Category: Nokia Lumia 920
Making the Windows Phone commercial “The Wedding”
Get a behind the scenes look at how director Roman Coppola created the latest ad for the Nokia Lumia 920 Windows Phone.
See the commercial here: http://newwp.it/17te5c8
Make the switch: http://newwp.it/16jlWL3
Now’s the time to switch to the Nokia Lumia 920 Windows Phone: Engadget Reader’s Choice Smartphone of the Year.
Windows Phone Challenge: Local Scout Galaxy S3 vs. Nokia Lumia 920
Paul, Jessica, and Nick accept the Windows Phone Challenge and attempt to beat Ben in a race to find a place to eat dinner using the search function on their phones. With $100 on the line, see which phone finishes first and which one is left searching.
Meet yours: http://newwp.it/Z1aMok
Turn any neighborhood into your neighborhood with Local Scout on your Windows Phone. You can jump right to information on nearby restaurants and bars, places to shop, things to see and do—even events happening in town. Plus, you’ll see detailed info and reviews, hours of operation, directions, and deals. And you can set your Windows Phone to learn what you like as you use it, so you’ll see personalized recommendations right at the top of your local search results.
Nokia Conference
Nokia Conference makes it very easy to dial into conference calls. No more switching to the calendar app, remembering the ID/PIN codes, getting the right access number, switching to the phone app, making the call, and entering all the codes. Instead just hit one button or even join via voice command. It’s very handy for anyone that makes frequent conference calls, as so many of us do.
To join via voice, hold down the Windows key and speak the command “conference join”. We’ll automatically figure out which meeting is going on currently or about to start, say it back to you for confirmation, and connect you. If your company uses Lync, we’ll launch the Lync app to connect you.
Settings for many companies’ conference systems are stored on our server and recognized automatically. For those that aren’t, you can define the settings yourself (then you should share them with us, to spare your coworkers the trouble). If you find a conference system that doesn’t work well with the app for some reason, please let us know.
If you make conference calls to several different companies, that’s fine–we’ll automatically figure out which conference system settings to use.
After installing, you probably want to pin it to your Home screen, placing it near the top if you make many conference calls. It may become one of your most frequently used apps on the phone.
Get Nokia Conference from this link or scan the below code.
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Lumia App Lab # 13 – Maps and location API’s for Windows Phone
Learn how to use the location-related capabilities of Nokia Lumia hardware, Windows Phone Location APIs, and the HERE location platform, including HERE Maps, HERE Drive, and HERE Transit. Starting with the basics — retrieving location information from the phone and registering for background location notifications — this webinar then looks at the map-related services APIs available for your Windows Phone apps for Nokia Lumia smartphones, including APIs for map rendering, geocoding, and routing controls.
A downloadable copy of the slides from the session can be found here: http://www.slideshare.net/
For detailed documentation on the maps features in Lumia smartphones see http://www.developer.nokia.com/ and don’t forget to check out the examples athttp://projects.developer.nokia.com/
For more details about developing for Nokia Lumia smartphones visit http://www.developer.nokia.com/
Check out details of the other Lumia App Labs, including the future schedule, here: http://www.developer.nokia.com/
Red Bull freerunning champion tests Nokia Lumia 920
What happens when you give freerunning World Champion Ryan Doyle and traceur (that’s the official title for a male parkour practitioner) Will Sutton a couple of Nokia Lumia 920s to play with? You get a great way to put the smartphone’s video capturing capabilities through its paces.
Twelve Nokia Lumia 920s, each filming from a different perspective, were used to create the action-packed video. For the aerial shots one of the smartphones was strapped on to a radio controlled Cinestar Octocopter (keep an eye out for it in the video). The rest of the video was filmed using a combination of handheld, chest and head cam mounted phones – each shooting in 1080p HD.
The result is clear. With the best low-light performance in a smartphone to date, and the added benefit of Optical Image Stabilisation (OIS), the Nokia Lumia 920 makes it easy to capture all the action – day or night. Find out more here: http://nokia.ly/10TU0Zn
Nokia Lumia 920 update rolling out
Nokia has got a new update ready for your Nokia Lumia 920, which brings a host of network, display, and performance improvents to your phone. Available now by selecting settings > phone update > check for updates on your phone. http://bit.ly/1001QjP
The availability of this update may depend on your network service provider. To check for updates, on your phone, tap Settings -> phone update.
Latest software release for Nokia Lumia 920 is SW 1232.5962.1314.0001
- Improved automatic display brightness adjustment
- Fix for intermittent screen blanking during a call
- Improvements for connectivity issues in certain network conditions
- Performance and stability improvements
Software updates from Nokia and Microsoft are safe to install, and your settings, apps, photos, and text messages remain safe and sound.
Software updates are free of charge, but to download the update, you need an internet connection, and data transmission costs may apply. For more info on the possible costs, contact your network service provider. To keep data costs down, we recommend that you use a Wi-Fi connection.
Your phone notifies you when an update is available for you.
Step 1. To view and to install the updates, just tap the notification message, and follow the instructions shown on your phone. You can install the update immediately, or postpone the update to a more convenient time.
Step 2. The update takes around 15-30 minutes, and you are not able to use your phone during the update installation. Don’t worry if your phone restarts several times during the process, that’s completely normal.
Step 3. Update success! Now you can use your phone, and enjoy the new features and enhanced experience.
Tip: It is recommended that you use a Wi-Fi connection for the update.
Watch the video on how to update your phone
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NearSpeak, an NFC app powered by Windows Phone 8
Andreas Jakl, founder of Mopius and one of the developers of NearSpeak, demonstrates how this cool NFC app works. The app pushes the boundaries of mobile technology innovation by taking advantage of NFC in combination with voice recognition, Bing Translation, and voice synthesis. Together, these technologies create a unique and compelling use case. The app has great potential for tourism, museums, events, geocaching, and many others.
NearSpeak was the first runner up in the Lumia Geek 8-Week Challenge.
To find out more about developing for Nokia Lumia and Windows Phone 8, go to http://www.developer.nokia.com/
For more information on how to develop NFC apps for Nokia Lumia go to http://www.developer.nokia.com/nfc, check out the Lumia Developer’s Library’s NFC section athttp://www.developer.nokia.com, or watch the Lumia App Labs session Developing NFC apps in Windows Phone 8 at http://youtu.be/x2RRDT_fUzI
Listen to your favorite tunes form a selection on 17 million tracks on Nokia Lumia!
Viber for Windows Phone 8 Now Live at the Windows Phone Store
Viber lets everyone in the world connect. Freely. More than 175 million Viber users call, text, and send photos worldwide – for free. Viber is available for Windows Phone, Android, iPhone® and other smartphones. We are constantly introducing new features, platforms and possibilities.
Viber is completely free with no advertising and we value your privacy. Viber integrates with your phone to provide the best VoIP experience. It syncs with your contact list, automatically detecting which of your contacts already have Viber. Your phone number is your user ID, so you don’t need a username and password.
- Free calls with HD sound quality
- Free text and photo messaging
- Share photos on Viber directly from your device’s photo gallery
- Connect with your friends in group conversations of up to 40 participants
- Share your location in messages
- Live Tiles
- Pin conversations to your home screen
- Lock screen notifications
- 30 supported languages
(*) Network data charges may apply
Download Viber for Windows Phone 8
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Viber for Windows Phone 8 Coming in the next couple of days
Viber, is one of the most anticipated VOIP services that everyone is waiting for to be available on the Windows Phone 8 Platform. According to wpcentral and via trutower.com Viber has been submitted to the Windows Phone Store and is in the certification process, a process that should take about 4 to 5 days, so we should be expecting Viber to be in the store in the coming days. There is no doubt that the Windows Phone platform is gaining momentum and we are seeing major apps coming to the platform everyday.
So keep and eye out and be sure to update to the latest version of Viber once released.
Lumia App Lab # 12 – Testing Windows Phone apps with Remote Device Access
Testing Microsoft Windows Phone 8 apps on multiple Nokia Lumia smartphones is an expensive exercise in buying and maintaining several smartphones in your own testing lab — until now. We recently added a range of Nokia Lumia smartphones to our Remote Device Access (RDA) service. Now you can test your apps on multiple models, free of charge, any time of day or night.
In this training-lab webinar, we show you how to access RDA for free, outline its features, show you how to set up your computer, how to use the service, and review the limitations of the service.
If you want to give your apps a thorough testing across the range of Nokia Lumia smartphones before submitting them to the Windows Phone Store, RDA is just the ticket.
A downloadable copy of the slides from the session can be found here: http://www.slideshare.net/nokia-devel…
For more details visit http://www.developer.nokia.com/RDA
Check out details of the other Lumia App Labs, including the future schedule, here: http://www.developer.nokia.com/Develo…
Pandora is ad-free for free through 2013 on your new Windows Phone
We’ve taken what people love most about Pandora—that feeling of a personal radio station created just for you—and made it even better. Only Windows Phone gives you Pandora ad-free, for free—for all of 2013.
That means no breaks and no pop-ups—just song after song of the music you love.
Download the Pandora app for your new Windows Phone: http://newwp.it/16LsYHo
Most of you already know Pandora as a personal radio service that gives you access to the music you love anytime, anywhere. You just put in the name of one of your favorite artists and Pandora will create a custom station that plays similar tracks.
You’re probably familiar with Pandora looking something like this. You’ve got your stations, your songs, but it mostly looks the same across all platforms. Until now.
Here’s what sets Pandora on Windows Phone apart:
First, only Windows Phone lets you pin your favorite stations to your Start screen so you can get to your music faster.
When opening the Pandora app, you’ll immediately see recent stations or check out new stations listed by genre. When you find a station you love, click it, go to settings, pin the station, and pin it to your Start screen.
From your Start screen, you can start playing with one tap, and you can pin any many stations as you want. You can also always glance down at the Live Tile to see what track is playing, without having to open the app or launch a separate player.
Second, and this one is a big one for parents, this is the first Pandora app to automatically filter out explicit content when launched in Kid’s Corner. Kid’s Corner is a unique feature on Windows Phone, which allows you to create a special screen within your phone with only the content and apps you want your kids to have access to.
When the Pandora app is launched from within Kid’s Corner, explicit content is automatically blocked. So let your kids go from Raffi to Rihanna without worrying about them adding a new four-letter word to their vocabulary.
As you can see, Windows Phone delivers the best Pandora experience. It’s the most personal, it’s kid-proof, and it’s ad-free for free for the rest of the year.
NFC in my life
With the introduction of the new Lumia range and the fact that NFC is part of the standard offering on most devices, Nokia have set a new standard in the way we do things. So what can NFC add to my life and how I can streamline my day to day activity with NFC. Think of NFC as a push button for a robotic task, lets say that while driving my car, I want to call my wife. The conventional way of doing this task is to go to either dial my wife’s number from my contacts of from my speed dial, in both cases i will be distracted, with NFC i can program an NFC sticker, place it on my dashboard and while I want to carry out this task I only have to point my Lumia 920 to the sticker and the phone will take care of the rest. Another example of how NFC can streamline my daily tasks is that before I go to bed i can have a pre-programmed NFC chip set my alarm, dim the screen and play my relax tunes.
NFC possibilities are endless and Nokia have recently released an app to facilitate the creating of NFC workflows and writing them to supported tags. Nokia NFC Writer.
Nokia also have a superb range of accessories that are NFC enabled like the Nokia Wireless Charging Car Holder, JBL PowerUp Wireless Charging Speaker for Nokia, Nokia Luna Bluetooth Headset with Wireless Charging, JBL PlayUp Portable Wireless Speaker for Nokia.
The only wish i have as a Lumia 920 user is that it would have been great if Nokia included a couple of NFC tags in the Lumia package content to get us started with this amazing technology,however its not a big deal you can always buy a set of NFC tags for cheap for the following vendors. rapidnfc.com, nfcdirect.co.uk and tagstand.com.
Tell us how do you use NFC and share your experience.
Lumia App Labs #11 – Developing applications for Nokia Lumia phones using Telerik controls
With a membership in the Nokia Premium Developer Program, you’re provided a free license to the entire suite of Telerik RadControls. These controls are designed to decrease the development time for your Nokia Lumia apps and to help increase their ratings in the Windows Phone Store. Over 40 custom are included and they are already used by a number of publishers with top-selling apps. The controls offers a wide range of capabilities to complement the stock UI toolbox, such as powerful animations, data visualisation, and design templates.
In this Lumia App Lab Michael Crump, an evangelist with Telerik, gives you a brief overview of RadControls for Windows Phone, including interaction controls for animations, charting, and trial reminders; productivity controls, including diagnostics; and design controls, including Windows Phone Design Language templates and hub tile controls. Then Michale illustrates how to use the control and development techniques in coding demonstrations.
A downloadable copy of the slides from the session can be found here: http://www.slideshare.net/nokia-devel…
For more details visit http://www.telerik.com/products/windo… and get your Premium Developer Program membership here: http://www.developer.nokia.com/Develo…
Check out details of the other Lumia App Labs, including the future schedule, here: http://www.developer.nokia.com/Develo…
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Nokia Developer at Mobile World Congress 2013
Join Kenny Mathers, Director, Programs and Monetisation at Nokia, to discover the success Nokia found at this year’s Mobile World Congress. Among the show highlights: 2000 developers visiting the Apps Developer Conference, launch of the Nokia Lumia 720 and Nokia Lumia 520, Asha Developer Competition, relaunch of the Nokia Developer Champions program, Premium Developer Program, Nokia Ad Exchange, 3D printing, and nine awards.
“The most exciting thing I’ve seen about this event,” says Kenny, “has been the enthusiasm for Windows Phone and the optimism developers are showing for that platform, and we are starting to see consumer really, really come to this platform, so I think it’s an exciting year ahead.”
Among the nine awards Nokia received during the show the Nokia Asha 305 won ‘Best Feature or Entry Level Phone’ at the GSMA Global Mobile Awards 2013. Full details on Nokia Conversations:http://conversations.nokia.com/2013/0…
Check out the great programs mentioned:
Asha Developer Competition: http://www.developer.nokia.com/ashade…
Nokia Advertising Exchange: http://www.developer.nokia.com/nax
Premium Developer Program: http://www.developer.nokia.com/Develo…
Nokia Champions: https://www.developer.nokia.com/Commu…
3D printing: http://www.developer.nokia.com/Commun…
Burton mobile app, exclusively for Nokia Lumia
Check out the exclusive Burton mobile app, available only for Nokia Lumia. It’s the best app a snowboarder could have. Download it now: http://nokia.ly/YWqxxQ
