Panorama App Photosynth For Windows Phone Updated To Version 1.7

It’s been more than a year since Microsoft updated its 360 degree panorama app Photosynth for Windows Phone. Today the popular panorama app picked up a minor bug fix update and bumped to version 1.7.
Photosynth is one of the best panorama applications available on Windows Phone Store. The app allowing you to create interactive 360 degree panoramas of the places, people, and events that you can share.
Version 1.7, unfortunately, does not bring any new features though it does say 'bug fixes' for a changelog. Considering the multitudes of new devices and even a brand new operating systems (Windows Phone 8.1), it's not too surprising that Photosynth could use a little polishing.
Regardless, if you've never tried Photosynth, it's certainly worth the download as it's one of a kind on Windows Phone. Hopefully Microsoft hasn't forgotten about the app, especially after the high profile departure of Agüera y Arcas, an engineer who helped develop Photosynth.

Download Photosynth v1.7 from the Windows Phone Store

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Lumia 930 available for pre-order in Finland

We've already covered some locations across Europe where consumers can pre-order the Lumia 930, but Finnish mobile operator TeliaSonera has the new Windows Phone available for pre-order, priced at €549 with an expected release date of July 10 (July 3 for Ireland). The new Windows Phone from Nokia, which sold its handset division to Microsoft earlier this year, is the new flagship from Microsoft Mobile and is available in a variety colors.

Sonera is only stocking the black, white and green variants, but other sources do have the missing orange in case you're an avid fan. Another local operator, Saunalahti will be selling the same Windows Phone. The Finnish arm of retailer Expansys will be stocking the orange, white, green and black colors too, as well as Verkkokauppa. There are options available, that's for sure.

So, who's looking to pick one up? If so, which color will you be going for?

Via: WPCentral

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Micromax launches two new Windows Phones in India

One of the biggest OEM in India, Micromax, as expected launched two Windows Phones for the Indian Market. Both the phones are entry level devices with some mind blowing specs. They are priced well.
At a press conference in New Delhi today, Micromax unveiled two Windows Phone devices for the Indian market. Micromax is the first Indian smartphone manufacturer to launch Windows Phone devices, although we know that Celkon, XOLO, and others are following soon.
The two devices Micromax launched today are the Canvas Win W121 and Canvas Win W092. Both phones will be in the market starting in July 2014. The Canvas Win W121 is priced at INR 9,500 ($160) while the Canvas Win W092 is priced at INR 6,500 ($110).

The specs of the Canvas Win W121 are:

• Qualcomm Snapdragon 200 1.2 GHz quad core processor
• 1 GB ram
• Dual Sim
• 5-inch HD IPS display
• 8 MP rear camera & 2 MP front camera
• 8 GB internal memory( upgradeable up to 32 GB)
• Proximity, gravity, and light sensors
• Price: Rs 9,500

The specs of the Canvas Win W092:

• Qualcomm Snapdragon 200 1.2 GHz quad core processor
• 1 GB ram
• Dual sim
• 4-inch IPS WVGA display
• 5 megapixel rear camera (with LED flash­), a 0.3 megapixel front-facing camera
• 8 GB internal memory( upgradeable up to 32 GB)
• 1500 mah battery
• Price: Rs 6,500

The two devices are priced nicely, and should hit the chord with Indian consumers. The company also takes the honours of being the cheapest Windows Phone on the market right now, taking the crown from Nokia’s runaway success, the Lumia 520. Would you be interested in picking up a Windows Phone device from Micromax?

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Deal Alert: Movie Maker 8.1 free for one day only

Windows Phone 8.1 has added a brad new category of 3rd party Video Editors to the App Store and the best app in this brand new category of video editors on Windows Phone 8.1 is Venetasoft’s Movie Maker 8.1.

Their app is incredibly  sophisticated, close to desktop-level which is fitting given that the app is a universal one which will soon show up on tablets.

In celebration of the World Cup and Italy’s win over England the company is giving away their application, which is normally $1.99, completely free today.

It supports:

• Full HD 1920×1080 video support
• No movie duration limits
• ave and open videos from SD card and OneDrive
• Titles: font type/color/size, background color/picture/video frame
• Effects: SlowX10, Gray, FishEye, Pinch, Warp, Kenburns (pan&zoom)
• Transitions: Fade In/Out/Cross, Slide, Stripe, Twist3D, Fold3D
• Tools: frame grab, trim, crop, split, move, cut, copy, paste, delete, merge, volume levels
• Unlimited undo(s) and redo(s)
• MP4 and MP3 compressor with custom format
• MP3 audio studio: easily create your mp3 compilation
• Project save and restore
• Facebook, Email, Messaging and Office sharing
• Continue your projects from your pc with Movie Maker for Windows Desktop!
• Extract frames from a video
• Extract mp3 from a video
• Slow motion effect X10
• Exclusive: ‘tick’ noise removal tool

Download the app free only for today. Get it from the Windows phone store here.

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Microsoft Talks About The Future Of Cortana

Last couple of days, there were lots of speculation and confusion around whether Microsoft will/should bring Cortana on non-Windows devices. Marcus Ash, Group program manager responsible for Cortana on Windows Phone explained it all in a series of Tweets. He confirmed that Microsoft is focused on bringing Cortana to many other countries on Windows Phone and after that they might bring it to Windows on PCs. And also he confirmed that there is no plans to bring Cortana to Android or iOS platforms. Read his tweets below.

• Our top priority is to make Cortana great for #WindowsPhone customers. Get her out to more countries, continuing to push innovation.
• Real plan is about #Cortana on #WindowsPhone. Make it so good that#WindowsPhone customers get everyone they know on #WindowsPhone.
• Showcase experience will always be on #WindowsPhone. No controversy or debate.
• After we execute on #1 – #3, we have started to THINK about #Cortana on#Windows so more #Microsoft customers experience her.
• In a future state, the best experience will still be for #Microsoft customers that own all #Windows devices. Best work is on our devices.
• Only after we execute on #1 – #5 do we consider #Cortana anywhere other than Windows devices which are only thoughts/questions, no plans.
• Being a challenger in mobile requires us to consider ideas to breakthrough, including leveraging the broadest set of #Windows customers
• Words are nice, only actions matter. Next 4 months of #Cortana on#WindowsPhone will show that we are dead serious about #1 – #3.
• These are future questions/thoughts, the present reality is making #Cortana#WindowsPhone amazing for our current and new customers.

Source: Twitter (@marcusash), Via: WPCentral

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XOLO’s Windows Phone to be the world’s lightest smartphone

According to Times of India, Xolo(LAVA International), an another Indian OEM is going to launch a Windows Phone which will be the world's lightest smartphone weighing only 100g. It will come with a 4.7" screen and a Snapdragon 200 processor.
The Samsung Galaxy S4 mini weighs in at 107 gram, followed by Apple iPhone 5S at 112 gram and HTC Desire 500 at 123 gram.
The handset by the Indian OEM is set to arrive in July and will be priced at 12,000 INR ($200).
A Xolo spokesperson refused to confirm the leaked details, saying the company did not want to discuss its under-development phones or the launch road map. In an earlier statement however they said:

We at Xolo believe that Windows OS has certain goodness to offer for a certain market segment and it will help Xolo reach a desired 15% share of the smartphone market by end of 2014.

Would our readers like to see these value handsets spread to the rest of the world? Let us know below.

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MyDlink app for Windows Phone updated

Dlink have updated their Windows Phone app with a couple of new features. The app allows users to stream content from their Dlink wireless cameras and also managed DLink routers.

New in version 3.2.0.0 is:

• Local/Remote mode
• Camera SetupWizard
• Push notification
• Read more about the app after the break.

The app features:

• View live video from your Cloud Camera,including a full-screen view.
• Supports H.264 video streaming for smooth high-quality video (specific models only.)
• Listen to audio from your camera’s microphone (audio-enabled modes only)
• Save snapshots of your camera’s video to your phone.
• View the online status of your Cloud Cameras and Cloud Routers
• Remotely monitor and configure your Cloud Routers.
• Access and view your camera’s video feed (without audio) through your NVR.
• Support remote viewing period of five minutes in relay mode. Helpful 60seconds left countdown timer.
• Touch and drag to move your view around for non-PT cameras. Pinch to zoom in/out.
• Toggle camera’s view modes between Night mode,Day mode and Automatic mode.
• After initial settings on the mydlink website,you can enable/disable motion/sound detection from the app for supported cameras.
• You can talk back with 2-way audio support. (for DCS-942L)
• SD Card Playback (for DCS-942L)

This app is compatible with the following models:

Cloud Cameras: DCS-930L,DCS-931L,DCS-932L,DCS-933L,DCS-942L,DCS-1100,DCS-1100L,DCS-1130,DCS-1130L,DCS-2132L,DCS-2310L,DCS-2332L,DCS-5010L,DCS-5020L,DCS-5211L,DCS-5222L,DCS-5230L,DCS-6010L,DCS-7010L.

Cloud Routers: DAP-1160L,DAP-1360L,DIR-140L,DIR-600L,DIR-600LW,DIR-601L,DIR-602L,DIR-605L,DIR-605LW,DIR-615LB1,DIR-619L,DIR-626L,DIR-636L,DIR-640L,DIR-645L,DIR-808L,DIR-810L,DIR-820L,DIR-826L,DIR-836L,DIR-840L,DIR-845L,DIR-850L,DIR-855L,DIR-860L,DIR-865L,DIR-868L,DIR-900L,DIR-905L,DIR-919L,DSL-2770L,DSL-2870B,DSL-2890AL

NVR: DNR-322L

Download Here

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Marcus Ash talks about Cortana on other platforms

A video has now surfaced showing Microsoft’s Marcus Ash (Group Program Manager for Windows Phone) answering the question, and from his response we can gather it is not the first time the issue has been discussed by the Windows Phone team.

He explained that the number 1 priority was to provide an excellent experience on Windows Phone, to help sell handsets, but after this has been well bedded in, the second priority would be spreading Cortana to the rest of the Microsoft ecosystem.
After this however the question of going cross-platform did come up, and he notes that Microsoft needed to be where their customers were, and that by going cross-platform they could provide an advantage to their users who used multiple ecosystems.
Our readers will note that Google Now is not just available on Android handsets, but also iOS and even the desktop via Chrome.  Should Microsoft also aim for ubiquity, or at the very least availability on multiple platforms? Let us know below.

Via: WMPowerUser

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Windows Phone will soon get two Indian based OEMs

After the highly successful last year for Windows Phone, this year Microsoft announced 9 new OEMs to the Windows Phone ecosystem. We have already seen three new Windows Phone OEMs this month. Now according to one of the most popular Indian Newspaper, Times of India, Micromax is planing to launch 2 budget line Windows Phones this Monday in a press conference at New Delhi. The handsets are expected to be priced around Rs 6,000-7,000 and other around Rs 10,000-11,000, which indicate a mid-range and high end device.
Rumours suggests one handset will have a 5-inch full-HD display, Snapdragon 800 processor and 2GB RAM, 13MP rear camera and a 5MP front-facing camera, 16GB internal storage and a microSD card slot and will be Canvas-branded.
Micromax will soon be joined by other Indian OEMs Lava and Karbonn with handsets in the Rs 6,000 to Rs 12,000 range.

The second OEM which will soon join Windows Phone is Celkon Mobiles.
A representative for Celkon has confirmed the company will start selling such a product but there are few details at this point.
Y. Pradeep, the Head of Digital Management for Celkon Mobiles, claims that the Windows Phone 8.1 device will be out sometime in August and that it will sell for around 10,000 rupees, or about $184. Pradeep did not offer any information on the hardware specs for the phone.
Celkon recently entered the budget smartphone business in India with the A35K, running on Android 4.4 Kitkat with a 1 Ghz processor and priced at 2,999 rupees. There has been explosion in new Windows Phone OEMs following Microsoft’s announcement that they would make the OS free, and taking other measures, including launching an OEM portal, to smooth the way for Android OEMs to also launch Windows Phones.

What do you think about this? We have a small poll on this for you. Be sure to vote your opinion on this.

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Tutorial: Add the World Cup 2014 schedule to your Windows Phone Calendar

The World Cup is in full swing after host country Brazil defeated Croatia in the opening match. There's an entire month of football action remaining with the 2014 final taking place on July 13. Want to get the schedule of the FIFA 2014 World Cup straight on your Windows Phone? WPCentral forum user showed how you can get the full schedule on your Windows Phone with a simple trick.
Here's how you get the full FIFA 2014 World Cup schedule in your Windows Phone calendar:

• Go to calendar.live.com on your PC
• Click on 'Import' on the top left
• Click 'Subscribe'
• Add the following webcal URL: webcal://www1.skysports.com/calendars/football/fixtures/competitions/worldcup
• Name your calendar.
• Select a color and charm.
• Click Subscribe.

And that's it! The matches should be converted to your local time too, so you this saves numerous steps and will make sure you don't miss a game! Make sure you went to calendar.live.com and signed in with the Microsoft Account you use on your Windows Phone and Windows 8 machines. Now you'll see all matches appear on your phone in due time. Impatient? Force the calendar sync by going to settings > email + accounts > long press Microsoft account to sync. 

Check below for the image tutorial of the same.

Via: WPCentral Forums

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