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Nokia Engineer Finds Hack to Get In-Game Purchases for Free on Windows 8

A Nokia engineer who works with Windows 8 has stumbled across a trick which allows users to avoid paying for in-game purchases—and he’s published it online. It’s not the easiest process in the world, but it does seem to work. Justin Angel, the engineer in question, explains the process using the Soulcraft Windows 8 game…

The Most Important Phones Of 2012

The smartphone market of 2012 has seen some heated competition. The usual contenders all released solid hardware. But the dynamic between them changed, too—Windows Phone arrived as a serious third OS option, and 2012 ended with exciting new models of iPhone and Android devices. Here’s a look at the best new products people put in…

Nokia’s New Lumia 620: Windows Phone 8 on the Cheap

If you want Windows Phone 8 but are scrabbling for cash, Nokia might have the answer. It just announced its new entry-level handset, the Lumia 620, at a show in Paris—and it’s squarely targeted at the budget end of the market. Filling the bottom end of Nokia’s WinPho 8 range—just like its predecessor, the 610,…

Nokia’s Sold Its HQ (But It’s Not Moving Out)

To try and make up for the fact that it’s struggling financially, Nokia has sold it HQ building in Espoo, Finland. But it’s not moving it out. https://gizmodo.com/nokia-reports-754-million-operating-loss-and-sliding-l-5952788 Instead, it’s entered into a long-term lease with the new owner, Finland-based Exilion, which ponied up $220 million for the sleek set of corporate offices. Nokia has…

Nokia Hired An Entire Orchestra Just To Put Out a Couple of Measly Ringtones

Nokia was looking at some of its numbers when somebody noticed that the popularity of classical music ringtones was pretty high, second most popular. So did they shrug this inane newes off with amused sighs and feeble “that’s neat”s? Not at all. They went out and hired a whole 55-piece orchestra to whip up 25…

Old Nokia Phones Camera App Is Only Available for Windows Phone (Sadly)

Hipster alert: after countless Lomography or Instamatic filters, a new app called Pixel Heritage is capable of making photographs like a nine old Nokia phones. The results are extremely accurate and absolutely horrible, like the crap we used to take as photos. Too bad the app is available to ruin the Nokia Lumia 920’s great…

Microsoft Solves Windows Phone 8’s Random Rebooting Problem

After users reported that their Windows Phone 8 handsets were randomly rebooting, Microsoft claims to have found the cause of the problem—and is planning to roll out an over-the-air update in December. https://gizmodo.com/is-your-windows-phone-8-handset-randomly-rebooting-5961703 All Things D reports that Microsoft has been working with its partners—presumably HTC and Nokia—and has discovered a cause of the bug…

This lamp tells you the weather by recreating it inside your house

Another weird habit instilled in us by modern technology is the tendency to check the current weather on our smartphones when there’s a perfectly good window not three feet directly to the right. It is with this illogical behavior in mind that we present to you the Nebula 12 (a lamp, designed by Micasa LAB,…

Nokia’s Camera and Imaging Chief Has Stepped Down

According to a statement released by the company, Damien Dinning, the Lead Program Manager for Nokia’s Smart Devices business, has quit. Following stints at Eastman Kodak and Minolta UK, Dinning joined Nokia in 2004 and was considered to be the person behind the advanced camera technology used in the company’s smartphones. Nokia’s official statement, released…

Nokia Maps for iOS: Why Is Something So Good So Ugly?

Nokia Maps (officially titled “Here”) is a potential godsend for anyone fed up with Apple’s subpar offering. It’s blazingly fast, routes via public transportation with ease, and doesn’t mix up Manhattan with Siberia. Unfortunately, it’s bogglingly hard on the eyes. Nokia Maps is equal to or better than Apple Maps is virtually every way. It…

Nokia’s awesome new map service, Here, has finally landed for iOS. It’s free, now, in the App Store. [iTunes]

Nokia Leak Suggests There’s a Windows Phone 7.x Between 7.8 and 8

We’ve been expecting Windows Phone 7 to halt dead at 7.8, leaving users with older handsets in the lurch. But now a leak from Nokia suggests there’s life in the old OS yet. https://gizmodo.com/sorry-but-microsoft-screwing-windows-phone-fans-is-the-5919993 A leaked slide, which has popped up on WParea (in German) hints at the existence of WinPho 7.x, presumably a further…

Is Your Windows Phone 8 Handset Randomly Rebooting?

The earliest of early adopters have now been using Windows Phone 8 for almost three weeks—and it seems that there may be a few teething problems. In particular, some users are reporting infuriating random reboots and some battery life issues. The Verge has stumbled across a stack of forum posts over at WPCentral about the…

5 Things To Love About Nokia’s New Maps

Nokia’s rebranded mapping service will soon arrive on iPhones and and Android devices, under the moniker of Here. For Android users this isn’t a huge deal, but for iPhone owners living in the age of iOS 6, it could change a lot. Nokia’s maps, on other platforms, have been fantastic. https://gizmodo.com/nokias-new-mapping-service-is-coming-to-ios-and-android-5960189 The apps aren’t quite…

Is Your Nokia Lumia 920’s Battery Draining Too Fast?

According to the folks populating the WPCentral forums, Nokia’s new flagship Lumia 920 is having some pretty serious battery issues. There’s been a glut of users reporting in that their 920 is draining its entire charge in just a few hours. Others, though, are reporting no difference from the very good battery life we and…

Nokia’s New Mapping Service Is Coming to iOS and Android

We just introduced you to Here, Nokia’s insanely fast new mapping service for the desktop and mobile browser, but it’s also coming to Android and iOS in a few weeks. https://gizmodo.com/nokias-insanely-fast-new-mapping-service-looks-awesome-5960184 It’s going straight to the App Store where it’ll be a free download for iOS. But for Android, Nokia is just releasing a toolkit…

Nokia’s Insanely Fast New Mapping Service Looks Awesome

Apple Maps sucks hard but Nokia’s navigation solution, a product called Here that was just announced today, is fast as hell. You can try it in on the desktop or in web app form at m.here.net. I wish I had had this over the weekend—I visited San Francisco for the first time and kept forgetting…

Is Nokia Committing Retail Suicide?

The Lumia 920, lauded and yearned for as the very savior of Windows Phone, goes on sale today for $100. It’s a pretty sweet phone! Not quite what we hoped it’d be, but a solid handset. But is the lower price a problem rather than a selling point? https://gizmodo.com/nokia-lumia-920-the-great-windows-phone-hope-5940599 Nokia—and really anyone trying to sell…

That Big Ol’ Lumia 920 Has a Slight $100 Price

The Nokia Lumia 920 may be too heavy for most tastes, but at least its price tag won’t match. The once and future Windows 8 smartphone will be available from AT&T for $100 as of November 9th, while its tinier Lumia 820 cousin will run you just $50 on contract. Preorders start tomorrow. That means…

Best Buy’s prematurely listed the fat Nokia Lumia 920 at $150 on contract. Again. Seems that’s the price! [WPCentral]