Month: January 2015

Celebrate 1st Anniversary of Momento App with free download of Momento+ by @Tiwaash #App #WindowsPhone #HappyBirthdayMomento

We all enjoy good times in life. We capture those beautiful moments so that we can cherish them over time and share with our close ones. It would be great if we could just snap a photo and customize it to suit our taste and share the moment right there with our friends and family. This was the idea behind the popular app Momento by Madina Technologies which later on came up with the premium service Momento+, which turns 1 today.

In celebration of Momento’s 1st Anniversary, Madina Technologies is giving everyone the opportunity to download Momento+ for free. Momento+ is the premium version of Momento – the best photo editing application on Windows Phone to capture your special moments. This offer is for 3 days only, from January 2-4, 2015. Throughout the 3 days, Madina Technologies is running a creative photo campaign on twitter using Momento with the hashtag #HappyBirthdayMomento.

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For those who are fond of capturing moments and enjoy editing photos, Momento App allows users to add different details to their photos to portray the ambience of each particular moment. Users will also find various filter effects, frames, and over 250 stickers that they can add to their captured moments. Photos that have been edited can be saved to users’ mobile phones or OneDrive, which later enables them to be sent through various social media networks. Currently, Momento already supports 11 languages including English, Indonesian, Turkish, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, French, Italian, German, and Mandarin.

Throughout its one-year journey, Momento has reached over 1.5 million users and is awarded the best photo editing application in more than 20 countries. Momento has also won several competitions including Winner of Vserv App Competition Indonesia 2014, Runner-Up of Microsoft Imagine Cup Indonesia 2014, and Runner-Up of Nokia Imagin8 Mission Worldwide.

Momento+ App is able to run on all types of Windows Phone 8 and Windows Phone 8.1. Momento+ is available for download on Windows Phone Store.

Start making the best of this wonderful opportunity and get the best of this deal and do not forget to share your moments with us on Twitter and Momento. Do not forget to use #HappyBirthdayMomento. We whole heatedly wish the whole team all the very best for their future and may they win more and more awards while improving this app in the best way possible.

Stay tuned for more updates and tech buzz.

Windows Phone app for Bank of Ireland Customers on the cards. #Apps #Banking by @jimboireland

The App gap is still an annoying problem for Windows Phone users not only here in Ireland but across the world,However there is good third party options available to those who want some big named apps but the main problem really is local apps.Again some companies are against third party devs and of late Snapchat has been one of the main victims who have suspended accounts.

Banking apps is another big area which highly annoys Windows Phone users,over the last two years users have been fobbed off with the same old script WE CURRENTLY HAVE NO PLANS AT THE MOMENT.

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Over the last few days the Bank of Ireland iOS and Android apps had problems,so we went looking for answers and decided to have one more attempt of perhaps finding some kind of definitive answer on the WP app..

On asking customer service we were told that is been worked on and there was a Q & A we missed on the topic which yields the following..

 

Yes is the short answer!

As I’m sure you are aware, at present Android and iOS are the largest OSs by market share for smart phones. This has been the case since we decided to build the mobile app – hence our decision to start there. We build separately for each OS since we believe it allows us to provide a better user experience for users on different phones (things behave differently on Android, Google, Windows, etc…

The down side to this approach is that there is substantial overhead in each additional OS added. However, Windows is the ‘third OS’ for mobile (overtaking RIM) so we are looking to add it to our supported OS list. At present it remains on the ‘candidate change list’ so I can’t promise a date but I would hope we can do this sooner (note I am still talking bank speed here…!) rather than later. A big push will be the speed at which Windows OS 8 for phones is adopted. In the interim, I apologise to you and anyone else who struggles with the online site on a mobile.

Jonathan (and the Bank of Ireland Mobile Team)

So going forward it could be good news and may spark other banks to provide the banking apps that Windows Phone users have wanted for 2 years.

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The Winner of the Nokia 130 sim free Dual Sim is…………………

A big thanks to all who has entered out Nokia 130 competition.

As always there can be only one winner but stay tuned for more prizes we have lots in the goodie bag.

The winner of the NOKIA 130 is… Lisa Patterson.

 

We will make arrangements on getting the phone out to you ASAP..

We have a look at the mighty Nexus 6 – Unboxing & Walkaround by @jimboireland #Nexus6

The Nexus 6 arrived today and on first receiving the box the size of it was enough to say it was going to be a rather big device.Its slightly bigger than the Galaxy Note 4 but not as huge as the mighty Nokia Lumia 1520.

The back of the device is curved so for been so big it does fit quite well in hand which makes not so cumbersome,this will of course depend on the individual using it small handed people will find it a problem and will need both hands,if you have big stupid hands like me it will not be a problem to get to grips with.

It does not feel heavy at all despite its size and so far i’m quite liking a lot about the device and how the UI is,i still prefer the Galaxy Note Edge overall apart from touchwiz and find the Nexus that bit quicker due to stock Android and no rubbish on the device..though you will be missing some feature you are custom to but can get them on the play store.

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Having been using the device for a few days the back is a major fingerprint  magnet this may annoy some so keep a lint free cloth handy or buy a protective case,also to note the front facing speakers has a sizeable gap between speaker and bezel this is another dirt trap and can be a bit bothersome to clean it,again maybe a case of some kind will help but will add bulk to an already bulky device,i have found the camera to be poor compared to competitors such as the Note Edge or Note 4 for example which have been the last two devices in house.

Also the battery does not appear to be fantastic either but being new it will take a few charge cycles to setting so this will be something to keep an eye on,it does come with fast charge like the Note 4/Edge which is a gift it charges super fast i have to say..

Take a look at video and if you have  any questions do ask us below or on Twitter.