Nokia Lumia 900 Software | Pocketnow

Опубликовано 4 апреля 2012, 0:57

On first boot you'll be presented with the default start screen and a new text message that links you to a web page with a few tips about Windows Phone 7.5. The default start screen looks very boring and soulless with its empty blue, orange, and green tiles (or window panes). In order for the beauty to shine through you've got to plug it into your life. Once you set up your Microsoft (Live) ID, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Exchange, Google, Xbox accounts and load some of your favorite pictures, music, and videos into the phone the interface will spring to life with all of the things that you enjoy.

There's an interesting collection of bundled apps included on the Lumia 900. You've got a host of AT&T branded apps such as AT&T Navigator, AT&T Code Scanner, AT&T Radio, AT&T U-Verse Mobile, MyAT&T, AT&T Family Map and YPMobile. Most of these AT&T bundled apps seem like ways to get you to pay more money for subscription services. Luckily they're all easy to remove with a tap-and-hold of the app's name in the program listing. Then if you ever decide to reinstall them, you'll find them again in the AT&T section of the Windows Phone Marketplace.

The real goodies are what you'll find as free downloads in the "Nokia collection" section of the Windows Phone Marketplace. From there you'll find gems like Nokia Drive which is a free GPS navigation program especially made for Nokia Windows Phones. It supports offline map data for many countries around the world that you can download for free. It's not as full featured as some other GPS navigation programs, but it's very fast. The search/destination field doesn't search contacts though so you'll have to Copy/Paste addresses there. It doesn't integrate with Bing or Bing maps either, which is a sorely missed feature. Nokia Maps is another app that's pretty nice. It kind of duplicates the features of Bing Maps and Local Scout, however the map data may be more pertinent in certain locations of the world that are not covered too well by Bing Maps. Nokia Transit is indispensable if you live in a City and use public transportation. This app lets you get directions to different locations using buses, trains, and subways. It will show you all the options and how long they'll take. Then you can load the directions which include all the details including maps of where you need to walk to transfer to a different vehicle. Unfortunately it uses a network connection, so you probably won't be able to use it while underground on a subway. The Creative Studio app is a great add on if you like filtering and adjusting your pictures. It's got a bunch of silly filters and effects that you can apply along with a great previewing interface where you can see the before and after images at the same time. It's also got actual useful features such as cropping, exposure, contrast, and color adjustments.

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