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Intel modems are e.g. in the Samsung Galaxy S series. Do not confuse modems with application processors like Atom. Intel offers both, but in most phones, only the modem is from Intel but the application processor is not. That is only now becoming more common.

You will probably need to get used to it. Lumias use Qualcomm modems, which are known to have problems with call drops. If you want better call drop performance, go for Intel modems.

Sure, but all I found so far were tiny semi-private sellers which I didn't trust too much. Amazon itself for example doesn't sell these shells yet, at least not in Germany.

Hi all, I have been waiting quite a bit to get a shell for my 620 via a not too-shady dealer. Now, opposed to what was there a week ago, these shells appear as official accessories on the German Nokia website for the 620. I hope that this is an indication that they will be available soon...

If you are on the home screen and then go to the right, you should be able to see an alphabetical list of apps. Select settings. Here, you should see a lot of stuff that you can disable, basically where you can also select the battery saving feature. Furthermore, when in settings go right again...

It is really unbelievable how uncomfortable and unintuitive creating or modifying playlists on Windows Phone 8 is. Also simple things like searching your song library (e.g. for songs containing the word "wind" in the title or whatever) are apparently not really implemented. My old blackberry had...