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[How To] Share Music And Video Files Via Bluetooth On Windows Phone 8?

by Hans Gogia • June 21, 2013

It is a known fact that Windows Phone is a developing mobile operating system unlike iOS and Android which are pretty much developed. Windows Phone lacks a proper file explorer and due to this the usual way of sharing files has been confusing. We did a little survey and found that people actually hunt for videos and tutorials for sharing media file over Bluetooth on Windows Phone 8. Since this a new feature among Windows Phone freaks as it was not there on WP7 or WP7.5. We too made a short tutorial on how to share media files over Bluetooth in the following simple steps.

Nokia Lumia 925 vs Galaxy S4 vs HTC One vs Xperia Z vs iPhone 5: Which Smartphone has Better Camera?

by Rohit Khurana • May 28, 2013

On May 14, Nokia unveiled the Lumia 925 with striking features, a thinner and lighter body and many other improvements than its predecessors. Soon after the launch of the smartphone, the Finnish tech firm took sample images from their latest offering and compared them with the other rival smartphones.

Well, Nokia UK has shared these camera samples on Flickr and these images demonstrate the comparative low light performance between the Lumia 925 and its challengers including HTC One, Sony Xperia Z, iPhone 5 and Samsung Galaxy S4.

It is of course not too surprising to see the camera capabilities of the Lumia 925 as its predecessor – the Lumia 920 has a good track record in this segment. Being an improved variant, the latest one is sure to pack improved imaging performance with the features like optical image stabilization, superior optics and advanced processing algorithms.

Comparing the camera performance with the other rival smartphones, it clear that even the others possess closer imaging performance, but the Lumia 925 is likely to win the comparison with its capability to capture good photos in almost all the conditions expect a few.

From the first set of images, it is to be noted that the sample scenes from the Nokia smartphone have an extra level of detail and color accuracy as compared to the rest. Finally, the results show the excellent performance of Lumia 925 camera

The second set of images shared by Nokia UK are arguably less fair in terms of comparison as they show the variations in lighting from one side of the image to the other, which also gives the advantage to Nokia’s Lumia 925.

On the Nokia Lumia 925, Nokia Smart Camera takes ten shots in a short burst at a resolution of 5 megapixels and stores all ten for as long as you need them. Users can set Nokia Smart Camera as the default camera interface and open it from the dedicated camera hardware button. The regular camera mode is recommended for low-light and for best picture quality images.

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Nokia Lumia 920 Price Dropped To Rs.31,999

by Ritij Khurana • May 27, 2013

Nokia has just launched their flagship smartphone, the Lumia 925 globally and seeing the importance India has always held in the Finnish company’s lineup, the smartphone will soon make its way to the Indian roads as well. So to make way for the next flagship, the current flagship needs to be re-positioned and so has been the case with the Lumia 920, the torch bearer of the Lumia lineup as of now.

The Lumia 920 has had its price dropped from the earlier Rs.35,999 to Rs.31,999 and the wireless charging plate that the company was offering with the device earlier will still be a part of the bundled package.

Windows Phone 8 Update Adds FM Radio And Double-tap-to-wake Features To Lumia 920 And 820 and 720

by Nitesh Rathore • April 4, 2013

According to rumours Microsoft is working to roll out an update for windows phone 8. This update will bring FM Radio to windows 8 devices like Nokia Lumia 920, 820 and other compatible devices. Although this news is not confirmed yet officially. But according to The Verge, Microsoft will surely roll out this update. This support for FM radio hardware will be part of a General Distribution Release (GDR2) for Windows Phone 8. As we know that the latest operating system Windows phone 8 does not have feature of FM radio. Although FM Radio was supported by the Windows phone 7.5 and 7.8. And apparently Microsoft removed it from its latest windows phone 8 operating system, We don’t know why? But now it is going to available surely. And it will pretty useful for those who doesn’t streams music and love listening FM.

Windows phone 8 update will bring FM Radio, double-tap-to-wake features

Nimbuzz For Windows Phone 8 Launched In Partnership With Nokia

by Hans Gogia • April 4, 2013

The famous universal IM client for mobiles, Nimbuzz launched its Windows Phone 8 Mobile app in the Windows Pone Marketplace globally. Nimbuzz is a cross-platform mobile messaging and entertainment app which allows users to message, video, call, meet, and share data with family and friends on any mobile device. With more than 150 million users in more than 200 countries, and more than 210,000 new registrations daily, Nimbuzz has now become the ultimate mobile communications tool.

Nimbuzz on Windows Phone 8 now supports resizable Live Tiles which users can choose as per their display on the device’s home screen. A larger Live Tile can also visually alert the user to the number of unread messages. Additionally, The Live Tile, regardless of size, will periodically flip over to show a segment of the content so a user can decide to immediately to respond, to join a chat group or to view later. The new Windows Phone 8 release of the Nimbuzz app also supports locked screen notifications. New communication alerts, whether they are chats, group chats, file shares or other notifications, can be viewed directly when the screen is locked, alerting the user of pending activity within the Nimbuzz app. The new version also delivers increased app performance and responsiveness. Nimbuzz was and is available for the Windows Phone 7.5 but it lacks the enhancements of WP8.

Nokia Lumia 820 Review– Benchmarks, Video Review, Camera Review And Performance

by Hans Gogia • March 30, 2013

Nokia Lumia 820 the mid-range Windows Phone 8 handset in the WP8 lineup along with Nokia Lumia 920 and Nokia Lumia 610 was announced in India on 10th January 2013. We had posted about the launch with pricing and details which can be viewed here. If you are planning for a Windows Phone 8 handset give a look here at our detailed review of the Lumia 820 below.

Nokia Lumia 520 and 720 Video Review, Price In India and Details

by Rohit Khurana • March 20, 2013

Nokia India has announced the new range of Lumia devices, the lower segment Nokia Windows Phone 8 devices – Nokia Lumia 520 and 720 launched at MWC 2013 in Barcelona. We got a chance to have a pre-launch hands on review of the Lumia series at Indian announcement in New Delhi India. In this article, we bring you exclusive hands on video review of Nokia Lumia 520 and Nokia Lumia 720.

Nokia Lumia 520 Features, Specs and Video Review

Nokia Lumia 520 is powered by a 1 GHz dual core snapdragon processor by Qualcomm. It has a 4 inch IPS display with display resolution of 800×480 pixels. It has 512 MB of RAM, 8 GB Internal memory, supports microSD cards of up to 64 GB. It runs the latest version of Windows Phone OS, the Windows Phone 8. In terms of camera capabilities, it has a 5 Megapixel camera with autofocus but without flash. It can record up to 720p of HD videos at 30fps. It has a battery of 1430 mAh.

It also gets all the features of the Windows Phone 8 OS with special features like Here Maps, Here drive and Here transit from Nokia.

Nokia Lumia 720 and 520 Launched At MWC 2013 (2)