In what looks like an ironic twist, Nokia decided to shelve its rumored Meltemi platform last year, in a quest to scale up its Asha platform. MyNokiaBlog has revealed the proposed feature set for what was to be Meltemi. According to the report Nokia shelved the project as it decided that it would add most of the features of Meltemi to Asha. (more…)Google+

Nokia is expected to launch a few devices at MWC later next week, but the very reliable @evleaks has the jump on the Espoo-based company by leaking press shots of the rumored Lumia 720 and Lumia 520 Windows Phones on Twitter. (more…)Google+

Nokia’s switch to Windows Phone is now two years old. It was back on February 11, 2011, Microsoft’s Steve Ballmer and Nokia’s Stephen Elop signed the deal that allowed Nokia to switch to Windows Phone. Nokia has not exactly had a merry time during this transition and it has fallen from the pedestal of the top smartphone manufacturer in world as Symbian sales plummeted drastically. That said, Nokia managed a gargantuan shift of its core platform and soon started delivering Windows Phones with Nokia’s l...

One of most appealing features in the iDevices and Android devices is the ability to seamlessly transfer apps from one device to another. Now, imagine if you could do the same on the Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8. According to a report on WMPoweruser Microsoft is in fact doing just that in working towards unifying the Windows phone and the Windows 8 Store. (more…)Google+

Nokia has confirmed that the PureView 808 was the last smartphone to be powered by the Symbian OS. Over the last year Nokia has been making a transition to Windows Phone, with its Lumia line of smartphones. Nevertheless it had released the 41-megapixel behemoth, the PureView 808 at MWC 2012 to showcase its hardware leadership and hardware innovation. (more…)Google+

Airtel and Idea have increased their voice call tariffs and other carrier are expected to follow suit. In some cases the tariff has gone up by 100 percent while in others carriers are reducing free minutes and other benefits. This could offset most users’ monthly bills, especially for those who prefer making voice calls rather than relying on text messaging or IM. However, there are many free options available to replace traditional voice calling with apps that let you do the same over an Internet conne...

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...

Samsung has confirmed it will sell Tizen-based smartphones in 2013 according to a report by Bloomberg. While the company did not confirm models and specifications of the handsets in question, it confirmed that devices based on the new platform will be launched later this year. This comes a few days after a Japanese daily had reported about Samsung’s plans to release a Tizen-based smartphone in Japan with NTT DoCoMo as its carrier partner. (more…)Google+

Microsoft and Nokia are planning to invest $23.71 million into Nokia’s AppCampus program over the next three years to catapult the apps ecosystem on the Windows Phone platform reports The Next Web. (more…)Google+

A couple of days ago we exclusively reported that the Lumia 510 had been launched in India with Windows 7.8 update running out of the box and now WMPoweruser is reporting that the Nokia Lumia 800 has also started receiving the update to Windows Phone 7.8. (more…)Google+

HTC has launched the Windows Phone 8X  in India for Rs 35,023, which is its Windows Phone 8 flagship smartphone. The 8X has a beautiful unibody design that makes use of polycarbonate like the One X, but combines this elegance with the power of a dual-core Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 processor clocked at 1.5Ghz, 16GB of internal memory, 1GB RAM, a 4.3-inch Super LCD 2 panel with a resolution of 1280×720 pixels and a large 1,800 mAh battery. (more…)Google+

If you’re a Windows Phone user, but your computer is a Mac, then chances are that you are using the Windows Phone 7 connector. Well, Microsoft has rebranded the app as Windows Phone. (more…)Google+