windows phones 8 – Tech Raman https://techraman.com Simplified Tech Talk Thu, 14 Nov 2013 07:04:20 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.2 https://techraman.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/TR_logo-150x120.png windows phones 8 – Tech Raman https://techraman.com 32 32 Twitter's Vine app goes official for Windows Phone https://techraman.com/twitters-vine-app-goes-official-windows-phone/ https://techraman.com/twitters-vine-app-goes-official-windows-phone/#respond Thu, 14 Nov 2013 07:04:20 +0000 http://techraman.com/?p=5872 ]]> Slowly and steadily Windows Phone store is seeing the arrival of the popular apps and the latest to join the list is Twitter owned Vine app which allows for recording 6-second videos to the Vine community and share it over Twitter and Facebook. Twitter’s Vine app is now officially available for Windows Phone 8 users and makes good use of  Windows Phone OS’s Live Tile and Windows Lens Camera features. Looking largely the same as the existing iOS and Android versions, it incorporates all the basic features but still lacks some of the recent updates the rival platforms has seen. What is interesting with the Vine app for WP is the ability to pin a vine and also pin individual friends on the starts screen which would appeal to avid Vine users. There is even a mute toggle in the setting to prevent the sound automatically playing with the Vine videos. The Vine app also brings a live tile support and users can connect to vine from within the camera itself. On the lack of features list, there is lack of pause/resume while recording for multiple sessions. So you have to simply shoot and then process straight forward. [gallery columns="4" link="file" ids="5879,5880,5881,5882"] Vine app for Windows Phone can be downloaded from the Windows Phone store.  ]]>

]]> https://techraman.com/twitters-vine-app-goes-official-windows-phone/feed/ 0 Nokia Lumia 1520 with 6" full HD display and 20MP PureView camera launched https://techraman.com/nokia-lumia-1520-6-full-hd-display-20mp-pureview-camera-launched/ https://techraman.com/nokia-lumia-1520-6-full-hd-display-20mp-pureview-camera-launched/#respond Tue, 22 Oct 2013 08:22:28 +0000 http://techraman.com/?p=5700 ]]> nokia_lumia_1520-yellow The Lumia 1520 features a 1080p display and powered by quad-core Snapdragon 800 processor making it’s first mark in Windows based devices. Making good use of the larger screen is a third column of Live Tiles on the homescreen. The new device follows the design DNA of Lumia 1020 minus the the camera hump on the rear. On the camera front, the Lumia 1520 uses a new 20MP PureView camera with Optical Image Stabilization (OIS). It is also capable of oversampling making smaller resolution photos with less noise and also allowing for loss-less zooming. To be available in yellow, red, white, and black, Nokia will start shipping 1520 for $749 in Q4 2013 across the US, the UK, Hong Kong, Singapore, China, France, Germany, Finland, and other European markets, with other markets to follow.

 Nokia Lumia 1520 specifications:

  • 6″ full HD 1080p LCD, ClearBlack, Sunlight readability, Super sensitive touch, Gorilla Glass 2
  • PureView 20 MP, ZEISS optics, OIS, 2x lossless zoom, oversampling, dual LED flash
  • Video 1080p @ 30 fps full HD video with optical image stabilization
  • 4G LTE
  • Nokia Music for unlimited streaming of ad-free music
  • Free global HERE Maps and HERE Drive+, HERE Transit available in the Store
  • Microsoft Office built-in
  • Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 (2.2GHz Quad Core)
  • 3400 mAh (integrated) with built-in wireless charging
  • Yellow, white, black, glossy red
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]]> https://techraman.com/nokia-lumia-1520-6-full-hd-display-20mp-pureview-camera-launched/feed/ 0 Nokia announces entry level Windows Phone 8, Lumia 620 https://techraman.com/nokia-lumia-620-windows-phone-8/ https://techraman.com/nokia-lumia-620-windows-phone-8/#respond Wed, 05 Dec 2012 18:12:10 +0000 http://techraman.com/?p=1043 ]]> The budget-friendly Lumia 620 has a 3.8 inch TFT screen ClearBlack display with a 800×480 WVGA resolution and packing a 1GHz dual-core Snapdragon S4 Plus processor, 512 MB RAM and 8 GB of internal storage, expandable by microSD (up to 64GB cards supported). Sounds decent enough? I know your next query would be the camera. Lumia 620 flaunts a rear 5 MP shooter with LED flash and supporting a 720 video recording, while for self-shooting you got a VGA camera in the front. True to the other Lumia siblings, Lumia 620 would also has range of connectivity options that includes WiFi or WCDMA 3G, with NFC and Bluetooth 3.0. Nokia Lumia 620 is available in vibrant and attractive lime green, orange, magenta, yellow, cyan, white and black. Estimated price of Lumia 620 is USD 249 and would be available in stores in January 2013 begining with Asian markets and then to Europe and Middle East and further. Though there is no word on US market yet. For those who love personalization of their phones and most of us would love to don’t we? Nokia has added up a  “Dual-shot color” colored, transparent or translucent polycarbonate  interchangeable shells in seven colors, which you can wrap on your Lumia 620 to zing it up! Lumia 620 looks a promising and has almost everything that a first-time smartphone buyer would look for and at pocket friendly price tag it sure might grab a pie of the smartphone market that Nokia desperately wants to. Next what? Lumia 520? Quiet possible but for now it is Lumia 620. [gallery link="file"]  ]]>

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