Hotmail to Outlook.com for Android

You may or may not be aware that Microsoft has basically retired Hotmail and has rebooted Hotmail as Outlook.com, and word is already a million people have signed up for the new service, whilst Outlook.com’s UI will mesh with Windows 8, but it does show text based ads, and if you want an ad free screen you need to shell out an annual fee of $19.99 for what is still known as Hotmail Plus.

According to a report over on Macworld, Outlook.com can be used on a smartphone or tablet, Android, iOS and Windows Phone, and Outlook.com can sync to your smartphone or another computer via Exchange ActiveSync, and also syncs with Outlook 2013, which is the email client of Office Suite 2013.

Nokia Lumia X rotating camera Windows Phone is real

Nokia is busy trying to turn its flagging fortunes around with its move onto the Windows Phone platform, and in the meantime the company has also released the Nokia 808 PureView device and its revolutionary camera technology. Now we have news of the Nokia Lumia X rotating camera Windows Phone device, which looks like a concept handset but is actually claimed to be real.

The guys over at Concept Phones were sent some pictures from a source that is claiming that the Nokia Lumia X device that can be seen below are for a real upcoming device. It is believed that this Windows Phone 8 device will be making its debut sometime in September, and the source is claiming that the image came from a friend that had worked at a Nokia Design Studio.

Galaxy S3, S2, Note & Note 2 Jelly Bean update details

Those that own a Samsung Galaxy S2, Galaxy S3, Samsung Galaxy Note or after the Galaxy Note 2, will probably know they they will gain the Android Jelly Bean update to their device, but how far along is that Jelly Bean update to being pushed out to your Sammy handset?

Well we have some details on how far the Jelly Bean update is along courtesy of the guys over at Sam Mobile, who say that the test firmwares for the Samsung Galaxy S3 have passed, and they are working on a public version of Android 4.1, and the wait is on the public version along with Google’s agreement.

Windows Phone 7 users can safely get an outlook email address

Windows Phone 7 users wanting to test Microsoft's revamped email service outlook.com which is being called Hotmail's successor was greeted with a warning that if they change the email address used to set up the phone, features such as email, the marketplace and skydrive among others will stop working.   

There is an easy fix for this for those who still want to test drive the new outlook.com. You can get the new @outlook.com addresss and still have your old hotmail or live email ID. It's like killing 2 birds with 1 stone so to speak. Still interested? Here's what you do:

1. Head over to to the Outlook website and sign in with your old @hotmail or @live ID
2. Create an @outlook.com address as an alias here (this allows you to keep your old address and get a new @outlook  address
3. Finish setup. You can now continue using your original address and any new mail sent to your new outlook address will showup in a folder of your choice (chosen during alias setup).

To switch back to the old hotmail.com, simply click the settings icon (jagged circle) and the switch back to hotmail option will be there.

ENJOY 

Xperia P gains ICS between 19th & 25th of this month

The Android Ice Cream Sandwich operating system has been out for quite a while now, yet many Android devices are still playing along with Android 2.3 Gingerbread; however, when it comes to the Sony Xperia P smartphone, the wait for the ICS update looks to be nearing an end, as word is the device will gain Ice CreamSandwich in a few weeks time.

According to an article over on Phone Arena, Samsung Mobile used their official Facebook page to deliver the news that owners of the Sony Xperia P will start being updated to Android Ice Cream Sandwich between the 19th and 25th of this month.

Angry Birds Space Red Planet Trailer Out

ust when you thought the guys at Rovio maybe just maybe are running out of ideas on how to get those Angry Birds to smash those pigs here comes another one. It seems that there is a "Red Planet update coming this fall."

It is unclear if this will be a true update or a whole new Angry Birds game at this point.  Most of what we do know about this "update" comes from the trailer below .

While personally I am all Angry Birded out, I know more than a few people who can't wait for any update or new game to arrive.  What's your take? Let me know in the comments.

Motorola Xoom Jelly Bean Review

As a proud owner of a Motorola Xoom Wifi edition, I expected an Android update as soon as I heard about Android 4.1 and fortunately enough, only a few days after it was released, a notification popped up, letting me know I was ready to update. Android 4.1, or Jelly Bean, as it is commonly known, is a fantastic upgrade from ICS. While it is not a complete UI makeover like ICS was to Honeycomb, it does bring hundreds of improvements on an already polished operating system. Thanks to Project Butter, the OS feels absolutely lightning quick and has virtually no lag whatsoever. Does it fare well in today’s competitive mobile OS market? Let’s find out.