Microsoft #morelumia event now on, you watching?

[L_W_Ward]

#Morelumia Microsoft conference is on at the moment, anyone else watching it? I am, at my work desk (hiding), and i'm impressed. 

http://www.phonearena.com/news/Livestream-Tune-in-for-Nokia-and-Microsofts-MoreLumia-IFA-2014-event-...

I'll add more details as we go but I'm already impressed with the Lumia Denim update, no more touching my phone to speak with Cortana "Hey Cortana" "Yes Liam" "make me a coffee".......

I'll add updates as it goes on via now posts. 

[jonsie]

I'll follow this with interest

[L_W_Ward]

Looks like they have introduced the Lumia 830 and I love the design. Kinda what happens when the the 930 and 1520 drink a bottle of Vodka and forget safe sex. I hope the rumors are true about removable back, SD Card and battery. However my Lumia 1520 lasts two days so i'm ok. 

[L_W_Ward]

Right. I'm currently booting up W8.1 on my Mac to debrand my 1520 and install the stock UK varient firmware, I want these updates  

[L_W_Ward]

They have just shown that is has removable back panels, finally! We I can go back to my 1510 and 3210 days. 

It comes out at 330 Euros which is a great price... do I upgrade??? 

I also like the new generation charging plate. It glows when you place the phone on it and that glow can be customised with NFC. Certain glows for notifications such as e-mail, messages, facebook and low battery. 

Impressive

[L_W_Ward]

Just introduced two more devices, Lumia 730 and 735. 730 is a 4G device and the 735 is a dual sim 3G device. Now they are talking about selfies so I guess this is the rumoured "Selfie Phone" 

Edit: Yes this looks like it can take wide angle shot to make sure you get every one in.. just demonstrated on stage and it looks impressive. 

Both retail around 199 euros to 220 euros, think the 630 was 199, 635 was 220. 

[MI5]

Sounds nice - I'll have to check it out

[L_W_Ward]

Clearly the 730/735 is aimed at the teenagers of the world. The 830 and the photo editing software has got my eye. However it is all coming to the 1520 so I will wait  

[L_W_Ward]

Cortana is getting a major upgrade with Lumia Denim. Also going Alpha in a lot more countries, sorry didn't catch them all.

I use Alpha Cortana on my phone and she is great but not amazing. It needs these upgrades in the UK and it is getting them

Cortana now includes Skype connectivity and it was demonstrated on stage and with all new Lumia purchases you get a month of free Skype, worldwide, calls. Microsoft really needs a "facetime" competitor. 

[L_W_Ward]

Sadly it is all over now. However there is a Q&A session which we can't view. 😞