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Pewnie czytaliście o perypetiach klientów, którzy mieli mniejsze lub większe problemy z zakupem sprzętu “na życzenie”. Klient chciał kupić konkretny sprzęt, ktoś w sklepie mówił, że nie ma, nie było i nie będzie, zamiast go zamówić ;-( Do dziś nie rozumiem dlaczego tak było. Afera, artykuł i tak dalej. Teraz mam nadzieję, że sytuacja zmieni [...]

Pewnie czytaliście o perypetiach klientów, którzy mieli mniejsze lub większe problemy z zakupem sprzętu “na życzenie”. Klient chciał kupić konkretny sprzęt, ktoś w sklepie mówił, że nie ma, nie było i nie będzie, zamiast go zamówić ;-( Do dziś nie rozumiem dlaczego tak było. Afera, artykuł i tak dalej. Teraz mam nadzieję, że sytuacja zmieni [...]

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Słyszeliście o sieci FON? To międzynarodowa sieć hot spotów wi-fi skupiona w wielu europejskich miastach. W Polsce partnerem FON jest Netia, która użytkownikom FONa umożliwia połączenie ze swoimi Netia Spotami. Być może niektórzy z Was są heavy-userami smartfonów i pakiet jednego, czy dwóch GB miesięcznie nie jest wystarczający? Może jeździcie do stolic europejskich i brakuje [...]

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Guys -

One for my fellow house heads…

This week Ministry of Sound and Sony Entertainment Network announced a global licensing deal that sees the label’s famous Hed Kandi catalogue available on streaming services for the first time.

Hed Kandi is one of music’s best known lifestyle brands – with feel-good mixes spanning more than 100 albums and an annual party-scene calendar of one thousand events globally.

From this week, Music Unlimited subscribers can stream tracks by their favourite Hed Kandi DJs and artists from the cloud, across a variety of Sony and non-Sony connected devices –  perfect for cutting shapes at home or on-the-go.

Also, from now until the end of the year, you can enjoy a free 60-day Music Unlimited Premium Trial when you sign up direct from your Xperia. A banging deal, I think you’ll agree

Keep an eye on Playstation Facebook pages over the next few days for a chance to grab tickets to the launch party at Baristi Beach Bar, Dubai on November 30th. If you don’t win, all’s not lost – you’ll be able to enjoy the party virtually and simultaneously on Playstation® Home!

Rave. Away.

Enjoy the weekend,

Ant.

The People Hub in your Nokia Lumia is the go-to place to find all the details of everybody you know. The details of which are constantly updated as your friends or family update their lives online, via social networks. Now, People Hub on your Nokia Lumia 920 and Lumia 820 (Windows Phone adds some new features to allow you to connect even more with those people.

If you weren’t already aware, your People Hub (contact list) is mostly compiled by the accounts you set up on your phone. If you’ve added your Facebook account in the phone settings, you’ll find your Facebook friends in your People Hub; the same can be said for LinkedIn, Twitter, Outlook, Hotmail, Messenger, Google and other compatible accounts. This enables you to be only a few clicks away from anybody and everybody that matters in your life.

We’ve gone into detail about People Hub before, so feel free to check that out for all the ins-and-outs of what already happens with People Hub.

As for the new additions to People Hub in Windows Phone 8, one new feature is the together panel in the People Hub. This together panel is where you’ll now find Groups and Rooms.

While Groups themselves are nothing new, they are a simple way of gathering people into categories for the simple purpose of contacting a group of people in one go. The Groups feature can now be synced with your Microsoft account, which means that you’ll see the exact same groups of people listed in your People section on Hotmail or Outlook.com.

As for Rooms, well, they’re kind of an improved version of Groups. Rooms are places where you can invite people to, share photos, videos, OneNote notes, your location and all share a common calendar.

If you’re the Room creator, only you will be able to invite other members to join your private chats – or remove people from them, if necessary. It’s definitely worth remembering that when you post anything in the room, it’ll be seen by everybody in that room. So, if you want to make things even more private, stick to regular SMS, email or a one-to-one phone call.

You can create as many Rooms as you like, and each Room will have it’s own settings. The calendar you create for one room won’t get mixed up with another, but can all be shared and edited by all members. This shared calendar is perfect for families looking to keep organised at the weekends, colleagues trying to share their work schedule or friends wanting to organise a night out.

Don’t fret if you’ve not yet got a Windows Phone 8 smartphone, you can still (partly) be included in a Room of somebody that does. The shared calendar feature works with iOS and Windows Phone 7.5 devices. If somebody sends you an invite, you’ll receive a link to a webpage where you’ll be guided on how to set up your devices calendar for sharing.

While sending messages to all your friends in this little private chat room is a great way of keeping everybody in-the-loop if you’re making plans, the automatic syncing of OneNote notes with Room members lets you add more detail if you wish.

A nice touch is also the ability to change the background image – think of it like wallpaper – of the Room. If you want to change it, you can, but everybody else will see it too. This allows you to keep the Room looking fresh and can also lead funny quips, depending on the image you’ve selected.

The already great People Hub just got more personal and much improved.

Do you have a Nokia Lumia 920 or Lumia 820, yet? Are you using the Rooms feature?

We’d love to hear how you’re using it, so, let us know, in the comments section below.

Windows Phone 8 has been designed to take full advantage of the latest cloud services such as SkyDrive. SkyDrive has already made a massive difference for plenty of Nokia Lumia 800 and Lumia 900 owners, helping to keep their photographs and files safely backed up online, and now owners of the Nokia Lumia 820 and Lumia 920 are set to benefit as well.

There’s no real need to download SkyDrive for your Nokia Lumia 820 or Lumia 920. It’s already integrated into the Windows Phone 8 OS. Browse through your pictures, and you’ll be offered the chance to upload to SkyDrive, open your documents and SkyDrive is in the list, open Office and there it is again.

With your files stored in the cloud, you’ll have the perfect backup should your Lumia get damaged, lost or stolen. SkyDrive isn’t just about keeping your files safe either. The fact everything is stored online means you’ll always have access to them, on any platform, wherever you go. You’ll always have the latest version, and it’s easier than ever to share files.

With your files stored in the cloud, you’ll have the perfect backup should your Lumia get damaged, lost or stolen. SkyDrive isn’t just about keeping your files safe either. The fact everything is stored online means you’ll always have access to them, on any platform, wherever you go. You’ll always have the latest version, and it’s easier than ever to share files.

To get started with SkyDrive on the Nokia Lumia 920 and Lumia 820, all you have to do is enter your Microsoft account details, and you’re good to go. All your photographs, videos and Office documents will be automatically backed up to the cloud.

Automatic sync for OneNote

Users of OneNote on Windows Phone 8 are in for a treat, with the app automatically syncing with SkyDrive without you having to do a thing.

You’ll be able to store up to 7GB of your files online, and if you have lots of important media content you can also get subscriptions for up to 100GB of storage space.

It’s also the best way to share Cinemagraphs online so you can show them to friends and family in all their glory.

Finally, it’s not just the integration of SkyDrive into Windows Phone 8 that makes the app perfect for the latest Lumia smartphones. The inclusion of super-fast 4G/LTE technology on the Lumia 820 and Lumia 920 will see your files uploaded or downloaded in considerably less time than older 3G rivals.

Angry Birds Roost is the only app that gives you access to everything an Angry Birds fan could ever want – and it’s exclusive to Nokia Lumia. It brings together all the Angry Birds games you’ve already purchased and allows you to purchase new titles such as Angry Birds Star Wars and Angry Birds Space.

1. Press the Search button on your Nokia Lumia and then tap Vision
2. Scan the QR code
3. Tap on the link when it appears on the screen
4. Install the application from the Windows Phone Marketplace

We sat down with Ville Heijari, VP of Marketing and Merchandising at Rovio, the creator of this pop culture phenomenon, to talk about everything Angry Birds.

“Angry Birds Roost is really unique,” says Ville Heijari. “There is no other such app right now that brings together all the Angry Birds related content.”

Heijari, also known as The Bird Whisperer, explains that Roost not only gives you access to the original Angry Birds game but also the brand new titles; Angry Birds Star Wars and Angry Birds Space. “On top of that you get lots of exclusive content like wallpapers and ringtones, plus walkthroughs and videos.” 

A beautiful mash-up

Asked how the new Angry Birds Star Wars game came to be, Heijari says it was actually really simple: “We had developers who were big fans of Star Wars, so we worked with Lucasfilm to combine the best of both worlds.”

“When the project was first announced, many people thought we were doing some sort of spoof, but we actually worked hard to be true and respectful to the source material,” he says. “We ended up with a beautiful mash-up.”

The Bird Whisper tells us that Angry Birds has been downloaded more than a billion times and has been played by hundreds of millions of people. It’s now a huge franchise that’s so much bigger than just the game itself.

“We’ve got more than 15,000 products in the market,” says Heijari. “People are interacting with the brand in various ways – it’s not just a game anymore, but a full-blown entertainment brand.”

Not many people know this, but Rovio had been developing games since 2003 before striking gold with Angry Birds in December of 2010.

“We developed 51 games before Angry Birds,” Heijari reveals. “A lot of those games were quite hardcore, like racing games or survival horror games.”

Click here to view the video on YouTube.

Keep it simple, birdie!

So, what made Angry Birds so special? “Simplicity,” says Heijari. “Simplicity is the key to reach the mass market and a mainstream audience.” The Bird Whisperer also acknowledges that Angry Birds was conceived in “a perfect storm when smartphones with touchscreens were really taking off.”

Nokia Lumia 920 and Lumia 820

Our first Windows Phone 8 smartphones.

Be a part of it.

There’s no doubt that Angry Birds is easy to pick up and play, but actually getting to that point can be really hard. “In the beginning, we didn’t have the slingshot in the game,” says Heijari.  You had to flick the birds with your finger but people didn’t immediately grasp the concept. “Then we came up with the slingshot – it’s a design element that made the game simple and really fun to use.”

Ville Heijari says that many games today aren’t focusing enough on simplicity and ease of use: “Many games use virtual keypads and joysticks; it’s just too complicated.”

Heijari also highlights other important ingredients such as original characters with a unique look and sound, and the fact that there’s very little language required to play the game. “You just use the touch interface and everything is made obvious,” he says.

When asked about developing for Windows Phone 8, Heijari had nothing but praise for the platform. “We’re developing for so many platforms that we’re becoming really good at building for any technology. Windows Phone 8 is a very good platform where we can use our own tech without too much hassle.”

“I just love using the app on the Nokia Lumia 920. It has a great display that is perfect for this kind of content-rich app,” The Bird Whisperer says. 

Have you tried out Angry Birds Roost yet? What do you think? You should check out the built-in Angry Cam feature, which lets you take a photo, add your favourite Angry Birds characters to your shot and share the fun with Facebook, Twitter, MMS or email straight away. It’s good fun