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When Apple introduced the iPhone 4S, they brought along the Bluetooth 4.0 LE technology. Essentially this was Bluetooth but used less energy than its predecessor, making it ideal for accessories. In fact one of the criticisms Nike had about Android devices in general is that they had yet to adopt Bluetooth 4.0 LE across the board, hence the lack of FuelBand support for the platform. Well the good news for Windows Phone owners is that as far as Nokia users are concerned, Nokia has confirmed that Bluetooth 4.0 LE will be coming to its entire Lumia lineup in an upcoming firmware update that will come with recently announced Lumia 1520.

This was confirmed in an FAQ where it was asked if and when Bluetooth 4.0 would be arriving for Nokia devices. According to Nokia, “It is already available for 520, 620, 625, and 720 with Amber. With Lumia Black software update, Bluetooth LE will be enabled across the full WP8 Lumia range.” No word on when the Lumia Black update will hit all Lumia devices, but in the meantime we guess this is something worth looking forward to nonetheless. Will this wide adoption of Bluetooth 4.0 LE see Nike bring its FuelBand SE app onto Windows Phone devices?

Nokia Bringing Bluetooth 4.0 LE To Their Devices In Upcoming Lumia Black Update original content from Ubergizmo.

Nokia has announced that its Refocus application is now available for Nokia Lumia PureView devices. The images you can take using the Refocus application are very cool allowing you to shoot a picture and focus on specific areas later. Nokia says that the Refocus app is designed for scenes with lots of contrast in the […]

We have already heard whispers going around that since August, Microsoft has been testing out Windows Phone 8.1 internally, although information on such testing has been pretty much scant concerning the platform update itself. We already know that Windows desktops and tablets have already been on the receiving end of Windows 8.1 (aka Blue), but when it comes to the portable platform of Windows Phone 8, it has only seen the GDR3 update that has been geared in the direction of opening up new hardware setups rather than seeing the inclusion of additional software features.

Apart from that, the new leak also showed that there are multiple builds of the Windows Phone 8.1 software in testing, apart from it being internally tested as mentioned. This bit of evidence hails from the analytics information of the Facebook Pages Manager, where it depicted a minimum of eight different builds of Windows Phone 8.1 being tested. It remains unknown just who is using the FB Pages Manager exactly, or the kind of pages that are being managed at the moment. So far, it is expected for Windows Phone 8.1 to be released sometime in early 2014, where hope runs high for big software changes to be introduced to Windows Phone users, where among them include a Notification Center and Microsoft’s voice assistant that has been code-named Cortana.

Microsoft And Nokia Reportedly Testing Out Windows Phone 8.1 Internally original content from Ubergizmo.

Remember that day we reported on a list of Nokia codenames that had been leaked? Well according to new rumors, at least some of the devices might turn out to be true and they might be the Nokia Lumia 1820 (alleged render pictured above) and the Nokia Lumia 2020, although at this point in time we’re not sure what codenames these devices correspond with. This is according to the folks at NokiaPowerUser who claim to have gotten a tip on the upcoming devices, with the Lumia 1820 reportedly featuring a metal unibody (could this be the Spinel?) with a Lytro-like camera, while the Lumia 2020 is an 8” tablet that will trump the Lumia 2520 that was announced not too long ago.

According to them, the “Lumia 2020 will be the name of Nokia’s rumored 8-inch Tablet. This Tablet will run on Snapdragon 800 and will have a 1080p resolution display. It will be faster and have higher PPI display than Lumia 2520 and will come with stylus support. This Tablet and Nokia’s next imaging flagship Lumia 1820 with metal unibody and Lytro-style camera will be unveiled during MWC in 2014.” In any case take it with a grain of salt for now, but if the Lytro-like camera on the Lumia 1820 is true, it could be a pretty interesting device to look forward to. We will be live at MWC 2014 so be sure to check back with us then for the details!

Nokia Lumia 1820 And Lumia 2020 Rumored For MWC 2014 original content from Ubergizmo.

It has been widely believed that the range of devices Nokia unveiled during Nokia World at Abu Dhabi would be the last six devices the Finnish company would ever release, or at least until Microsoft finally acquires the company and drops the Nokia branding for good. Well the good news is that if you were looking forward to more Nokia devices in the near future, you might be in luck. According to the ever-reliable @evleaks, he has tweeted a bunch of codenames that are supposedly that of new Nokia devices, although at the moment not much is known about them but we guess these are names worth keeping an eye out for.

The leaked codenames include, Goldfinger, Moneypenny, Normandy, Phantom, and Spinel. Right of the bat the names Goldfinger and Moneypenny are recognizable as they allude to James Bond, and we have to wonder if there is any significance. More interesting would be Spinel, which according to its Wikipedia entry states that it is a magnesium and aluminum mineral, and given that Nokia has an aluminum phone in the form of the Lumia 925, we wouldn’t be surprised if they were to release another metal-clad device down the line. Either way we’ll keep our eyes peeled for more

Nokia Codenames: Goldfinger, Moneypenny, Normandy, Phantom, Spinel Leaked original content from Ubergizmo.