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You Can Finally Get BBC iPlayer on Windows Phone 8

Good news Windows Phone 8 users -- the BBC's finally released an iPlayer app for you all. Unfortunately WP7 users are left out in the cold, but those of you rocking Microsoft's latest can grab it now for free, so you'll have something good to shove on your shiny new Lumia 925 when it arrives. Read More >>

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How the Nokia Lumia 925 Stacks Up to the Competition

Confirming yesterday's gorgeous leaked images, Nokia's finally unveiled its newest flagship Windows Phone, the Lumia 925. And just as the photos promised, this latest Lumia incarnation comes to us in a sleek, aluminium-cased beauty of a body. Now that's all good and dandy, but the real test comes with what it's packing under the hood. Can the 925 keep up with the smartphone markets toughest competitors? Read More >>

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Nokia Lumia 925 Hands-On: This is the Windows Phone You’ll Want (Updated With Camera Impressions)

Nokia's just unveiled the Lumia 925, and while you might have thought it's just a UK version of the Lumia 928 that our US cousins are getting, it's so much more. Gone is the all-plastic traditional Lumia, subsumed by a much more refined feeling metal-polycarbonate mix. This thing looks and feels great. Read More >>

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Every Lumia Will Get Nokia’s New Smart Camera (Updated)

Good news Nokia Lumia owners -- you're getting all that fancy smart camera stuff that the new Lumia 925 comes packing with an "amber" update that'll be hitting your phones soon. No word whether that includes the folks stuck on Windows Phone 7.8 with the Lumia 800, 900 etc, but we'll update when we know. Read More >>

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This is Nokia’s New Lumia 925

Nokia's just taken the wraps off its latest flagship Windows Phone. We've heard rumours of a PureView-packing beast, but confirming yesterday's leak it's the Lumia 925, an updated, metal-clad version of the Lumia 920, and it sure is a looker. Read More >>

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Now Is a Really Bad Time to Buy a New Phone

Just like it's a really terrible time to buy a new laptop, it's also a really crappy time to sink hundreds of pounds and possibly years of your life into a new phone. So wait, trust me, it'll be better all round. Read More >>

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Windows Phone Finally Gets a Fully Functional YouTube App

After making do with an "app" that was little more than a hyperlink to YouTube's mobile web version, Windows Phone users finally get a fully supported (though still Microsoft-designed) YouTube app to call their very own. Read More >>

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Nokia Confirms the Existence of Its New Lumia 928

Rumours have swirled for weeks about Nokia's hotly anticipated new phone, the Lumia 928. Now Elop and co have finally released an official image to tease us. Read More >>

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Nokia Will Apparently Have a New Lumia For Us On May 14th

Well what do we have here then? Are we finally going to get that 'EOS' Windows Phone PureView Lumia Nokia's been promising for ages? Maybe an aluminium-clad Lumia 920? Who knows. Nokia's invited us all to "see what's next" in London on May 14th, so I guess we'll find out then. May sure is going to be one busy month. [AllthingsD via TechRadar] Read More >>

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Instagraph: Your Instagram Workaround for WP8

Instagraph is an app that posts your photos to Instagram from Windows Phone. Sure, it's not the official app. But it's about as close as you're going to get for the foreseeable future. Read More >>

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Can You Guess the Countries Where Windows Phone Outsells the iPhone?

Yes, you can stop making fun of Windows Phone now, because believe it or not, there's a handful of real, non-tinpot countries where Apple's darling iPhone gets outsold by Windows Phone devices. Read More >>

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Yep, Windows Phone 9 Should Be Out Before Summer Next Year

If you were in any doubt that Microsoft's forging ahead with rapid Windows Phone iterations, this little snippet should put that to rest. Windows Phone 8 support will be canned by July 2014. Microsoft best have a new version for us by then, eh? Just make sure it's not 8.5 because that's a bit lame these days. [Microsoft via Plaffo via The Register] Read More >>

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You’re Going to Have to Pay a Yearly Fee to Use WhatsApp

The WhatsApp, err, app may be free, but the service isn't. You're going to have to pay a yearly subscription fee to keep messaging people, even if you're an iPhone user. Read More >>

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Nokia Begs Instagram For a Windows Phone App With Its Own Instagram Love-Letter App

Windows Phone is struggling to get the big markee apps on-board, and Nokia's painfully aware of the fact that apps make a platform. So, what does it do to try and convince Instagram to get its arse in gear and make a WP8 app? It releases a cheeky little app that essentially lets Windows Phone users send Instagram love letters through the medium of artsy photography. Read More >>

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The Next Big Windows Phone Update Is (Probably) Coming For Christmas

Microsoft has been pretty quiet about its long term plans for the Windows 8 ecosystem, but its job board has been pretty loud-mouthed. First, it hinted at the plan for Windows Blue, and now a new posting indicated that the next big thing for Windows Phone is probably going to show up at the end of this year. Read More >>