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Nokia Drive leaked for unlocked non-Nokia Windows Phones
Author: Rod Sutherland
Nokia’s third and final exclusive Windows Phone application has leaked for all devices.
The XAP raw file has been made available on several sites for non-Nokia devices. The Nokia Drive application, see a video review here, is available on Nokia’s Lumia range of Windows Phones. The application is now available for all Windows Phone devices, providing you’re using an unlocked device via Microsoft’s official developer registration or the ChevronWP7 labs tool. WPCentral managed to download the application and provided a video demo, see below.
Nokia Drive is the company’s 3D satellite navigation system. The application is preloaded on the Home Screen of the Lumia 800. The app works across 95 countries and maps can be easily downloaded and stored on the device. The default map included will vary by market and is relative to the country where the Lumia 800 is purchased. Nokia Drive includes 2D and 3D maps of cities and is designed for car use in mind.
Nokia’s Music and Maps applications have both been ripped from their Lumia devices and ported over to non-Nokia devices. Nokia’s Drive application is the last exclusive app from Nokia to find its way onto the internet for all devices. The current state of the Windows Phone Marketplace allows users to download XAP application packages direct from Microsoft’s servers and sideload them providing their device is developer unlocked.
Windows Phone 7.5 “Mango” includes support for a new type of application encryption that prevents the piracy seen today. Microsoft is reportedly waiting to ensure that the majority of Windows Phone users have upgraded to Windows Phone 7.5 “Mango” before enabling the encryption support. The support will wrap XAP packages in a new layer of protection, preventing them from being sideloaded after they are published and downloaded from the Marketplace.
Nokia Drive leaked for unlocked non-Nokia Windows Phones originally appeared at WinRumors.com.
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Nokia Music leaked for unlocked non-Nokia Windows Phones
Author: Anthony Kristo
Nokia Music
Nokia’s Windows Phone music application has leaked for all devices.
The latest Nokia Music leak follows a similar leak of Nokia Maps that allows non-Nokia Windows Phone to install the app. Users over at the smartphone gurus forum extracted the application from a Nokia Lumia device and managed to get it working on a rival HTC device (see video below). The Nokia Music v1.5.0.0. XAP file is available for download, raising questions over the legality of installing the leaked copy. The application is now available for all Windows Phone devices, providing you’re using an unlocked device via Microsoft’s official developer registration or the ChevronWP7 labs tool.
Nokia Music is another free out of the box application for the Lumia 800 and 710 devices. Nokia Music uses a Wi-Fi or 3G data connection to connect and stream thousands of free music tracks. The application works as an internet radio app, similar to services such as last FM. Nokia Music users can pick between different categories of music and have a selection of music streamed to their devices within seconds. The categories of music include rock, pop and classical and a variety of other genres.
Nokia Music is designed to be exclusively available on the company’s upcoming Nokia Lumia 800 and Lumia 710 Windows Phone devices.
Nokia Music leaked for unlocked non-Nokia Windows Phones originally appeared at WinRumors.com.
