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Telecom marks Windows 8 turf

Perhaps the most remarkable feature of today’s Windows Phone 8 launch held at Telecom’s headquarters in Auckland was the scale of the event. Almost 50 people were packed into Telecom’s presentation...

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Nice try Microsoft: not good enough

As far as its technologies are concerned Microsoft enjoyed a stellar 2012. Sales are another matter. The software giant rolled out a radical new Windows and two brave new tablets. Microsoft...

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Lumia 920: Is that an Office in your pocket?

Whisper this quietly, Nokia’s flagship Windows Phone 8 device is a serious business tool. That’s not immediately obvious, especially if the first Lumia 920 you clap eyes on is one of the glossy, bright...

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Nokia’s Lumia 920 through a journalist’s lens

Like most modern freelance journalists, my work is about words and pictures. While getting the story is important, editors usually expect me to return from an assignment with a handful of decent...

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Windows Phone 8 needs these five essential fixes

After two weeks of running around Auckland with a Nokia Lumia 920 I’m impressed with the phone and with Windows Phone 8. The Nokia hardware has a lovely feel even if it is a tad on the big and heavy...

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Charging the Lumia 920 without wires

There’s a lot to be said for getting wires out of the way of digital devices – for one thing it makes them mobile. A smartphone wouldn’t be much use if you needed to jack it in every time you make a...

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Travelling with Lumia 920

After a month of using Nokia’s Lumia 920 as a business tool, it was time to give the phone a workout away from home. We took it on a summer road trip from Auckland to Nelson and Golden Bay via...

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Nokia Lumia 920: Flying business class

Smartphones scare the pants off IT managers. Pesky employees insist on bringing their toys for work and then they have the nerve to demand access to business systems. ‘Toys’ was a deliberate word...

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Windows Phone 8, Android – long haul comparison

Is Nokia’s Lumia 920 really better than my earlier smartphone? There’s only one way to make sure: run the HTC One X through a similar non-scientific test.  After two months running around New Zealand...

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Job number one at BlackBerry: Beat Windows Phone 8

Going by the headlines and the tone of the news coverage, BlackBerry’s long-awaited product announcement went well. The company’s – Research in Motion changed its name – new slab-like Z10 smartphones...

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Samsung Galaxy S4 or Nokia Lumia 920?

Nokia Lumia 920 and Samsung Galaxy S4 It took Samsung a month to sell 10 million Galaxy S4 smartphones. That’s a great start for a brilliant smartphone and goes to show even a wrong-head, cheesy show...

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Microsoft technology stack — 2014 edition

Last year I spent a week working with nothing but Microsoft technology. Since then Microsoft updated its flagship Surface Pro tablet, Lumia smartphone and delivered Windows 8.1. How does this change...

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Telecom marks turf with Windows Phone 8 launch

Perhaps the most remarkable feature of today’s Windows Phone 8 launch held at Telecom’s headquarters in Auckland was the scale of the event. Almost 50 people were packed into Telecom’s presentation...

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Lumia 920: An Office in your pocket

Glossy black cover, customised home screen tiles on my Lumia 920 Whisper this quietly, Nokia’s flagship Windows Phone 8 device is a serious business tool. That’s not immediately obvious. It’s...

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Nokia’s Lumia 920 through a journalist’s lens

Image taken with Lumia 920 while returning home on the Birkenhead ferry and uploaded to SkyDrive while still out on the water – click through to see it at full resolution Like most modern freelance...

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Fixing Windows Phone 8

After two weeks of running around Auckland with a Nokia Lumia 920 I’m impressed with the phone and with Windows Phone 8. The Nokia hardware has a lovely feel even if it is a tad on the big and heavy...

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Wireless charging Lumia 920

Nokia Lumia 920 with wireless charger There’s a lot to be said for getting wires out of the way of digital devices – for one thing it makes them mobile. A smartphone wouldn’t be much use if you needed...

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Nokia Lumia 920: Flying business class

Lumia 920 business phone Smartphones scare the pants off IT managers. Pesky employees insist on bringing their toys for work and then they have the nerve to demand access to business systems. ‘Toys’...

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Windows Phone 8, Android – long haul comparison

Is Nokia’s Lumia 920 better than my earlier smartphone? There’s only one way to make sure: run the HTC One X through a similar test.  After two months running around New Zealand with a Nokia Lumia 920,...

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Samsung Galaxy S4 or Nokia Lumia 920?

Nokia Lumia 920 and Samsung Galaxy S4 It took Samsung a month to sell 10 million Galaxy S4 smartphones. That’s a great start for a brilliant smartphone and goes to show even a wrong-head, cheesy show...

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