One of the first smartphones to ship with Windows Phone 8 platform out of the box, Nokia Lumia 920 offers a bunch of improvement over the older WP7.5 devices. Although Windows Phone 8 looks the same
on all smartphones, Nokia offers some additional features that you
cannot find in HTC phones for example.
The highly praised Modern UI, previously known as Metro UI, gives the phone a clean, stylish look. However, customization options are pretty limited and only go one way – down. The Modern UI is made of live tiles that can be resized and arranged as you see fit.
It acts as a home screen where users can pin contacts, apps, services, webpages and more. All that you add on this home screen is vertically arranged, so you will have to scroll down to find what you need.
The main menu is only a swipe away from the home screen. A swipe to the left will let you access the phone’s main menu and all the apps and services that come with the phone. Design-wise, the main menu follows the Modern UI’s vertical layout pattern.
The bad news is that you don’t have a place where you can check all notifications from the apps that you have installed on the phone. Moreover, there are no quick toggles to help you enable/disable certain features such as GPS, Wi-Fi and Mobile data.
Although the smartphone’s lockscreen allows you to see notifications from five apps, there’s no way that you can find out you’ve missed a call or that you have an email, unless you unlock the phone.
Nokia Lumia 920 does not have a notification LED of any other feature that can be used instead to alert users they have received a message or a call.
On the positive side, Windows Phone 8 knows multitasking, though it is not “true” multitasking. The operating system can suspend an app previously used and it can resume it every time you want to go back to it.
It also knows when an application needs to run in the background or it only requires to be suspended. This feature depends on developers, who can create their apps to use one of the two multitasking modes available within Windows Phone 8 platform.
The bad news is that you won’t be able to “kill” an application within the task manager. In order to close an application that runs in the background or is suspended, users will have to press and hold the Back key in order to bring up the task manager, choose the app they wish to terminate and then click the Back key again.
This method is pretty awkward and may require users to click more than one time on the Back key in order to close an application, especially if you wish to “kill” the Internet browser.
Nokia Lumia 920 provides access to a ton of features, including Alarms, Calculator, Calendar, Photo Beamer, Store and Transfer my Data. The latter allows you to move all your contacts from your older phone to the Lumia 920. Nokia also states that some older phones will also let you transfer pictures and messages via Bluetooth, but this is not guaranteed.
Furthermore, the smartphone comes with Nokia’s full suite of HERE services and apps, including City Lens, Drive+ and Maps. Nokia Music, Nokia Care and Nokia Xpress are included as well.
More importantly, Nokia Lumia 920 provides users with free access to Office document viewing and editing. It comes with full SkyDrive integration, so all documents on the phone will always be synched with the ones on the computer.
The bad news is that Lumia 920 does not feature a file manager, so users won’t be able to attach all types of files to their emails.
The Windows Phone Store is very well organized, so users will be able to easily find what they’re looking for. Although the number of applications and games is nowhere near Google Play and App Store’s, Microsoft’s Windows Phone Store becomes larger and larger by the day.
Xbox Live is another entertainment hub that allows users to check their friends’ achievements and avatars. Keep in mind that not all games available for download via Windows Phone Store support this feature.
Last but not least, Microsoft and Nokia thought it would be wise to add a new parental-related feature called Kids corner, which allows parents to share apps, music, videos and games with their children.
The highly praised Modern UI, previously known as Metro UI, gives the phone a clean, stylish look. However, customization options are pretty limited and only go one way – down. The Modern UI is made of live tiles that can be resized and arranged as you see fit.
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It acts as a home screen where users can pin contacts, apps, services, webpages and more. All that you add on this home screen is vertically arranged, so you will have to scroll down to find what you need.
The main menu is only a swipe away from the home screen. A swipe to the left will let you access the phone’s main menu and all the apps and services that come with the phone. Design-wise, the main menu follows the Modern UI’s vertical layout pattern.
The bad news is that you don’t have a place where you can check all notifications from the apps that you have installed on the phone. Moreover, there are no quick toggles to help you enable/disable certain features such as GPS, Wi-Fi and Mobile data.
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Although the smartphone’s lockscreen allows you to see notifications from five apps, there’s no way that you can find out you’ve missed a call or that you have an email, unless you unlock the phone.
Nokia Lumia 920 does not have a notification LED of any other feature that can be used instead to alert users they have received a message or a call.
On the positive side, Windows Phone 8 knows multitasking, though it is not “true” multitasking. The operating system can suspend an app previously used and it can resume it every time you want to go back to it.
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It also knows when an application needs to run in the background or it only requires to be suspended. This feature depends on developers, who can create their apps to use one of the two multitasking modes available within Windows Phone 8 platform.
The bad news is that you won’t be able to “kill” an application within the task manager. In order to close an application that runs in the background or is suspended, users will have to press and hold the Back key in order to bring up the task manager, choose the app they wish to terminate and then click the Back key again.
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This method is pretty awkward and may require users to click more than one time on the Back key in order to close an application, especially if you wish to “kill” the Internet browser.
Nokia Lumia 920 provides access to a ton of features, including Alarms, Calculator, Calendar, Photo Beamer, Store and Transfer my Data. The latter allows you to move all your contacts from your older phone to the Lumia 920. Nokia also states that some older phones will also let you transfer pictures and messages via Bluetooth, but this is not guaranteed.
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Furthermore, the smartphone comes with Nokia’s full suite of HERE services and apps, including City Lens, Drive+ and Maps. Nokia Music, Nokia Care and Nokia Xpress are included as well.
More importantly, Nokia Lumia 920 provides users with free access to Office document viewing and editing. It comes with full SkyDrive integration, so all documents on the phone will always be synched with the ones on the computer.
The bad news is that Lumia 920 does not feature a file manager, so users won’t be able to attach all types of files to their emails.
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The Windows Phone Store is very well organized, so users will be able to easily find what they’re looking for. Although the number of applications and games is nowhere near Google Play and App Store’s, Microsoft’s Windows Phone Store becomes larger and larger by the day.
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Xbox Live is another entertainment hub that allows users to check their friends’ achievements and avatars. Keep in mind that not all games available for download via Windows Phone Store support this feature.
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Last but not least, Microsoft and Nokia thought it would be wise to add a new parental-related feature called Kids corner, which allows parents to share apps, music, videos and games with their children.
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