See some of the most exciting new features in Windows Phone 8, including Kid's Corner, Rooms, Live Apps, and more.
Joe Belfiore, Corporate VP of Windows Phone, shows how you can childproof your phone with Kid's Corner, collaborate with your family or coworkers in Rooms, use Live Apps that provide real-time information at a glance, and back up everything to SkyDrive.
(Source:The Windows Phone Blog)
As we had seen earlier (1) , (2) , Internet Explorer team congratulating Mozilla on its Firefox browser release or achievements, now Mozilla sends a Congratulatory cake to IE. The occasion is IE10 launch!
IE team had tweeted about it yesterday.
Thanks to @firefox for helping celebrate #IE10 launch w/ cake! We look forward to Firefox for #windows8 soon! twitter.com/IE/status/2619…
— Internet Explorer (@IE) October 26, 2012
Earlier while running Windows 8 Release Preview, Microsoft had provided Windows 8 Media Center Pack for showing how to features. Windows 7 came with Media Center but in Windows 8 , it doesn’t come pre-installed but has to be purchased separately. Now that Windows 8 has been released, Microsoft is offering a Limited period offer to get Windows 8 Media Center Pack for Free, if you are running Windows 8 Pro. By adding Windows 8 Media Center Pack, you can watch and record live TV with Windows Media Center. (Additional hardware may be required to watch and record live TV). For this you will have to provide a valid email address, to which Microsoft will send the free product key to get Windows 8 Media Center Pack.
Once you receive the Free Product Key via your mail address, just follow the instructions. Also please note the terms & conditions.
For more details on terms & conditions , please check here.
Once you receive the Free Product key, just follow the instructions to install this pack.
You should provide your email address to Microsoft here, which also provides the instruction for adding Windows 8 Media Center pack .
So if you are interested in getting Windows 8 Media Center pack for Free, get it now!
The most affordable Lumia so far, Lumia 510 has been launched as it was announced today in India. The entry-level smartphone comes in five eye-catching colors: red, yellow, cyan, white and black.
Here’s the complete Specs -
You’ll also have instant access to the best mobile navigation and location services available today, in the form of Nokia Maps, Drive and Transport.
The Lumia 510 also comes with 7GB of free SkyDrive cloud storage, allowing you to store and access your photos & videos almost anywhere
The Nokia Lumia 510 will be available to buy starting in November in India, China, South America and Asia. It will cost approximately USD199, before any local taxes and operator subsidies.
Update: As per @NokiaIndia tweet, Lumia 510 will be priced below Rs.11000 in India
(Source:Nokia )
With just days left for the launch of the Windows lineup – Windows 8, Surface and Windows Phone 8, Steve Clayton talks to Microsoft co-founder and chairman Bill Gates.
“Check out his thoughts on everything from natural user interfaces to the color of his new Surface RT tablet”
Source : Windows Phone Blog
New Surface Ad ! The Surface Movement.
The Movement for Microsoft Surface -
Here’s a preview of Microsoft’s advertising campaign on Windows 8!
Windows 8 is coming: 10.26.2012.
Windows 8 Pro will come in 5 vibrant illustrations packaging! Microsoft today unveiled it to the world and one can reserve copy of Windows 8 Pro and Pre-order Windows 8 PCs today! Reserve a packaged DVD of the upgrade to Windows 8 Pro for $69.99 USD ERP* (U.S.) at select retailers.
If you want to wait until October 26th you will be able to upgrade online via Windows.com using the Windows 8 Upgrade Assistant for just $39.99 USD ERP*. Online upgrade to Windows 8 Pro is supported for 140 countries worldwide, with 37 languages, and 23 supported currencies!
If you purchase (or have purchased) an eligible Windows 7 PC anytime between June 2, 2012 and January 31, 2013 you will be able to purchase an upgrade to Windows 8 Pro for only $14.99 USD ERP** (U.S.) which will be redeemable starting October 26th. For more details on the Windows Upgrade Offer, see this blog post.
Now talking of the colorful packaging, which is paper based materials and has made an 80% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions and fossil fuel consumption. And the packaging weight is reduced by 41%. I think this is as compared to their earlier Windows version packaging.
Here are the 5 vibrant illustrations Boxarts of Windows 8 Pro-
Microsoft has not provided any reason for 5 different Boxarts for one product, though!
They look so vibrant and colorful !
*Offers limited to five upgrade licenses per customer. To install Windows 8 Pro, customers must be running Windows XP SP3, Windows Vista, or Windows 7.
For more details please check Source
Gmail has now started rolling out Free SMS feature from Gmail for users in India. One can send SMSs from chat window to mobile phone.
Step 1: Type the phone number you want to send an SMS to and click Send SMS
Step 2: Add the SMS recipient’s name and country, then click Save
Step 3: Write in your message in the chat window and press Enter on your keyboard
Done! Your message has been sent.
The service starts with 50 SMS credits for each user.SMS credit is an allocation of SMS (text messages) that you're able to send to a mobile phone:
If your SMS credit goes down to zero at any point, it will increase back up to one 24 hours later. So, you won't ever be locked out of the system.
Keep in mind that if you'd like a higher message credit, you can always send an SMS to your own phone, and then reply to that message multiple times. Every time you send a reply message, your SMS credit is increased by five. Effectively, you're buying more messages by paying your phone company for these outgoing messages.
Block SMS from Gmail
If you receive an unwanted SMS message from Gmail Chat, you can block future messages from the sender. Just reply to the message with the word 'BLOCK'. If you change your mind about that sender, you can send a message with the phrase 'UNBLOCK' to the phone number from which the message was sent (the SMS messages sent from Gmail Chat have their own number associated with the sender's email account).
All mobile operators are supported in India for SMS Chat in Gmail.
(Source: Google )
UPDATE: Tried sending SMS via Gmail to mobiles on Airtel ,BSNL service providers but getting error & SMS credit too shown at that moment as decreased but later gets credited if SMS not sent. So at present the service might not be properly activated.
