Harvey Norman “Geek Saturday” Nokia Lumia sale “Going Mental”

If you have not seen the promotional tweets over the past 24 hours or so on the new Harvey Norman “Geek Saturday” specials, you might want to check this out. Whilst Harvey Norman have a number of advertised specials on their site under this banner – it’s the Nokia Lumia deal that we here at WPDownUnder are naturally interested in. Were you thinking of signing up a new contract with Optus? Does a brand spanking new Nokia Lumia Windows Phone sound like a great device? Then how about a FREE XBOX 4G console? Double your METRO hit in one go, use your new phone to control the gaming console, or even play games across Xbox Live between the console and handset! What are you waiting for?

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Exclusive: HTC Titan II 4G Telstra pricing and FIRM(?) release finally!

After what appears to have been weeks of delays, it appears that information can now finally be confirmed on Telstra’s 4G Windows Phone launch of the HTC Titan II. Whilst the media this week has been focused on the local launch of Nokia’s flagship Lumia 900 and entry-level Lumia 610, the prior Telstra advertised ETA of “early May” has passed us all by with no news. Following a reader tip-off earlier today, WPDownUnder can now confirm the ETA retail supply dates and FIRM contract pricing for what will be Australia’s only 4G Windows Phone.

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New Harvey Norman Nokia Lumia 800 Infomercial (Video)

This week Harvey Norman have uploaded a new Nokia Lumia 800 infomercial as part of their regular “Geek Saturday” Tech product series. The brief 3min video touches on some of the features of the Lumia 800 running Windows Phone and highlights the build quailty of the Nokia device. Disappointingly, it made no mention of the best-in-breed range of value-add services in the Nokia suite (Drive, Maps, Music, Pulse /beta, Transport /beta etc). Here’s the video for you to check out.

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Exclusive: You’ve seen the App – now check out the new Developed Down Under website!

A little over a month ago, mobilewares.net in conjunction with wpdownunder launched the Aussie Windows Phone Community App - “Developed Down Under”. Conceived and developed by Niall Ginsbourg from the initial campaign idea started right here, the App has been an amazing success story. It has rocketed into the Top 20 most downloaded Australian Marketplace Apps/Games with a gratifying level of Developer, user and industry support. Not content to stop there, we are pleased to announce that Developed Down Under, the website, has now been born. Growing beyond the confines of both the wpdownunder and mobilewares prior homes, www.developeddownunder.com is the new online base for this community campaign and must-have Aussie Windows Phone App.

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Star Wars Kinect Social Media App lands Down Under.

About a month ago, the US Windows Phone marketplace saw a new Social Media App arrive with a unique take on Twitter and Facebook feeds. Released by Microsoft Studio’s, the App was inexplicably absent from many markets outside of the US and UK. Our initial enquiries as to why Australia had missed out on the App went unanswered, until Ben Rudolph  (@BenthePCGuy) and Microsoft Australia’s Twitter team (@MSAU) looked into this for WPDownUnder. Whether an initial oversight or not, the MS Australian team got back to us (Cheers Max+co.) and advised the App was being re-submitted through the Marketplace for roll-out to Australia (and other unconfirmed markets). WPDownUnder can now bring to you a short, appropriately Star Wars themed, video of the App in action.

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Preview: Nokia Australia to brief Sydney Media on new Lumia devices tomorrow.

Following on from our earlier post where WPDownUnder reported a solid start to Nokia’s Australian Windows Phone debut – this week will see the much awaited media release confirming an expansion of their device line-up for our shores. Whilst the Lumia 610 and flagship Lumia 900 have been announced and released in selected overseas markets, tomorrow in Sydney Nokia are holding an exclusive Media event to provide updates on their Lumia range for the Australia. WPDownUnder has been keeping our ears to the ground of late…and thought we’d speculate on what tomorrow – and beyond – may bring!

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A “quickie” bargain HTC HD7 handset deal.

Not knowing much about oo.com.au - I will leave it up to readers to do their own investigation into this seller. That being said, they HAVE just posted a new deal today on a 850Mhz WCDMA version (for Telstra NextG or new Vodafone 3G) of the HTC HD7! You can get this relatively well reviewed Gen1 handset on sale for $299 plus delivery. Thanks to a WPDownUnder reader tip-off by Adam, links below.

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The most important Aussie WP7 story of the year!

It’s not often Windows Phone stories of this magnitude break Down Under. Apollo leaks? Lumia 900 launch? Microsoft & Nokia partnership? Top-end of Town WP7 Development? Bigger than these! Today we are pleased to report on a story that Aussie WP7 owners, enthusiasts and prospective purchasers absolutely need to see. The sort of story that cuts to the heart of the WP7AU community…a story so big that even WPDownUnder was unable to fit any details of it into this opening article paragraph!

Stop everything and read on NOW!

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New Telstra White Nokia Lumia Contest: “The Lumia Quest”

In a spurt of creative Windows Phone promotion and generosity - Telstra today have announced a brand new White Nokia Lumia Contest! With 10 shiny, gorgeous alabaster handsets to be given away across 5 Capital Cities in the month of May. The “Nokia Lumia Quest” is set to have Telstra customers heading into the selected cities on the competition dates in droves, following social media clues to try to win one of these award-winning WP7 handsets by Nokia! WPDownUnder will be sure to be there – to cover the event of course ;)

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That was quick! New F/ware update for Lumia 800′s on Vodafone.

Earlier this month the 12070 firmware update from Nokia was released globally for the Lumia 800. This update provided a couple of key bugifxes/enhancements – particularly a significantly improved battery life. However, at the time – and as reported by WPDownUnder – the update shipped with a couple of known further issues, the main one being a ring volume bug which actually caused Vodafone AU to halt deployment for its customers. Well great news, as Nokia have fixed this issue and Vodafone have confirmed the release of an updated 12072 firmware version for its Aussie Lumia 800 customers.

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Updated: Now with Release dates – Titan II 4G appears in official Telstra Advertising!

It’s been a long wait for anything official from Telstra on Australia’s first 4G Windows Phone; the HTC Titan II. With rumoured launch dates from as around the start of this month, to advice in the past week that demo devices had arrived in selected Telstra stores….firm details have remained scarce. No longer!

The new Telstra consumer catalogue “Let’s Connect” No. #9 features the first public teaser of the imminent launch of this giant of a phone!

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