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Force Tethering(Internet Sharing) Update on Your HTC Windows Phone

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Yesterday i was just surfing around the web to find out if there’s an update released for the first generation Windows Phones specifically for my HTC 7  Mozart, which enables tethering i.e Internet Sharing via Windows Phones.Caught up in discussion with some of my friends over Twitter and coincidentally as spotted earlier yesterday  by pradeep from WMPU.

Tough he got the notification yesterday itself,as we know the notifications always tend to be some what tricky and takes some time to hit on one’s Windows Phones,so today i tried the oldest and the most successful trick to force the update on my HTC 7 Mozart.So all you HTC Windows Phone owners who are eager to get the Internet Sharing update on your device here’s what you need to do.

First of all,connect your phone to your PC and open the Zune PC software,hit the update button and see if you are getting any update notifications,if you are not getting any new HTC Windows Phone update notification do the following.(keep the phone connected and the Zune Software open)

1.Hit the update button on Zune,only this time around when the software is checking for update disconnect the internet connection after 5 seconds.

2.You will now see the HTC update notification for your Windows Phone.

 3.Now reconnect your Internet Connection and hit the update button to proceed further with your update.

The update with the firmware  2250.21.51007.401 would eventually be installed on your phone after the usual 10 steps update process of Windows Phone update ,duration of the update depends upon your network speed and the amount of current data in your phone,since after downloading the update it also needs to back your phone up before installing the update on your phone. .

4.After completion of the update (with 10 steps) go to settings tile of your phone and scroll down to check the Internet Sharing option on your device,from there you can configure your sharing with other devices from your Windows Phone securely.

You can connect upto 5 devices to your Wifi Internet Sharing from your Windows Phone.The updates is slowly rolling out worldwide and in some parts of the world its carrier dependent,so all those having carrier branded  HTC Windows Phone devices make sure that your carrier supports Tethering.Happy Sharing :D

Qualcomm President Elaborates Windows 8 And Windows Phone Plans

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Qualcomm and Microsoft have collaborated on Windows Phone devices for the past year. Every Windows Phone device that has debuted since 2010, including Nokia’s new Lumia phones, runs on Qualcomm’s Snapdragon mobile platform.However,Nokia has already announced it intends to use chips from Europe’s ST-Ericsson in upcoming Windows Phone devices. But Qualcomm President Steve Mollenkopf says the company will continue to work with Nokia and other manufacturers on Windows Phone products,forbes reports.

In an interview ahead of the company’s annual Analyst Day in New York, Mollenkopf added, “We’re quite pleased with how [the Windows Phone collaboration] is going”.He also confirmed that Qualcomm’s relationship with Nokia for Windows Phone devices is “ongoing” despite the Nokia/ ST-Ericsson tie-up.Despite the low share of Windows Phone in US markets,there is still hope for Qualcomm from the upcoming Windows 8.The much-anticipated update to Microsoft’s ‘big Windows’ operating system will be the first version of Windows to support the ARM processors which Qualcomm and other mobile chipmakers use. The move will enable Qualcomm to move beyond phones and tablets into laptops and other gadgets.
Though Windows 8 is still some months away — Microsoft won’t say exactly when it will be released — Qualcomm is already working on Windows 8 devices and applications. “We’re investing very heavily to really prepare for [Windows 8],” said Mollenkopf.He also said, ” upcoming Windows 8 devices will share certain characteristics, such as extreme slimness and portability. Windows 8 laptops could resemble Apple’s sleek MacBook Air.”

Windows 8 will not only enable Qualcomm to sell chipsets for new classes of gadgets, it also shows that smartphone-like features can and should be incorporated into non-phone devices.One example of this phone/PC crossover is Windows 8?s “connected standby” feature, which pulls data for email and social networking updates even when the device is on standby or — in the case of a laptop — closed. This “always-on” connectivity and power efficiency is a trademark smartphone feature. “That’s exactly what we talked about with smartbooks,” contends Mollenkopf. “It’s a phone use-case, now appearing in the heart of the PC market.”

Nokia Supposedly Prepping Windows 8 Tablet for Second Half of 2012

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All of us know that today is the launch date of Lumia 800 ,Nokia’s First Windows Phone in some of the countries in Europe region.Nokia Partnered with Microsoft to bring the new Windows Phone ecosystem to a new level a few months ago and is working hard to make it a successful one.

Now a new rumor has surfaced which reveals Nokia’s plans to get into the Windows 8 market with their version of Windows 8 based tablet according to a french windows phone website.According to the site apparently a French news paper caught up with Nokia France Head Paul Amsellem who reportedly revealed the future plans for Windows 8 tablet from Nokia is on the cards and that we can expect the first Nokia branded Windows 8 tablet as early as June 2012.

Also revealing the plans for some higher end as well as lower end Windows Phones from Nokia to take the Lumia series a step further.For what all of us know by far is that Windows 8 is expected to hit in the Q3 of 2012 ,so the date mentioned by the french site looks quite an infeasible one,but you never know,strange things happen!

If this turns out to be true,Nokia would eventually have to compete with the biggies like Samsung,Dell,HP who are well settled in the tablet business already,so Nokia would have to pull something huge if they want to withstand the competition.

Ballmer’s Speech Misinterpretated,No Windows 8 Phone As of Now

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Steve Ballmer was addressing shareholders  annual meeting yesterday and when one of the shareholder asked shareholder asked “if we were in the post-PC era”.The statement he made after that question,has given rise to many bloggers articles around the web talking about the thing which he didn’t actually meant to say.This is what he said,

“Well one thing I know is, we’re certainly not, we are in the Windows era. We were, we are and we always will be. That’s kinda what we get paid to do. We’ve got broad Windows initiatives driving Windows down to the phone. With Windows 8, you’ll see incredible new form factors powered by Windows from tablets, small, large, pens, smaller, bigger, room-sized displays. We are in an era in which the range of smart devices is continuing to expand. That’s a fantastic thing for Microsoft. That is a real opportunity.”

 

So after this statement all the bloggers around the web started posting about steve confirming the Windows 8 phone totally misinterpreting the actual statement steve made during his reply.If you can carefully listen to the following recording you can easily make out that there’s a pause between the two words phone and windows 8.

Video Courtesy[Winrumors]

At this moment all we can say that Windows 8 based phones are not coming as of now,but if you are still itching to get hands on with one of such devices then you might be interested in the ITG’s xpPhone2 which is expected to be released next year running windows 8 on it.

Nokia Announces Lumia 800 and Lumia 710 in India

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After the revealing of their first Windows Phones at the Nokia World last month it was expected that the first Windows Phones would eventually make it to the indian mobile phone market and today Nokia officially announced the Lumia 800 and Lumia 710 for Indian Markets.
Both the devices Featuring the latest Mango update of Windows Phone packed with more than 500+ features.Both the phones feature a 3.7″ Display,while the Lumia 710  features a WVGA TFT display the Lumia 800 features a ClearBlack AMOLED display,talking about  the processing power well here both of them are pretty Even-Stevens  with 1.4 Ghz Qualcomm processor and 512MB RAM to go with it.The Lumia 800 being the higher end device will feature 16GB of internal memory while the smaller one Lumia 710 would feature 8GB memory,the 800 would sport a 8 Megapixel display and the 710 would feature a 5 Megapixel display,both the devices would Feature The Nokia Maps.

While they haven’t yet announced any pricing details for the phones at the moment,according to the early estimates excluding the taxes the Lumia 710 would cost around 19,000 INR and the Lumia 800 would cost around 28,000 INR.The phones would hit retail stores in the mid December.

Image Credits Nokia

Lenovo Making Windows Phone? Leaked Images Of Lenovo S2 Windows Phone Smartphone Surface

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lenovo-s2-windows-phone-leaked-imagesIt seems like Lenovo is making a Windows phone of their own. In recent times, a lot of companies who have traditionally manufactured PC’s have gotten in to making smartphones. This started happening just as the first viable platform for such OEM’s became available in the market — Android. And now that Windows Phone has received positive critical feedback from across the industry, a lot of these companies are jumping in to making Windows Phone devices. Acer is amongst the latest of such companies to announce their intention of creating a Windows phone.

Now it seems like Lenovo is also pursuing the same trajectory but without letting out the slightest hint about it. Until now that is. Photos surfaced earlier this week showing off a hitherto unseen Windows Phone smartphone device. It is allegedly called the S2 and carries a clear Lenovo branding on top below the earpiece. From what is apparent in the photo, it has a 4.3 inch display and it runs Windows 7.5 Mango. It also seems to have a front-facing camera. The shape of the device is roundish and is very similar to the Lenovo IdeaPad K1 tablet, which makes it more believable as an under-development Lenovo product.

The photo’s were posted by Winphonexap.com and they also talked about the possibility of an Android version also being in the pipeline. No specs or dates are available as of yet but rest assured that we will post about it as soon as we find out ourselves. Keep watching this space.

Nokia Lumia 800 and Lumia 710 Leaked,Coming to Europe in November ,US Early Next Year

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Recently there were a lots of leak floating around the web for the upcoming Windows Phones from Nokia and as per the earlier leaks, Nokia sea ray, sabre and ace are expected to be revealed today by Nokia.

But even before the official announcement Tom warren has got hold of  some details about two of the upcoming windows phones,the Lumia 800 i.e the “Sea Ray” and the Lumia 710 i.e the “Sabre”.

While the Lumia 800 looks like the Windows Phone version of the Nokia N9,Sabre i.e Lumia 710 on the other hand will feature a 512 MB RAM and 8GB of memory and as per nokia’s new naming conventions Sabre looks like an entry level affair while the Sea Ray a mid range while the 3rd one which is missing from this leak the Lumia 900 i.e “Ace” will most probably will be a high end device.

These devices are expected to be revealed later today and the availability of these two devices is expected in the month of November in  the Europe.However United States people might have to wait till the year 2012 to get hold of the Nokia Windows Phones.
via [WMPU]

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Windows Phone Marketplace Hits 35,000 Apps on It’s 1st Anniversary

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Windows Phones were launched a year ago with multiple manufacturers like HTC,LG,Samsung,Dell and along with the launch of the new ecosystem Windows Phone Marketplace was released with 1,000 apps with the initial launch.

After the initial stages the marketplace were made available worldwide with many developers coming to the newly growing platform in the month of November with new flurry of apps and games coming to the marketplace with Xbox Live titles and some remarkable apps and games from the independent developers as well.

As we celebrate the first anniversary of the Windows Phone and the Marketplace Launch the marketplace reaches yet another milestone with over 35,000 apps in the marketplace and quite recently with the release of Mango the Web Marketplace also went live.

According to WPApplist here are the current statistics of the Windows Phone Marketplace.

  • There are 35234 apps worldwide
  • 35131 in the USA Marketplace
  •  5081 of the apps are inactive
  •  52% of the apps are available for FREE
  • The  Average price of the apps is $1.70

So now it’s in the list of top 3 platforms with a large number of quality apps in the store the top two being Android and iOS and with the recent development and Mango release and the SDK with 1,500 more API’s the future looks promising.

Microsoft Wastes no time in Launching Skype Site After the Acquisition

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Microsoft launched its new Skype website today.The new site mentions what all new things are going to be introduced,and how Microsoft will take it to another level.

Microsoft announced that Skype is an entirely new business division within Microsoft. Steve Ballmer said that “Skype is a phenomenal product and brand that is loved by hundreds of millions of people around the world” and that Microsoft “look forward to working with the Skype team to create new ways for people to stay connected to family, friends, clients and colleagues — anytime, anywhere.”

Skype CEO Tony Bates will assume the title of president of the Skype Division of Microsoft immediately, reporting directly to Ballmer. The Skype division will continue to offer its current products to millions of users globally. Longer term, Skype will also be integrated across an array of Microsoft products to broaden Skype’s reach and accelerate its growth as a fundamental way people communicate online. Skype employees will continue to be located around the world in offices including Estonia, the Czech Republic, Russia, Sweden, the United Kingdom, Luxembourg, Japan, Singapore, Hong Kong, and the United States.“By bringing together the best of Microsoft and the best of Skype, we are committed to empowering consumers and businesses around the globe to connect in new ways,” Bates said. “Together, we will be able to accelerate Skype’s goal to reach 1 billion users daily,” Bates said.

Microsoft had already promised on making Skype available for its Windows Phone 7 users Mango update and it seems that they will eventually fulfill their promise.However, Microsoft has wasted no time adding Skype to its wide range of products although, if you want to download Skype you will realize that it still directs you to old Skype page.

Checkout the Microsoft Skype Site

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HTC Radar Windows Phone Mango Device Launched in India For 23,990INR

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Today Microsoft was to officially launch the Windows Phones in india in a press event in New Delhi,at the event they showcased some of the Windows Phone devices which will be available in india in coming months along with tthe introduction of the new Mango Features to the Media.

Parallel to this event HTC  announced their first Mango device for indian Markets the HTC Radar powered by 1GHz Qualcomm processor and 512MB RAM and with a crisp display of 3.8 ” Super LCD Screen,sports in 8GB of internal memory and a 5 megapixel camera (rear facing) and a front facing camera for video calling.

This makes it the second windows phone after Samsung Omnia W which was announced last week by samsung but that device will be available in the month of november ,but this one will be available in the market within a few days from now tops next week and we can also expect HTC Titan somewhere around the end of the year in india.

This one rather looks like HTC Mozart with a Front Facing Camera with rest of the specifications quite similar(baring the 8 Megapixel camera),if history is any indication we will soon see a price drop for this one as well as with the first generation windows phones which dropped to as low as 16,000INR from HTC the Mozart and the HD7.