Software company ALK Technologies has announced that its CoPilot GPS navigation app is coming for Windows Phone 8 and Windows 8 devices. The software offers voice-guided GPS navigation for Windows Phone 8 smartphone users and other Windows devices. Using the software travelers will be able to take advantage of turn-by-turn guidance features, trip planning services, and automotive-grade maps stored on the device for off-line use.
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CoPilot GPS navigation app comes to Windows Phone 8
Nokia Lumia 520 hands-on: the new high end of low
In the Nokia Lumia 520 you've got Nokia's newest low-end of great, including their renewed dedication to a pure aesthetic, Windows Phone 8, and a rather inexpensive price point. This device is a bit of a shell in the way it appears in the hand, with the front being more of a flat experience while the back bubbles out, and the edges are sharp. Of course no Nokia would be a real Nokia if the edges were actually sharp as a device could be, so you'll find this device "pillowy" when compared to the rest of the smartphones of the world made by non-Nokia OeMs.
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Nokia Lumia 720 hands-on: high-end on a budget
With the Nokia Lumia 720, the company continues with their unique design solution with high-end specifications on a low-cost Windows Phone 8 solution. Here we’re finding this lovely device to be rather like the Nokia Lumia 820, complete with “pillowy” design elements. The glass up front is curved around the edges, software is swift and rather responsive, and the whole experience is, if we didn’t know better, appearing very much to be the nicest Windows Phone 8 show of power on the market.
Nokia Lumia 520 brings lowest-cost Windows Phone 8 entry point
This week at Mobile World Congress 2013 the folks at Nokia have revealed the new Lumia 520, a device that's made to bring the Windows Phone 8 experience to the world along with the Nokia Pure design experience at an extremely low price point. This device has what Nokia calls high-end innovation while it does so with 3G connectivity - like the Lumia 720, this is another device made for the non-LTE networks around the world.
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Nokia Lumia 720 official: high-end for non-LTE
This week the Nokia lineup was expanded for Windows Phone 8 with the new Nokia Lumia 720. This device is one of two new Lumia devices to be showing up at Mobile World Congress 2013, the other being slightly smaller and coming in quite similar with the name Lumia 520. The Lumia 720 works with a lovely S, otherwise looking quite similar to the already launched Lumia 820 - on the market in both the USA and abroad.
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LG Optimus L7 II, L5 II and L3 II hands-on: Android for every hand size
Not everybody wants a massive phone (even a super-powerful 5.5-inch one) and so LG has the Optimus L-Series, now in its second generation and shown off here at Mobile World Congress. A trio of handsets - the L7 II, L5 II, and L3 II - spanning the screen size range from 4.3-inches at the largest, to 3.2-inches at the smallest. We snatched some hands-on time at the show.
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Nokia 105 creates new entry point at 15 EURO
With the Nokia 105 the company has introduced their new entry point - the least expensive device they're about to offer at just 15 EURO. This device has a lovely color screen - games - very basic games, that is - and a splash and dust-proof keypad. It's got a flashlight, "amazing" battery life, and a Nokia look. This device will take the most basic elements that make a Nokia device and make it inexpensive - extremely inexpensive.
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Nokia 301 revealed with Pure experience
The Nokia 301 is a brand new feature phone coming from the company with a brand new design aesthetic center - one design, one Nokia aim. This one unified design approach has been pushed today by Nokia - "Pure" and "Advanced." Nokia's head of design Marko Ahtisaari spoke up about the essential elements of their next lineup. This device will work with email with Exchange, it'll have upgraded web connectivity with Asha-like access. This device will work with single or dual-SIM action across the world, and will be working with apps like WhatsApp as well.
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LG Optimus G Pro hands-on: It’s a big ‘un
LG has brought the big guns to Mobile World Congress, in the shape of the Optimus G Pro, a whopping 5.5-inch Full HD Android smartphone. One of the largest non-pen-enabled phones around, the Optimus G Pro runs a 1.7GHz quadcore processor from Qualcomm’s Snapdragon S4 Pro stable, and isn’t left out of the megapixel race with a 13MP snapper on the rear.
Qualcomm AllJoyn blooms with “Internet of Everything” connectivity
This week Qualcomm is stepping up to the plate with their AllJoyn software framework, driving with it connections between devices galore - creating interoperability for what they call the "Internet of Everything." This announcement takes the AllJoyn universe and extends it to devices with different operating systems and from hardware vendors from all directions. With the AllJoyn SDK, developers will now be given all the tools they need to create "dynamic, ad-hoc networks" between devices with advanced connectivity, discoverability, security, and management galore.
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Alcatel One Touch Idol X hands-on
This week the folks at Alcatel have revealed several new devices, the largest of the bunch being the One Touch Idol X, it touting a massive 5-inch display. This device sports a world-record thin amount of border around its edges which you’ll hear about in the video, and under the hood you’ve got a quad-core processor. And it comes in red, too!
NVIDIA Tegra 4 benchmarking and hands-on with Phoenix
This week we’ve had the opportunity to take a peek at the NVIDIA Tegra 4 quad-core processor inside both a couple of tablets and the Phoenix Developer Platform smartphone (in the form of the Tegra 4i). While we’ve only been able to see benchmarks in a mocked-up version of a tablet, the numbers are impressive, to say the least. We’ve also had a peek at the insides of an NVIDIA Tegra 4 and Tegra 4i chip setup, with an up-close look at how the SoCs look inside your phone or tablet of the future.
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