Mobile

Nokia Chief Says Multi-Core Phones Waste Battery

Gizmodo AU

Windows Phone runs pretty damn zippy on Nokia’s top-end Lumia phones, and they’ve only got single-core processors. Maybe that’s why Nokia CEO, Stephen Elop, told a Chinese newspaper that “the so-called dual-core, quad-core mobile phones can only waste batteries, but not be useful for consumers all the time”. What say you?


April 4, 2012
Mobile

Nokia Lumia 900 Review: This Might Save Windows Phone

The Lumia 800 was one of the most beautiful phones ever built in the long history of phone-building. It is widely acknowledged as the best Windows phone around. The next version, the Lumia 900, is bigger, faster and is, ultimately a phone that every single person should consider owning.


March 26, 2012
Mobile

Nokia And Microsoft Launch $24 Million App Development Center

Microsoft and Nokia are continuing their love-in, today announcing plans to invest a cool $US24 million into a new app development centre, to be based in Finland.


Mobile

The Fanboy And The Phone: A Love/Hate Story

In the ‘90s, no nerd-debate was more contentious than that over the “best” computer operating system. Were you Windows, or were you Mac, or were you Linux? Rifts formed in communities, hateful epithets were hurled and friendships were destroyed. It was the geek equivalent of the abortion rights debate.


February 27, 2012
Mobile

Skype For Windows Phone Available In Beta

Good news, WinPho lovers: you can now use Skype on your handset. The beta is available to download now with the official release due in April.


January 31, 2012
Mobile

Dutch Retailer Outs Nokia Lumia 910

Gizmodo AU

Hot on the heels of the Nokia Lumia 800 getting an official release month in Australia, a Dutch online site has confirmed the rumoured specifications of the Nokia Lumia 910. Not just a 900 rehash; the Lumia 910 will boast a 12MP camera, 16GB of storage, HSDPA speeds and a 4.3 inch display.


January 30, 2012
Mobile

Lumia 800 Coming To Oz For All Carriers In March

Gizmodo AU

We’ve wondered for a while which carrier would pick up the Nokia Lumia 800 in the Australian market, and Nokia’s just made it official. The answer is “all of them, and possibly others, too.”


January 10, 2012
Mobile

HTC Titan II Hands On: Giant Windows Phone Now Has 16MP Camera and LTE

The Titan II is the good kind of sequel: It doesn’t screw up anything that made the original a fan favorite, but it adds everything they want. Like a crazy 16-megapixel camera, LTE (at least on AT&T over in the States) and a massiver battery.


Mobile

Lumia 900 Hands On: The Best Windows Phone Made Huge And More Awesome

The Lumia 900 is a gorgeous phone — gorgeous enough to make waves if it hadn’t been beaten to the party by its little sister the Lumia 800. Or maybe two sisters, if you count the closely related N9.


January 7, 2012
Mobile

Microsoft Wants Your Next WP7 Software Update To Be A Surprise

Getting a firmware upgrade notification on your phone is like getting an early birthday present — you’re extra excited because it’s wholly unexpected. Now, Microsoft is ensuring that every new WP7 update gives you that “early present feeling” by borking their popular Where’s My Phone Update feature. But why?