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Nokia announces Create Mini Mission competition winners and new challenges

Nokia’s Fred Patton has taken to the Developer blog to announce the Create competition winners. Developers are tasked to create apps for Windows Phone and Nokia Lumia. The previous contest, Nokia Future Capture, was centred on imaging and the Lumia 1020. This contest however, has multiple categories,

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redBus.in, India’s largest bus ticketing service, comes to Windows Phone

redBus.in, India’s largest bus ticketing company, have launched their official Windows Phone app. While they’ve had an Android app for a while, Windows Phone users should be happy to be next in line. The popular service offers tickets for over 12,000

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Telecom in New Zealand rolling out Lumia 920 firmware update to enable 4G

We’ve received a tip that the New Zealand mobile operator Telecom is currently rolling out a firmware update for the Nokia Lumia 920. It’s believed the update unlocks 4G connectivity, which was previously disabled. The network will be launching its 4G upgrade next month and

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Nokia Lumia 800 survives a three and a half month dive in a lake

A diamond may be forever, but Nokia phones come pretty dang close to matching diamonds in toughness. Case in point, a Swedish man who dropped his phone in a lake three and a half months ago. He recently found his Lumia 800

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Nokia wins patent battle against HTC in the UK; now seeking sales ban

Finnish manufacturer Nokia has scored a victory against HTC today with a British court ruling in its favour over mobile telecoms technology. The judge concluded that HTC had infringed on a European patent held by Nokia – “Modulator structure for

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Nokia’s double digit growth today bodes well for the Windows Phone platform

Today Nokia reported its most recent quarterly results. Lumia volumes were up 19% sequentially, hitting a new record of 8.8 million shipments.  As Daniel pointed out earlier, these aren’t anywhere near iPhone volumes.  Apple shipped almost 38 million iPhones, or 4.3x

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Nokia thanks users for getting Instagram on Windows Phone, teases with image of the app

During Nokia World last week, one of the big software announcements was for Instagram on Windows Phone. The process in getting the app officially on Microsoft’s platform has taken months (if not longer), resulting in copious amounts of frustration from users

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Nokia Future runner up, Social Scene brings time-lapse photography to Windows Phone 8

Time-lapse photography can create some interesting effects. The technique involves recording film at lower frame rates than that used for playback. The end result is what appears to be a sped up film – think the opposite of slow motion.

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Nokia World 2013 – all you need to know!

Nokia World 2013 is almost over and the main announcements have all been made. You’ve got the new Lumia 1520, Lumia 1320 and Lumia 2520 that offer unique new experiences for consumers. Windows Phone finally sees its first 6-inch smartphone, while Nokia attempts to tap into

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Nokia launches HERE Explore to help you find new places

Nokia has always been strong in mobile mapping. The HERE mapping platform powers not only Windows Phone 8 apps, but helps provide navigation services and location solutions for companies like Garmin, BMW, Oracle and Amazon. It’s a very valuable business

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