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Nokia to Bring Lumia 730 at MWC 2012

This year’s Mobile World Congress is set to kick off in about two weeks from now, and rumors on what various handset vendors might have in store for us at the event have started to emerge. Among them, we can count some reports regarding Nokia’s intentions for the MWC 2012 show, which would also include th...

13 February 2012
10:57 GMT

CDMA Nokia Lumia 800 Emerges En-Route to China

Nokia’s first Windows Phone out there, the Lumia 800, was made available only in a GSM flavor, yet it seems that the Finnish handset vendor is considering the launch of CDMA versions of the device as well. The company is getting ready to make the smartphone available for mobile phone users in China, and will do...

13 February 2012
05:41 GMT

Nokia Preps More Lumia 800 Camera Enhancements

Recently, Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia has made available a software update to improve the camera functionality on its first Windows Phone, the Lumia 800. However, it appears that the update did not fix all the issues that the phone’s camera might have had, and that Nokia is gearing up for the release of a ...

11 February 2012
12:51 GMT

Nokia to Launch High-End Smartphone at MWC 2012

Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia is gearing up for the release of a new high-end smartphone before the end of this month, recent reports suggest. The company is expected to come to the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona this month with a new high-end device in its pocket. The new gadget will be in line with the ...

8 February 2012
08:39 GMT

Nokia Slashes 4,000 More Jobs, Changes Manufacturing Operations

Nokia is slashing more jobs. The Espoo-based company has just announced plans to make a series of changes at its factories in Komarom, Hungary, Reynosa, Mexico and Salo, Finland. The handset vendor also confirmed that these changes were bound to affect around 4,000 jobs across the company. The company will make ...

8 February 2012
04:51 GMT

Nokia Lumia 710 Call Disconnect Issue Confirmed, Bug Fix Coming Soon

Nokia Lumia 710 has been on the market for about two months now and owners are still complaining about an issue that apparently doesn’t allow them to end calls.Two months after the official launch of the Lumia 710, Nokia has finally admitted the existence of the “call disconnect issue” and is prepar...

7 February 2012
17:11 GMT

Nokia Australia Hacked, Subdomain Defaced

The world-renowned phone manufacturer Nokia was recently targeted by hackers who managed to gain access to one of their subdomains hosted on the Australian site, defacing it. According to The Hacker News, the hacker aldyfrt didn’t mention anything about his reasons for defacing the site, which probably means t...

7 February 2012
14:21 GMT

White and Black Nokia Lumia 900 on Pre-Order at Microsoft Stores

Nokia’s Lumia 900 smartphone is expected to arrive on shelves in the United States sometime in May on the airwaves of wireless carrier AT&T, but users can already place pre-orders for it if they want to. Microsoft Stores were already said to be accepting pre-orders for the high-end Windows Phone device. What ...

7 February 2012
11:11 GMT

White Nokia Lumia 900 Emerges Too

Nokia N9 landed on shelves in White, Nokia Lumia 800 was made official in White yesterday, now it’s time for the Nokia Lumia 900 to make a similar move. Apparently, the Finnish handset vendor does have plans for the release of a pale flavor of its latest Windows Phone, although it did not make an official an...

7 February 2012
04:07 GMT

Nokia Lumia Tablet Concept Runs Windows 8

Nokia is the most important Microsoft partner when it comes to Windows Phone. In fact, it is so important that it previously hinted that it might extend the partnership to cover tablet PCs as well. No official info on a possible near device has emerged for the time being, but that does not prevent enthusiasts from ...

6 February 2012
13:11 GMT

Nokia Makes the White Lumia 800 Official

Today, Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia launched a white flavor of Nokia Lumia 800, its first Windows Phone in the world. This is the fourth color version of the mobile phone, adding to a lineup that previously included Black, Cyan and Magenta. Rumors on the availability of this new color version of the mobile p...

6 February 2012
07:17 GMT

Windows Phone 8 to Appeal More to PC Vendors

Later this year, Microsoft is expected to bring to the market the next version of its mobile operating system, namely Windows Phone 8 (codenamed Apollo).The platform is expected to bring along a wide range of improvements when compared to the current flavor of the OS, such as support for multi-core application proce...

4 February 2012
12:41 GMT

Windows Phone Tango, Tango 2 and Apollo in 2012

Before the end of this year, we should see three different flavors of Windows Phone being delivered to devices, recent reports suggest. First of them will be Tango, which is said to arrive in the March-April timeframe, and which should bring support for 120 languages and for entry-level hardware into the mix. Next, w...

4 February 2012
10:01 GMT

Nokia to Kill Symbian with N8 Successor

Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia will send the Symbian platform to the graveyard sooner than originally announced, if the latest reports on the matter are to be believed. There will be only one new Symbian model pushed to shelves from Nokia, and it will arrive as the successor of the Nokia N8 flagship phone. Nok...

4 February 2012
08:31 GMT

Nokia Lumia 800 Already Selling Out in Finland

Nokia’s Lumia 800 smartphone is reportedly selling very fast on the market in the company’s homeland country, Finland. The handset was made available for purchase in the country only two days ago, but stock is already selling out at some locations, retailers confirm. According to a recent article on ...

3 February 2012
04:08 GMT

Nokia Still Top Phone Maker, IDC Reports

Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia has been losing market share lately, mainly due to the transition from the Symbian OS to Windows Phone, but it appears that it still managed to retain the top position on the mobile market. The latest data coming from IDC shows that Nokia remained the top handset vendor in the worl...

2 February 2012
16:01 GMT

Nokia’s Lumia 800 and Lumia 710 in New Zealand in March

Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia is gearing up for the release of its first Windows Phone-based smartphone in more markets around the world, and New Zealand is one of the countries to receive it soon. The handset vendor announced via its New Zealand Twitter account that the two phones would hit shelves in the coun...

1 February 2012
09:01 GMT

Nokia Confirms the White Lumia 800

Today, Nokia confirmed the upcoming availability of a white flavor of its Lumia 800 smartphone, the first handset it launched on shelves with Microsoft’s Windows Phone operating system. Nokia has announced the upcoming release of Lumia 800 on the shelves in Australia, in four color flavors, including White. Wir...

30 January 2012
11:36 GMT

Nokia Fixes Lumia 800 Battery Issues, Preps Camera Improvements

Nokia’s first Windows Phone-based mobile phone, the Lumia 800, came to the market with a series of issues affecting its battery performance. Nokia has already delivered a software update to the handset’s users, and it appears that things have been put back in order. In a recent post on the Nokia Discus...

28 January 2012
03:43 GMT

EA Games Coming to Nokia Lumia Smartphones

Nokia and EA are working closely on the release of a series of mobile games to Nokia devices running under Microsoft’s Windows Phone operating system. The two companies already went official with plans to launch a series of games on Nokia Windows Phones, but they did not unveil the specific titles that will ...

27 January 2012
13:01 GMT

Microsoft Pays $250M to Nokia in Q4 2011

Nokia is the largest handset vendor in the world to have adopted Microsoft’s Windows Phone operating system, and the move is slowly starting to pay off for the Finnish company, it seems. In the fourth quarter of last year, Nokia launched its first Windows Phone devices, the Lumia 800 and Lumia 710. This year...

26 January 2012
08:35 GMT

Nokia’s Lumia Windows Phones Up for a Slow Start

Last year, Nokia made available its first handsets to run under Microsoft’s Windows Phone operating system, namely the Lumia 800 and Lumia 710. Both of them landed on shelves in a small set of countries before the end of 2011, where they proved rather successful. However, it seems that their performance was...

26 January 2012
08:05 GMT

Nokia Reports €954M Loss for Q4 2011

Today, Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia announced its financial results for the fourth quarter of last year, and posted a €954 million ($1.25 billion) profit loss for the timeframe. Moreover, the company announced that its total loss for the last year was of €1.073 billion ($1.4 billion). Compared to the...

26 January 2012
07:47 GMT

Nokia Releases MeeGo 1.2 Harmattan for N950, Detailed Changelog Included

No later than last week Nokia hinted to an upcoming release of an important update for Nokia N950 developer device, MeeGo PR1.2 beta. However, the Finnish company did not disclose any details regarding the update’s changelog. Although the update that is now available for download only for the N950, the fin...

25 January 2012
13:20 GMT

Nokia Production Facilities in Romania Acquired by Italian Manufacturer De' Longhi

Rumors on the recent acquisition of Nokia’s facilities in Romania emerged a few days ago, but official word was that the company is in talks with five important companies.   It appears that Italian manufacturer De' Longhi was the highest bidder, as both companies announced they had reached an agreemen...

25 January 2012
10:43 GMT

Brazilian Woman Buys Nokia Series 40 Phone Number 1,500,000,000

Nokia, the Finnish handset maker is very thoughtful when it comes to its brand image. The company has just announced an impressive milestone, 1.5 billion Nokia Series 40 mobile phones sold.   It appears the landmark Nokia Asha 303 handset has been purchased by a 21-year-old Brazilian woman who goes by the name o...

25 January 2012
05:51 GMT

Nokia Lumia 900 Gets a Landing Page in the UK [Updated]

At the 2012 International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia unveiled to the world their first Windows Phone smartphone with LTE connectivity, the Nokia Lumia 900. The handset was announced as being on its way to the United States market exclusively on the airwaves of AT&T, bu...

24 January 2012
02:55 GMT

From the Vaults: Violinist vs. Nokia Phone

It's bad when people forget to turn off their cell phones at the movies, and it's perhaps even more annoying at the opera. Violinist Lukas Kmit found that on his own last summer. As he was performing at the Jewish orthodox synagogue in Slovakia, Kmit was interrupted by the now-famous Nokia ringtone. T...

23 January 2012
09:41 GMT

Vertu Teases ‘Constellation Quest Ferrari’ Luxury Phone

Vertu, Nokia’s subsidiary specialized in luxury mobile phones, has just released a very short teaser for the next premium handset that is coming on the market, Constellation Quest Ferrari.   The handset is part of Vertu’s Constellation series and is manufactured in collaboration with Italian supercar...

23 January 2012
08:29 GMT

Windows Phone to Top iOS in 2015, iSuppli Says

Microsoft’s Windows Phone operating system is set to become the second best mobile platform in the world in the next three years, a recent report from iSuppli suggests. The newly launched Nokia Lumia 900 is the first handset in a series that will re-establish the platform as a market leader, the firm notes. ...

20 January 2012
09:43 GMT

Nokia Wants Differentiation, Not Fragmentation

Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia is looking to differentiate in a market saturated with Android and iPhones, but it does not want to bring fragmentation to the Windows Phone platform. Of course, Nokia devices will have their own specific features that will make them stand up in the crowd, but the company does not ...

19 January 2012
13:41 GMT

Nokia CEO: There’s an Ecosystem War Out There

At this year’s 2012 International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Nokia unveiled to the world its best Windows Phone so far, the LTE-capable Nokia Lumia 900. Although only a device with modest specs when compared to flagship Android smartphones, Lumia 900 impressed a lot of people and was named the &...

18 January 2012
10:36 GMT

Nokia Is Gearing Up for PR1.3 Update for Nokia N9

Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia is getting ready to release a new software update for its Nokia N9 smartphone, one that will land on devices as firmware PR1.3. The company is currently preparing the release of PR1.2 for the device. It does not have an exact release date for the upgrade, but suggests that next mon...

18 January 2012
08:33 GMT

Nokia Belle Update Confirmed for Next Week

Nokia issued an official statement last month detailing the Nokia Belle (previously Symbian Belle) update, as well as the roadmap and the devices that will get it.   The Finnish company launched only three smartphones that run Nokia Belle, the 701, 700 and 603. However, based on users’ positive feedback it deci...

18 January 2012
06:59 GMT

Nokia and Indiatimes Shopping Debut Online Store

Although Nokia announced a single device at the International Consumer Electronics Show, last week in Las Vegas, the Finnish handset maker continues to work on improving its presence on different markets.  Surprisingly, the company has lost the title of the most trusted Indian brand in 2010, a market where Nokia...

16 January 2012
21:01 GMT

CES 2012: New CNN App with Live Tile Coming Soon to Windows Phone Devices

Nokia, Microsoft and AT&T made headlines during the International Consumer Electronics Show last week, with their Lumia 900 handset. The smartphone is expected to go live in the United States sometime in March via AT&T.   Other North American operators announced they would carry Nokia’s Windows Phone devic...

16 January 2012
20:01 GMT

CES 2012: Nokia Sells More than 400 Patents to Sisvel

Sisvel, an Italian patent licensing company, has just announced at the International Consumer Electronics Show that it has acquired 47 patent families from Finnish company Nokia.   In fact, the Italian company bought more than 450 patents from Nokia from which more than 350 are critical to wireless standards. &n...

13 January 2012
14:01 GMT

37 Million Nokia Windows Phones to Ship in 2012

Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia is expected to ship Windows Phone devices in excess of 37 million during this year alone, recent reports suggest. The company has just unveiled a new Windows Phone device at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, the Nokia Lumia 900, its first handset to pack support for LTE n...

12 January 2012
13:41 GMT

Mobile Phone Firms Deny Helping India Spy on the US-China Commission

After an allegedly secret memo was leaked by hackers, revealing that some major mobile phone manufacturers were aiding India spy on the United States-China Economic and Security Review Commission (USCC) in exchange for access to the Indian market, the companies came forward to deny the allegations. Research in Moti...

12 January 2012
08:09 GMT

Nokia and EA Bring 27 Mobile Games to Windows Phone

Nokia’s Windows Phones are set to arrive in a wide range of new markets this year, packing various new features and capabilities, including over 20 games from EA. When unveiling its Windows Phones for the US market, Nokia announced that there would be exclusive content loaded on them, such as the aforemention...

11 January 2012
14:11 GMT

Nokia Lumia 800 Lands at TELUS Canada, Lumia 710 at Rogers

Nokia’s Windows Phones are on their way to the North American continent, and they should also make an appearance on shelves in Canada this year. The Finnish mobile phone maker has just announced the availability of its Lumia 800 and Lumia 710 devices in Canada, and confirmed the wireless operators TELUS and ...

10 January 2012
06:51 GMT

Symbian^3 Source Code Leaks, Bootloader Unlocks Possible

Nokia N8 is one of the handsets that will get a taste of the Symbian Belle operating system before the end of this quarter, just as Nokia promised a few months ago. However, it appears that the owners of this Nokia device might soon get the chance to load a completely different mobile operating system on it, as the...

9 January 2012
04:12 GMT

Nokia Purchases Norway-Based Smarterphone

Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia has reportedly acquired Oslo, Norway-based Smarterphone, the company that builds an operating system for feature phones. The purchased was completed in November 2011, a recent article on Techcrunch notes. The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. The company was founded ...

6 January 2012
13:51 GMT

Nokia to Produce Lumia 900 and New Windows Phones In-House

Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia is expected to produce new Windows Phone devices in-house, although it chose to outsource the production of Lumia 800 and 710 handsets to Compal Communications. It would all start with the upcoming high-end Lumia 900 smartphone, sources familiar with the matter told DigiTimes. How...

6 January 2012
04:38 GMT

What to Expect from Microsoft in the First Half of 2012

With 2011 already history, we’re all looking forward to learning more on what Microsoft has in store for us during the ongoing year. Of course, we already have a general idea of what is about to happen, but specific details on products, launch dates and the like have yet to emerge. At least two Microsoft p...

4 January 2012
11:07 GMT

Nokia Lumia 710 to Land at Verizon in April

Nokia’s Windows Phones have been released only in a handful of markets since launch, but it appears that more of them will receive it in the near future. Among them, we can count the United States, where the now official Nokia Lumia 710 will arrive on the airwaves of T-Mobile on January 11th. The handset will ...

30 December 2011
14:31 GMT

T-Mobile’s Nokia Lumia 710 Turns Up on eBay

Nokia and T-Mobile announced a few weeks ago plans to bring to the market in the United States the Nokia Lumia 710 smartphone, and the Windows Phone device can already be seen on eBay. T-Mobile’s customers will not be able to get a taste of the new handset until January 11th, when the phone officially goes up...

30 December 2011
02:01 GMT

Nokia Lumia 710 Page Now Available at T-Mobile USA

T-Mobile is the first US-based carrier that meets Nokia’s requirements for launching a device through its official channels. The Finnish company doesn’t have a good reputation among US carriers, on the contrary.   This is one of the main reasons that Nokia handsets were hard to find in North America,...

29 December 2011
13:01 GMT

Nokia Lumia 900 to Land at AT&T on March 18th

Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia might have its first LTE-enabled Windows Phone available on shelves at wireless carrier AT&T as soon as March next year, recent reports suggest. We already knew that the handset was coming, but specific info on when that might happen hasn’t emerged so far. New reports, however, ...

29 December 2011
12:51 GMT

Nokia Diagnostics Tool Hints at AT&T LTE Connectivity

Nokia has been long rumored to plan the release of a LTE-enabled Windows Phone on the US market, and some new proof of that has just emerged. Apparently, the company came up with a Windows Phone diagnostics app that was set to offer users the possibility to test AT&T’s LTE network too. The application makes ref...

28 December 2011
14:47 GMT


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