It is a slim and stylish smartphone running Windows Phone 8 that is
aimed at the budget end of the market. However, don’t let that budget
tag fool you as it offers a full Windows Phone experience as well as
access to the full array of Nokia apps.
Based around a 4.7-inch screen, the Nokia Lumia 625 is a great size
for viewing pages full of the latest news, or viewing weather forecasts
with ease. When it comes to performance, the 1.2GHz dual-core processor,
backed by 512MB of RAM, delivers a greta every-day Windows Phone
experience.
Here we take a look at what we think are the top 10 free Lumia 625
apps for News and Weather. We’ve checked all the apps, so we know for
sure they run on the 512MB of RAM inside the Nokia Lumia 625, as well as
the Nokia Lumia 620 and Nokia Lumia 520.
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Sky
News isn’t so much a news channel as a living and breathing TV channel
on your Nokia Lumia 625. Along with reading the latest stories from the
newsroom; UK and World News, Politics, Showbiz, and Business, you can
also watch them as videos.
Other features include a weather forecast,
and the ability to send breaking news stories directly into the Sky
newsroom.
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This
is a Nokia Lumia exclusive app. Stay informed with the latest headlines
and original stories from around the world. Follow up-to-the-minute
reporting with breaking news alerts and live video.
What’s great about
the CNN app on your Nokia Lumia 625 is that you can join the
conversation by sharing today’s news and dig deeper into the stories
that matter most to you.
If
there is one source of news you want on your Nokia Lumia 625 above any
other, then it’s the BBC. This app has been specifically designed for
reading News from BBC Online Services.
That means you’ll know it will
look great on the big screen of the Lumia 625 and if you have 4G mobile
broadband it’ll be blisteringly fast.
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MSN
for Windows Phone 8 has been built from the ground up to bring a clean,
simple and quick way to stay informed. Built for touch, you can
navigate the MSN app with ease on your Nokia Lumia 625.
Swipe through
the top channels and when you’re done reading an article, swipe to view
the next one. Glance at the new MSN Live Tile to see top stories, before
launching the app.
Get
Britain’s favourite Daily Star newspaper on your mobile with this great
Windows Phone app, bringing the very latest news, sport and showbiz
straight to your fingertips.
With this app you can browse through each
of the channels so you only read exactly what you fancy – news,
football, gossip and the obligatory girls. You’ll never miss a thing
again!
This
is a Nokia Lumia exclusive app. Get the features you have come to
expect from The Weather Channel for Windows Phone including Full screen
interactive maps, hourly, 36 hour, and 10 day forecasts. Pin live tiles
to your start screen to keep up with all the cities that are important
to you. With The Weather Channel for Windows Phone, take the weather
with you.
This
is a Nokia Lumia exclusive app. AccuWeather for Windows Phone provides
the most accurate and detailed hourly forecasts for more than 2.7
million locations worldwide. No wonder almost half-billion people use it
every day. What’s more, you can set it up so the weather is right there
on the Lock screen of your Nokia Lumia 625.
5
Days Weather Free bills itself as “The simplest weather app!” With its
built-in geolocation, you can immediately discover the weather in your
current location. The app gives the weather in most cities: from London
to Manchester, Birmingham, Leeds or Bristol. Should you go for a trip
anywhere in UK (Sheffield, Liverpool, Nottingham…), you will get hourly
local weather up to 5 days!
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Get
your forecasts on the go with the official Met Office weather
application. As the UK’s national meteorological service, the Met Office
provides the most accurate and reliable weather forecasts on TV and
radio, in print, and online.
Now, you can get the best UK forecasts
wherever you go with the Met Office Windows Phone 8 app on your Nokia
Lumia 625.
Weather
Satellite provides the most up to date weather images for clouds and
wind taken from orbiting satellites. Whether it’s U.S. high-lows,
temperatures, warnings, water, and hurricanes or Atlantic turbulence,
you can choose from regions all around the world for detailed updates.
What’s more, the Zoom feature allows you to zoom in closer and move the
image around so you can get the best idea of images in your location.
Got a favourite news or weather app on your Windows Phone?
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