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Nokia Lumia 920 goes on sale in Canada tomorrow

The Lumia 920 Windows Phone 8 from Nokia will be available in select Rogers stores in Canada tomorrow. Consumers will be able to nab the phone for $99.99 with a 3-year contract, or for $549.99 with a monthly contract-free plan. According to the announcement, wider availability will be available "in the coming days." Read The Full Story

Nokia Lumia 822 hands-on

, Oct 29th 2012 Discuss [0]

It’s Windows Phone 8 day and Verizon’s brand new Nokia Lumia 822 is up on display for all to see and touch. This unit works with Windows Phone 8 of course and will have 4G LTE upon launching, right here we’re seeing specifications – and a aesthetics – that are rather similar to the Lumia 822 that exists in GSM form for both AT&T and T-Mobile as the Nokia Lumia 820 or slight variations therein. This device will be appearing with a lovely 4.3-inch display at WVGA 480 x 800 resolution and you’ve got a replaceable back cover that’ll allow wireless charging if you pick the right one.

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T-Mobile unveils holiday lineup with Galaxy Note II, Nexus 4, and Windows Phone 8 devices

, Oct 29th 2012 Discuss [0]

Today T-Mobile announced their holiday lineup of new devices, and it includes a plethora of different phones from different manufacturers. T-Mobile named off devices such as the Nokia Lumia 810, the HTC Windows Phone 8X, the Google Nexus 4 from LG, and the Samsung Galaxy Note II. These devices and more will be available from T-Mobile during the holiday season. Read The Full Story

Verizon Nokia Lumia 822 official with 4G LTE [Update: $100]

, Oct 29th 2012 Discuss [0]

Verizon and Nokia have officially announced the CDMA version of Nokia's Lumia 820, the Verizon Lumia 822, running Windows Phone 8. Supporting Verizon's EVDO Rev.A and 4G LTE networks, the Lumia 822 is otherwise identical to the GSM model which will be offered on both AT&T and T-Mobile USA, complete with interchangeable covers and the possibility of wireless charging. Read The Full Story

Samsung trumps Nokia again, is largest mobile phone seller

Samsung has beat Nokia again to take helm as biggest mobile phone seller for its third-quarter in a row, giving it 23.7-percent of the market. Nokia previously held the title of biggest seller for 14 years. Also bested was Apple, which came in third after Nokia. This is according to an industry study by research firm IDC. Read The Full Story

SlashGear Evening Wrap-Up: October 25, 2012

, Oct 25th 2012 Discuss [0]

Welcome to Thursday evening folks. Today was Microsoft's big Windows 8 launch event, and though we didn't find out many new details, the company did share a few interesting tidbits of information. For instance, did you know that there are more than 1,000 Windows 8 certified PCs now? How about the fact that Microsoft has sold a whopping 670 million Windows 7 licenses? Microsoft also told us that the Windows Store will be available in 231 markets, and that Windows RT is supported by more than 420 million devices. Impressive numbers to be sure, but it's important to remember why we were at this show in the first place: Windows 8 launches in just a few hours, so get ready for that. Read The Full Story

Nokia: Hey, we do fancy maps too, not just Google!

, Oct 25th 2012 Discuss [0]

Nokia has joined in the maps attention-seeking, highlighting its own camera-toting efforts to 3D visualize locations, just as Google Maps has done with Street View. NAVTEQ True, as Nokia calls its system, combines 360-degree LIDAR with the awesome power of lasers to map out 1.3m 3D data points each second, panoramic cameras, and military-grade positioning systems. Read The Full Story

Tech companies launch map-blurring service in Germany due to privacy concerns

Back in May 2010, German authorities poked around the issue of what information Google collected via its Street View cars, eventually leading to the search engine giant's admission that it pulled personal information from unsecured WiFi networks. Thus began what has been an ongoing series of privacy concerns in Germany regarding online map services like Google Maps. To help allay these concerns, several companies have banded together to form a map-blurring service. Read The Full Story

Nokia announces inexpensive Lumia 510 Windows smartphone

Nokia has announced the new Lumia 510 Windows Phone, the "most affordable Lumia so far." This entry-level phone is a combination of decent specs and a low price point, allowing consumers to have a decent smartphone for a modest price. It runs Windows Phone 7.5, and comes in a smorgasbord of colors. Read The Full Story

$150 AT&T Nokia Lumia 920 priced to undercut rivals (but not HTC)

, Oct 22nd 2012 Discuss [0]

Nokia's Lumia 920 has been prematurely priced up for its US-exclusive launch on AT&T, with Best Buy spilling the competitive costs for the Windows Phone 8 handset. The 32GB 4G smartphone will be $149.99 with a new, two-year AT&T agreement, according to Best Buy's listing, while unactivated it will set shoppers back $599.99. However, even undercutting most mainstream smartphones by fifty bucks won't make it the cheapest Windows Phone 8 flagship. Read The Full Story

SlashGear Evening Wrap-Up: October 18, 2012

, Oct 18th 2012 Discuss [0]

Welcome to Thursday evening, everyone. This afternoon we had a bunch of quarterly reports hit, and some were better than others. Google posted its quarterly report a little prematurely, a blunder that had a hand in driving down the price of the company's stock. Later on in the day, we heard from Microsoft, which managed to do pretty good in its first quarter. Sadly, AMD posted its results for quarter 3 just a little while ago, and things aren't looking too good for the company - in fact, it says that it will have to layoff around 15% of its workforce in an attempt to save some money. Read The Full Story

Nokia’s Elop: A “Surface” Windows Phone 8? Bring it on!

, Oct 18th 2012 Discuss [0]

Nokia CEO Stephen Elop has dismissed concerns that Microsoft might sway the Windows Phone 8 market by releasing a "Surface" branding smartphone of its own, saying instead that the company would welcome it. Speaking in the aftermath of Nokia's less-than-glowing Q3 2012 financial results, Elop said that while he had seen "no indications" that Microsoft planned to follow its Surface tablet with a phone, such a device would be "certainly a stimulant to the ecosystem." Read The Full Story

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