Week in Review – September 23rd

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1, 2013

Windows Phone | Week in Review | Sep 23rd

Welcome to the WMPoweruser Week in Review, where we recap the top stories of the past week!

Amber update released for all Lumia WP8 devices in India

  • All remaining Lumias in India should have finally gotten the update!
  • AT&T users in the United States are still left without an update

Lumia 520 is the best selling Windows Phone device

  • The low-end phone has sold more than any Windows Phone, Windows tablet, or Windows PC.
  • Cheap phones are key to gaining market share!

Rumor: Windows Phone and Windows app stores to be unified with 8.1

  • Apparently a concurrent update to 8.1 on both devices will make the app store into one single big store
  • The update is supposed to hit in Spring 2014

Hover interactions might be coming to new Lumia devices

  • According to two Nokia patents, new phones might support “hover” actions, where the device detects your finger about a centimeter away from the screen
  • It could be used to place the text cursor, as a magnifying glass, etc
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