Microsoft and Nokia Announce Unified Map Style Going Forward

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Microsoft and Nokia partnered almost a year ago to bring a better mapping experience to Bing. Today they have finally announced some results from the partnership. Their plan is to bring a unified mapping experience to Windows Phone and online maps. They talked about three major...

Smoked by Windows Phone 90% Successful at MWC

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Smoked by Windows Phone got its start at CES this year, but Ben the PC Guy has taken it all the way to Barcelona to Mobile World Congress where the challenge is doing pretty well. Out of the 18 contests held so far, Microsoft has won 16, tied 1, and lost only 3. Not bad for a challenge...

Good for Windows Phone Lets You Bring Your Own Phone to Work

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It can be tough to work for a strict company that doesn’t let you use your own personal phone, especially for those of us that love phones. Luckily Windows Phone is already very enterprise friendly, but Good aims to make it even more secure. With Good you get password protected...

Share Physical Objects in the Digital Realm with Illumishare [Research]

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If you thought the Holoreflector from Microsoft Research that I posted earlier was interesting, then Illumishare is going to blow your mind. It’s currently a combination of camera and projector that allows you to share physical objects in the digital realm. Not sure what I mean?...

Soccer Fans, Goal.com Now Has A Windows Phone App

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Let’s get one thing straight. I live in the US. I call your football soccer, I spell things with a Z, and it’s totally aluminum, not aluminium. Now that that’s out of the way, if you’re a soccer fan, (see what I did there?) you can check out Goal.com’s new...

Tango is not a Software Update, it’s an Engineering Update

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Perhaps the biggest announcement to come from Mobile World Congress so far aside from the various line up of Nokia phones is that the Tango update will be coming “soon”. Tango has had some users worried about fragmentation and available features on new handsets thanks to...

Carphone Warehouse Expects the Lumia 900 in June

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Back in January Carphone Warehouse had a splash page set up for the Nokia Lumia 900, and they claimed it would be available in June. If you head over here you’ll see that the page has been thrown up once again. Nothing else here to report, but it is interesting that it would take...

Lumia 610 Available For Pre-order in the UK

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If yesterday’s official announcement of the Lumia 610 got you excited, then you’ll be pleased to know that today, Unlocked Mobiles is selling the 3.7″ device for 164.98, VAT included. The phone is unlocked and SIM free and is expected to be available around May 14, 2012...

Kinect and Windows Phone Will Blow Your Mind with Augmented Reality

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If you wanted to live to see the day where holographic images and augmented reality could become feasible, then you have Microsoft to thank for that. Check out this video demonstration of Kinect and Windows Phone used together in conjunction to create a pretty interesting demo. The...

Samsung Will Have Windows Phone 8 Devices at the End of the Year

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While Nokia continues to pump out Windows Phones other OEMs seem content to wait until Apollo is released at the end of the year. Matt Brum, head of product management, says they are looking forward to delivering WP8 handsets at the end of the year. Matt had this to say: “We’re...