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After just a few short months at v2.0, Microsoft’s own SkyDrive app is now sitting pretty at 3.0. What’s an extra point get you? For starters, it’ll support all incoming Windows Phone 8 products, and it’ll also allow users to search their SkyDrive files / folders. Moreover, you’ll find new settings for photo upload and download size, as well as updated app icons and visuals. Microsoft has also improved performance when it comes to loading one’s content, but as of now, the 3.0 update won’t play nice with WP7 handsets. Hit up the source link if you’re hungry for more.

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SkyDrive app gains Windows Phone 8 support in version 3.0 originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 07 Nov 2012 12:03:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Seems like just a few days ago that Best Buy inadvertently outed its pricing of the Lumia 920. While the company eventually pulled its listing, its pricing for the upcoming Windows Phone is looking more solid than ever. You see, a shopper in Naples, Fla., was recently able to snag a photo of an in-store display that once again pegs the Lumia 920 at $150 with a two-year contract or $600 outright. Keep in mind that Best Buy’s pricing may not be the same as AT&T’s own offering, but it’s worth putting this on your radar in the buildup to its debut — especially if the Smurf shirt crew manages to come in cheaper.

Update: Following AT&T’s official announcement this morning, Best Buy is following suit by pricing the Lumia 920 at $99. Company representatives tell us the smartphone will be available for pre-order at all Best Buy and Best Buy Mobile locations beginning tomorrow, and the Lumia 920 will be available for purchase this Friday.

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Best Buy pricing once again pegs Nokia Lumia 920 at $150 on-contract (update: now $99) originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 06 Nov 2012 03:03:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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If you ever wondered what it’d be like to keep every single bit of communication you had with other people on the web to yourself in an archive, today is your lucky day – so says Evernote. In a team-up move with the folks at mysms, Evernote has become able to store text message conversations inside its archive. With a simple download and activation of mysms you’ll have a connection to Evernote with just a couple of taps.

It’s quite easy to do and backs up your whole text messaging library as it happens in a set of new notes. Each time a conversation continues, that original note is updated. Evernote has made this whole process simple for the folks at mysms to integrate as Evernote’s APIs are both completely open and documented – that means anyone could do this sort of thing, really, but Evernote has officially “given the blessing” in this case.

With mysms you’re able to work with Android phones and tablets, Windows Phones, iPhone, and your desktop as well as inside any sort of web browser. This integration works on certain devices better than others, but iPhone, Android, and Windows Phone are able to save to Evernote with ease.

This app is now part of the Evernote Trunk, a site that brings you the best and brightest in apps connected directly with Evernote in many fun and helpful ways. You’ll also see such gems as Scalar, Found, Cotton Notes, QEver, and Cloud Magic, just to name a few. Have a peek at the timeline below to see a selection of other recent Evernote updates and the apps that aim to bring your Evernote experience to the next level!

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Evernote teams with mysms for text messaging storage is written by Chris Burns & originally posted on SlashGear.
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Windows Phone 8 will “really ramp quickly” now that Nokia, HTC, Samsung and others are onboard, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has insisted, though he conceded that the platform is “still relatively small.” Speaking in Israel this week, Reuters reports, Ballmer cited the market demand for a “third participant” in smartphone platforms, something to compete against iOS and Android.

“With the work we have done with Nokia, HTC, Samsung and others” Ballmer said, “there is now an opportunity to create really a strong third participant in the smartphone market.”

That third player is something many analysts and manufacturers insist carriers – and consumers – are calling out for. Apple’s growing position as the “default” choice, and Android’s complexity, they say, means there’s a class of entry-level smartphone buyer that is under-served, and would appreciate an OS that was readily approached and convenient.

Microsoft will play on Windows Phone’s interaction with Windows 8 – and Xbox – in its commercial campaigns for the new software, emphasizing the ease of which data can be shared between PC, tablet, phone, and console. According to Ballmer, Microsoft plans more marketing and advertising around the platforms than at any point in its history.

You can find our Windows Phone 8 review here, and our Windows 8 review here.

Windows Phone 8 will “really ramp quickly” insists Ballmer is written by Chris Davies & originally posted on SlashGear.
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Not every developer had the luxury of putting a flight to Redmond on the corporate tab so that they could attend Microsoft’s Build 2012 conference in person. Much to their delight, they won’t have to. The company has posted streaming video for every session addressing Windows 8, Windows Phone 8 and beyond, ranging from the two keynotes through to nuts-and-bolts framework talks. Be warned: most programmers will want to know Visual Studio and similar tools like the back of their hand before tackling some of these sessions. If they emerge unscathed, though, they’ll be well-equipped to live in Microsoft’s Windows Store world.

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Microsoft posts Build 2012 session videos for eager Windows 8, Windows Phone 8 coders originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 04 Nov 2012 03:39:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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