Outlook 2013 test - It is faster than Blackberry Playbook

With the launch of he new Office Suite by Microsoft We decided to put it on test . The test included Sending an e Mail to a gmail account Which was synchronized both on Blackberry Playbook as well as Microsoft Outlook 2013

The Playbook has the Blackberry name which is famous for the eMail services and Microsoft Outlook 2013 is the newest version of the Highly popular Office suite by Microsoft , We expected the Blackberry to do better but Outlook was faster by a fraction of seconds all the three time we did the test , But on the darker side The Outlook had problems while showing links and did not downloaded any of the images , It just showed the text files .

Nokia Drive 3.0 now available for all Lumia devices

Nokia has updated their highly popular Navigation service Nokia Drive,The Nokia Drive service offers offline Satellite navigation across various regions in the world. The service is free for all Lumia users and will be a part of Windows Phone 8`s core navigation services for all Windows Phone 8 device

The Nokia Commute service will be US only initially ,While the other additions will be made globally .

The features like day and night mode switching is comming to the app along with more feature rich Live Tiles. These live tiles will be updated with the new Start Screen of Windows 7.8

Microsoft Office 15 to be unveiled on 17 July

Microsoft has announced on its press site that there will be a announcement very very soon on the 17th of July at 12 PM PDT 

Microsoft `s CEO Steve Ballmer will be hosting the announcement and we will be covering LIVE

Samsung Omnia W gets Windows Phone Tango update

In the series of updates in the Windows Phone OS devices following the Lumia devices and the Dell Venue Pro The Korean mobile giant`s Omnia W has received the tango update.

Windows Phone Tango brings enhanced multitasking according to which 8 Apps can be run at the same time . The update for Omnia W does not bring WiFi Sharing unlike the Lumia devices but it adds features like adding media files in MMS and exporting and importing contacts to and from the Phone


You must have got the notification if you have been using a Omnia W device but if not check the Zune software to update it

Dell Venue Pro get Windows Phone Tango update

A series of updates have started flowing after the Lumia devices got a tango update .The Dell venue Pro follows Suit which was one of the forst devices having Windows Phone 7,The device has been discontinued and quite a less number of people still have this device as it one of the devices still having a physical keyboard with Windows Phone 7.


A device owner in Germany has got the update and others should follow soon you can read more about Windows Phone Tango here

Nokia Lumia devices to get Tango update on 27th June

Nokia has just announced that it will be releasing the Tango update for its Lumia series of devices on 27th June ,This report brings the much missed WiFi Tethering to the devices.

The update brings media sharing from the phone via the ‘Play To’ app and also accelerometer based function like Flip to silent The devices will also recive a Windows Phone 7.8 Update which brings the new Start screen as in Windows Phone 8 to the devices

Microsoft launches Kinectmals Game for Android

Microsoft has launched its kinectmals game for Android smartphone .This is the first game from the Microsoft Studios for the Android devices 

The game has two modes just like the iOS and Windows Phone counterparts , Standalone mode and Xbox 360 Companion mode.
Kinectmals lets users play around and take care of the Cute Virtual Cubs .Wanna lay you hands on it ?? The game costs $2.99 and is available for download via the Google Play Store

Microsoft to reveal Windows Phone Apollo on 20 June

Microsoft has started sending invitations to some blogs about an upcoming event in San Francisco .The event is titled Windows Phone Summit and the invitation says 

“a sneak peak of the future of Windows Phone”

The invitaion sent by Microsoft

We already told you that microsoft will be unveiling the next version of its Mobile operating system in June but now we have all the details with us. We may expect Multi-core processors support with many more resoultions



The Main features of Windows Phone Apollo will be

• Support for multicore processors
• Support for new screen resolutions
• Expandable memory support via microSD card
• Transition to desktop kernel
• Desktop apps on mobile
• Richer version of ActiveSync
• Deep Skydrive support
• Revamped Skype client

Acer reveals Windows 8 Tablets

Taiwaneese Computer  giant Acer today unveiled two new products running on Microsoft's much-anticipated Windows 8 operating system .

Acer unveiled two tablets W510 and W700 on the occasion of Computex-Asia`s largest computer fair which is held in Taipe 

"Windows 8 is a historic moment for the worldwide Windows eco-system," 

Said  J. T. Wang ,Chairman,Acer 


The company also unveiled acer aspire S7 a small Laptop that runs on Windows 8

Microsoft may reveal Windows Phone 8 in June

Microsoft may unveil its latest version of Mobile operating system "Codename Windows Phone Apollo" in June. 
As we all know June is the month of all technical announcements The events like Apple WWDC and Google`s I/O will also be held in June .So its`s the right for Microsoft to raise the curtains about its new version of Operating system Windows Phone 8


The Main features of Windows Phone Apollo will be

• Support for multicore processors
• Support for new screen resolutions
• Expandable memory support via microSD card
• Transition to desktop kernel
• Desktop apps on mobile
• Richer version of ActiveSync
• Deep Skydrive support
• Revamped Skype client
• Enable third parties  to add  features to camera interface
• Data smart feature-to track Data Usage
• Proxy server- to feed pages to Internet Explorer 10.
• Support for custom built apps to be deployed behind company firewalls.

Microsoft releases Windows 8 Release preview

Microsoft today released the release preview version of the newly coming operating system Windows 8.They recently made changes in the UI of the Operating system to make it.
Just like the Consumer Preview, you can download the Windows 8 Upgrade Assistant that analyzes your computer and provides a smaller download or you can download the full 32-bit or 64-bit ISO files

The biggest change that is made into the OS is that the Flash player is not just a plugin for the Internet Explorer 10 but it it built into it.The Mail, Photos and People apps have also been updated


Microsoft will also be rolling out a Windows Upgrade Offer in 131 markets for consumers who purchase a Windows 7 PC between June 2, 2012 to January 31, 2013, who will be able to upgrade to Windows 8 Pro when it comes out for just $14.99.
The Windows Release Preview can be downloaded from here

Microsoft makes changes in desktop look to match with Metro UI

Microsoft is known for its habbit of always experimenting with looks and experience of Windows UI to make the end-user experience better .Ne it the Superbar or the Windows Aero experience or the latest Metro UI found in Windows 8.

Now Microsoft has come up with an interesting step.They have opted to skip the Aero experience for the next release of Windows for the sake of Simple UI and long battery life.
Instead of the regular Glass borders which we were habitual of in Windows Vista and Windows 7 there will the regular borders along windows

Kinect Star Wars app for Android smartphones

Are you a die hard Star wars fan ??..

Then this one is for you this app wakes the Star wars Fan inside you when you set up your facebook and twiter accounts your news feed is shown in the you can even view your feeds in the style of the iconic Star Wars™ opening title sequence.

This app is developed by Microsoft corporation and is free .You can download the app form Google Play store

Samsung Omnia M Windows Phone announced

Samsung mobiles have announced Samsung Omnia M their latest Windows  Phone offering. The Phone features Windows phone Mango operating system.The phone features 4.0 Inch Super AMOLED display and a 1 Ghz processor with 384 MB of RAM but that should not create much problems with the Tango uppgrade coming any time soon which brings down the hardware requirements of Windows Phone devices


Key specifications are

• 1Ghz processor
• 384 MB RAM
• 4.0 Inch Super AMOLED display
• 5 MP autofocus camera with flash
• VGA front facing camera
• Windows phone Mango OS
• 3.5 mm audio jack
• FM radio with RDS
• A-GPS ,Bluetooth v2.1,WiFi
• 1500 mAh Li-ion battery

Samsung Omnia M will have added Samsung apps like allshare which lets you stream content over your Samsung SmartTv. and Samsung ChatON cross platform messenger for Samsung devices it also has Samsung cloud based Family network and Windows Phone People Hub that unites various social networks like Facebook,Twitter,Windows Live and LinkedIn


Price and availability are not announced yet but we will keep you informed
UPDATE - The phone is available all over India for Rs 15,000 and has also received  the Tango update

Skype for Windows Phone graduates from Beta ,Now available for Download

Skype has finally arrived for the Windows Phone devices at the Windows Phone Marketplace. Skype launched the beta version of the app at the Mobile World Congress earlier this February.  The Skype app lets you make free audio and video calls to your Skype contacts over 3G and 4G or Wi-Fi. It also supports group chats, and you can also update your profile and account information.


In addition to the existing features, new features including, video calling in portrait mode and friend management capabilities including invite, accept invitations, block, and unblock contacts are also available in the latest version of the app and it now supports Nokia Lumia 900.

Download Skype for Windows Phone from the Windows Phone Marketplace for free.

Nokia Lumia 900 costs just $209 to produce

The materials for Nokia’s flagship and blockbuster Lumia 900 cost $209, according to iSuppli’s preliminary teardown assessment.

That, iSuppli reckons, is a result of the Lumia 900′s cost-reduced design and the close cooperation between Microsoft, Qualcomm and Nokia, which mimics Apple’s approach to device development.



Including the manufacturing cost, the Lumia 900′s total cost rises to $217. This is a significantly lower than the $243.50 that the similarly-spec’d Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket costs to make.


And if you take the retail price of the Lumia 900, which as of April 2012 is $450, Nokia and Microsoft earn $233 for of each Lumia 900 sold. Of course, this doesn’t include additional expenses like software, royalties, licensing, taxes etc

Nokia begins free roll-out of Microsoft Office apps for Symbian

Nokia has started rolling out Microsoft Office Mobile apps, Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint apps for Belle smartphones. They announced Microsoft Office Mobile app earlier this February when Microsoft Apps rolled out.


It would provide you quick access to your documents, you can save or send documents using Word mobile while preserving tables, SmartArt and charts, or the pinch/zoom functionality to easily view and edit documents. The PowerPoint mobile lets you edit presentation texts and speaker notes, and the Excel mobile lets you create charts, insert formulae or view rich data and charts from anywhere.



The Office Mobile also gives you a single view to documents, on phone, in email attachments, or in SharePoint.


The Microsoft Office would be available via software update app on your Nokia phone. It is currently rolling out for the Nokia 701, Nokia 700, Nokia 603, Nokia E7, Nokia X7, Nokia C7, Nokia Oro, and Nokia C6-01. It would be available for Nokia N8, Nokia E6 and Nokia 500 soon.


The Nokia 808 PureView will come with the Microsoft Apps including Microsoft Office Mobile app when it begins selling. The Office Mobile apps would also be available for Nokia Store in few weeks.

Nokia admits Lumia 900 connectivity bug offers $100 free credit

Nokia has confirmed a software issue in the Lumia 900 that results in loss of data connectivity for the AT&T customers. Nokia says this is due to memory management issue that would be fixed by a software update and not due to a the phone hardware or the network.

Nokia announced the Lumia 900 with 4G LTE support at CES 2012 in January and began selling it in the U.S. for AT&T on April 8th for $99.99. They would offer a firmware update on April 16th to fix the bug or customers can get their phone replaced for an updated Lumia 900.

They would also offer $100 credit on AT&T bill for those who buys the phone between now and April 21st. The Nokia Lumia 900 is now on pre-order in UK that would go on sale soon.

Microsoft reported cheating,Smoke the windows phone contest

You may have heard about the Smoked by Windows Phone competition by now. In these events, a Windows Phone device is pitted against any other smartphone and both are made to do a simple task, with the winner being the one who completes it first. The task is usually something as simple as taking a picture and uploading it to Facebook or finding directions to a place. But as it turns out, this challenge is not as fair as Microsoft makes it out to be, as Sahas Katta of Skatter Tech found out the hard way.
Katta was in a Microsoft store where he wanted to take part in the competition. He was armed with his new Galaxy Nexus. The challenge given to him was to bring up the weather of two different cities as quickly as possible.




Luckily for Katta, he had set up the weather for two cities on his homescreens using widgets and he had also disabled the lockscreen on his phone, a feature found on Android 4.0. Because of this, he could get to his homescreen from sleep mode with just one click of the power button. As you can tell, he was going to win even before the competition started, because no matter how quick Windows Phone is, you’d require at least two interactions (press power button, slide lock screen) to get to the homescreen.


That’s basically what happened when the competition started, with Katta managing to finish before his opponent, who also happened to have the weather for two cities on the homescreen (more on this later). But as it turns out, the winner was actually declared to be the Windows Phone? Why? “Just because”.


That’s just one of the vague replies that Katta got when he asked the people in the Microsoft store for answers. Eventually he had to leave because clearly no one there was in a mood to declare him the winner and give him the prize, a $1,000 special edition laptop.


As you can see, these competitions may not be as clean as the Microsoft’s official videos make them out to be. Other than the fact that the people in the store refused to acknowledge Katta as the winner, they also played dirty by having the weather widgets of the two cities right on the homescreen even before the competition started. That’s not how Windows Phone comes out of the box. Microsoft had set up their phone to a favorable state before the competition, which is basically cheating. Had Katta not had the weather widgets on his phone (which is fine because he actually uses that phone and wasn’t aware of the challenge until he was told about it), he would have taken much longer to bring the weather up. Not that it matters because they declared him the loser anyway.


Of course, this is not to say that all the Smoked by Windows Phone competitions are bogus or that Windows Phone isn’t good at doing some tasks faster than its rivals (it is). But this example here proves that we need to take these things with a heavy dose of Sodium Chloride.


Update: Ben Rudolph, the person who usually takes part in these competitions on behalf of Microsoft, has apologized for what happened to Katta and offered to do a rematch on a random challenge. To be honest, the better thing to do would be just give the guy the prize he won fair and square.

@BenThePCGuy

@sahaskatta @skattertech @mattlynley @joshuatopolsky Just saw this.Sorry about the hassle…come back for a rematch on a random challenge!

26 Mar 12

Microsoft Dedicated Mustang showcased..

Microsoft shows off some muscle as a new decked out Ford Mustang has popped up, code named Project Detroit.

Built by West Coast Customs, the Mustang features flashy light kits, Windows Phone controls, Xbox 360′s and Windows tablets galore.


Featuring an awesomely classic 1967 body on a 2012 Mustang, the all matte black paintjob and blue lighting system are reminiscent of a casemod system we’ve all seen a thousand times. That being said, it’s still cool as hell.

The supplied Nokia Lumia 800 Windows Phone lets you remotely locate, unlock and start the vehicle, but that’s so 2011. Now, if you could only drive it with a Windows Phone…

Inside, the interior trim is highlighted by Windows tablets which serve as the dashboard as well as Xbox 360 displays for the passengers, allowing you to put some GTA in your GTA. There’s also Kinects throughout which allow live streaming between the Windows Phones and the onboard systems.

All in all, we’re finally excited to see a project from Microsoft which reflects what we would do if we had Bill Gates’ money. Screw charity.

Props the the first one who comes up with a proper Xzibit meme in the comments.In all what we can say is Microsoft wants us to have a Lumiatic drive...