Year: 2018

  • Meet Vega, Nokia’s stepping stone into the world of tablet computing

    Meet Vega, Nokia’s stepping stone into the world of tablet computing

    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…

  • RDC Authentication required: I just got a prototype, what do I need to do now?

    RDC Authentication required: I just got a prototype, what do I need to do now?

    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…

  • Windows 10 on Hapanero (and more) ARM64 – [UPDATED 07/09/2018]

    Windows 10 on Hapanero (and more) ARM64 – [UPDATED 07/09/2018]

    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 is the last Moonraker firmware ever made

    This is the last Moonraker firmware ever made

    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…

  • The Microsoft Smartwatch that never was, meet Microsoft Moonraker

    The Microsoft Smartwatch that never was, meet Microsoft Moonraker

    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…

  • RDC Authentication required: How we recovered Mclaren from a hardware failure

    RDC Authentication required: How we recovered Mclaren from a hardware failure

    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…

  • This was Microsoft’s vision for the Xbox Smartwatch

    This was Microsoft’s vision for the Xbox Smartwatch

    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…