Nokia Lumia 735 and 730, dedicated Selfie smartphones with 5MP front camera and selfie App

Microsoft announced its first 'Selfie' smartphone at the pre-IFA event yesterday and most probably this smartphone will be called Lumia 730 with a 4G LTE variant being called Lumia 735. The Lumia 730 is expected to a Dual-SIM version and is being priced at $250.00 (Rs.15000.00) while the 4G LTE capable Luma 735 has been priced at $300.00 (Rs.18000.00).  The Lumia 730 dual-SIM version will have 3G support and is being primarily targeted at Indian buyers.

This being a dedicated 'selfie' smartphone, the Nokia and Microsoft have taken the front camera level of Lumia 730 to 5MP with a f/2.4 22mm wide-angle lens. It will come with a Lumia Selfie App preloaded, that lets users tweak images with beautification effects, filters, and teeth whitening. 

Other than these feature, Lumia 730 packs a punch on other fronts as well.  It will run on the latest Windows 8.1 and will get the Denim update when it’s launched. Both Lumia 730 and Lumia 735 will have a 4.7-inch HD ClearBlack OLED with a 1280×720 pixel resolution.  Both will be powered by a Snapdragon 400 SoC with the CPU clocked at 1.2GHz and the Adreno 305 GPU.  Both smartphones will carry 1GB RAM aboard and have a 8GB internal memory.  Both smartphones will support extended memory via a MicroSD slot.

On the back there’s a 6.7-megapixel rear camera with a f/1.9 lens. Design wise the Lumia 730 mirrors many of the past Lumia phones, with brightly coloured plastic shells. The battery is a 2220 mAh unit and the Lumia 730 series is compatible with wireless charging.

The smartphone will be available by Diwali this year for Indian buyers.  Below is the promo video of Lumia 735 smartphone.

Microsofts cheapest Lumia 530 available in India for Rs.7349.00 with Windows 8.1 onboard

For all the Lumia and Windows 8.1 fans, Microsoft has officially launched its cheapest Lumia series smartphone, Lumia 530 on its official India store for Rs 7349.00 ($122.00). 

The Lumia 530 will have dual-SIM 3G support and a 4 inch FWVGA LCD screen which will give you 854 x 480 pixels resolution.  Lumia 530 will run on a 1.2GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 200 processor and have 512MB RAM.  It has internal storage capacity of 4GB and supports extended 128GB via micro SD card slot.

Lumia 530 has a 1430mAh battery which will give upto  22 days standby and 13 hours of 2G talk time as per Microsoft website. For connectivity, Lumia 530 has HSPA+ 21Mbps/5.76Mbps, Wi-Fi (b/g/n), Bluetooth 4.0 and micro-USB for PC transfer.

The real damper is that it will only sport a 5MP rear camera which is a shame for smart phones of this day and age.  This and the fact that it has only 512 MB RAM is likely to a bit too much for the prospective buyers even though it is the cheapest Lumia available. Motorola E which runs on Android and has 1GB RAM is available for Rs.7000.00 in India.  

However for those who are interested in owning a Lumia, the Lumia 530 will run the latest version of Windows Phone 8.1 and comes with features such as the one-swipe notification from Action Center, and the fast Word Flow keyboard. Users will also get an additional 15 GB of free cloud storage on Microsoft OneDrive. It is available in four colours, green, dark grey, white and orange.

Microsoft is offering free 500MB 2G/3G data package worth Rs.250.00 in collaboration with Airtel and this offer valid till 31st Oct, 2014.  At present the Microsoft website says that the Lumia 530 is out of stock.  Below are the detailed specs of Lumia 530.

General features

Sales package

Nokia Lumia 530 Dual SIM, Nokia Charger AC-18, Nokia Battery BL-5J, Quick guide

Model name

Nokia Lumia 530

Input type

Touch Screen

Form factor

BAR

Handset colors

Green

Camera

Primary camera

Yes, 5 MP

Video recording

Yes, 30 fps

Call records

Yes

Memory

Phonebook

Yes

Internal memory

Yes, 4 GB

Expandable memory

Yes, 128 GB

Card slot

Yes

Card slot type

MicroSD

Multimedia & entertainment

Music player

Yes

Supported format

3G2, 3GP, AAC, AAC LC, AMR-NB, FR, HE-AAC v1, HE-AAC v2, M4A, MP3, MP4, WMA, WMA 10 Pro, WMA 9, 3GPP formats (H.263), AVI, H.264/AVC, M4V, MOV, MP4, MPEG-4, VC-1, WMV

Video player

Yes

Fm radio

Yes

Games

Yes

Messaging

Yes

Mms

Yes

Platform

Operating system

Windows Phone 8.1

Processor speed

1.2 Ghz

Processor

Snapdragon 200

Processor type

Quad-core

Phone size

Dimensions (lxbxh)

119.7 x 62.3 x 11.7 mm

Weight

129 gm

Battery

Battery type

BL-5J

Talk time

13.4 (2G), 10 (3G) hrs

Standby time

22 Days

Internet & connectivity

Email

Yes

Browser

Yes

Wlan

Yes

Wlan class

IEEE 802.11 b/g/n

Gprs

Yes

Bluetooth

Yes

Bluetooth class

v4.0

2g network

Yes, 900/1800/850/1900

3g network

900/2100

Wi-fi

Yes

Usb

Yes, micro USB 2.0 High-Speed

Gps

Yes

Audio jack

3.5 mm

Java

Yes

Maps

Yes, Here Drive Plus , Bing Maps

Display

Touch screen

Yes

Screen size

10.16 cm

Screen resolution

854 x 480 Pixels

Colors

24 bits

Sounds

Ringtones & alert types

Vibration/MP3/WAV Ringtones

Loudspeaker

Yes

Sim type

Gsm

Yes

Dual sim

Yes

Warranty

Warranty

1 Year Manufacturer Warranty

Download top Disney Games for FREE for your Windows Phone 8 run smart phones like Nokia Lumia series

Disney has given a New Year surprise for all Windows Phone users. To make your 2014 memorable, Disney is giving away almost all of its most popular game titles away on the Windows Phone Store for free. There is a catch though, the games will be available for free for a select period only so if you own any of the Windows Phone 8 devices like the Lumia 520, Lumia 620, Lumia 720, et.al, read this full story and gift yourself very fantastic games from Disney.  

Disney today made 7 of its popular paid games freely available to Windows Phone 8 users for a limited time.  The games are as below, click on the hyperlink to go to Windows Phone Store and download the games.

Where’s My Water?

Where’s My Perry?

Toy Story: Smash It

Where’s My Mickey?

Monsters University

Wreck It Ralph

The following games are already freely available on Windows Phone store, so if you have not downloaded them, download right now.

Where’s My Water? 2

Frozen Free Fall

Nemo’s Reef

As of now only two of Disney games are paid games, Temple Run : Oz and Temple Run : Brave.  They are priced at $1.99 (Rs.124.00) but you may as like this games so I am giving the download links below :

Temple Run : Oz 

Temple Run : Brave 

Do remember that the FREE games are available for free download for a limited period.  Also the games are quite heavy with individual games amounting to more then 80MB in size so use Wi-Fi to download them and you have enough memory on your Windows Phone 8 smart phones. 

Free PC games for Windows Phone 8 : Solitaire, Minesweeper and Mahjong available now for your Nokia Lumia 520, Lumia 620 and other WP8 devices

If you are a fan of Windows PC games like Minesweeper, Solitaire, Mahjong, you can now get the unlimited fun on your Windows Phone 8 run smart phones and tablets like Lumia 520, Lumia 620, Lumia 720 etc.  The games are available for all Windows Phone 8 smart phone owners for FREE. The Microsoft Solitaire Collection will let you enjoy modes like Klondike, FreeCell and Spider, putting together three of the much-loved PC cards game in one collection.

In addition you will also get the favourite past time of oldtimers 'Minesweeper' a game that involves cleaning up a minefield by following hints and without detonating a mine.  You can also get Microsoft Mahjong, which happens to be a classic matching game, with a heap of good-looking backgrounds, sounds and animations. 

To increase the interest in the games, Microsoft is making them available as Xbox games which means you can access global leaderboards, post your achievements, compete with your friendsand track your personal gameplay stats easily. You will also be able to play, pause and resume your game where you left off across the platforms like Windows phones, PCs and tablets

To download the game from Windows Phone Store, click on the title of the game below :

1. Solitaire

2. Minesweeper

3. Mahjong