WARNING: You should always double-check what you copy-pasted from the Internet. Holy Text is a sensitive matter, double check with an online Mushaf al-Madinah here, or an offline Mushaf (this will give you the bonus of reading the Quran anyways :) ). Before we continue, I'd like to state the purpose of this blog post... I wanted to create a Juz 'Amma (surah 78 to 114) app to help me refresh and re-memorize the Juz 30 (you know when you were kids your brain is like paper, anything you memorize will quickly stick like pen-on-paper, and as you grow older...

So I got bored with Pivot & Panorama. It was exciting at the beginning, then when everybody else joined the Windows Phone developers camp, my apps begin to look like everyone else's apps... My company, Armanovus has some apps published. We also have built apps that other brands publish under their banner. For my business, I need a differentiator that separates me and other devs. If everyone can do Pivot & Panorama, and for a cheaper consulting fee, why would they go to me? :) Thus begins my search for new Windows Phone UX Custom Controls...and after a month contemplating...

So yesterday I did the Microsoft Surface RT w/ TouchCover Unboxing , now it's time to do the Windows Phone 8 part. Richard Kerris, VP of Developer Relations at Nokia, announced that all BUILD 2012 attendees will receive a Nokia Lumia 920. Note that this is NOT THE RETAIL package, which means packaging contents and maybe even phone configuration & settings are different than the retail version. For example, this phone dev kit does not come with a battery charger. Without further ado, here goes the unboxing photos of Nokia Lumia 920 Developer Phone edition. The outside packaging is pretty...