How Long Will I Love You – BBC charity music video shot entirely on Nokia Lumia 1020

How Long Will I Love You is music video for this year’s official Children In Need single. Starring Ellie and a chap named Dylan Edwards, the music video is entirely shot on a Nokia Lumia 1020 smartphone. The Video also features the star using a Lumia 925.

Children In Need is the BBC charity for disabled children and young people in UK. Each year the charity releases a single to help raise funds and this year it is sung by the very talented Ellie Goulding.

“The video is taken from the forthcoming Roger Michell short film “Tom & Issy”, starring Ellie Goulding and Dylan Edwards. Shot entirely on a Nokia Lumia 1020. Audio recorded with an external mic. Video edited on Final Cut Pro.”

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WhatsApp Beta Version is now out to the Public on Windows Phone 8

If you’re tired of waiting for key updates to roll out to WhatsApp for Windows Phone, news emerged this morning of a beta version that has made an appearance over the weekend in the Windows Phone Store.

The beta appears to be accessible from any signed in account, and only makes mention of “beta” in its description. The apps themselves appear to be similar, though we did notice once we signed in that the beta is version 2.11.280 while the newly released “official” version stands at version 2.11.282. The app works with both Windows Phone 8 and Windows Phone 7.5 devices, like the official version.

Otherwise, we haven’t found any differences between this version and the official one. If you notice anything different, let us know in the comments!

That being said, the app has no ratings as of this writing, which leads us to believe it was only very recently made accessible.

Many app and software developers have offered public betas when they’re testing upcoming releases since the beginning of software itself. Mozilla has does this with its Firefox browser, while imo does the same on Android with its own messaging app.

You can download the beta app from Windows Phone Store here .

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Nokia updates Lumia 1020 with camera and performance enhancements

Quick heads-up, A new software update has started to roll out to Nokia Lumia 1020 smartphone users in UK, Netherlands, FI, Telstra Australia, China Unicom,HK, VTN and PH. The update brings camera enhancements, touchscreen functionality improvements and more to the device.

Latest software release for Nokia Lumia 1020 is 3050.0000.133x.10xx. This update brings the following enhancements:

• Imaging enhancements
• Touch functionality improvements
• Performance and stability improvements

You can manually check for the update by heading into Settings –> Phone Update –> Check for Updates to get the over-the-air (OTA) system upgrade.

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WhatsApp for Lumia WP smartphones gets a minor bugfix update

Updated last week with some new, highly valued features, the popular cross platform instant messaging app WhatsApp received another update today. The latest version 2.11.282 brings couple of bug fixes to the app.

                

What’s New:

• Fixed issues related to “clear chat history”
• Miscellaneous bug fix                   

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Nokia Photo Transfer for Mac updated

Nokia Photo Transfer, the app that allows Lumia owners to  transfer photos and videos between their Windows Phone and Mac PC is updated to version 1.1.19 with support to latest Mac OS X 10.9 Mavericks.

The app also allows you to transfer Cinemagraphs and images you’ve captured with Smart Shoot, Nokia Smart Camera and Nokia Pro Camera. And for Lumia 1020 – this app will also transfer your high-resolution images to your Mac.

Key features in Nokia Photo Transfer for Mac:

• Connect your Nokia Lumia Windows Phone 8 with your Mac OS computer, and transfer photos and videos between the two
• Transfer normal photos and videos, as well as special types of photos and videos taken with SmartShoot, Cinemagraph, Nokia Smart Camera, or Nokia Pro Camera
• Supported Mac operating systems: 10.7 (Lion), 10.8 (Mountain Lion) and 10.9 Mavericks.
• Supported file formats: .jpg, .npo, .nar, and .mp4

What’s New:

• Videos larger than 4 GB can be imported/exported
• Added support for latest Mac OS X 10.9 Mavericks

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Camera360 for Nokia Lumia WP8 smartphones updated

Here’s another app update. The feature rich popular photography app Camera360 for Nokia Lumia WP8 smartphones updated to version 1.6. The latest version brings new shooting mode “Timer”, Smart camera in Auto shooting mode, and more to the app, check out the full changelog after break.

What’s New:

• Smart camera in [Auto] shooting mode: Apply appropriate Effects for Portrait and Scenery automatically.
• New shooting mode “Timer” is added.
• Full screen for EXIF information check.
• 1:1 ratio is newly added to crop.

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Nokia Lumia 1520 Uses Assertive Display To Improve Outdoor Readability

We saw the above image at Nokia World few days back. Everyone was thoroughly impressed with the outdoor viewing capabilities of the Lumia 1520. There is a secret behind this magical technology, it is called Assertive Display. Nokia is using the Assertive Display technology from Apical to make this happen.

Assertive Display delivers a high-quality viewing experience even in bright sunshine and enables dramatic reductions in display power consumption. Instead of the traditional backlight control to make the display adaptive to its environment, Assertive display’s sophisticated digital processing adjusts each pixel individually in real time.

To test this “GadgetsBoy” has put it against iPhone 5S, Galaxy Note 3 and Xperia Z Ultra and it really outshines all three.

Watch the video Comparison by GadgetsBoy

 

Another comparison By wmpoweruser

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SophieLens HD and Phototastic for Nokia Lumia WP8 smartphones updated

The popular photography app SophieLens HD and photo editor Phototastic for Nokia Lumia WP8 smartphones updated.

1- SophieLens HD updated to v2.0.0.498:

Minor Update: No official changelog has been released. But the small bump in version suggests a bug fix or optimization.

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2- Phototastic updated to v2.7:

What’s New:

• Border width slider improvements
• Facebook login fixes

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Nokia Camera coming to all Lumia WP8 devices with Lumia Black update, Reframing fix coming next week

This week in Abu Dhabi, Nokia released their new Nokia Camera app for Lumia PureView smartphones. The new app combines their Pro Cam and Smart Cam apps into one and, also brings some improvements and new features.

Well, Nokia has now announced that the new camera app is also coming to rest of the WP8 Lumia’s with Lumia Black update formerly known as Bittersweet shimmer. The Lumia Black update, including the latest Windows Phone Update 3 (GDR3) from Microsoft, is expected to begin rolling out in early 2014.

Some people have reported having reframing issues with Nokia Camera app on PureView devices. Well, Nokia is aware of the issue and a hot fix is planned for next week.

 [Source,Via WPC]

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Amazing Alex, Angry Birds Space, Angry Birds Rio, Angry Birds Star Wars I & II goes free for limited time

Good News, Rovio’s popular games Amazing Alex, Angry Birds Space, Angry Birds Rio, Angry Birds Star Wars I and Star Wars II for Nokia Lumia WP smartphones goes free for limited time.

1- Amazing Alex:

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2- Angry Birds Space:

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3- Angry Birds Star Wars:

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4- Angry Birds Star Wars 2:

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5- Angry Birds Rio:

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