In September 2014 Microsoft Mobile, the newly re-branded Nokia Mobile division, revealed the Lumia 730/735 & the Lumia 830 to the world at IFA Berlin. The new Lumia 730 was marketed as a super selfie phone. Being the only phone in the Lumia lineup with the biggest front camera sensor and following the development of Read More »
The Lumia Icon was one of the first Nokia phones to feature a brand new design trend. Codenamed Vanquish, it featured a completely different design, made of new materials, compared to previous Lumia devices. A premium metal frame with a colorful polycarbonate back shell made the phone feel solid and durable but also fun. The Read More »
In 2012, Nokia released the Lumia 920 to the market, one of the first Lumias to run Windows Phone 8.0, using the Windows NT technology. At the same time, Microsoft released Windows 8, and specifically Windows RT, the version of Windows designed to run on ARM processors. The Microsoft Surface RT tablet was released alongside Read More »
With Windows Phone being the past, a lot of prototypes are starting to appear online. If you are a Windows Phone fan or you just like to mess around with prototype hardware, it might be tempting to get one. But what should you do with it? With this post, we'll try to highlight some of Read More »
You probably saw recently pictures of Windows 10 on ARM on many devices including Hapanero. This article will guide you on how to run Windows 10 on ARM on Hapanero with some drivers working. This guide will also provide download links for the separate driver pack without the whole firmware. This driver pack contains drivers Read More »
In the last post we gave you an in-depth look at Nokia's cancelled smartwatch, codename "Moonraker", running the pre-installed firmware. It offered a pretty good experience but it was clear that it was a pretty early version. The companion app (codename "Q") has a tempting firmware update button and after a bit of hesitation, we Read More »
The Windows Phone ecosystem always lacked a real smartwatch. The Microsoft Band was introduced in 2014 and if you were, or still are a Windows Phone enthusiast you probably owned one because, well, it was the only first-party device close enough to a smartwatch. Although it wasn't a bad device, it wasn't comfortable and it was Read More »
Screw ups happen, even for us. With this post we're starting a series that will focus on our brick and recovery stories. Today we're showing you how we recovered our McLaren after our attempt to update it to a newer firmware didn't go as planned... Some backstory We love to improve our prototypes by getting Read More »
In 2013 there were rumors about Microsoft working on some sort of smartwatch created by the Xbox team. You now know it as the Microsoft Band but it turns out that wasn't their first try. In 2012 they had created a Xbox branded smartwatch, codename Joule. It wasn't more than a prototype, and never left Read More »
Some months ago WindowsCentral revealed Microsoft's original vision for what we know as their last Lumia flagships. It would have included Active Sides, Smart covers and pen support. Sadly it didn't become a reality and Microsoft released the "boring" phones we all know. Until today nobody ever got a working prototype to show pen support Read More »