Last night Google to the relief of Windows Phone 8 users announced that it was extending Exchange ActiveSync support for Gmail till July 31, from the earlier stipulated date of January 31. As it made this announcement Microsoft concurrently announced in a blog post that CardDav and CalDav support was in the works for Windows Phone 8 and this will allow users to sync their calendar and contacts with Google services using the IMAP protocol that is already built-in to the Windows Phone platform. (more…)Goo...

Microsoft has been extremely coy about the Windows Phone 7.8 launch for the current Windows Phone 7.5 hardware. Ever since the launch of the Nokia Lumia 510, we’ve known pretty much everything about the OS as it has been powering some of the newer lower-end Windows Phones. The features per say don’t dazzle the users of the current Windows Phone 7.5 Mango devices, but honestly something is better than nothing. It looks like someone from Windows Phone Columbia has jumped the gun on Facebook and announced th...

Ever since Microsoft announced the update to Windows Phone 7.8 for the first generation Windows Phone hardware, people have been wondering about the actual feature set that will be available to end-users and when it will be available. Microsoft has announced that it will be launching Windows Phone 7.8 in early 2013. (more…)Google+

We are live at Nokia’s press event in Delhi where it has officially announced the Lumia 510 in India, which has been spotted in the wild multiple times in the past month. The entry-level smartphone will offer Windows Phone features at a new price point, taking over from the Lumia 610 which had been the most affordable Windows Phone smartphone so far. The Lumia 510 will start retailing in the first week of November in India. At the moment, Nokia is saying it will be priced under Rs 11,000 but will reveal...

Leading cloud storage service, Box, today released a Windows Phone version of its mobile app. Through the app, users can not only store and retrieve files from the service but also comment and read comments in case the files are shared with others. Considering it is Windows Phone, users can also pin a live tile to the home screen and get updates whenever someone comments on their files. (more…)Google+

Nokia has started rolling out Windows Phone Tango update for the Lumia 710 and Lumia 800 smartphones. We have updated our Lumia 710 and can confirm It brings new features like flip to silence calls and Wi-Fi tethering that converts the user’s data connection into a Wi-Fi signal and the device can be used as a Wi-Fi hotspot to share with up to five other devices. The update also brings a few camera related software features as well as some other utility features.UPDATE 1: While we have received other sof...

Microsoft is now listing the Windows Phone Tango update for existing devices on its OS update history page. The page now lists Build 8773.98, which is shipping on the European variant of the Nokia Lumia 900. This update brings some minor tweaks to the table such as messaging, and SIM card contact. (more…)Google+

Nokia India hasn’t had much to talk about since the launch of the Lumia 800 and Lumia 710 last December. That is reportedly set to change with the impending launch of the Lumia 900 and Lumia 610 in June. OnlyGizmos is reporting Nokia India is starting its sales team training for the two Windows Phone 7.5 smartphones in India this week and will be launched in June. The Lumia 900 is likely to be priced at Rs 28,000 and the Lumia 610 at Rs 11,000. (more…)Google+

Nokia is expected to roll-out an update for the Lumia 800 in the coming days that will update the phone OS to Windows Phone Tango. The software build has been spotted on Nokia’s servers and bears the build version 1750.805.8773.12140.Windows Phone Tango version will finally bring Internet sharing (creating a Wi-Fi hotspot from the phone’s data connection) and enhanced MMS capabilities among other features. We also hope to see further improvement in the device’s battery performance. Consideri...

Nokia blew the pants off everyone at this year’s MWC when it announced the 808 PureView with its mind-numbing 41-megapixel camera sensor. We checked out the device ourselves recently and pretty convinced it is the best camera we have seen on a smartphone ever and might even choose it over a high-end stand alone point-and-shoot camera. However, the 808 has a shortcoming – it runs on Symbian, a dated OS that just cannot compete with iOS, Android or Windows Phone OS. At MWC, Nokia had said it will br...

Current crop of Windows Phone 7.5 smartphones apparently won’t get upgraded to the next version of Windows Phone 8 codenamed Apollo. The Verge citing its sources, claims that Microsoft has no upgrade path from Mango to Apollo. Microsoft has so far stayed mum on the matter, only stating that current apps will work on the next Windows Phone upgrade. (more…)Google+

Microsoft has updated its cloud storage service SkyDrive with some much needed changes. To begin with, it now supports OpenDocument format apart from Microsoft Word. Users can now also upload files up to 300 MB from a web browser and can share stuff on Twitter.The biggest update, however, especially for Windows Phone users would be support for URL shortner. Unlike the past, when any photograph shared from a Windows Phone to Twitter would have a lengthy URL, SkyDrive will now use a short URL starting with sdrv...