicated to the most powerful Lumia 920 here's one, made ​​by French site test-mobile.fr , featuring the Nokia Lumia 820 . The device is shown in all its beauty, with a description of all the main features and a quick overview of some features of Windows Phone 8.

Microsoft is working on its Surface smartphone,the launch will be in H1 next year

According to information provided by the China Times, sources from the supply chain, is reporting that Microsoft is secretly working on Surface Phone that is talked about for some time.

According to rumors, the product should be finished and launched in the first half of next year. It seems that the alliance between Nokia and Microsoft has not given the expected results, and the Lumia devices have not met the expectation of the consumers . For this reason, the intention is to jump in a conviction in the production of Surface, using the knowledge obtained from previous experiences.

Samsung ATIV S can pre-order for 549.99 Euros in Belgium

Until now there had been only speculate on the cost of the new Windows Phone 8 smartphone from the Korean giant.Today, as reported by MonWindowsPhone blog, you can get a more realistic idea of the cost of the Samsung Ativ S  thanks to a Belgian online store.

Nokia Drive's My Commute now available in Germany, IT, UK and RU will follow

Introduced for the first time with the 3.0 version of Nokia Drive , 'My Commute is yet another demonstration of the ability of the Finnish manufacturer to capitalize on the resources accumulated over the years with regard to the location based services, providing of useful functions owners of a Nokia smartphone. 'My Commute Nokia Drive 3.0 facilitates the achievement of the destinations most visited by the user, suggesting alternative routes that allow you to shorten the path or to overcome unexpected obstacles. This useful feature has been available initially in the U.S. market and has  recently made its debut in the European market, starting from Germany . 

Nokia Lumia 920 - New 10+ min hands-on video now available

Another hands-on of Nokia Lumia 920 has been released and this time comes from Thailand.The newspaper CyberTV  in fact managed to hack a prototype of Nokia Lumia 920  in Black version and tried some of the applications and features that will bring the Nokia Lumia 920 when will be released for sale, including the camera with PureView and Image Stabilizer (OIS) stabilization system , Wireless Charging, NFC and Nokia City Lens.

Enjoy the video after the break

"Rooms" for chatting and group sharing coming in Windows Phone 8

Windows Phone 8 is planning implementation of the " Rooms " Contact Hub for group chat and share information with all our friends and family who will be invited. To further confirm the presence of this feature are some screenshots taken from the Windows Phone 8 official SDK is available to developers and recently released online by the site WinUnleaked.

Nokia opens a new mobile website to promote its Lumia smartphones

Nokia, after the presentation of its Nokia Lumia devices with Windows Phone 8, the Nokia Lumia 920 and Lumia 820 is pushing hard on the accelerator to promote the two mentioned smartphones.

Animation for the Start Screen coming with Windows Phone 8

In a long video where he was shown the Nokia Lumia 920 , it was recently discovered another little news related to the new Start Screen of Windows Phone 8.

The special news revealed this time, is the fact is that to access the home screen and the list of installed applications, you can see an animation.

HTC 8X with audio amplifier demo

HTC with it's Windows Phone 8 HTC 8X  introduced a high-performance hardware for audio (2.55v) that amplifies the sound very well out of the box of your smartphone.

According to colleagues wpcentral , who have tried playing audio yesterday in New York, appears to be unprecedented, although this is not demonstrable in the video that we propose below.

Contre Jour is the new Xbox Live game for Windows Phone and now is available in the Windows Phone Store

The Xbox Live game this week called Contre Jour and is now available in the Windows Phone Store. The 36 MB game from Electronic Arts will cost $ 2.99 and can also be free to try.

Sneak peak at ZTE Windows Phone 7.8/8 range

It seems that ZTE is pretty close to launch its smartphones with Windows Phone 8/Windows Phone 7.8.At the moment, the only smartphone based on Windows Phone is the ZTE Tania, but this is about to change.

In a tweet from  Dennis Lui, marketing manager of ZTE, was seen the photos taken by him (at the beginning of the article) with the caption " Two heads are better than one  . " This could mean many things, among others, the possibility for ZTE to adopt both Windows Phone 8, Windows Phone 7.8, it obviously dedicated to the low end of the market.

Differences betwen Nokia Lumia 820 Wireless Charging Cover and Regular Cover

The Nokia Lumia 820 shares with the "big brother", the Nokia Lumia 920 the ability to be recharged without the need to physically connect the power supply. To take advantage of this feature you will need to use one of several accessories for the purpose, from the base and the charging stand provided by Nokia. 

The Lumia 820 also offers the possibility to replace the back cover, rapidly changing look. Users who want to take advantage of this interesting possibility of customization will have to choose carefully the extra cover since not all are integrated with wireless charger.

Windows Phone 7.8 will get more than just a new Start screen

During the Developer Summit 2012 held a few months ago from Microsoft has officially unveiled to the public Windows Phone 8 , the new operating system with unprecedented functions that will be available on new handsets released in stores soon, adding however that the current smartphone will be updated with a mid-range version called Windows Phone 7.8.

Skype for Windows 8 with Moder UI leaks

It seems that Microsoft, after a the Metro name issues on Windows Phone, is beginning to make changes to its apps.

The first app to be affected by this change is that of Skype , as you can see from the picture at the beginning of the article here, has undergone a radical change in its interface.

IDC - Windows Phone now has 3.5% of the smartphones worldwide market share in Q2 2012

Windows Phone according to IDC now has 3.5% worldwide marketshare.IDC also reports that the success of Android and iPhone OS comes at the expense of competitors in decline,who were market leaders in the past such as Symbian and BlackBerry, both fell below the 5% market share, although the senior analyst Kevin Restivo said that the struggle for supremacy is far from over. 

The success of the Android mobile platform would be mostly from Samsung, which produced 44% of all smartphones based on Google's mobile platform sold in the period under review. Also according to IDC  5.4 million Windows Phone smartphones were sold in Q2 2012 which is 3.5% of the total  market and comparing this to Q2 2011, Windows Phone had a 115.3% growth.

Microsoft changing Windows Phone Marketplace To Windows Phone Store?

Microsoft released today the new revamped  Windows Phone Dev Center   previously know as App Hub,Microsoft  without much fanfare rebranded the Windows Phone Marketplace into Windows Phone Store.

Farewell to AppHub, Microsoft announced the new Windows Phone Dev Center!

In preparation for the rumored, upcoming release of Windows Phone SDK 8 (of which a version has already appeared, as a leak on the web), Microsoft has updated its AppHub,the system through which it manages the submission of the app to the Windows Phone Marketplace. 

The update follows a previously announced maintenance, which has blocked the use of the AppHub all day on Monday.

Starting today,the AppHub was renamed and becomes Windows Phone Dev Center and responds to new address .

Windows Phone 8 - Fast App Switching in WP8 will handle up to 7 Apps (maybe more) instead of the current 5

The WP emulator help has led to better management of the 'dormant' apps, with the limit imposed on the Fast App Switching to open applications moved up 5 to 7 and perhaps beyond, from what has been learned from past indiscretions. Interesting information that highlights a further step towards better management of the smartphone, even if necessary to see the real limits of Windows Phone on board with the 8.0 release, which will have larger amounts of RAM.

Overview of the main features of Windows Phone 8 thanks to the emulator

Some of the main features of the new Windows Phone Release 8 are already known, but thanks to the recent release of the SDK Developer Preview and on the emulator, it was possible to view some screenshots for a quick peek at what will be the peculiar feature of the next operating system Microsoft.

Windows Phone 8 SDK preview leaks online

Only a few months to the official debut of Windows Phone 8 and the Redmond company knows how important it is to support the release with an ecosystem full of applications. Just this morning, has spread on the internet download link of the new SDK 8.0 , which is useful for all developers who want to develop for the operating system who is to be released in October.