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Nokia Lumia 800 mod enables Touchstone charging

Ben Kersey, May 1st 2012 Discuss [0]

We’re unfortunately not quite at the point where wireless charging is a reality, but there have been some phones capable of sucking down power via induction, like the Palm Pre. With a little bit of modding know-how and hard work, one YouTube user has taken apart a Nokia Lumia 800 and added the ability to charge via Palm’s Touchstone. Read The Full Story

Verizon Windows Phone encore teased

Chris Davies, Apr 19th 2012 Discuss [0]

Verizon has reignited talk of a Windows Phone push, with comments by chief financial officer Fran Shammo prompting suggestions that the carrier might take a second try at pushing the Microsoft platform. The Windows Phone namecheck came at the tail-end of the carrier's financial results call earlier today, with Shammo saying that Verizon believes a third ecosystem is particularly important in the smartphone business, beyond merely Android and iPhone. Read The Full Story

Nokia and Nicki Minaj light NYC for Lumia 900 debut

Chris Davies, Apr 7th 2012 Discuss [0]

Nokia lit up New York City’s Time Square for a Lumia 900 extravaganza on Friday, turning to Nicki Minaj and the CGI specialists behind i-Robot for a music and light show in keeping with AT&T and Microsoft’s ambitions. The event – which followed the London deadmau5 event for the Lumia 800 in November last year – paired a remix of Starships with a 200ft high video show and live dancers, a costly spectacle that will demand more than a few $99.99 AT&T Lumia 900 sales if Nokia, Microsoft and the carrier want to make their money back.

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Nokia Lumia 800 battery fix firmware released

Chris Davies, Mar 29th 2012 Discuss [0]

The near-magical update for the Nokia Lumia 800, tipped to hugely increase battery life for the Windows Phone, has been officially released. The new firmware "shows significant improvements" in the Lumia 800's runtime, Nokia says, along with improvements to audio quality and some other tweaks. However, there's still no WiFi tethering, and not every Lumia 800 user will get the new firmware immediately. Read The Full Story

New Nokia MeeGo duo tipped for Next Billion

Chris Davies, Mar 28th 2012 Discuss [0]

Nokia is reportedly planning a further two MeeGo handsets, following the N9 with a pair of low-end devices that will slot into the company's Next Billion strategy for developing markets. The news, supposedly shared with them directly from a source in the Next Billion Group itself NetbookNews reports, would come as some relief to MeeGo fans, who had seen Nokia marginalize the platform in its smartphone push out of preference for Windows Phone. Read The Full Story

Nokia Lumia 800C and 610C CDMA Windows Phones official for China

Chris Davies, Mar 28th 2012 Discuss [0]

Nokia has officially revealed its first CDMA Windows Phones, the Lumia 800C and 610C, and China will be the first country to get them. Variants, as the names suggest, of Nokia's existing Lumia 800 and 610, the 800C will drop on China Telecom first in April, with the 610C following on in Q2 2012. They'll come with the usual Nokia Music, Nokia Drive and Nokia Maps apps, exclusive to the Finnish company's Windows Phones. Read The Full Story

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Right price, spec, buzz… so how will AT&T, Microsoft and Nokia screw up the Lumia 900?

Chris Davies, Mar 26th 2012 Discuss [0]

Back in January, in the aftermath of Nokia revealing the Lumia 900 Windows Phone flagship, we argued that AT&T should price the smartphone at $100 at the most if it wanted to compete with the iPhone. Today, the carrier confirmed that it would indeed be undercutting most new handsets with a $99.99 price point – albeit with a two-year price plan – ticking off at least one box against the new Lumia’s launch. Nonetheless, there are still plenty of pitfalls ahead if AT&T, Nokia and Microsoft don’t want it to be game over for Windows Phone.

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Windows Phone outselling Symbian in the UK

Ben Kersey, Mar 20th 2012 Discuss [0]

Microsoft’s market share in the United States may have been slipping as of late, but what about in the UK? According to market research firm Kantar Worldpanel, Microsoft and Nokia’s gambit may be paying off: Windows Phone 7 has outsold Symbian handsets for the first time, and the Nokia Lumia 800 is proving popular across Europe too. Read The Full Story

Nokia Lumia update to bring WiFi hotspot support

Rue Liu, Mar 16th 2012 Discuss [0]

Nokia's Lumia Windows Phone handsets will soon be updated to support tethering, according to the FAQ section of the Nokia Connects website. This means that a Nokia Lumia phone can act as a mobile WiFi hotspot through which your other devices can connect to the internet. Although the new feature is confirmed, Nokia has yet to reveal when that update might arrive. Read The Full Story

New Lumia 800 update “nearly triples” battery life

Ben Kersey, Mar 6th 2012 Discuss [0]

Despite receiving generally favourable reviews, one problem that has consistently plagued the Nokia Lumia 800 is the poor battery life. Users have also reported charging issues in the past, unable to start the phone when battery life has been depleted. Nokia have rolled out two updates in the past to address these issues, and now a third has gone live in Singapore. Read The Full Story

Nokia grabs Windows Phone top sales spot

Chris Davies, Feb 24th 2012 Discuss [0]

Nokia is the number one Windows Phone manufacturer in terms of sales, according to analysts, overtaking HTC after having its Lumia phones on the market for just one quarter. Microsoft saw 2.7m Windows Phone device sales in Q4 2011, according to Strategy Analytics' figures, of which sales of Nokia devices like the Lumia 800 contributed 33-percent. Read The Full Story

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How Low Can Nokia Go?

Chris Davies, Feb 22nd 2012 Discuss [0]

Nokia is ramping up for a far more interesting Mobile World Congress than in recent years: having opted out of a presence in 2011, rumors have it that the Finns have at least two new Windows Phones to bolster their range. After the original Lumia 800 and 710, and the imminent Lumia 900 headed to AT&T, we’re also told to expect a new, higher-end device in the shape of a European 900 variant, along with an entry-level model that should cater to a more affordable price point. Question is, with Symbian’s appeal souring ahead of schedule, has Nokia done enough to shave away smartphone pricing.