Category: Windows Phone

Windows 10 Mobile Released for Certain 8.1 Devices

Using the Upgrade Advisor App you can now update the following Phones to Windows 10 Lumia 1520, 930, 640, 640XL, 730, 735, 830, 532, 535, 540, 635 1GB, 636 1GB, 638 1GB, 430, 435 BLU Win HD w510u, BLU Win HD LTE x150q MCJ Madosma Q501 This list includes a limited set of Windows Phone …

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Fast Ring: Announcing Windows 10 Mobile Insider Preview Build 14283

Here’s what’s new in Build 14283 Improvements to the Phone app: We know how important it is to stay informed when someone is trying to reach you, whether that’s through notifications, Live tiles on your Start screen, or directly within your communications applications. To help with this, we’ve added missed call and voicemail waiting indicators to the tabs inside …

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Mobile Fast Ring: Windows Mobile Insider Build 14267.1002

Here’s what’s new Search for music easier in Cortana: We have made it easier to invoke music search in Cortana by adding a music search icon to the top right of Cortana. You can now open Cortana and tap on the music search icon to have Cortana listen and search for the song that’s playing. Word …

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Windows 10 Mobile 10586.63 released to the insider fast ring

Another release to the fast ring and it brings nice new stuff:   Reliability, battery and performance improvements Typing on Polish keyboard in Outlook Mail Turn by turn directions over Bluetooth in car Battery usage improvements with Iris Recognition Reliability of quick actions settings page MS Band use with Cortana Have fun upgrading!  

Windows 10 App

We have a Windows 10 App in the store for Phone & Desktop. It will enable you to follow your blogs and updates more easily.   Check it out here: https://www.microsoft.com/store/apps/9nblggh5cp77  

Windows 10 Mobile Insider Preview Build 10586 released to the Fast ring Insiders

New Build for Windows 10 Mobile is here for the fast ring insiders, I’m upgrading my 925 & 630 right now! Known Issues: (read the bold text before you upgrade) After we released Build 10581 to Windows Insiders in the Fast ring, we discovered a bug in the build that will cause the filesystem to become …

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Windows 10 Technical Preview Build 10052 now available for phones

Minor update to the 10051 released 11 days ago but some nice fixes! Here are the big things that are fixed: Flight mode can now be enabled. You can now disable data connections. We fixed the bug in which your phone’s MMS settings were lost after upgrading from Build 9941. We fixed the issue in which …

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Office Lens: Convert Hardcopy Docs and Notes into Editable Files on OneDrive

The Office Lens app on Windows Phone received an update – you can now can take pictures of whiteboard notes or paper documents and Office Lens coverts them directly into editable Word documents and PowerPoint presentations. The documents are automatically saved to your OneDrive so you can access them on any device.   Check it …

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Windows Phone 8.1 Update brings Cortana to new markets + new features

From MS Blogs by Joe Belfiore Back in April, you heard me talk about how we believe Windows Phone 8.1 is the world’s most personal smartphonebecause of features like highly personal Live Tiles on your Start screen and the world’s first truly personal digital assistant. Today I am in China to talk about how we’re continuing …

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