We've officially entered the final hours of August, and in typical SlashGear fashion, we're sending thing off with a bang. Today's IFA adventures didn't produce as much news as the two days before it, but we still have plenty of hands-on posts for you to check out, just like yesterday. We got to check out a couple of Dell's upcoming products today, spending some hands-on time with the Dell XPS Duo 12 and the more traditional Dell XPS 10. Dell wasn't the only one showing off new computers and a tablets today though, as we also have a hands-on with HP ENVY TouchSmart Ultrabook 4, SpectreXT and ENVY x2, along with a hands-on post for the new Toshiba Satellite U920t.
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‘Lumia’ Stories
SlashGear Evening Wrap-Up: August 31, 2012
Nokia and JBL announce new portable NFC speakers for Lumia
Today Nokia announced that it has teamed up with JBL to introduce a new line of speakers meant to be paired with the Lumia. The full name of this new line is called "JBL PlayUp Portable Wireless Speaker for Nokia," and they appear to be real attention-getters. In a post on Conversations with Nokia, the company's Ian Delaney went through what we can expect from these PlayUp speakers, starting right off with the eye catching color and the similarities users are bound to see between these and the Play 360° speakers Nokia began offering last year.
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Nokia Windows Phone 8 smartphone details tipped for NYC event
September 5th will be the day that Microsoft and Nokia hold an event in New York to bring on not two, but three new Windows Phone 8 Apollo devices. This set of three devices will be nicknamed "Arrow", "Phi", and "Atlas" per sources familiar with the matter speaking with The Verge. These devices will be part of Nokia's Lumia lineup and each of their names are certainly subject to change.
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Nokia World set to preempt New iPhone with Apollo
If you're living in the Microsoft universe and love their mobile strategy - and bright colors - you'll be glad to know that it's been tipped the Nokia will reveal their next generation of devices with Windows Phone 8 in September. During their next big event, Nokia World, both September 5th and 6th will be the home of a worldwide announcement of Nokia's newest lineup, complete with Windows Phone 8 (Apollo) software onboard. This will put Nokia's reveal just one week ahead of what's generally been accepted as the must-be date for Apple's next smartphone: September 12th for the new iPhone.
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Nokia PureLambda device pops up in WP Bench
Nokia has been firmly committed to Windows Phone since the company partnered with Microsoft last year, and has pushed out four Lumia devices since then. Its latest phone the Lumia 610, is due to be released in the UK at the beginning of June, but does the Finnish smartphone manufacturer have something else on the horizon? A new Nokia device spotted in WP Bench suggests that may be the case.
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Nokia Lumia 900 gets hammer and nails stress tested
This week a couple of engineers from Tech Craver busted out a hammer, some nails, and their own Nokia Lumia 900 review unit to do some stress tests. While what you're about to see isn't technically as scientifically viable as we'd normally like to see in a hammer-to-smartphone test, we'll accept it - if only because they added what appears to be Stephen Elop calling them on the phone at the end of the video before the video stoppers up. This story has also been picked up by Nokia official Jason Harris of Conversations by Nokia - they're fairly impressed by the whole situation too, to be frank.
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Euro carriers knock Nokia: Lumia “not good enough”
The four major telecom operators in Europe remain unmoved by recent smartphones Nokia has offered. Those four major European carriers are saying that Nokia's new Lumia line of smartphones are just not good enough to compete against rivals in the market such as the iPhone or Android devices. I think few consumers are surprised by that statement.
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IHS reveals Lumia 900′s iPhone roots
This week the folks at IHS, aka IHS iSuppli, have revealed what they've torn down and discovered to be as the price of the components which make up the Nokia Lumia 900. This device apparently costs a mere $209 in parts plus $8 to build, putting the device at 46 percent of its retail price. The reason Nokia is able to make this fabulous feat a reality is their relatively new triad of close ties with Microsoft and Qualcomm - this creating a hardware and software powerhouse which allows for top-tier features with lower-tiered pricing akin to Apple's own "playbook" for device creation.
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SlashGear Morning Wrap-Up: April 11, 2012
Good morning world, it's time for the SlashGear Morning Wrap-up, starting with a brand new Spotify Play Button to embed your favorite tunes in your own webpage - for free! Apple is working on their own Flashback malware removal to make the devil go away. Nokia is popping out another Windows Phone with the Nokia Lumia 610 NFC. There's a brand new version of the ROKU out there with ROKU HD - coming to stores soon!
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Nokia Lumia 900 brings out the Windows Phone lovers
Smartphone seekers brand-loyal to the Microsoft-made mobile operating system Windows Phone will be glad to know that the Nokia Lumia 900 is out now - and reviewers are loving it. Everyone including our own Michael Crider seems to be lauding Nokia's effort in this device which takes their well-received Windows Phone lineup thus far and boosts it to what might be the perfect chassis size with a 4.3-inch display inside. The only down-side appears to be - if tech reviewers across the web are correct - the operating system.
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Nokia TV confirmed for Lumia on-demand streaming
Recent rumors of a Nokia TV service have now been confirmed by the Finnish handset manufacturer. Following its announcement of Nokia Music and Nokia Reading, the company has now officially announced the Nokia TV service for Lumia Windows Phone users, which will arrive in the coming weeks. It will allow Lumia users to stream TV shows from "catch-up" services of major local broadcasters.
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Nokia strikes back at Apple’s nano-SIM claims
Earlier today Apple sent out a note to the rest of the mobile-minded world that they'd offer up royalty-free licensing of their future nano-SIM technology - Nokia has since responded with a stern "no." Nokia's response (included in full below) says that Apple's suggestion that the world use their nano-SIM intellectual property does not include enough clout to be a legitimate proposal. In fact, Nokia writes, "Apple’s proposal for royalty-free licensing seems no more than an attempt to devalue the intellectual property of others.”
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