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Video: Speed Test for Windows Phone with Quick Bandwidth Test
Quick Bandwidth Test for Windows Phone does exactly what the app’s name says. It’ll give you your network connection speeds. The simple app have no fancy graphics or animations that might affect test results. Take a look at this hands-on demo from my Nokia Lumia 900 before you try it.
Playing With Nokia Lumia and Final Cut Pro X
When I shoot videos with my Canon 5D Mark II, I usually record audio separately and throw them on Final Cut Pro X for editing. Since the Nokia Lumia 800 and Lumia 900 shoot HD videos too, I wanted to try playing with my usual workflow and use Lumia phones instead. Here are two videos shot with the Nokia Lumia 800 for our travel blog.
Video: The Dark Knight Rises for Nokia Lumia Hands-on
Exclusive to Nokia Lumia devices, here’s a hands-on look at the new Dark Knight Rises app. It has trailers, wallpapers, ringtones, theater locator, and countdown to the premier. There’s also a very interesting location-based game powered by Foursquare.
Video: Text Contact Info to New Friends with textContact Light
textContact Light, an app for Windows Phone, lets you attach contacts info to text messages. Select which contact to add from your contact address list and send the SMS. I’m showing it here on my Nokia Lumia 800.
Video: Don’t Forget Birthdays with Social Birthday Tile
Social Birthday Tile uses your Facebook account to figure out which friends of yours have birthdays this week and show it on a live tile! In the app itself, you can go and post on your friend’s wall using message templates. You can see how it works on my Nokia Lumia 800.
Demo: Creative Studio for Windows Phone
Creative Studio by Nokia was just released in the Windows Phone Marketplace. It lets you take photos with live special effects, edit existing photos and also an option for panorama. It’s absolutely free, so there’s no reason not to try it. I made a video to show you how it looks on my Nokia Lumia 800.
Demo: Google Search for Windows Phone Update
Google Search app for Windows Phone was just updated and I have a video to show you what’s new. You can now download the app at the marketplace. The latest version features autocomplete, voice search, and location. Video demo on the Nokia Lumia 800 after the jump.
Demo: Carbon Twitter App for Windows Phone Now Available
Carbon for Windows Phone is finally available at the Marketplace. It’s a new Twitter app you should check out. The current version is 1.1 and it costs $1.99. They’re already on their way to release version 1.2 that supports trial mode so you can try the app for free before purchase. I shot a video this morning to show you how it looks on the Nokia Lumia 800.
Demo: Seesmic Ping Goes Live. Post Anywhere, Anytime
Facebook and Twitter addicts are going to like Seesmic Ping for Windows Phone. It will let you post to multiple Twitter accounts, Facebook profile, multiple Facebook pages, and more in one try. What’s great is that photos and links look like they’ve been posted natively. You can also schedule posts. Here’s a video of how it looks on my Nokia Lumia 800.
You May Hit Trouble on Your 6th Windows Phone Device
The cyan Nokia Lumia 800 I recently unboxed was my 6th Windows Phone device. How did I know? I was unable to download any apps from the Marketplace because of this error. It looks like we are only allowed to associate our Windows Live ID with 5 phones. If you don’t manually remove your previous phones from your account settings, you won’t be able to download new apps on your 6th phone.
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