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Analysts predict tepid Nokia Lumia 900 sales

Ben Kersey, Apr 5th 2012 Discuss [0]

While Nokia and AT&T are trying everything in their power to put the Lumia 900 in the minds of consumers, analysts are predicting lacklustre sales figures. Critics cite the fact that while Nokia is a known brand in the United States, it doesn’t carry the same weight as Apple or Samsung. Whatever comes of the Lumia 900 launch, it will set the stage for Nokia’s success or failure in the US smartphone market. Read The Full Story

Nokia Lumia 900 and 610 UK SIM-free prices detailed

Ben Kersey, Apr 4th 2012 Discuss [0]

The Nokia Lumia 900 is certainly priced right in the United States, available on AT&T for $99.99 on a two-year contract, although if you’re a new customer, you can walk away with it for absolutely nothing. What about the GSM version that will be coming to the UK and Europe? Clove Technology has kindly sent us pricing information for the unlocked versions of the Lumia 900 and budget-oriented Lumia 610, although we have to say, they still seem pricey to us. Read The Full Story

Nokia Lumia 900 gutted for your perusal

Shane McGlaun, Apr 4th 2012 Discuss [0]

If you've been wondering why the Nokia Lumia 900 can be a top-of-the-line smartphone for Nokia, yet be offered so cheaply you need to check out this tear down. The answer to that question is a simple one, the hardware is rather mediocre. The tear down shows the single core 1.4 GHz Snapdragon S2 processor under the hood. Read The Full Story

comScore has Android and iOS devouring mobile landscape

Chris Burns, Apr 3rd 2012 Discuss [0]

This week comScore has released its monthly numbers on who dominates the smartphone platform game in the USA, and it's Google's Android in the lead by a mile. This month has shown both RIM with BlackBerry and Microsoft with Windows Phone to be taking tiny dives with 3.2 and 1.3% losses in the market since February, RIM still sitting in the lead amongst the two at 13.4% to Microsoft's 3.9%. Apple sits in second place and has gained a 1.5% lead over last month's scores, and Symbian hasn't changed a bit - still sitting in the lowest position here with 1.5% of the mobile market. Read The Full Story

Nokia holding Lumia 900 launch party this Friday in NYC

Ben Kersey, Apr 3rd 2012 Discuss [0]

Nokia is making a lot of noise with its latest campaign, all in an attempt to try and crack the United States smartphone market with the Lumia 900. Over the weekend we saw the Smartphone Beta Test website spring up, mocking the iPhone over Antennagate and certain design elements. Now, the company has revealed that its planning to hold a launch party in New York City on April 6th to celebrate the launch of the Lumia 900 on AT&T. Read The Full Story

Nokia’s Smartphone Beta Test campaign takes shot at iPhone

Ben Kersey, Apr 2nd 2012 Discuss [0]

Nokia and Microsoft are making a big play for the United States with the Lumia 900 and Windows Phone. One of the biggest questions on everyone's minds is “how are Nokia and AT&T going to market the Lumia 900?” Will they be able to plant the seed of Windows Phone and allow it to germinate in the brains of the public? Judge for yourself. Nokia have begun their assault with a new website, Smartphone Beta Test. Read The Full Story

Ditch BB10 and rebuild on Windows Phone rants RIM insider

Chris Davies, Mar 30th 2012 Discuss [0]

RIM may have no intention of exiting the consumer market, despite its appalling recent quarter, but the consumer market itself looks like it's inescapably drifting away from BlackBerry. CEO Thorsten Heins is still apparently wedded to BlackBerry 10, the company's next-gen OS, suggesting during yesterday's financial release that RIM would consider licensing it out to rivals. However, insiders at the firm are growing increasingly outspoken, with calls that RIM should abandon the platform "experiment" and instead follow Nokia in leaping to Windows Phone and Microsoft's warm embrace. Read The Full Story

Nokia job listing suggests PureView tech in future Windows Phone

Ben Kersey, Mar 30th 2012 Discuss [0]

Nokia impressed everyone at MWC 2012 with its 808 PureView handset, packing 41 megapixels into the camera. There’s no exact date for when the Symbian handset will be dropping in Europe, although we already know that it won’t be gracing the shores of the United States. That doesn’t mean the same technology won’t be showing up in future phones. Read The Full Story

Nokia brings the “Lumia Challenge” to London

Ben Kersey, Mar 30th 2012 Discuss [0]

Those who live in London unfortunately don’t have a chance to take the “Smoked by Windows Phone” challenge, a campaign that’s been limited to the United States so far. Nokia, however, has decided to run a similar campaign to promote its Lumia handsets. The contests are fairly similar to the “Smoked by Windows Phone”, although the prizes on offer aren’t quite as enticing. Read The Full Story

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

AT&T confirms Windows Phone Tango update soon

Chris Burns, Mar 28th 2012 Discuss [0]

Windows Phone users working with AT&T-connected devices for the past few weeks and months have been in a bit of a pickle as the carrier has not sent out a Microsoft-made software update made available this January. This update fixed several bugs in Windows Phone 7.5 Mango including a "disappearing keyboard" issue - all of this will now instead be fixed by a slightly more grand update instead. AT&T representative Anne Marshall spoke up this week about how AT&T has decided to skip smaller, incremental updates to Windows Phone in the short run and stick with larger updates like Windows Phone Tango, which is up for release next. Read The Full Story

Confirmed: white AT&T Nokia Lumia 900 is white

Ben Kersey, Mar 28th 2012 Discuss [0]

White is the new hotness. AT&T said they’d be bringing the white version of the Nokia Lumia 900 to its network on April 22nd, and we’ve seen white press photos of the Lumia 900 before, but just in case you wanted to see versions specifically with AT&T’s logo: look no further. Read The Full Story