Nokia starts rolling out Tango update for Lumia 710 and 800

Nokia has started rolling out Tango update for Lumia 800 and 710. The update promises to brings some of the features that were earlier exclusive to Lumia 900 and 610. The most important of these features is the “WiFi Sharing” which allows your device to act as a wifi hotspot and tether upto five devices simultaneously

The update also adds “Flip…

Microsoft unveils WP7.8; says existing WP devices will not be upgraded to WP8… may get official port!

Along with the major announcement of WP8, Microsoft also announced Windows Phone 7.8. It may also be the last update for existing Windows Phone 7 devices. The big reason for update incompatibility is hardware support. While WP7 was designed to run smoothly on single core devices, Microsoft changed a lot of core things in WP8 including support for new…

Skype For Nokia Lumia 610 Removed From The Marketplace, Due To ‘Poor User Experience’

Remember when Nokia said that it has been trying to make Skype for the Lumia 610 work ‘well’ ? Well, they made the app available in the Windows Phone Marketplace for the Lumia 610, and are now pulling it back due to…

Nokia Lumia 800 Gets Its First Custom ROM, Tons Of Goodies For The Courageous

The Lumia 800 is Nokia’s first Windows Phone, and it has now received some Custom ROM love, courtesy the dev community (duh!). The said ROM brings in lots of features which are either missing, or out of which the end users have been locked out. Better yet,…

Nokia Lumia 610 – In The UK Next Week – In Cyan And Black – For £180

I’ve pretty summed up the essence of this post in the title itself – Nokia’s Lumia 610, announced at the Mobile World Congress this year, will be available in the…

[Updated] Samsung Omnia M Is A Low-end Windows Phone – Tango, 4″ Super AMOLED Display

Here’s another low-end Windows Phone, and this time, it’s Samsung – the Omnia M. It features pretty humble specs, so I’m expecting the price to be somewhere around $200-230. Or even less. It looks good for a low-end device though, and the 4″ Super AMOLED display really took me by surprise.

Here…

Nokia Lumia 610 Goes On Pre-order At Amazon Italy For 200 Euros

If you’re from Italy, and are impressed by Nokia’s Lumia brand of devices, here’s something affordable for you – the Lumia 610, the cheapest Lumia, is up for pre-order at Amazon Italy. The price is quite good too – 200 Euros, free from contracts.

Skype Should Work Pretty Well On Lumia 610, Says Nokia

Microsoft had warned that Skype wouldn’t run on phones with less than 512 MB RAM, remember? Sure. There was some noise made, and many people joked. It was also a sign that fragmentation was rearing it’s ugly fang at Windows Phone.

But it seems, there’s a workaround for this. Nokia is reporting…

‘Internet Sharing’ Update Included As Part Of Tango Update, Rolling Out To Lumia 710 And Lumia 800c

Remember all the outcry over the Lumia 710 and 800 not coming with Internet tethering capabilities? Other Windows Phones, including Nokia’s own Lumia 900 and Lumia 610 come with this feature, but somehow, the first two Lumias don’t come with it. Nokia had promised to…

Nokia Launches The First Windows Phone With NFC – Lumia 610 NFC

Remember the Lumia 610? Sure you do. If you don’t, here’s the device launch details.

Now what do you get when you add NFC to that? You get the Lumia 610 NFC. The device…

Nokia Granted Patent For A Design That Looks Like A Phone Leaked Earlier

Pretty mouthful, the title was, eh? Sure. I had some trouble deciding on one for a few minutes, and this was the best I could come up with.

Back to the topic, the Finnish giant has been granted a new patent, for a design of a phone. And apparently, it looks eerily similar to a phone that was leaked earlier….

Ain’t Nothing Called Tango. It’s Windows Phone 7.5 Refresh, Instead

The entire blogosphere, every geek who knew about Windows Phone 7.5 Mango had this thing about the next update to the OS – that it’d be called Tango, and that it would be a relatively minor update. But here’s the spoiler – it will be rather called Windows Phone 7.5 Refresh, and Tango…