Kanavos Windows Phone Concept Bets Big on Tiles - MobilEgypt

Microsoft’s Windows Phone platform did manage to bring a change to the manner in which users look at mobile phones, making that step away from the crowd, but the OS might still have a lot to evolve before becoming a leader on the market. One of the main features of the platform is its consistency across devices coming from different handset vendors, yet one designer believes that a series of issues can be found here as well. According to Alexandros Stasinopoulos , there are only few Windows Phones that indeed manage to blend the platform into the hardware, and that this is the aspect that handset vendors should take into consideration when designing new smartphones. He also proposes a new approach to Windows Phone, called Kanavos and aimed specifically at bringing the handset and the software running on it together. “Kanavos suggests a bold industrial design through a number of vertical and horizontal contrast color stripes that is visually completed through the recent minimal but strong windows mobile user interface design,” Stasinopoulos explains. “What is shown on the main menu screen does not disrupt any more the design of the device but, instead, the black stripes of the Windows OS meet the ones of the hardware and thus the OS becomes, in a sense, a bridge between the two sides of the device.” The concept design proposes the relocation of the “Windows” button from the center of the lower part of the phone to its left and right sides, a move that would facilitate the access to its functions. Having so many stripes on a mobile phone might not be a feature that all users would like, but the concept certainly seems highly interesting, especially when considering its proposed consistency across hardware and software. Many people have already started to show increased interest in Nokia’s new Windows Phone 8 smartphones, which makes us wonder whether a device resembling Kanavos will prove successful or not. Let us know what you think of it by dropping a comment below.

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Nokia TV App Arrives on Nokia’s Windows Phones - MobilEgypt

Last month, Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia announced the upcoming availability of its Nokia TV application for devices running under Windows Phone, though confirmed it only for users in its homeland country. Today, we learn that the mobile application is available for download for Nokia Lumia users in Finland, providing them with access to favorite TV shows straight from their mobile phones. All that users need to do is to search for it in the app portal. In the Windows Phone Marketplace, the new mobile application is listed as capable of providing users with the possibility to browse lists of television services available locally at a single site. Moreover, it will also enable them to easily search all services available at one time, and to select the show they want to watch and start playing immediately. When announcing the mobile app, Nokia said that it would offer support for broadcasters’ existing internet TV business models. Nokia TV users will be able to browse or search through the available catalogues of TV services from major local broadcasters without the need to sign-up or register. Moreover, they will be able to play these TV shows on their devices without registration as well. Nokia TV is yet another exclusive application that the Finnish handset vendor has launched for its users, in an attempt to differentiate from other phone makers. Previously, Nokia provided its Windows Phone users with applications such as Nokia Music and Nokia Reading, as well as with access to navigation services through the Nokia Maps app. Unfortunately, the company did not offer info on whether the new Nokia TV will be pushed to users outside Finland as well, though it might unveil more on this soon. However, it seems that those users who own a Nokia Lumia smartphone and have the Marketplace link to the application can download and install the app even if they are outside Nokia’s homeland country.

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LinkedIn App for Windows Phone Now Available - MobilEgypt

A new application is now available for download for the owners of devices running under Microsoft’s Windows Phone operating system, namely LinkedIn. Through the new app, professionals will find it easier to access the network while on the go, while also benefiting from rich LinkedIn insights right in the palm of their hand. The new LinkedIn for Windows Phone applications will also provide users with the possibility to easily get in touch with the millions of professionals worldwide that are using the social network. Moreover, the app will enable people to have a look at the network’s real- time update stream that delivers news and information from each user’s professional connections. LinkedIn for Windows Phone will also keep users on top of news impacting their business, and it will enable them to keep up-to-date with their professional groups, or to search for jobs, or simply follow news from their favorite companies. “Today, we’re excited to unveil LinkedIn’s newest mobile application for the Windows Phone! We know professionals rely on their mobile devices every day to conduct business and to stay prepared for their work day,” LinkedIn’s Tomer Cohen notes in a blog post. He also explains that the development team was focused on making sure that the new mobile application can benefit to the fullest of the latest Windows Phone features. “We took advantage of the unique and beautiful Windows Phone metro style design while ensuring users would have easy and quick access to all the relevant professional information they’ve come to rely on from LinkedIn,” he notes. “You’ll find that in some cases (hint: companies and jobs), the Windows Phone app offers even more functionality than its iOS and Android siblings.” The release of this Windows Phone application is meant to provide even more professionals with the possibility to access important news needed for making smarter business decisions, all right from their Windows Phone devices. The new LinkedIn for Windows Phone is available for download through the Windows Phone Marketplace via this link.

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Nokia Announces More Exclusive Apps for Lumia Handsets - MobilEgypt

At the CTIA Wireless 2012 conference in New Orleans, US, Nokia announced a new series of applications available for its Windows Phone-powered handsets in the Lumia series. These apps, meant to provide users with appealing, locally relevant software on their devices, arrive on smartphones as the result of the various exclusive partnerships that the company has signed with industry leaders. “With Nokia Lumia smartphones now available in 48 markets, developers are rapidly recognizing the business opportunities and creating their best work for our consumers,” Marco Argenti, SVP, Nokia Developer Experience, stated. The newly announced apps for Lumia devices range from games and sport software to lifestyle and finance applications, entertainment, news, productivity and more. The list of software includes the PGA Tour app, which will be exclusively available on Nokia Lumia devices for 12 months from launch. Additionally, Nokia’s Windows Phone devices will receive the ESPN Hub exclusively until May 2013. A Windows Phone version of the ESPN Fantasy Football app will arrive on these handsets in fall. Nokia’s Lumia users will also receive access to apps such as Angry Birds Space from Rovio, as well as FIFA, Madden NFL, NBA Jam, Tiger Woods PGA TOUR, Mirror's Edge and Yahtzee from EA. A Groupon Windows Phone application will be exclusively available on Lumia devices for 6 months, while Tripdots will feature a 3-month exclusivity period on these devices. Nokia and PayPal are working together on the release of an application for Windows Phone, to enable secure payment capabilities on Lumia devices. Additionally, an AOL Entertainment Hub will feature six-month exclusivity on these handsets, with access to radio stations via SHOUTcast, streaming of music albums with AOL's Listening Party, and more. "The live tiles on Nokia Lumia helped us create an awesome app that makes it easy to stay in the know on what's happening in Film, TV, Radio, Concerts and Music right from your home screen," said Sol Lipman, Director of Mobile First products at AOL. A Time Magazine app for Windows Phone is also in the works, along with Newsweek - The Daily Beast app for Windows Phone. Last but not least, there will also be a Box app for Windows Phone arriving on Nokia’s mobile devices, the company announced. "We believe that Windows Phone will play a meaningful role in enhancing mobile productivity across businesses of all sizes, and we're excited to work with Nokia to bring an unparalleled experience for both users and IT to its Lumia smartphones," Matthew Self, VP of Platform Engineering at Box, stated.

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Nokia City Lens for Windows Phone Arrives in Beta - MobilEgypt

Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia is ramping up to offer some more appealing application to its Windows Phone users, the latest of them being Nokia City Lens. Released in a beta version, the mobile application is meant to provide users with an augmented reality interface to find places in cities they do not yet know. The app will provide users with info on restaurants and other places, while also delivering driving or walking directions to them, and the like. It doesn’t matter whether you are in a new city or in your hometown. The app will prove as useful when trying to find a specific location, Nokia notes. All you’d have to do is to fire up the software and look at the city through the phone’s camera. The augmented reality interface will overlay info on places on the real world imagery. As soon as you have decided on heading to a specific location, simply tap in on the screen, and walking directions will immediately pop up. At the same time, the application will enable users to make reservations straight from the phone , and will also deliver additional details on the locale. Through Nokia City Lens, all the places that you are looking for are instantly accessible, the handset vendor notes. Some of the main features of the mobile application include: Locate your destination, your way - See what’s nearby the way that works best for you—whether through a camera view, list view, or maps view —including landmarks, restaurants, hotels, shops and more. Get the details - Gather the information about a chosen spot—all at a glance. Simply tap to call for more info, read a review, or view detailed descriptions to learn everything you need to know before you go. Share your location - With just one tap on your phone, you can share your destination with friends via social networks, SMS, or email. Quickly spread the word of where you’ll be and how to quickly get there. Save your searches - City Lens saves your recent searches so you can look up one of your last favorite spots in just seconds. It’s a great way to jog your memory and save time—all in an instant. You can learn some more info on the software in the video embedded below. All those interested in getting the app for a spin should head over to the Nokia Beta Labs to find it.

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Details on Nokia Drive 3.0 and Nokia Transport 2.0 Emerge - MobilEgypt

Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia is moving closer to the release of two new applications for its Windows Phone devices, namely Nokia Drive 3.0 and Nokia Transport 2.0. The company has already offered a preview of the new flavor of Nokia Drive at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona in February, but hasn’t yet provided a specific release date for it. However, the guys over at WP7Forum.ru have discovered additional details on the application, and have also come up with a series of screenshots of it in action. One of the main new features that we should expect to make it inside Nokia Drive 3.0 would be its capability to learn driving habits based on user’s own “style,” thus becoming more efficient and personal. Additionally, the software will arrive with real-time tracking of travel and density of traffic movements, and will deliver such info via a live tile. Other features include automatic determination of time of day, along with the change of color scheme cards accordingly. It will also offer the option to manually adjust routes, and will come with off-line favorite lists, providing the possibility to fix tiles on the desktop. When it comes to Nokia Transport 2.0 app, said Russian forum unveiled the fact that it would enable users to search for public transport using their location, and that it would deliver info on nearby transportation: buses, trains, trams, subways, taxis, marked stops. Other features include the displaying of routes with transfers, support for scheduling in 87 countries around the world, and fast access to Favorites. The software also comes with advanced search, the options to save query history or to change the query without a new route, as well as with faster search and installation of the route and with a series of optimizations brought to its overall performance. As WMPoweruser notes, details on when the updated application versions will arrive on Nokia’s Windows Phone devices should emerge in a matter of weeks, so stay tuned for more on the matter.

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