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Indie developer lauds Windows Phone

As the Windows Phone continues to gain traction in the mobile phone market, the Windows marketplace appears to making the process for adding apps easy for developers. The marketplace passed the 100,000 app mark last month, and one indie developer’s statements help explain why the phone may see increased success.

Brian Calder of Tiny’s Fury Studios, which recently released Monster Katz on the Windows market, was pleasantly surprised by the process. Calder, who has experience working with iPhone, Android and Windows Phone, said Tiny’s Fury was planning on launching its premiere title on the Xbox Live Indie Games (XBLIG) marketplace, and wanted to have the game on multiple platforms. Since, Calder did not have a lot of time to code multiple versions of the game, he decided to try just one first, and “we realized we could port our code to Windows a lot easier than we could port it to Android or iPhone.”

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Nokia announces more Lumia phone apps

Nokia is bringing more great apps to its Lumia phone line, as well as games through its partnership with Zynga. The apps will be available on the Windows Phone marketplace starting this week in a phased approach. A list of some of the apps is listed below.

 

 

 

 

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New Jersey’s Seton Hall University gives all incoming freshmen a Lumia 900

Who says higher education doesn’t pay? New Jersey’s Seton Hall University has decided to take one small step towards the future by handing out Lumia 900 phones to freshmen upon orientation.

This is done to integrate technology with the school’s curriculum and students are to use Seton Hall’s very own SHUmobile app. With it, freshmen may interact with each other, find peer academic advisors, learn about the housing situation and get to know their roommates. The school is even prepared to give the students pre-paid access to AT&T through the fall semester, but after that they’re presumably on their own.

Similar projects have been seen before with Abilene Christian University giving out iPhones and Seton Hill University doing the same with iPads, for example. Education always needs to be developing in quality and keeping up with the current times. What better way to do that than embracing new technology?

Source: Engadget

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Another chance to win a Lumia 900 from Microsoft (US only)

Another chapter in Microsoft’s recent, inexplicable obsession with food, is their newest competition. If you feel like trying to win a Nokia Lumia 900, go to this blog post and comment about your experiences of cooking with Windows Phone.

This is a random draw competition and the winner will be selected on or before June 30th. Check back to the blog post for the announcement, and if you’re the lucky winner, claim your prize by sending an email to wpblog@live.com, subject line “Cooking with Windows Phone”, with your full name, preferred email address and Windows Phone Blog screen name on or before July 10th. Official rules are available here.

Good luck!

Source: Windows Phone Blog

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AT&T impressed by Lumia 900 launch

Ralph de la Vega, AT&T Mobility president and CEO, was impressed with the launch of the Lumia 900 and looks forward to Windows 8.

“I am really pleased with what I am seeing out of Microsoft and Nokia coming out with their first product,” said de la Vega at the JP Morgan technology conference. “The reception of the Lumia has actually exceeded our expectations. So we think there is a very good chance that Microsoft will have a very good OS that will be right there with iOS and Android.”

De la Vega’s comments are something to be excited about for Microsoft, after claiming a meager 1.7% market share in the first quarter of this year, which did not include any Lumia 900 sales. If the phone continues to make strides, it may improve the second quarter’s numbers substantially.

De la Vega also spoke about the prospects of the Windows 8 phone. “When [Microsoft] come[s] out with Windows 8 in the fourth quarter, I think it will actually add to the value that that OS brings to the marketplace,” he said. “That will be the first time that you can truly have a similar experience on your PC, on your tablet and on your smartphone from Microsoft.”

Source: zdnet.com

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Lumia 900 Update Fixes Purple Hue

Updated firmware on the Nokia Lumia 900Seems Nokia is at it again, with updates to their Lumia 900 brand. This time Nokia is fixing the pesky bug thats been plaguing the 900 series. A strange purple hue has been blanketing phones when using a dim or low backlight setting. If you are on AT&T, and own a Lumia 900, go ahead and connect it to your zune service and get the update right now. Hit the jump for the official bug fixes.
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Andy Dick shares his love for his White Nokia Lumia 900

Andy Dick loves his Lumia 900

An American comedian, actor, musician and producer Andy Dick has enjoyed his new Windows Phone so much that he wanted to shared love. In a post on Twitter (see picture) Andy can be seen using his White Nokia Lumia 900 while wearing matching white Monster ear phones. Andy calls out the Slacker Radio app specifically in his post.

It’s good to see the Nokia Lumia 900 – and Windows Phones – getting love and attention from celebrities so much they want to share that love.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Source: WMPowerUser

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Upgraded AT&T contracts get Lumia 900 for $10 via Amazon

AT&T customers rejoice!

Customers up for an upgrade on their contract can get a Nokia Lumia 900 for a mere $10. Amazon has the phone on sale down from $499.99.

If you wish to add a new line or are a new AT&T customer, you will have to pay $39.99, and if you want to buy the phone without a contract the price is $449.99.

You can see the offer here.

Source: Amazon (via wmpoweruser.com)

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Consumer Reports recommends Lumia 900 as a gift

Those of us based in the USA are probably already looking forward to all the shindigs and hootenannies of June. As kids get ready to graduate and dads to celebrate their own existence, a respected consumer organisation, Consumer Reports, has listed the top 7 electronics gift ideas. According to them, the best phone to get for dads and grads happens to be the “former world’s best phone” (according to Siri), Nokia Lumia 900.

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The Nokia Lumia 900, which runs on AT&T’s high-speed 4G LTE network as well as its HSPA+ 4G network, is the best Windows phone we’ve tried so far. It also has some stunning features: a 4.3-inch AMOLED display and an 8-megapixel camera with a wide-angle (28mm), large-aperture (F2.2) Carl Zeiss optics, for starters. It’s $100 with a two-year contract.

It seems that graduating and fatherhood does pay off pretty well, after all.

Source: ConsumerReports.org (via WMPU)

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Nokia phones really are indestructible!

You’re not still using your phone as a phone, are you? So old fashioned! A new viral video demonstrates a feature in Lumia 900 that few of us knew about: it makes a pretty good hammer!

Is that the Nokia CEO Stephen Elop calling at the end? He probably endorses this new feature.

It seems that Lumia 900 is living up to the legacy left by the Nokia 3310 and other ancestors. When you drop an iPhone, it cracks. When you drop a Nokia, the ground breaks in a fantastic wave of earthquakes!

Source: Youtube

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