Utilizing Smart Shoot features in Nokia Lumia 520

Nokia Lumia 520 brings 5 megapixel resolution camera as a means of photography. However, the camera facility which carries only the standard impressed. In fact, this camera is not supported by LED flash that can actually be used to improve the quality of shots in low light conditions.

For you who like photos, will usually require several shots to get the photos are in line with expectations. However, by default the Lumia 520 camera is not supported with the ability to release the shutter in 'Burst' mode like a camera at a premium smartphone, which once could direct snap some photos.

Well, at the Nokia Lumia 520 there is a facility `Lenses' which can be used to get specific applications to maximize the performance of the camera. What is needed here is the Shoot Smart applications are available in typical Nokia app catalog. Here's the tutorial:

1. Download Smart Shoot application, from the "lenses" menu.
2. Install to the Lumia 520, then open the application from the menus. Or it could be straight from the camera feature. 
3. Next, go to the camera viewfinder at Shoot Smart. 
4. You can use the camera shutter button, or by touching the screen to start the object photograph snapped. By default, the camera snapped 5 photos at once. 
5. To select the best photo quality, just move (flick) the images. 
6. Finally, select save to save it or you can also edit the shots.

Backup Windows Phone 8 data to cloud storage

For new users of Windows Phone 8, you do not have to worry about losing data. Because the WP8 platform is equipped with the ability to auto-back up. The facility is connected to live.com, so you must have previously set up a live account and that also integrates with the phone settings.

The automatic backup will store data on your smartphone to Windows cloud services, namely SkyDrive. For the record, the data that you can store in the cloud services are quite diverse. Began List applications, settings, text messages and photos.

Before you perform and enable the process of backing up, be sure first to set up a live account and your SkyDrive, in 'email+account' menu. If you are finished, you can directly perform the auto-backup settings.

To turn settings backup on or off
1. In the App list, tap Settings > Backup.
2. Tap App list + settings, and then turn backup on or off.

To delete settings backup
1. In the App list, tap Settings > Backup.
2. Tap App list + settings, tap Advanced, and then tap Delete.

Text messages
You can automatically save your SMS and MMS messages to the cloud. That way, the next time you get a new Windows Phone, you can restore them all when you set up the phone. When you delete your messages from your phone, they'll be deleted from the cloud as well, so you're always in sync.

To turn text message backup on or off
1. In the App list, tap Settings > Backup.
2. Tap Text messages, and then turn Text message backup on or off.


Note
Turning off backup will not delete previously saved messages. To delete messages from the cloud, you'll need to turn on backup and delete the messages from your phone.

Photos and videos
You can automatically upload your photos to SkyDrive and get them later from any computer or device that connects to the web. (This might use your data plan and incur charges.)

To turn auto upload on or off for photos or videos
1. In the App list, tap Settings > Backup.
2. Tap Photos, and then do one of the following:
o Tap Don't upload if you don't want to automatically upload your photos or videos.
o Tap Good quality to automatically upload photos or videos at a resolution that uses less data and SkyDrive storage space.
o Tap Best quality to automatically upload photos or videos at the highest possible resolution.

Note
You'll need a Wi-Fi connection to automatically upload videos and best-quality photos.

Nokia Lumia 620, affordable Windows Phone 8 smartphone

Nokia today introduced the Nokia Lumia 620, with its innovative design, the latest Windows Phone 8 software and signature experiences from Nokia, like Nokia lenses, Nokia Maps and Nokia Music, the Nokia Lumia 620 is a highly competitive smartphone at this price point.

The third and most affordable in its range of Windows Phone 8 smartphones. Alongside the flagship Nokia Lumia 920 and mid-range Nokia Lumia 820, the Nokia Lumia 620 offers a more fun, youthful appeal, and compact design. Nokia Lumia 620 uses a new dual-shot color technique to deliver a variety of striking color and texture effects. Dual-shot adds a second layer of colored, transparent or translucent polycarbonate on top of a base layer to produce secondary color blends and depth effects.  With seven different exchangeable shells to choose from, people can adapt the look of their Nokia Lumia 620 to their own personal taste and style.

Among the features shared with the Nokia Lumia 920 and Nokia Lumia 820 are exclusive camera lenses that transform the creative power of the Nokia Lumia 620's five megapixel main camera and VGA front-facing camera. The Cinemagraph lens adds simple animations to still photographs, while Smart Shoot creates a single, perfect shot from multiple images, even removing unwanted objects from the picture.

The Nokia Lumia 620 also provides access to the world's best maps and location experience, including Nokia Maps, Nokia Drive, Nokia Transport and the exclusive Nokia City Lens. Nokia City Lens displays information about local surroundings overlaid onto buildings as seen through the camera viewfinder.
Making it easy to discover and enjoy new music, Nokia Music provides free streaming of ad-free tracks without registration or subscription and the ability to download playlists for listening offline.

With NFC support, the Nokia Lumia 620 can easily pair with NFC-enabled accessories like the JBL PlayUp Portable Speaker for Nokia. Open and secure NFC-connectivity makes it possible to share and receive content by tapping with compatible devices, or make secure payments using the Wallet application in Windows Phone 8.

Powered by Windows Phone 8, the Nokia Lumia 620 delivers a more personal smartphone experience. Adjustable Live Tiles update direct to the Start Screen. People Hub pulls together contact information from multiple address books and social networks into a single location, making it easy to stay in touch with friends and set up contact Groups and private Rooms for sharing. From the Me Tile people can check in to their location, post an update, set chat status, see what's new and monitor notifications across Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter.  Windows Phone 8 also includes Xbox Live, Microsoft Office, 7GB of online SkyDrive storage and faster, safer surfing with Internet Explorer 10.

These features and capabilities are enabled by Qualcomm's Snapdragon(TM) S4 Plus processors.
"People can do more of the things they love when they choose a mobile device that has a Qualcomm Snapdragon processor," said Enrico Salvatori, senior vice president and president of Qualcomm Europe. "The Snapdragon S4 Plus processor is the heart of the Nokia Lumia 620, making it possible to multi-task, stream in HD and share content at super-fast speeds."

The Nokia Lumia 620 will be available in a range of colors including, lime green, orange, magenta, yellow, cyan, white and black. Estimated at USD 249, excluding taxes and subsidies, the Nokia Lumia 620 will begin selling in January 2013 in Asia, followed closely by Europe and the Middle East before expanding further.