Mar 19
Huawei has backtracked on plans to launch a dual-OS Android and Windows Phone smartphone, saying that despite comments by execs earlier this month, it has no intention of releasing a … Continue reading
Mar 18
Lock screens for smartphones are usually a pretty boring affair. They’re great if you want to check the time, check whether you have any notifications, launch your camera, or adjust music playback controls.
However what if you could jazz up your lock screen a bit? Wouldn’t that make life a little bit more interesting? Well maybe, maybe not, but the avid Instagram user, you might be pleased to learn that Instagram for Windows Phone recently got an update that includes lock screen support. (more…)
Instagram For Windows Phone Updated With Lock Screen Support original content from Ubergizmo. 
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Mar 17
When it comes to smartphone platform market share, iOS and Android are currently dominating. Android has managed to nab first place followed by iOS, with Windows Phone and BlackBerry lagging behind. However this is based on overall market share and obviously there are markets in which one platform does better than the other.
Over in Romania, it seems that Microsoft’s Windows Phone platform is holding its own and has reportedly managed to overtake Apple’s market share in the region. This is based on data collected from GfK and confirmed by Vodafone and Microsoft in the country. (more…)
Windows Phone Beats Out The iPhone’s Market Share In Romania original content from Ubergizmo. 
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Mar 17
Earlier today Microsoft released OneNote for Mac, and it also made its popular note-taking application free for all. With the app, it was also rumored that the company would launch Office Lens, an app that brings optical character recognition to Windows Phone. Sure enough, Office Lens is out today, and it lets users convert photographs of text into editable text format right on their Windows Phone devices.
Office Lens is essentially a camera application, since the idea is to take a picture of an object with text on it. It could be anything, such as business cards, printed documents or whiteboards. The app has three modes, photos, document and whiteboard, to suit each scenario. Once a picture is taken, the text is transcribed and saved automatically to the OneNote app.
The app requires users to log in with a Microsoft Account, the one that is associated with that particular Windows Phone device. This ties up everything nicely, as saved data automatically gets added to OneNote, which syncs it across all platforms on which Microsoft’s note-taking application is being used. Office Lens for Windows Phone is live now and available for download through the Windows Phone Store. Just like OneNote, Office Lens too is available for free.
Office Lens Brings Optical Character Recognition To Windows Phone original content from Ubergizmo. 
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Mar 16
When it comes to Microsoft’s Windows Phone mobile operating system so far, you can more or less say that Nokia has been at the forefront of championing Microsoft’s cause, with just a couple of efforts from Samsung with their ATIV S as well as HTC and their HTC 8X. However, three smartphone manufacturers, Lava, Karbonn, and Xolo that happen to be based in India intend to jump aboard the Windows Phone bandwagon by targeting the potentially lucrative emerging smartphone market.
Lave, Karbonn, Xolo To Venture Into Windows Phone Market original content from Ubergizmo. 
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Mar 14
One of the ways that we can transfer data from our smartphones to another device, like our computers, is through the use of a data cable or perhaps even internet. Those are perfectly legitimate ways of transferring data, but what if you did not have a data cable, or what if the file is too big to transfer via the internet?
Well off the top of our heads, we’d say that times like these a USB flash drive sure comes in handy, and the good news for Windows Phone users is that with the upcoming Windows Phone 8.1 update, it looks like not only will the platform support USB HID class accessories, but it will also support removable USB flash drives as well. (more…)
Windows Phone 8.1 Could Support Removable USB Flash Drives original content from Ubergizmo. 
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Mar 14
Nokia X hits 1m China preorders
Posted in: Today's ChiliNokia made no bones about the Nokia X being a play for the emerging smartphone audience, and it seems the Android-forked Windows Phone lookalike is off to a good start … Continue reading
Mar 13
Huawei will launch a dual-booting smartphone in Q2 2014 that can be switched between Android and Windows Phone, the company has confirmed, arguing that using both will ease people into … Continue reading
Mar 13
Barnes & Noble has ceased development on its NOOK app for Windows 8 and Windows Phone, and will instead simply provide content for Microsoft’s own “consumer reader” platform, a regulatory … Continue reading
Mar 13
Huawei, a company that has remained in the background for quite a long time simply being an ODM (Original Device Manufacturer), and intend to make the transition to an OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) company in this year. After rolling out devices for other companies for quite some time, they have now ended up as the third largest handset manufacturer in the world. Huawei’s expertise to date include rolling out Android-powered devices, and it does seem as though the company intends to work on a dual booting Windows Phone and Android handset.
Huawei To Introduce Dual Boot Windows Phone And Android Device original content from Ubergizmo. 
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