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40% of Nokia's Outsourced Symbian Developers "Laid Off Voluntarily" by Accenture

It appears that things are going bad for the Symbian platform and, indirectly, for its users. Although Nokia outsourced some of its employees that were directly involved in Symbian development and support to a third party company, it looks like support for the platform is close to being shut. Those who are not famil...

3 April 2012
05:53 GMT

Nokia Holds Lumia 900 Launch Event in Times Square This Friday

Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia is gearing up for the launch of its most advanced Windows Phone smartphone on the market in the United States, none other than the Lumia 900. The handset arrives in the country through carrier AT&T and offers support for the company’s LTE network. This is the first LTE-capabl...

3 April 2012
03:59 GMT

Nokia Lumia 800 Receiving Firmware 12070 Update at Vodafone Australia

Vodafone Australia is offering the Nokia Lumia 800 for quite some time now. Customers who purchased the Windows Phone device will be happy to know that Nokia has started the roll-out of the latest 12070 update for Lumia 800. Those who are not familiar with this update’s changelog should know that Nokia plans t...

2 April 2012
17:11 GMT

Nokia’s Lumia 900 Marketing Campaign: “Smartphone Beta Test”

At the end of this week, Nokia’s first Windows Phone-powered LTE-capable handset will arrive on shelves at AT&T in the United States, namely Lumia 900. The handset has already seen a lot of hype, since it is the new flagship Windows Phone from Nokia, and is expected to benefit from an impressive marketing cam...

2 April 2012
08:11 GMT

Nokia Lumia 900 Free for Online Pre-Orders for New AT&T Customers

Yesterday, AT&T made available for pre-order its first LTE-enabled Windows Phone, the Nokia Lumia 900. The mobile phone will arrive on shelves with a price tag of $99.99 with the signing of a two-year contract agreement with the wireless carrier. Initially available for reservations only through the carrier&rsquo...

31 March 2012
02:46 GMT

Nokia Lumia 900 Now Up for Pre-Order at AT&T

Today, mobile phone carrier AT&T kicked off the pre-order availability of Nokia Lumia 900, its first LTE-capable Windows Phone. The handset was made official in January at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, and earlier this week its availability on the wireless carrier’s network was confirmed, start...

30 March 2012
11:36 GMT

Nokia Brings Its Own "Smoked by Windows Phone" to London

Inspired by the great success that Microsoft’s “Smoked by Windows Phone” marketing campaign has in the United States at the moment, Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia has decided to bring its own similar campaign to the streets of London. The campaign is very similar to the one run by Microsoft, on...

30 March 2012
08:51 GMT

Nokia to Launch Nokia TV Application for Windows Phone

What you see above are alleged screenshots with Nokia’s upcoming Nokia TV application aimed at Windows Phone. The screenshots that emerged over at WP7forum.ru reportedly show an application meant to enable users to search content from various local networks. Other features of the app would include streaming...

30 March 2012
02:06 GMT

Nokia Working on Patenting Its Morph Concept Phone

One of the most interesting devices that Nokia might come up with sometime in the not too distant future is a mobile phone with a morphing design. Featuring a flexible body, including the screen and some of its internals, the device would enable users to wear it as a bracelet, or hold it in their hands as a leaf-sha...

29 March 2012
18:11 GMT

How to Install Update 12070 on Nokia Lumia 800

Today, Nokia announced the global availability of a new software update for its Lumia 800 smartphones, with various enhancements included inside. The new update provides longer battery life for the mobile phone, along with better voice quality through a series of improvements brought to the bass in the audio. Followi...

29 March 2012
14:41 GMT

Nokia Lumia 900 Returns on Pre-Order in Microsoft Stores

Nokia Lumia 900, the upcoming LTE-capable Windows Phone handset for AT&T, is now available for pre-order via Microsoft’s Stores in the United States. Reservations for the handset were available for the device several weeks ago, but Microsoft put an end to them fast. Following the official announcement on th...

29 March 2012
08:22 GMT

Rumor Mill: Leaked Image of Nokia’s Windows 8 Tablet Emerges

We all know that Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia is gearing up for the release of a tablet PC that would run under Microsoft’s Windows 8 platform, though no specific details on it have emerged so far, at least not officially. However, what appears to be the first leaked photo with the device allegedly made a...

28 March 2012
10:56 GMT

White Nokia Lumia 800 Arrives in Australia

Starting with yesterday, mobile phone users in Australia can purchase a new flavor of the Nokia Lumia 800 smartphone in their country. The handset was made available for purchase on the Australian market in black and cyan in early March, and the white version is now up for grabs in the country as well. The new f...

28 March 2012
06:11 GMT

Nokia’s Windows Phones Go Official in China

Today, Nokia announced the release of its Windows Phone-powered Lumia 800C and Lumia 610C smartphones on the market in China, marking the debut of the first CDMA Windows Phone in the country. This is the first time a Windows Phone device is available on the airwaves of a major wireless carrier in the country, and ...

28 March 2012
05:33 GMT

Lumia 800 Exclusive for 30 Days at China Telecom, to Cost $500

Nokia is preparing the launch of its Windows Phone handsets on the market in China tomorrow, when both Lumia 710 and Lumia 800 will make an official debut in the country. Nokia has already confirmed plans to launch the smartphones on the local market on that day, but hasn’t provided specific info on the carr...

27 March 2012
09:55 GMT

Nokia Lumia Marketed in Australia with Augmented Reality Angry Birds

Nokia brought its Windows Phone-powered Lumia 710 and Lumia 800 smartphones to the market in Australia several weeks ago, and the company is hard at work with marketing their capabilities. And since the greatest marketing campaigns are those who run on the street, Nokia decided to take a similar approach too. Howe...

26 March 2012
10:13 GMT

AT&T Confirms Nokia Lumia 900 for April 8th

Nokia Lumia 900 is shaping up as the most expected handset at wireless carrier AT&T for the first half of the year. Not only is it the first Nokia Windows Phone to arrive on shelves at this operator, but it is also the first of them to pack support for LTE connectivity. The Lumia 900 smartphone was made official...

26 March 2012
09:10 GMT

Nokia’s Windows Phone 8 Devices to Be Amazing

Before the end of this year, we might see the first handsets running under Windows Phone 8 coming to the market from Finnish handset vendor Nokia. The company hasn’t made an official announcement on the matter as of now, but some rumors did emerge, suggesting that the upcoming Windows Phone 8 handsets from N...

26 March 2012
04:35 GMT

Nokia to Deliver Tethering for Lumia 800 This Week

Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia might be set to provide users of Lumia 800 devices with Internet tethering capabilities before the end of this month, the latest reports on the matter suggest. The upcoming availability of this feature was already confirmed, though no specific release date was provided as of yet. ...

26 March 2012
04:01 GMT

Nokia and Microsoft to Spend Up to €18 Million ($24 Million) in Mobile App Development

After launching a handful of Windows Phone devices, Nokia and Microsoft plan to focus their resource on creating the ecosystem in which these devices should be integrated. Unfortunately, Windows Phone Marketplace barely exceeds 70,000 apps, which is nowhere near Apple App Store and Google Play’s almost half m...

26 March 2012
03:36 GMT

AT&T’s Lumia 900 to Sport Visual Voicemail

One of the appealing features that Nokia’s Lumia 900 smartphone will arrive on shelves at AT&T with will be Visual Voicemail, the latest reports on the matter suggest. Apparently, the Windows Phone might be the only one on AT&T’s airwaves to pack this feature inside. There are two main requirements for th...

24 March 2012
09:01 GMT

Nokia to Launch 808 PureView in the UK Only in May

Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia is gearing up for the release of its most advanced camera phone to date, the Nokia 808 Pure View. Made official at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, the handset will arrive on shelves with Symbian on board and with a 41-megapixel photo snapper on the back. What hasn&r...

23 March 2012
12:08 GMT

AT&T Employees Get Free Lumia 900 Phones, Nokia Pays $25M for That

Around 80 percent of AT&T’s Front Seller employees are expected to use the new Nokia Lumia 900 handset as soon as it becomes available for purchase on the wireless carrier’s network. Rumor has it that the carrier might have the new device available for purchase starting with April 8th, though nothing h...

23 March 2012
10:40 GMT

Nokia Files Patent Application for Vibrating Tattoos

Today’s mobile phones use various security measures to prevent unauthorized usage and to enable the rightful owner of a device to take full advantage of it. Soon, however, this concept might be brought up to a whole new level, at least this is what a recently filed patent application coming from Nokia shows....

21 March 2012
15:11 GMT

China Gets Its First Windows Phone, the HTC Eternity

Today, mobile phone users in China can grab the first Windows Phone device to officially reach their country, none other than the HTC Eternity. Coming from Taiwanese mobile phone maker HTC Corporation, the new device will be sold unlocked in the country, with a variety of Chinese applications packed inside. The ...

21 March 2012
03:47 GMT

Nokia Maps and Nokia Drive Updated for Lumia Phones with Offline Navigation and More

Finish handset maker Nokia has just released updates for two of the most popular Windows Phone apps, Maps and Drive. Nokia Drive 2.0 is now available for download for Lumia smartphones. The latest version brings offline route planning and navigation, as well as notice of speed limits.The user interface's design ...

20 March 2012
22:31 GMT

Sprint to Launch S4 Snapdragon Windows Phone 8 Handset in 2012

Mobile phone carrier Sprint is reportedly gearing up for the launch of a Windows Phone 8-based handset before the end of this year. While no specific info on the said device have been made available so far, some of the latest rumors on the matter suggest that it could come from Nokia (though another leading handset...

20 March 2012
13:11 GMT

Nokia Is Working on New, Revolutionary Smartphone

Finnish mobile phone Nokia is expected to unveil to the world a new, revolutionary smartphone in the not too far future, some of the latest reports on the matter suggest. In a recent interview with Finnish newspaper Kauppalehti, Nokia’s design chief, Marko Ahtisaari, confirmed to the world that the handset v...

19 March 2012
17:41 GMT

Shots of Nokia’s Redesigned Windows Phone UI Available

One of the privileges that Nokia has been granted with when adopting Microsoft’s Windows Phone platform as its main operating system for smartphones was the possibility to tweak the UI as it considered it fit. The company’s first Windows Phone devices come with the same OS appearance as all the other de...

19 March 2012
16:31 GMT

Nokia Releases Creative Studio for Nokia Lumia Phones

Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia has made available for download a new application for owners of Windows Phone-based Lumia devices, to edit photos while on the go. Called Creative Studio, the new mobile app is available for free for all handsets coming from Nokia with Microsoft’s OS on board. The app will p...

19 March 2012
10:21 GMT

Nokia Lumia 900 Pre-Orders Now Live at Rogers

Canadian wireless carrier Rogers has just gone live with the pre-orders for Nokia’s third smartphone powered by the Windows Phone operating system, namely Lumia 900. Today, mobile phone users in Canada can head over to the wireless carrier’s website and pre-order one Lumia 900 for when the device becom...

19 March 2012
08:01 GMT

Nokia Details N9 PR1.2 Camera Improvements

Nokia N9, the one and only MeeGo-based smartphone launched by the Finnish company on the market has recently received a major software update that brings lots of new features and enhancements. It’s not clear whether there will be more MeeGo devices released in the future, but Nokia officially stated that it wo...

19 March 2012
04:47 GMT

Nokia’s Windows Phones at China Mobile on March 28th

Nokia is set to make its Windows Phone handsets available for purchase on the market in China before the end of this month. The vendor has already confirmed plans to hold a launch event in the country on March 28th, but did not offer info on the devices that will be launched then. Apparently, the company will hav...

17 March 2012
07:21 GMT

Nokia Confirms Native Panorama App for Lumia 800

Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia is gearing up for the release of new enhancements to the camera on its Lumia 800 smartphone, offering users the possibility to take panorama shots with ease. Damian Dinning, the Camera guru at Nokia, has confirmed on Twitter that the company was working on the release of a native Pa...

17 March 2012
04:41 GMT

Nokia Announces Preview of New Store Client for Series 40

Finnish handset vendor Nokia might be moving to Windows Phone on the smartphone market, but it is still focused on enhancing the capabilities of its Series 40 devices, to make them more appealing to users. Thus, the company has just announced the availability of a preview flavor of the Store client for S40 touch-and-...

16 March 2012
12:48 GMT

Nokia Gets Its Own Slide-to-Unlock Patent

Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia has got its hands on a slide-to-unlock patent of its own, though its procedure is a bit different than the one used by Apple. Nokia’s patent involves the sliding of an icon across the screen to reveal at least one app icon. At the same time, the icon slid across the screen expa...

15 March 2012
16:46 GMT

Nokia’s Marko Ahtisaari Confirms Plans for a Windows Tablet

Before the end of this year, Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia might bring to the market its first tablet PC, some of the latest reports on the matter suggest. The company has been long rumored to plan the release of a slate that could arrive on shelves with Microsoft’s Windows platform, and it appears that we...

15 March 2012
04:58 GMT

Nokia Lumia 900 Rumored for April 8th at AT&T

Mobile phone carrier AT&T might add the new Nokia Lumia 900 smartphone to its offering as soon as April 8th, some new rumors on the matter suggest. The Windows Phone-based LTE-capable device was made official at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, with a targeted release date set for the “coming month...

14 March 2012
05:06 GMT

Nokia Confirms Windows Phones for China on March 28th

Chinese mobile phone users will soon be able to purchase Windows Phone devices coming from Nokia. The Finnish handset vendor is set to make its first such devices official for the local market as soon as March 28th, the latest news on the matter suggest. Nokia’s CEO Stephen Elop reportedly confirmed the move, b...

13 March 2012
04:54 GMT

Nokia to Close Down Money Service in India

In line with its new global strategy to withdraw from all businesses that are not core to Nokia, the Finnish company announced it would shut down Nokia Money service in India. Although the Nokia Money was introduced only two years ago, it appears that the mobile financial service did not meet Nokia’s expectati...

12 March 2012
08:55 GMT

Nokia’s Windows 8 Tablet PC to Arrive in Q4 2012

Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia is getting ready for the release of a tablet PC running under Microsoft’s new Windows 8 platform, and might have it launched before the end of this year. Some of the latest reports around the web suggest that the mobile phone maker could release the device in the fourth quart...

12 March 2012
06:35 GMT

Nokia Lumia 900 Pre-Orders Available in Australia

Nokia Lumia 900, the latest and most advanced handset that Finnish handset vendor Nokia made official with Microsoft’s Windows Phone operating system on board, is now available for pre-order in Australia. The device went official in January at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas with support for the a...

11 March 2012
23:57 GMT

AT&T and Nokia Offer Lumia 900 Units to Developers

Wireless carrier AT&T is gearing up for the release of Nokia Lumia 900 on its network, the first Windows Phone device from Nokia to pack LTE connectivity. To enable users to take full advantage of what the device has to offer, AT&T and Nokia are delivering units to developers, so that they would start building applic...

10 March 2012
09:21 GMT

Nokia Lumia 610 Manual Spotted at the FCC

At the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia unveiled to the world its cheapest Windows Phone device to date, the Nokia Lumia 610. The smartphone might arrive on shelves in the United States as well, and has already been spotted at the FCC, with support for AT&T’s network. Moreove...

9 March 2012
16:21 GMT

Nokia Lumia 800 Tastes Update 12070 in the UK

True to its promise, Nokia is currently pushing the 12070 software update for more Lumia 800 devices around the world. Initially available only for users in India and Singapore, the new software update is currently being pushed out to Nokia's Windows Phone devices in the UK as well. Released as firmware SW 1600....

9 March 2012
08:15 GMT

Nokia Details Software Updates for Lumia 800 and Lumia 710

Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia started a few days ago to deliver a new software update for its first Windows Phone devices out there, the Lumia 800 and Lumia 710. Users in Singapore have already started to see the software update arriving on their devices, and it should not be too long before people in more mark...

8 March 2012
05:26 GMT

Nokia Needs to Release Cheaper Windows Phones Still

Last week at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia unveiled to the world its cheapest Windows Phone to date, the Lumia 610. In fact, the new mobile phone is the cheapest Windows Phone device in the world, though it appears that it is not cheap enough to enable the company to bett...

7 March 2012
07:34 GMT

Nokia to Launch Two Windows Phone 8 Handsets at AT&T

AT&T is not the first wireless carrier in the United States to launch Windows Phone-powered handsets from Nokia. T-Mobile is. However, AT&T is the first of them to have a LTE-capable Nokia phone on its network, none other than the Lumia 900 that made its official debut at CES in January. Apparently, that was only the...

6 March 2012
10:19 GMT

Nokia World 2012 Confirmed for September 25-26 in Helsinki

Nokia World 2012 has just been announced and the Finnish company confirmed that for the first time the event would be held in Finland. Helsinki, Nokia’s own home turf, will be the city that will host Nokia World event this year, which is set on September 25-26. The event will be held in the Helsinki Exhibitio...

6 March 2012
07:31 GMT

Nokia Starts Rolling Out Software Update for Lumia 800 in Singapore

Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia has promised a while ago a series of enhancements for Lumia 800’s battery life, and it appears that the company has just started to send it out. Users in Singapore are currently reporting that their Windows Phone-based Nokia Lumia 800 devices have started to receive the OS updat...

6 March 2012
03:32 GMT


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