Back early in October we mentioned that Microsoft was leaning on HTC and Samsung to dig deep into the marketing budget to promote their Windows Phone smartphones. It doesn't seem that Microsoft had to do much leaning at all to get Nokia to dig deep to market its new Windows Phone packing Lumia 800 and other devices in the series. Nokia plans to kick off a marketing blitz that will make it hard for consumers to not know about its smartphones.
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Nokia Lumia 800 and 710 Compare and Contrast
It’s time to take a look at both of the new Windows Phone enabled devices Nokia has announced today at Nokia World 2011, the Nokia Lumia 800 and the Lumia 710. While both devices do run the newest version of Windows Phone, that being version 7.5 Mango, thats where the perfect consistency ends. Nokia has made two different devices here for two different crowds – see if you can tell which is aimed at who!
Nokia Lumia 710 Hands-on
We admit, the Lumia 800 grabbed out attention from the start, but that’s not to say the Nokia Lumia 710 is any less important in the grand scheme of the company’s smartphone regeneration. The lower-cost half of the WinPho double-punch, the Lumia 710 sticks closer to Nokia’s existing design language but still offers tidbits like ClearBlack and Nokia Music. Read on for our first impressions.
Tango will beat Skype to Windows Phone Mango
With Microsoft recently finalizing the purchase of Skype you might think that the first video calling service on the coming Mango smartphones would be Skype. That would be wrong. The start-up video conferencing firm Tango will be the first video calling app on Mango devices according to the company. We have talked a bit about Tango in the past.
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Nokia Lumia 800 Hands-on
Nokia has just made its first Windows Phone range official, and we wasted no time in spending some playtime with the flagship model, the Nokia Lumia 800. Borrowing heavily from the N9 design we’ve already waxed lyrical over, the Lumia 800 casing is milled from a solid piece of polycarbonate but gains some extra buttons and controls to suit Microsoft’s platform. Read on for our first impressions.
Nokia confirms no Windows Phones in US until early 2012
Nokia World is underway and SlashGear is at the show live. We had hoped that there would be a lot of new devices unveiled at the show and so far, there have been some cool announcements. The Lumina 800 Windows Phone for instance looks very nice on paper and we can’t wait to try the smartphone out in person. If you were hoping for some confirmation of when the Mango Nokia devices would land, we have that too.
Nokia Lumia 800 official
Nokia has officially announced the Lumia 800, the company’s first Windows Phone. Borrowing the style and construction of the Nokia N9, the Lumia 800 is, according to Nokia CEO Stephen Elop, “the first real Windows Phone.” That’s unlikely to go down well with HTC, Samsung and other manufacturers also onboard with Windows Phone, but Nokia says it’s playing for the top spot in smartphones once more.
Nokia Windows Phones may not hit US until 2012
According to leaked advertising plans, Nokia may not be releasing its Windows Phone 7.5 Mango devices in the US until 2012. That means the much anticipated Nokia N9 look-alike called the Nokia 800 along with the Sabre and Ace, which are all expected to be unveiled at this week's Nokia World conference, may only be available in Europe and other parts of the world in time for the holidays this year.
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T-Mobile’s HTC Radar 4G going on sale November 2
One of the first Windows Phone 7.5 Mango handsets, the HTC Radar 4G for T-Mobile will go on sale starting November 2. The smartphone will also be the the first Windows Phone handset to support T-Mobile's HSPA+ network. The device is priced at $99.99 after a mail-in rebate along with a new two-year contract.
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Nokia World 2011: Crunchtime
It’s been quite the month for mobile, and it’s not over yet: Nokia is still yet to take the stage, following Apple and Google‘s respective plays for smartphone dominance. Next week sees Nokia World 2011 arrive in London, UK, an opportunity for the Finnish company to prove it’s not only still alive and kicking, but relevant in an increasingly competitive and fast-moving segment. Competitive is not a word you’d use to describe Nokia’s line-up over the past 12-18 months, but a close partnership with Microsoft promises to change all that. Read on to find out what to expect, and why 2011 could well be the most important year for Nokia since it gave up making rubber boots.
Microsoft invites you to Windows Phone 7.5 events in five major US cities
Microsoft will be hosting several events in the next two months to show off its upcoming Windows Phone 7.5 Mango devices, which include the HTC Titan, HTC Radar, Samsung Focus S, and Samsung Focus Flash. The events are open to all and will be hosted in five major US cities: New York City, Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles, and San Francisco.
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Samsung flaunts Focus S and Focus Flash Mango phones
Samsung is showing off the new Windows Phone 7.5 Mango handsets the company announced last month, the Focus Flash and the Focus S, set to hit AT&T in Q4 this year. The Focus S is the big boy of the pairing, packing a 4.3-inch Super AMOLED Plus display despite only being 8.55mm thick (at its thinnest point); in comparison, the Focus Flash has a more mainstream 3.7-inch Super AMOLED screen.
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