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A run through Windows Phone history by looking at prototypes. The smartphone beta test resumes now.
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Anyone remembers this? https://www.theverge.com/2013/6/8/4408798/windows-phone-notification-center-screenshots-leak-rumor
November 18, 2024 at 7:37 PM
Some may have wondered why this Lumia 920 prototype uses the old windows navigation bar icons, well Windows Phone 8.0 originally had the same logo as before, complete with the Windows Phone 7 animation, ported to the NT platform
November 18, 2024 at 7:37 PM
Some may have wondered why this Lumia 920 prototype uses the old windows navigation bar icons, well Windows Phone 8.0 originally had the same logo as before, complete with the Windows Phone 7 animation, ported to the NT platform
Today is the anniversary of both this prototype Lumia 920 and its Windows Phone build. This is a pre-release build of WP8 codenamed Apollo, and for that special occasion the team decided to make the default lockscreen an Apollo wallpaper.
November 18, 2024 at 6:53 PM
Today is the anniversary of both this prototype Lumia 920 and its Windows Phone build. This is a pre-release build of WP8 codenamed Apollo, and for that special occasion the team decided to make the default lockscreen an Apollo wallpaper.
Here's some random tidbit: The lumia camera app for both the 1020 and the cancelled Lumia Icon (929) 34MP variant had a rather handy feature called focus light control. Here's how it looked:
November 18, 2024 at 6:52 PM
Here's some random tidbit: The lumia camera app for both the 1020 and the cancelled Lumia Icon (929) 34MP variant had a rather handy feature called focus light control. Here's how it looked:
Here's a look at one of the first Lumia Icon prototypes ever made. https://protobetatest.com/2019/02/21/the-first-lumia-icon/
November 18, 2024 at 6:52 PM
Here's a look at one of the first Lumia Icon prototypes ever made. https://protobetatest.com/2019/02/21/the-first-lumia-icon/
In 2014 3 Nokia tablets were reported cancelled.
In the end only Sirius was released to consumers. It's time to take a closer look at Nokia's Vega, a tablet made a full year before Sirius' (Lumia 2520) development began. https://protobetatest.com/2018/11/21/nokia-vega-rx-107
In the end only Sirius was released to consumers. It's time to take a closer look at Nokia's Vega, a tablet made a full year before Sirius' (Lumia 2520) development began. https://protobetatest.com/2018/11/21/nokia-vega-rx-107
November 18, 2024 at 6:52 PM
In 2014 3 Nokia tablets were reported cancelled.
In the end only Sirius was released to consumers. It's time to take a closer look at Nokia's Vega, a tablet made a full year before Sirius' (Lumia 2520) development began. https://protobetatest.com/2018/11/21/nokia-vega-rx-107
In the end only Sirius was released to consumers. It's time to take a closer look at Nokia's Vega, a tablet made a full year before Sirius' (Lumia 2520) development began. https://protobetatest.com/2018/11/21/nokia-vega-rx-107
Hint: this is not an AMD GPU
November 18, 2024 at 6:52 PM
Hint: this is not an AMD GPU
Flashing with blood
November 18, 2024 at 6:49 PM
Flashing with blood
Totally not flashing a phone 🤔
November 18, 2024 at 6:49 PM
Totally not flashing a phone 🤔
Some asked for it, here's how to get Windows 10 on Hapanero ARM64!
http://protobetatest.com/2018/05/21/windows-10-on-hapanero-arm64/
http://protobetatest.com/2018/05/21/windows-10-on-hapanero-arm64/
November 18, 2024 at 6:49 PM
Some asked for it, here's how to get Windows 10 on Hapanero ARM64!
http://protobetatest.com/2018/05/21/windows-10-on-hapanero-arm64/
http://protobetatest.com/2018/05/21/windows-10-on-hapanero-arm64/
This is not even its final form
November 18, 2024 at 6:49 PM
This is not even its final form
We got a new server!
November 18, 2024 at 6:48 PM
We got a new server!
What did we brick this time? You're going to find out soon™.
November 18, 2024 at 6:48 PM
What did we brick this time? You're going to find out soon™.
Pen support on a Windows Phone? Microsoft experimented with it
http://protobetatest.com/2017/11/24/pen-support-on-a-windows-phone-microsoft-experimented-with-it/
http://protobetatest.com/2017/11/24/pen-support-on-a-windows-phone-microsoft-experimented-with-it/
November 18, 2024 at 6:48 PM
Pen support on a Windows Phone? Microsoft experimented with it
http://protobetatest.com/2017/11/24/pen-support-on-a-windows-phone-microsoft-experimented-with-it/
http://protobetatest.com/2017/11/24/pen-support-on-a-windows-phone-microsoft-experimented-with-it/
What proto did we use to take this pic? 🤔
November 18, 2024 at 6:48 PM
What proto did we use to take this pic? 🤔