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Blog Post: Tip o’ the Week #253 – Using Cortana in the Car

EwanD

There are many cool things that Cortana can do, which make using Windows Phone 8.1 a pleasure. Try asking the following, if you have Cortana enabled: “Find the best nearby restaurants”, then … “Which are open now?” … “Traffic to the 3 rd one” … “Drive there” After each command, following commands will...

on 28 Nov 2014
Blog Post: Tip o’ the Week #240 – Word Flow on Windows Phone 8.1

EwanD

Another week, another Windows Phone 8.1 (aka Nokia Lumia “ Cyan ”) tip. Still no word from HTC about when 8.1 will roll out to 8X and 8S users, though there has been some news regarding the release of the already-in-testing “GDR 1” update for WP8.1 , in relation to HTC handsets. A developer/test build...

on 12 Sep 2014
Blog Post: Tip o’ the Week #238 – quiet hours on Windows Phone 8.1

EwanD

The time of year has rolled around where many of us are travelling – maybe time for a last, late Summer Holiday . Now, if you take your phone on vacation, you’ll know how important it is not to have colleagues phoning you up in the middle of the night to ask where you are. Even if you’re not on holiday...

on 29 Aug 2014
Blog Post: Tip o’ the Week #236 – Lumia Cyan on the way

EwanD

Nokia took to packaging updates for Windows Phone and referring to them by a code name – Lumia “Black” being the last biggie for Windows Phone 8. The packages are a combination of operating system upgrades (that will be made available to all handset manufacturers) along with Nokia-specific upgrades,...

on 26 Aug 2014
Blog Post: Tip o’ the Week #229 – Cortana, let’s rock!

EwanD

(Another slightly out-of sequence tip as this could be more timely now than in a few weeks) One of the most written-about and eagerly-awaited features in the soon-to-appear Windows Phone 8.1, is Cortana – the “digital assistant”, named after the character in the Halo games. If you’re desperate to get...

on 30 May 2014