Lumia Black Update (include GDR3) started rolling out in most of the countries .The update include major changes like smaller live tiles., Better hardware support, Screen rotation lock etc. which were provided by Windows and some other important stuff from Nokia which we will discuss below. Your phone will be checking for updates automatically in every week if you want to check it manually Go To phone settings >> Phone Update. Nokia Lumia 525,1320 and 1520 already ship with Lumia Black Update.




Here are the new features that comes with Lumia black update and check GDR3 for features that are provided by GDR3 update

• APP FOLDER Just like Android and IOS  you can now create folders in Home screen place any number of live tiles in them if you want less number of tiles on your home screen.
• Bluetooth LE Almost all Lumia phones with Windows phone 8 Comes with Bluetooth 4.0LE which enables you to connect with varies fitness Gadgets and much more
• Nokia Glance Screen 2.0 Nokia introduced a new feature named glance screen at Amber update this Feature allows you to wake up your screen for short time to check things like clock, missed calls,texts, email, calendar, appointments  and notifications from popular apps like Facebook, Twitter, Whatsapp and other familiar messengers.
• Nokia Refocus on the first look of Lumia 1520 we mentioned Refocus a new feature that allows you to shift the focus in the image to background and foreground even after taking the snap. Since it is not a simple task only the phones with RAM of 1 GB and above will be able to perform it.
• Nokia Beamer enables you to mirror your display to TV/laptop using WIFI DIRECT by scanning a QR Code produced at screen.Like Refocus it supports only phones with 1 GB or above
• Nokia Storyteller  organise your photos in maps using Geotagging
• Nokia camera combination of smart cam and pro cam to form better camera experience. It was available for pureview phones but through Lumia Black update it will be available for all phones. Nokia also enables latest imaging algorithms which will reduce noise in images.

Nokia 1020 and 925 were the first to get this update all other phones will get it later on this month.

Nokia Smartwatch

The Nokia Android combination has been a hot  till last month. Nokia claimed they are dropping Android project for development of wearable products.They even announced that  a smart watch will be launched at Q3 2014. The production of smart watch is  carried out by Nokia alone, ie, it is not produced by the smartphone division sold to microsoft.Adding spice to the current events @evleaks posted a picture of Normandy a Android device made by Nokia.The first image they posted  consisted of a red color phone later they posted a picture with Normandy in different colors.





Don't get too exited the picture can be about the dropped project that Nokia were talking about .The Normandy is said to be running on Forked version of Android (version which is  not similar to Google's version of android) following Amazon kindle fire's foot steps.If Normady is released it will be a low cost device just like Nokia Asha series.

Nokia Normady

Nokia Normady red color

Windows phone 8.1 has been the most rumored OS nowadays. The rumors started when Evleaks ( who else ) posted a Photo on Twitter showing Onscreen keys in Windows 8.1,similar to Android.After that many Rumors came regarding Notifactions center, Quick settings etc.The only thing we are sure about is Windows Phone Blue will be the Next update After GDR3. If the sources are to be
belived microsoft is testing this OS internally and will be avalible to developers from April 2014.If the screenshots below are not fake all our assumptions are true and we will get a heck of a OS next year.

Microsoft does what they does the best "They Ask people what they want the most and add it to Windows phone" (Just like GDR3 and all the new apps coming to Windows phone store ).

There will be a Notification Center which will appear when use swipe from Top to Bottom Just like Android and IOS.The Quick setting run by wiping the screen from the top down briefly. (If you scroll down to a certain length to activate the Notification center system mentioned above) by a quick setting the display settings that you frequently use. ( WiFi, 3G phone profile in the same way as Android).Ghost Notification which allows us to interact with the alert posted Immediately without having to open the app , such as press Like or replying messages in Facebook chat. also Notification center can be acessed from Lock screen.

Bing Search will be replaced by cortana. cortana will be activated by pressing the search button at the lower left corner of the phone,It will be similar to Siri of Ios and Google Now of Android helping you to find locations, set appoinments, Alarams etc.


Features to separately set the volume level of  ringing tone (Ringtone) and the sound of the music and video 's.

 Add Bing Smart Search feature as on Windows 8.1.

Add VPN support for enterprise level applications .

you can Install apps to SD card there is Rumor that it will be coming before the Windows Blue update.




Onscreen keys just like Android phone. This will reduce the manufactureing cost of phones by some extend.


These details can be only confirmed at 2-4 April until then we can hope these are not fake screenshots.

Nokia announced a new update called Lumia Black to add Bluetooth LE to all Windows Phone 8 Lumias. The Lumia Black update will enable the Bluetooth 4.0 Low Energy technology for the entire WP8 Lumia lineup. Nokia already enabled the Bluetooth low energy technology to low and mid range Lumia phones such as Lumia 520, 620, 625, and 720 by the latest Amber Update. Nokia announced that the Bluetooth LE will be available to high end Lumia phones by the upcoming update "Lumia Black" soon.








The Bluetooth LE allows you to connect your phone with special accessories like heart rate monitors. While doing that, thanks to Bluetooth LE connection, the accessory battery will last much longer, up to months. The technology is mainly aimed in applications in the healthcare, fitness, security, and home entertainment industries. Compared to "Classic" Bluetooth, BLE is intended to provide considerably reduced power consumption and lower cost, while maintaining a similar communication range

We have already discussed about the Upcoming Apps for Windows Phone 8. Now Here are the Upcoming Games For Windows Phone. Find your favorite game from the List.
                         

GAMES

Asphalt 8: Airborne

Windows released the list of Upcoming Apps for Windows Phone 8. The wait is almost over. The upcoming apps include famous photo sharing app Instagram, Addictive thrilling game Temple Run 2 etc.. We will discuss about the upcoming games in the next post

Here are the Full list of upcoming Apps and Games for Windows Phone 8.

Apps

 InNote is a handwriting note taker featuring a natural digital ink, a full set of tools and a beautiful UI.
It is the easiest finger writing app for taking notes, writing memos and making annotations. When you are at brainstorms, meetings or need a shopping list and to do list, InNote is here to help.

InNote is also an annotation plug-in app for CamScanner, which is an intelligent document scanning and management app.

FULL EDITING TOOLSET
� A full set of ballpoint pens, brush pen, marker pen, highlighter and quill pens
providing lifelike handwriting experience.
� A color palette of millions of colors
� A selection of paper templates
� Adjust the size of eraser

EASILY TAKE NOTES
� Smoothly hand writing experience on smartphone
� Insert text into notes and customize text size/color
� Embed and annotate images. Take a photo directly or import an image from album and use it within notes.
� Rotate and zoom image
� Record and play back your voice notes

GET ORGANIZED
� Change notebook name
� Preview note page thumbnails

SHARE YOUR NOTES
� Share notebooks in PDF format.
� Share pages in image format
� Use annotation feature in CamScanner, syncing edits to CamScanner

Check out other INTSIG products:
CamScanner � Intelligent Document Management
CamCard � Professional Business Card Reader

Lumia 1320 is the newly revealed  a mid-range phablet by Nokia ft Windows Phone 8. This Phone can be considered as a brother of Lumia 1520 which has 1080p 6-inch display  The new Lumia 1320 comes with 720p IPS ClearBlack 6-inch dispaly with 5MP autofocus camera and powered by a 1.7GHz dual-core Krait processor. It'll aslo come with 8GB of internal storage (with expandable storage) and 1GB RAM.

Dont know why-- The Finnish Developers Nokia codenamed Lumia 1320 as "Batman". We dont know yet why they compare this device with the caped crusader.
We can Consider Lumia 1320 as a very much enlarged Lumia 625 with a matte finish in three familiar color options.

Specs

Its a 6.0-inch phablet other than Lumia 1520, this time around with a 720p IPS ClearBlack display and powered by a 1.7GHz dual-core Krait processor. Nokia Lumia 1320 runs on the latest Windows Phone 8 GDR 3 OS and offers the Nokia Black (previously known as Bittersweet Shimmer) software package.
The System Chip is a  Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 with a Dual core, 1700 MHz, Krait 300 processor. Nokia Lumia 1320 is LTE-enabled and comes with a 5MP camera with a single LED flash on its back. It packs 1GB of RAM, 8GB internal storage expandable via a microSD slot and a 3,400mAh battery.

Nokia Lumia 1320 will become available early next year in orange, yellow, black and white flavors. The first countries to get it are China and Vietnam, with more Asian and European markets following shortly after. Nokia's suggested retail price before taxes or subsidies is $339.

Camera

Nokia who once used to be the leader in world's phone market is trying to regain it's Glory day's. After  Month's of Rumours  and After leaking in a Chinese e store Finally THE NOKIA LUMIA  1520  was  launched With two other models THE NOKIA LUMIA 1320   and A Tablet Lumia 2520 . All the devices runs on Windows phone 8 's Updated Version. The new windows phone has many interesting Features like New tiled interface with 3 Rows of tiles etc. The Phablets from Nokia are Worth a try because it posses new  processor and camera technology etc.
The new Phablets has 16.2 CM display (6 in ). The firm suggests Big screens  provide  better  use of touch keyboard and more Business  class people  will become interested in it. The phone also comes with  4 microphones which allows us to record videos  with Multiple source of sound. Another interesting feature in this Phablets are Refocus  this feature allows the user to select which area of photograph should be focused.


Blackberry is another manufacturer trying there luck in  Phablet division  for first time. Both Nokia and Blackberry Z30 is sure to put up a fight for the other manufacturers like SAMSUNG , LG , HTC etc.

TABLET

Nokia is the only manufacturer to produce Tablets running on Windows RT. Since, all others like Samsung, Asus Dropped there  hopes on Windows RT which only contributes 1.7 % of total Tablet shipments . Microsoft is also producing it's own Tabs  The Surface 2 was launched a month ago the main difference between  Surface and THE NOKIA LUMIA  2520 is the Nokia one has 4G sim slot.The tab offers superior battery life and runs on X86 processors.
 Microsoft should adapt a way to market both the Tabs at same time so that they can obtain more market share.

The Event also witnessed the launch of there new ASHA MODLES that  makes the  number of devices launched 6 . Nokia promised that Microsoft is going to bring some new features like Skydrive ,  XBOX games to Asha  seiers as the after effects of take over.

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Nokia Lumia 1520
Nokia Lumia 2520
Nokia Lumia 1320

A year back Nokia's  former Head said he was working on a tablet. This tablet was centre of all kinds of rumours for some time In a event conducted at UAE with 5 other new Nokia devices . guess what this device was worth waiting. The device is the  only device running on Windows RT other than Surface series.Microsoft hopes this will raise Windows RT's market share from 1.7 %.
The Tablet's dimensions are 10.51 X 6.61 X  0.35 Inches  and weighs 615 g it feels more compact than other tabs like surface . You  can get an extra keyboard for $1,49  and it will provide an extra battery standby of 5 hours maximum. The internal battery of tab is 8000 Mah  the battery can be recharged from 0 %  to  50% in just 40 minutes.
The body of the body is polycarbonate and  The back of the body is slightly curved. The display of the phone is IPS LCD with  clear black technology like all the Lumia phones. The resolution of display is 1980 X 1080(228pi). The full HD display having clearblack technology to reduce outside glares makes it unbeatable at  outdoors .The camera performance of the device is good since it has a 6.9  MP rear and 2MP front camera. The nokia camera which is combination of smart cam and pro cam is pre installed on the device as well as Microsoft office 2013 full version.

On the power side it has a 2.2 GHZ snapdragon Quad-core processors like all the smartphones . It is special because it is the fist lumia device to run on it The earlier versions of windows was not capable of supporting such hardware. The memory is also high that is 2 GB which of course the maximum they can provide.
On the connectivity front It has LTE and WIFI.
Microsoft used LTE since it can provide more battery life . Nokia did a good job making some cool apps like Nokia cam and Video Director which is in my opinion is the best video editing tool for tabs.
2520 is good in look and  is comfortable to hold . The  Drawback of tab is Windows RT which was a big flop when Microsoft launched it in 2012 . But they came up with some good apps to overcome this problem . Nokia camera is remarkable and is  providing a good camera experience on the phone. The Android  tabs with billions of app and Some cool features are still at the top if he game but  2520 is going to stand up against it


Read More about the New Nokia Lumia Releases
Nokia Lumia 1520
Nokia Lumia 1320
Nokia Tablets and Phablets

Nokia is planing to give all it got in the last phone it is going to release (sold to microsoft ).
This phone known as Nokia Lumia 1520 code name  Bandit is going  to be the biggest windows phone ever how can we tell????? well read the rest of the  article . It may be the fist windows phone to  run  on a Quad-core processor i.e, Qualcomm  snapDragon 800 processor. and it will be powered by Windows phones next version too .we guess that from the home screen of leaked images the tiles look  you know different i guess. and it will be Full HD 1080 pixel Beast.

Size and Design

Features

925 has same screen size of 920  i.e 4.5 inches  But uses  OLED which promise  richer  experience. The 4.5 inch phone has 1280 X 768 pixels resolution. The phones Clearblack Filter is much better than other phones which means it is brighter and bold than other phones of same class.

As always Nokia is still using  8.7 MP sensor.Nokia claims it had made some improvements to the optics in front of the sensor.The 925 uses a sixth glass lens which give better clarity to the pictures.They also added new softwares to camera like smartlens through which can edit smile,create action shot ,select best shot from many and save it.

925 uses the same Windows phone 8 OS. Nokia Added some of it's new softwares like Here maps,here drive etc and all other apps from budget nokia phones are also present.The thing to remember is Nokia's app store is still missing some Giants.

In case of performance 925 is same as it's Ancestors 928 and 920 with same old 1.5 GHZ dual core processor.

The Nokia Lumia 928 is the new slimmer phone from nokia. It is a reply to all who thought nokia phones are too heavy.It is 0.2 inches thinner than Lumia 920.
Nokia tries to bring out it's best It switched back to AMOLED display ( 920 used LCD display ), The phone has 4.5 inch screen .Nokia's  clearblack filter cut down outdoor glare .
Coming to camera department  a 8.7 megapixel  camera with the aforementioned xenon and LED flashes is  packed with  image stabilization,carl zeiss optics,auto focus  and pure view image processing algorithms + there is many apps from nokia to integrate with your camera,The rear camera can be used to record 1080p HD videos.The  FRONT facing camera  is 1.2 megapixel.

The phone has a powerful  1.5Ghz dual-core Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus (MSM8960)  processor .
The 2000mAh battery has same capacity as 920.

Features