Showing posts with label Windows Phone. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Windows Phone. Show all posts

Notification Center To Land In Windows Phone Soon

                        Yeah,I know that at this moment ,WP 8 doesn't have a notification center but that doesn't mean that it will never have a notification center.


At the BUILD conference yesterday, Microsoft’s program manager Thomas Fennel said:

“Because we ran out of time. It’s very very important to me… we get tons of feedback from developers that they want something like that as well. I promise we’re thinking very very hard on that one.”

As we know that it was Android who first introduced the notification center,and iOS soon after that basically copied that whole that thing , bringing a few modifications.I just hope that the WP edition doesn't become a copycat.Well,let's hope for the best!



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Microsoft Sued For Its Live Tiles

The patent breakage lawsuit originates from SurfCast, an OS development company based in Portland, which owns a patent granted in 2004 pertaining to a “System and method for simultaneous display of multiple information sources.” Just from that title alone, it would sound like SurfCast could sue over just about anything from Google News to Hootsuite. Of course, the patent itself isn't quite as broad, but still not great. It details a GUI that ”organizes content from a variety of information sources into grid of tiles each of which can refresh its content independently of the others.”

It reminds me of the Live Tiles, though doesn't really look all that much like Live Tiles. But, don't get disheartened Micrsoft fans. Microsoft also holds a patent for Live Tiles, which covers “systems and methods for providing a user interface mobile devices enable data and services available through mobile device to be represented as a set of tiles maintained a display space.” Microsoft's patent was filed back in 2006, but it was rejected in 2009 specifically because of the prior art existing in SurfCast's patent. Microsoft reapplied and the patent was granted in 2011.

               SurfCast names “Windows Phone, Microsoft Surface with the Windows RT Operating System, Microsoft Windows RT, Microsoft Windows 8, Microsoft Windows 8 Pro, and Microsoft Windows 8 Enterprise Operating System” in its suit, but surprisingly leaves out Windows Phone 7/7.5, which has been using this same system for 2 years now, going back to before Microsoft held a patent for the system. The same couldalso be applied to any of the now 120,000 apps that have been submitted to the Windows and Windows Phone Stores, because Microsoft details ways for developers to create Live Tiles, which means each app would be infringing when it is submitted to the store.

In return Microsoft will go to court in order to prove that its method for displaying information in boxes is "unique" compared to the method of displaying information in boxes that was patented by SurfCast.
 

 You can go over to http://www.surfcast.com/ and have a look at their website.
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Angry Birds Roost Exclusively For Lumia Users

Good news for Lumia users.Angry Birds Roost is an exclusive app for Nokia Lumia handsets. But before you get ready to play the latest Angry Birds battle, you need to know one important thing. Angry Birds Roost is actually not a game but is a virtual store where you can buy all things regarding the game. Wanna buy a ringtone or Angry Birds video? This is the place to for those things as well as a holiday gift for the super Angry Birds fan on your list.

You can also catch the latest Angry Birds news direct from developer Rovio. In addition, one cool feature allows you to snap a picture, add your favorite Angry Birds character, and send it to your facebook and twitter fans. This is sure to make your iOS and Android owning friends jealous ! If you own a Nokia Lumia model and just need to know what is going on with the Angry Birds, you can install the app for free .If you want the next Angry Birds game, Angry Birds Star Wars is coming out November 8th.



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Windows Phone 7.8 Features Leaked



Microsoft didn't mention anything about WP 7.8 in its event. Joe Belfiore and co didn’t even announce a date when the update will be released.


                               Whoever is managing the Windows Phone Italia Facebook page seems more talkative, however, and answered a question from a fan, revealing the new features that v7.8 will bring. The response has been deleted since.
The list includes the new homescreen, something called 'Club',  Xbox Music and SmartGlass.
           
                      In case you don't know yet, Windows Phone 7.8 will be released for 7 and 7.5 devices, as the old phones won't get updated to WP8.
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Nokia Lumia 820 Up for Sale In UK


                         After Windows Phone 8 was released it is now time for Nokia & Microsoft's other partners to unleash the potential of WP8.The first WP8-powered smartphones should probably be introduced to us in the next week, so it's time we learned the prices
               Carphone Warehouse has released the info about the Nokia Lumia 820 in the UK. The smartphone outlet is offering the device SIM-free for £379.95.




                      Other major UK stores such as Expansys and Phones4UK are taking in pre-orders for the Lumia 829, but they haven't revealed the asking price yet.
                         
                 The device is already on sale in Germany and has started shipping in Europe.

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Top Best Finance And Management Apps For Windows Phone


                        After Windows 8 has released and Windows Market has 125,000+ apps,Microsoft is promising a huge boost for its app ecosystem, as more and more people equip themselves with those phones.

Best personal expenses and finance apps for Windows PhoneSo I decided to look into the apps that are available in the Store regarding business and money management.

            There are a few WP-specific apps, while most popular names are also there,which are pretty well made.







1.Pageonce Personal Finance(Free)

          This app automatically organizes your accounts and collect your transactions, help manage your bills and send you real-time notifications – all this from the convenience of your Windows Phone .
Features:
• Bill management on the go
• Monitor credit card transactions
• Check bank account status
• View detailed bill statements
• Review investment portfolios
• Receive account activity alerts and push notifications
• Safe and secure
• Remote data destruct in case you lose your phone

2.Stocks Tile($0.99)

             This app  provides a quick overview of stock quotes and realtime change. It can show charts for different periods as well as detailed stock information and news. Supports live tile updates with push notifications on 5min intervals or more. Up to 4 stocks can be displayed on tile. All stock information is retrieved from Yahoo! Finance.

Stocks Tile screenshot      Stocks Tile screenshot     Stocks Tile screenshot


3.Stocks(Free)

       This app helps you to track your favorite stocks and indices right on your Windows Phone. Keep a list or use the "quick search" feature to easily find today's hottest trade. See the latest quotes at a glance, or dive into the details for price/earnings ratio, market cap, volume and more. Want the full picture? Get up-to-the-minute market news with direct feeds from Bing.

4.My Budget($0.99)

         My Budget is an easy solution to balance your accounts, track your expenditure, and manage your money and more. As a personal finance application one can enter receipts, assign each transaction to a category and to an account.
My Budget V2 is rewritten completely to do the following
1. Support multiple accounts.
2. View balances at a glance.
3. Checkbook Registration.
4. Schedule Bills and Transactions with recurrence
5. Track expenses with spending limit
6. Transaction history.
7. Passcode protect

5.Toshi Finance(Free)

          You know Toshl, tight? It is available on almost every major platform, so if you have been already using it, you can just log onto your account from your Windows Phone, and sync your prior info.

The apps offers a great and simple interface, and all bells and whistles for managing a budget with income and expenses. If you want to manage more than one budget, or need more export formats, you'd have to dole out for ToshlPro, though, and that's $20 annually. 


6.Expensify(Free)

          Best things in life are free, and, as users on other platforms know, Expensify is one of the best options to manage your expense reports, complete with receipt scanning, creating a report and emailing it for you. Road warriors will appreciate it.


7.Finance Helper(Free)

           All-in-one income/expenses tracker, including recurring items like bill payments, which can be displayed on a Live Tile as "due soon" or "past due", for example. In addition to loan payments calculator, you also get numerous export options and syncing with Windows 8.


8.myMoney Book($2.99)

         With a great Modern UI interface, and all the necessary options to manage a balanced budget, including backup, myMoney Book should be on the top of every Windows Phone owner's list for a personal finance app. It has an edge in terms of versatile Live Tile display of your content, but one caveat, too - it is paid, to the tune of $2.99.


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Lumia 920 Is Fat Says HTC


            HTC called Lumia 920 a fatty on its Facebook page ,comparing it to the HTC 8X and didn't just stop there.They added that Lumia 920 is 20 pennies heavier than its HTC counterpart.

                        The American penny weighs exactly 2.5 grams. So 20 pennies weigh 50 gms, meaning HTC is referring to the 55 g heavier than the WP 8X Lumia 920.

Here’s the picture attached to the post.




                              This rivalry over who’s Microsoft’s favorite started when the HTC Windows Phone 8X and 8S were released as “signature” devices. Nokia’s Head of Marketing Chris Weber took to Twitter to call out HTC as just tactically rebranding their portfolio unlike Nokia, which is “driving an industry-leading smartphone franchise exclusively around Windows Phone”.



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NFC Sharing Between Android And Windows Phone

Well good news for both Android as well as Windows Phone users.Well,it seems that it is possible to send things like contacts and web page URLs through NFC  between an Android device and a Windows Phone 8 device.In tests between a HTC Windows Phone 8X and a Samsung Galaxy Nexus running Android 4.1 Jelly Bean it has been shown that URLs and contacts can be sent between the devices, in both directions. However, using NFC on Android is a little simpler and requires less taps than on Windows Phone 8.




                             It has been a long time since Android supported near field communication (NFC) but it has recently been ported to Windows Phone 8. The new mobile OS from Microsoft has a feature called “Tap + Send” which is available under the “More …” -> Share menu.

Don't get so excited,though.There is a limit on what can be sent between platforms. Using two devices with the same OS it is possible to share photos and videos between phones. But across the Windows – Android divide you get an error saying that large file transfers aren’t supported.

               Although this is all very good news for consumers, its bad news that photos & videos can't be sent.
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