Instagram and Flipboard coming to Windows Phone 8 soon

Popular services are slowly making their way into the Microsoft mobile ecosystem with the impending arrival Instagram and Flipboard to the Windows Phone 8 platform. Announced at Nokia World, Kevin Systrom, Instagram CEO and co-founder, said in a statement the photo and video sharing app will make its way to the operating system in the “coming weeks.” Meanwhile, Flipboard will first land on the Lumia 2520, the company’s Windows RT tablet, before it is brought to other Windows Phone devices. 

Windows Phone 8 obtains clearance for US and Canadian government use

Windows Phone 8 has yet to reach the consumer success it hopes for but with this new accreditation they might find success in a different segment. Microsoft has announced that their operating system has received FIPS 140-2 government accreditation, which means government employees in the US and Canada can now be issued Windows Phone 8 smartphones.

Nokia Lumia 1020 "coming soon" to TELUS

While most OEM's are pushing the boundaries of screen size and processing power in their devices, Nokia is sticking to their guns and pushing the boundaries on the amount of megapixels they can pack into their smartphone cameras; this time around it's 41 to be exact. And while Nokia did recently announce that this anticipated device would be coming to Canada by way of TELUS and Rogers, not much else was known in regards to pricing or release date.

The Lumia 1020 packs a 4.5-inch 1280×768 LCD display, 1.5Ghz dual-core Snapdragon S4 Plus processor, 41MP PureView camera with Xenon Flash, LTE connectivity, 2GB RAM, 32GB internal storage, 1.2MP front-facing camera and a 2,000mAh battery.

While, sorry to tease, we still don't have anything in regards to said pricing or release date, we do know that the device is indeed coming soon (as per the screenshot taken from TELUS' website directly). 

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Nokia starts rolling out Lumia Amber update

Nokia is finally releasing its Lumia Amber update to a number of its Windows Phone 8 devices. Aside from getting Microsoft’s latest version of Windows Phone 8, the update contains some Nokia-specific app additions such as Smart Camera and Pro Camera apps as well as the Glance software.

Smart Camera software originally came out with the Lumia 925 and it adds motion focus picture options. The new Pro Camera app, which came out recently with the Lumia 1020, is going to be made available for the Lumia 920, 925, and 928. Glance software has a clock on the lock screen and allows users to double tap the device to wake it up. It also lets Lumia users flip the phone to silence it and mute incoming calls.

The rollout began with Lumia 920 and 820 in selected countries and Lumia 521, 820, and 928 in the US. Nokia aims to make the update available to all its Windows Phone 8 smartphones by the end of September.

Source: Conversations by Lumia