Nokia Lumia 920: Specifications and Cost price in India.

Nokia Lumia 920 smartphone was launched in India last month. It is Nokia’s flagship smartphone packed with power. Read on to know all about the specification and cost price of this next-generation Windows 8 Smartphone. 

Nokia Lumia 920.

What is it that makes Nokia Lumia 920 as one of the most powerful and sort after phone in the market? The answer to this question lies in its  power-packed technology. It has one of the fastest processors, latest features and user-friendly apps. Let us now see what are the major specifications of Nokia Lumia 920.

Major Specifications of Nokia Lumia

Nokia Lumia 920 is a Windows phone 8 device and have many interesting specifications that are sure to impress the users. Now a phone is not a mere phone but it is a complete system in itself with every possible tech miracle. The major specifications of Nokia Lumia 920 smartphone are as follows:

Display Features

Nokia Lumia 920 has 4.5 inch PureMotion HD+ display with a resolution of 1280 by 768 pixels. It is a touch-screen device with a dimension of 130.3 mm by 70.8 mm by 10.7 mm and weighs about 185 grams. One of the most appreciated features is the protection of its super-sensitive touch screen by Gorilla Glass 2. The photo-sensitive feature lets it to read the intensity of sunlight and thus controls glaring when outdoors.

Nokia Lumia 920 in India is available in 4 colors: white, black, bright yellow and red.

Other attractive features in Nokia Lumia 920 include availability of Nokia Maps, Internet Explorer 10, pre-installed Facebook and Twitter apps.  It is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 processor, Adreno 225 GPU and dual-core 1.5 GHz CPU, which makes it one of the smartest and fastest Smartphones ever. Additionally, we can customize Nokia Lumia according to our requirements and preferences just like in any other smartphone that runs on Windows Phone 8. Further, you can rearrange, resize and do a number of creativity on its start screen with just a few touches.

Battery and connectivity

Nokia Lumia 920 comes with a 2,000 mAh battery and an in-built wireless charging capacity. There is no micro USB slot in the device but it supports Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connectivity along with supporting near field communication.

Storage and RAM

This beauty comes with 1 GB of RAM and 32 GB of internal storage. One of the basic limitations of Nokia Lumia 920 is the absence of microSD card slot. This simple means no external extendable memory but with the huge amount of storage space available inside the device, I do not think it will be a problem for an average user.

Camera

Lumia 920 has two cameras, one in front for web chatting and other at the back. The front camera is of 1.2 megapixels whereas the back one has 8.7 megapixels resolution with duel LED flash facility. It is powered by PureView technology for more clear pictures. Provision of Enhanced Optical image stabilization helps to take clear pictures even you are on a move. I am sure this feature is going to impress the users a lot.

Cost price for Nokia Lumia 920 in India: Rs. 37,200(approx.)

Along with this, Nokia Lumia 920 comes with a number of accessories that could make your smartphone experience a really impressive one.  

How to customize "Start screen" of Windows 8

One of the added features in Windows 8 is the presence of "Start screen" instead of start menu which can be customized according to the requirements and preferences of the user. Read on to know how you can re-size, re-organize, re-arrange, "pin it", "un-pin it", add personal pictures, group and categorized Tiles on the start screen of Windows 8 for more personalized experience.

Windows 8.

Microsoft has launched its new Windows 8 operating system in which we could observe a lot of changes compared to the previous versions of windows.  It is more powerful, fast and user-oriented then the previous versions. One of the drastic changes we observe in Windows 8 is the presence of what is known as “Start screen” instead of “start menu”.  

Start Screen in a Windows 8 and Windows RT OS is nothing but a mere replacement of ‘start menu’ of Windows 7. One of the most interesting features of this screen is that we can customize it according to our preferences and likes. So, now why to be welcomed by the same old generalized screen each time we opens the system? Why not get a bit adventurous and unique with the new customized welcome screen? Let us see how we can go about it.

We know that the Start Screen in windows 8 is dynamic in nature and consist of a number of blocks or tiles. These tiles are actually shortcut links to your favorite app or website or documents or Folder. When you select any one of the tile by clicking on it, you will be taken to that particular app/site/folder. But if you do not prefer this new interface on your screen, you can anytime return back to the familiar Desktop screen. Start screen is alive and consist of all the latest-updates, app info, contact details, website info etc stacked at one place as tiles.

Microsoft has tried to make Windows 8 more appealing to the users by giving them the option to customize their start screen. Though some of us may not get into it at the very start but it is indeed a welcomed option.

There are some favorite websites and pages that we visit frequently; with Windows 8, we can create a customized tile on the Start screen to open it with just a single click within no time. We call it as pined to the “Start screen”.

Now let us see how we can customize the start screen of Windows 8 according to our like and requirements.

How to add a Tile or ‘Pin it’ to the start screen of Windows 8:

Start by tapping or clicking the “start” tab of your system. You will find it in the right side edge of your screen.

Now go to “App Command” and select by clicking “Pin to Start” tab and the desired website will be pinned to the Start screen of Windows 8.

For adding a personal Folder to the Start screen of Windows 8, open it in the “File Explorer”. Now right click it; there you will have “Pin to Start” tab, click it and you will have your folder pinned to the Start screen.

To add a tile to the start screen for a new App, open your welcome or Start screen and look for the “search charm”. Next you may click on your favorite app to open its ‘Commands’. In there you will have “Pin to Start” tab, which you need to click to have a new tile for it in the start screen of Windows-8.

In the same way you can re-organize and re-arrange the tiles. You can also change the size of the tiles according to your comfort.

How to Resize Tiles in start screen of Windows 8

To resize dynamic tiles in the start screen of Windows 8, you just need to pinch the tile with two fingers and squeeze out to increase the size of the tiles and pinched in to decrease their size. To re-size the tiles, make use of “app commands”.

In the same way if you want to group or categorize the tiles on the Start screen of Windows 8, you need to select all those tiles which you want to include in one group and select “Name group” tab. Enter the name you want to give to this newly created group and you are done. You can have as many as you like group of well defined related info/folders.

When you want to remove a tile from the start screen of Windows 8, it can be easily carried out using “Unpin from Start” command.

You can further customize your start screen in Windows 8 by changing the background image, colour, fonts, size etc. according to your choice and mood.  You can even make your personal picture as the background image. This is carried out by using “Charm” in Windows 8

which is a new powerful addition in Windows 8.

How to add a personal picture to your Windows 8 screen

For adding a personal picture/image to your screen, select the “Charm settings” and there tab on “Change PC setting”.

Now select “personalize” tab to do the needful changes; you can either get a background image stored in your PC or can also upload a latest one.

In the same way you can change the color and theme of your Start screen. Now don't wait and start customizing the start screen of your system.

'Start screen' in Windows 8

What is the “Start screen” in Windows 8?

Start screen in Windows 8.

We all are very much familiar with the ‘start menu’ in older versions of Windows; in Windows 8 this start menu is replaced by a “Start screen”. Now what is a start screen?

A start screen is nothing but an active screen consisting of a number of dynamic tiles. Each tile on a start screen represents an application on your system.  These ‘Tiles’ on the Start screen of Windows 8 are actually links to the documents, folders, people, apps, pictures,  and even websites. If you want to know where to look for Metro apps, then they are alive on the start screen of windows 8. Now you don’t have to search the entire system for documents or anything that matters to you as everything is readily available on the start screen itself. These tiles are dynamic and could be moved about on the screen depending on your preferences. Also, we call these tiles as “alive” as they are updated regularly with the latest info. This keeps a user up to date at a glance.

The best thing which I like about the start screen of new Windows 8 is that you can customize it according to your preferences and likes. So now no more welcome by the same old general screen but a lively and personalized experience is awaiting you.

What is Windows 8?

For some time now we have been hearing a lot about Windows 8, a revolutionary invention of Microsoft. But there are still many of us who do not have a clear idea of what actually is Windows 8. In this resource I will brief you about Windows 8 and its basic features. Read on to know all about it.

Windows 8

What is Windows 8?

Windows 8 is a new version of operating system developed by Microsoft. This is for use on a personal computers including laptops, desktops, tablets, Smartphones and even for home theater PC’s.  Microsoft has introduced a significant change to the ‘till now in-use’ operating systems with more flexibility and improved user experience by introducing Windows 8 operating system. With this new user friendly graphical inter-phase, a rich and improved experience is provided to the users.

Windows 8 introduced a touch-sensitive system based on Microsoft’s “Metro” design language, which features a new “Start screen” or welcome screen instead of a “start menu” in older versions of Windows. This Start screen of Windows 8 consists of a grid of dynamic tiles that represent various applications available to the users.   Further, there is a new “app” platform and a new Windows Store to get new applications to your operating system directly.

The salient features and most appreciated changes in Windows 8 are: New technology with USB 3.0, near field communication, 4 Kn Advanced format, low-power ARM architecture and cloud computing. Along with these there is a built-in antivirus system and secure booting facilities. Every latest development in the field of technology has been taken care of while producing Windows 8. Users has appreciated the improved performance, more secure browsing, improved support for touchscreen features and dynamic approach but initial confusion among them did not let it take over the market completely.