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Earlier this week we saw Nokia announce not only their first 4G LTE smartphone, but their first smartphone to launch on America’s largest GSM operator. Yes, we’re talking about the Nokia Lumia 900. It’s pretty much the Lumia 800 that’s already out on the market in Europe and Asia, except is has a larger 4.3 inch screen, front facing camera, and of course 4G LTE connectivity. Now the Lumia isn’t the only Windows Phone that was announced at the Consumer Electronics Show this year with 4G LTE connectivity, the other was the HTC Titan II. What makes that device special is that it has a 16 megapixel camera, which supposedly isn’t supported by Windows Phone, but HTC made it work by hacking Microsoft’s software. Both the Titan II and the Lumia 900 run a newer build of Widows Phone, but what exactly is it called? Nokia accidentally let the name slip on their official Nokia Conversations corporate blog, it’s Windows Phone Mango Commercial Release 2.
Besides 4G LTE connectivity, what else is in this latest version of Microsoft’s mobile OS? According to Mary-Jo Foley from All About Microsoft, it’s nothing more than a fancy name for Windows Phone build 8107, the same build we saw announced last Friday. Here’s the changelog:
On-screen keyboard. Fixes an issue to prevent the keyboard from disappearing during typing.
Email. Fixes a Google mail syncing issue.
Location. Fixes a location access issue. With this fix, the Me feature in the People Hub sends anonymous information about nearby Wi-Fi access points and cell towers to Microsoft only if you agree to allow the Check In function to access and use location information.
Security. Revokes digital certificates from DigiCert Sdn Bhd to address an encryption issue.
Email threads. Fixes an email issue related to Microsoft Exchange Server 2003. With this fix, when you reply to or forward a message, the original message is now included in your response.
Voicemail. Fixes a voicemail notification display issue that occurs on some European and Asian networks under certain conditions.
We’re actually a bit disappointed since we were hoping that the only reason AT&T and Nokia failed to give us a launch date for the Lumia 900 was because they wanted to wait until Microsoft announced Windows Phone Tango at Mobile World Congress next month. Tango is going to be the next version of Windows Phone, and it’s supposed to be on devices that’ll launch in the first half of this year. Apollo is the version after that, due out by the end of the year.
[Image Credit: WP Central]
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Stefan Constantinescu
Stefan Constantinescu (@WhatTheBit on Twitter) has loved technology since as far back as he can remember. It started with computers, but in the past few years his passion has turned to mobile devices. As a mobile phone enthusiast who lives and breathes devices that connect to the internet, he knows he is not alone with this radical fascination of all things wireless. He is strongly opinionated and enjoys a good debate so leave comments in his posts and he’ll get back to you! Stefan began blogging as a hobby in the fall of 2006 and joined IntoMobile in the summer of 2007. Later he got a job at Nokia in March 2008, but as of June 2009 he has rejoined the IntoMobile team. He is currently based out of Helsinki, Finland.
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