BlackBerry announces roll-out of OS10.2

Exactly a week after officially launching it coinciding exclsusively with the Z30, BlackBerry has announced the official roll-out of their latest OS iteration, version 10.2.

The update will come through for users in Europe, Canada, the Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific, with other countries to follow and will be available for the BlackBerry Z10, Q10 and Q5.

New features included in OS10.2 include:

Priority Hub

BBM Video with Natural Sound

Instant Previews of BBM, SMS and Email from any app 

BlackBerry Keyboard

Copy and Paste Enhancements 

Faster, Easier Sharing 

Lock Screen Notifications

Reply Now 

and

Calendar Enhancements

We've been playing with 10.2 for a few weeks now and absolutely love it. Once you've updated, leave a comment below letting us know your thoughts!

[via BlackBerry Blog]

Nokia adds RAW image support for Lumia 1020 and 1520

Credit: engadget.com

Nokia is bringing RAW photo support to the new Lumia 1520 and Lumia 1020 devices. Images on these phones can be saved as uncompressed Digital Negative files. Take note that utilizing the Lumia 1020’s 41MP and 1520’s 20MP sensors for RAW image saving can eat up phone storage rather quickly.

Source: Engadget

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. 

Apple updates iPad mini with Retina Display, lowers price on older model

Apple today announced the highly anticipated iPad mini with Retina Display. It is keeping last year's mini as an entry-level model for $319.99.

The new iPads feature the powerful and power-efficient Apple-designed A7 chip with 64-bit desktop-class architecture, ultrafast wireless with faster built-in Wi-Fi and expanded LTE cellular connectivity, and the newly-designed iOS 7. While the Retina Display was expected (although some pundits expected supply to be sparse given the smaller Retina Display) no one thought Apple would outfit the smaller iPad with the latest A7 processors.

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