Verizon’s Lumia 928 to Come in Colorful Aluminum Shell, Battle Galaxy S4

A leaked screenshot of Verizon Wireless’ inventory system suggests that the carrier’s next high-end Nokia Lumia 928 smartphone, which is rumored to include the same PureView imaging technology from rival AT&T’s Nokia Lumia 920, will come in a variety of colors. The computer terminal shows that the Lumia 928 will come in cyan, red, black, and white.

With four color options, AT&T still has an extra color in the form of yellow for the Lumia 920flagship; However, according to a leak earlier this week, Verizon’s Lumia 928 will come an aluminum shell, an upgrade from the unibody polycarbonate body that Nokia has used since the debut of the the company’s Lumia series Windows Phone.

The Lumia 928 has been known in the past by its code name of Laser.

And according to iTechPost, another upgrade from the Lumia 920 on AT&T is that the Lumia 928 is now believed to have a single LED flash along with a single Xenon flash, rather than the dual LED flash modules. Using Xenon would allow the camera to freeze motion resulting in a crisper image captured in dark environments. Additionally, Xenon flash renders colors more accurately and is believed to be brighter than LED flash technology currently employed on camera phones.


Internally, specs for the Lumia 928 will resemble that of the Lumia 920. Both devices will have a 4.5-inch 1280 X 768-pixel display. It’s unclear if the Lumia 928 will continue using the touchscreen tech that allows users to operate the touchscreen while wearing non-specialized gloves, which is a benefit to Lumia 920 owners who live in colder climates.

The Lumia 928 will also have a dual-core 1.5 GHz Snapdragon processor, 2 GB RAM, and pack 4G LTE.

It’s unclear at this time, if rumor of Nokia moving to an aluminum enclosure is true, if the Lumia 928 will be able to handle wireless charging. When HTC moved to the unibody aluminum enclosure for the HTC One, the company had to forego wireless charging technology on that phone.

If all these recent rumors surrounding the Verizon Lumia 928 hold true, then the Lumia 928 may be Nokia’s most feature rich Windows Phone to date.

Additionally, it seems that Verizon may be pitting Nokia’s flagship Lumia smartphone against Samsung’s flagship Galaxy S4 as both devices are now rumored to be launched at the same time, or at least close to each other.

Price of Nokia Lumia 620 smartphone falls to £130

Mobile phone operator O2 has cut the price of the Nokia Lumia 620 Windows Phone 8-based smartphone down to £130 as part of its Pay & Go Easter Flash sale. It represents a saving of £20 off its suggested retail price, excludes a compulsory £10 topup and the offer ends on 3 April. Prospective customers will also be able to redeem a free dual-coloured shell.

Other features of the phone include Nokia Drive, the company’s award-winning turn-by-turn voice-guided navigation, Nokia Music which allows you to stream music without limits and for free, Nokia City Lens which is an augmented reality tool allowing you to bring up information based on what you’re looking at and Cinemagraph.


s for the hardware, the Nokia Lumia 620 has a dual-core Qualcomm system-on-chip clocked at 1GHz, 512MB of RAM, 8GB onboard storage, a microSD card slot, a 3.8in 800 x 480 pixels ClearBlack display, a 5-megapixel camera with AF and HD video recording, a front facing VGA camera, Bluetooth and up to 10 hours talk time.

You do get Wi-Fi hot spot capabilities as well as 7GB storage capacity on Microsoft Skydrive

Nokia announce software updates for Nokia Lumia 920, 820 and 620

Nokia will be releasing a new software update for its Nokia Lumia 920 and Lumia 820 smartphones in the coming days. The update is coming with the version number 1232.5957.1308.00xx and comes with stability and performance improvements.


The update also enhances the display stability during a call along with the improved automatic display brightness adjustment.

Nokia Lumia 620 will also be receiving a software update soon (version 1030.6407.1308.00xx). The refreshed operating system will include the improved touch behaviour and the update also enhances the system stability and camera picture quality (including a corrected camera exposure when the flash is used in bright lighting).

Unfortunately, there is no official confirmation on the roll out schedule, but we expect the new software update to start seeding in the coming days.

Nokia Lumia 920 recognized as most Innovative Handset at Mobile News 2013 Awards

We already know the Nokia Lumia 920 is a great handset, but an industry award recognizing the same will never go amiss.

The Nokia Lumia 920 won the Innovative Handset 2013 Mobile News Award, with the event taking place on the 14th March at the London Hilton on Park Lane.

The event was hosted by comedian Dara O’Brain and is focussed on the mobile industry and telecom operators.

The award adds to other wins, including the Engadget Reader Award 2012 and the Gizmodo Australia’s People’s Choice award, amongst many others, and reminds us that while others are copying features Nokia is hard at work creating new experiences for their users.

Nokia Pakistan and Mobilink collaborate to promote the new range of Lumia WP8 in Pakistan

Islamabad: Nokia Pakistan has joined hands with Mobilink, as a means of strengthening its local ecosystem partnerships as well as extending the availability of the innovative Nokia Lumia WP8 range in Pakistan to bring better value propositions for consumers.

As a result of this partnership, Mobilink will sell the Nokia Lumia Windows Phone 8 range as a special bundle offer including exciting Nokia gear. The new Nokia Lumia 920 with free Wireless Charger DT 900, Lumia 820 with free Wireless Cover and Wireless Charger DT 900 and Lumia 620 with USB Portable Nokia DC 16 charger. The first 1000 customers will get to avail the special bundle offer available via Mobilink Business Centers. Additionally, Mobilink is offering 1GB data for one month to all new and existing Mobilink customers purchasing Nokia Lumia through Mobilink Business Centers or retail. This is a limited time offer.


Speaking on the occasion, Arif Shafique, country general manager, Nokia Pakistan said, “As we continue to invest towards delivering unique experiences to consumers, we have partnered with Mobilink to take the Lumia experience to more and more consumers swiftly.”

Samsung Galaxy S4 official specs and availability in US and UK

Samsung has officially announced its flagship smartphone Galaxy S4, based on theme ‘Life Companion’, with many exciting features and apps.

Though you would read a number of detailed reviews over the most awaited Android device of the 2013, here is a brief description of specifications, without any comment, officially given by Samsung:

Processor: Exynos Octa CPU based on ARM’s Big LITTLE Tech with Quad Cortex A7 cores clocked at 1.2GHz and Quad Cortext A15 cores clocked at 1.6GHz. For US market, the processor will most probably be the QualComm’s SnapDragon 600 CPU clocked at 1.9GHz.

GPU: PowerVR SGX544 PM3 up to 533 MHz or Adreno 320 with 2 GB RAM.

Camera:The Galaxy S4 has a 13 MP auto focus camera equipped with Flash & Zero Shutto Lag. The super smartphone also has a 2 MP camera making it a great option for video calls or video conferences.

OS and GUI: The device is preloaded with Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean with the Samsung’s latest skin Nature UX 2.0, really an amazing user interface.

Smart Features: The Samsung Galaxy S4 has smart features like Smart Scroll and Smart Pause, based on eye tracking technology. AirView has been included too in the device like Galaxy Note II with one variation: to use finger instead of S Pen.

Connectivity: The device includes WiFi 802.11ac, an IR blaster for remote control access via WatchON service. Other connectivity modes are Near Field Communication, Bluetooth 4.0 plus LE, MHL 2.0 and ability to use MHL connector.

Sensors: A number of sensors are part of the Galaxy S4. They include Temperature and Humidity Gesture, Accelerometer, Geomagnetic, Proximity, Barometer, Gyro and RGB Light.

Storage: The devices will come in three variants with a MicroSD Slot: 16 GB, 32 GB and 64 GB

Dimensions: According to the SamMobile the dimension of the super smartphone is 136.6 x 69.8 x 7.9 mm and 130 grams in weight.

Colors: The device would initially be launched in two colors including White Frost and Black Mist

Availability: The Samsung Galaxy S4 will be available in 155 countries gradually starting from Easter Europe and then Europe, Asia, Africa, America and Australia from April’s first week.

Internet Explorer 10 for Windows 7 Released!

Microsoft has officially released Internet Explorer for Windows 7.

You can download it here:

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/internet-explorer/downloads/ie-10/worldwide-languages