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Windows Phone Based Nokia Lumia 601 Rumored
- Nokia Lumia 601
Several months ago Nokia’s first Windows Phone-based smartphones – the Nokia Lumia 710 and 800 were introduced at Nokia World in London. Later the new Nokia Lumia 900 was shown in an official video, and we thought it was the last phone from the line, but now a picture of a new Nokia device has leaked via PocketNow, and it looks like the rumored Lumia 601…
Unfortunately, not much is known about this Nokia Lumia 601 for now other than the fact it has an 8MP camera with flash (you can say this after looking at the pic) and runs Windows Phone Mango (just like all the other phones from the line). As for the other specs, there are rumors that it will most likely have a 1GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon chipset with 512MP of RAM. And, judging by the photo, the screen seems to be a 3.7-inch WVGA. Plus we can guess that the phone will have Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and all the other connectivity features all modern smartphones in general and WP-based phones in particular have.
Of course, this Nokia Lumia 601 doesn’t seem to be a really powerful smartphone, and though its rumored features are way better than those of the older Nokia phones, they’re much more “modest” compared to phones like the HTC Sensation XE and XL, the new Samsung Galaxy Nexus and the others. But I can’t say it’s bad, no. After all, there are many people looking for good but cheap phones not equipped with the latest technology inventions, so the Nokia Lumia 601 will most likely be very popular among these people. The Nokia 800 (which is way more powerful than the 601) is offered by mobile operators for free with a two-year contract and about ?24 monthly, so we can guess that the Nokia Lumia 601 deals will be even more affordable.
So, summing up all the info above, I can say that if the Nokia Lumia 601 is real (don’t forget that there is a chance that it can turn out to be a fake), it’ll be a nice phone with not that interesting design, but equipped with rather good features. And if it’s cheap, too, it’ll surely find its buyers. So let’s wait and see if it gets official soon.
The first phone with Windows Phone Mango
Fujitsu Toshiba presented the first smartphone with Windows Phone Mango. The new device is named IS12T and it is waterproof by standard of protection IPX5. Moreover, the thickness of the phone is only 10.6mm. The model also has Qualcomm MSM8655 processor (probably @ 1GHz), 3.7” display, 13.2 MP camera with auto-focus, 32GB memory, Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR and Wi-fi. This amazing smartphone is powered by Windows Phone Mango and will be available in several colors – pink, yellow, green and black. Unfortunately it may be available only in Japan.
HTC Eternity – a WP7 device with front-facing camera
HTC Eternity
Some photos and specs have leaked of the HTC Eternity – rumored to be HTC’s first WP Mango phone. The device has a giant 4.7” WVGA Super LCD screen and an 8MP camera with dual-LED flash, but sadly just a 1.5 GHz single-core processor. Not what you’d call slow, but still not the best one out there. The battery is a standard 1650 mAh, so battery life should be decent. The most interesting feature perhaps is the front-facing suggesting camera, that Skype integration might be just around the corner.
Tags: battery life, camera, caption, core processor, eternity, lcd screen, led flash, Phone, width, WVGA
Galaxy S device with Windows Phone is coming?
Samsung Galaxy device powered by Windows Phone 7? The idea seems to be the one from Samsung, the company would have a prototype of the successor of Samsung Focus.
Codenamed “SGH-i917“, the Galaxy would be a Windows Phone thinner than the Galaxy S2 and could have 4.3 inch super AMOLED screen, 8-megapixel camera with LED flash, 1 GB of RAM and 16/32 GB memory for the ‘storage.
Obviously, the features are only hypotheses, but a Windows Phone based Galaxy S2 seems to be coming for sure, maybe this fall with the wave of smartphones with Mango.
Huawei will go with Windows Phone devices
Taiwan based Huawei company was not in the list of new partners that Microsoft announced during the presentation of the update Windows Phone 7 Mango, but it featured ZTE. ZTE and Huawei are major competitors and it seems that Huawei will also not miss the opportunity to join the competition in the market for smartphones with Windows Phone. However, the company will not be hurried to do so, as it plans to offer such devices until next year. However, the inclusion of ZTE means that soon we will see cheaper devices with Windows.
Tags: list, mango, Microsoft, new partners, Phone, Smartphones, Update, update windows, windows phone, ZTE
Windows Phone 7 – complete fail or not?
No file system access:
No file system access means
a) you can not use it as USB thumb drive
b) you can not share files with different computers
c) there is no file downloads from web and no useful ftp clients and similar apps because they are useless without fsa
d) you can not open files with different apps unless maybe you email them to yourself, which is complicated but is the common way to get files on iPhones and it will also be like that crap on Windows Phone 7
No SD cards
We don’t have to explain why that sucks. Terabyte SDXC cards are on the way and Windows Phone 7 buyers are stuck with built in 8-32GB. And you have no thumb drive mode and no SD card to take out and load files on it.
No copy and paste
No, you are not dreaming to live in 2007. It really is 2010 and Windows Phone 7 really has no copy&paste. Is this ridiculous or what?
Tags: access, drive mode, file, iphones, Phone, Read, sd cards, System, thumb drive, Windows, windows phone, Windows Phone 7
Windows Phone 7 with new certificate
This is a new feature for Windows Phone 7. An API will be provided for external services to validate that a call is coming from a Genuine Windows Phone. This will be accomplished by a requirement that every phone have a unique certificate applied during manufacturing process (similar to an IMEI, but more than a simple number, an actual .cer).
iMulator – iPhone like music player for Windows Mobile
- Windows Mobile Device
- Windows Media Player ( It’s librarys are used to play the songs )
- Microsoft’s Compact Framework ( Click )
- Approximately 5 MB of RAM
- Approximately 3 MB of StorageScreen Support List:
- 240 * 320
- 480 * 800
Unknown
- The Rest
Does NOT support
- NONE
What is NOT (yet) in it?
- The Landscape album view. ( will not be implemented )
- Playlists ( will be implemented for paid versions )
- The ‘AlbumArt’ icons when browsing Albums ( will come )
Windows Mobile 6.5 Titanium plugin CAccessoiries + CContact
It is based applications offered by chriscsh (cLaunch v0.25 / CSettings v0.1 / v0.1 CGAM ) and has the particularity to appear in the central part page, and on both of other pages located before and after. You can slide left or right to select the next page to display, it’s only for QVGA devices.
Microsoft Facebook 1.2 for Windows Mobile
This Facebook version is out on the Windows Marketplace for Professional devices so it should work on every WM6.5.x touchscreen phone and any screen resolution.
Windows Phone 7 – The “Genuine Windows Phone” certificate
This is a new feature for Windows Phone 7. An API will be provided for external services to validate that a call is coming from a Genuine Windows Phone. This will be accomplished by a requirement that every phone have a unique certificate applied during manufacturing process (similar to an IMEI, but more than a simple number, an actual .cer).
Tags: April, claunch, Facebook, genuine windows, librarys, Mobile, News, Phone, Read, storage support, Windows, Windows Phone 7
Windows Phone 7 theme for WM6.5.x and Titanium
A theme inspired by the new Windows Phone 7 for Windows Mobile 6.5.x and Titanium. The goal is to create a nice clean looking theme with a WP7 feel to it. At first it will be (W)VGA compatible. This is a work in progress!
Windows Phone 7 Series theme
Windows Phone 7 Series Theme for all Windows Mobile devices, this is a theme for the new and fast ThrottleLauncher 1.0 final version.
Features:
- Scrollable home page
- Animated real contacts on homepage
- Animated pictures tile with differents thumbs from selected folder
- Animated Me tile
- You can choose your own photo for the animation
- Animated contacts name for People page
- People page
- Games page
- You can choose a xbox live Avatar
- Six colors for the tiles(Blue,Orange,Red,Green,DarkBlue,Yellow)
- You can use original wm taskbar
- Original Windows Phone 7 footer
- Battery indicator(Thxs to HDOwner for the graphics)
- Little clock
- You can add your favorites apps on home page
Windows Phone 7 Series will not have a file nanager
Microsoft’s Mobile Communications Business Senior Director Todd Brix has revealed to us that the company will enable a different methodology for file management on the next-generation mobile OS. Rather than have the traditional File Explorer, Microsoft will hide all the file structure from end-users, much like the iPhone, and instead will offer to organize files into relevant hubs, as one method. The company did not reveal any details in our brief conversation, but files will be automatically handled by the platform, from synchronization with the PC or cloud to arranging and managing the content and data on the device.
Windows Phone 7 Series theme – free download
To use it, install the cab file below, then click on the icon in the start menu.
To exit, long-tap on the right side of the screen.
Settings is also listed in the long-tap menu.
To lock the device, click on the top of the screen, near the clock.
Current features:
People hub with recent, all contacts, and a list of contacts Facebook status updates.
Bing search with background changing depending on Bing picture of day.
Live tiles (Javascript based, set a URL in the settings to your own)
Program launcher
Lock screen
Tags: Bing, cab, cab file, click, file, long tap, menu, program launcher, screen, screen settings, status updates, Windows Phone 7 Series
First Windows Phone 7 Series device is from LG
The Engadget Show Live is currently streaming and Aaron Woodman from Microsoft has just shown off the first Windows Phone 7 Series from LG.
Tags: Aaron Woodman, Engadget, Live, Microsoft, Read, Show, Windows, windows phone, Windows Phone 7 Series, woodman
