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Nokia’s Lumia 920 is known for the superb camera technology built into the handset. Not only does the camera phone take amazing nighttime photos, it also has image stabilization that puts the rest of the camera-equipped phones to shame. Nokia got a bad rap when its first videos showcasing this image stabilization were faked, but…
Remember that we’ve told you that Windows Phone 7.8 update will start hitting Windows Phone 7.5 devices on January 31st. Well, looks like some phones will get it even before that date, namely AT&T’s Nokia Lumia 900. We’re not sure whether the international version will also get the same treatment at the same time or…
Verizon is apparently planning to start offering a flagship Nokia device later this year. Codenamed Nokia Laser, the device will have similar specifications to Nokia’s current Lumia 920, TheVerge is reporting. The report goes on suggesting that Microsoft plans to help the Big Red carrier market such a product and offer it alongside other high-end…
According to a report in Strategy Analytics, mobile phone and smartphone shipments in 2012 continued to climb. Metrics from analysts and reported quarterly shipments suggest an impressive 1.6 billion mobile phones and 700 million smartphones were shipped in 2012. Not surprisingly, Samsung, Nokia and Apple were the leaders in both mobile phone and smartphone shipments.…
Nokia Drive+ is no longer limited to Lumia smartphone owners as the Finnish company made its navigation app available for all Windows Phone 8 users. Actually not all — as I’m writing this, the application can only be downloaded from Windows Phone Marketplace in the US, UK and Canada. Other countries will presumingly follow soon.…
Nokia announced its quarterly earnings for Q4 2012, and the company delivered a solid year-ending performance. After six consecutive quarterly losses, Nokia finally turned a profit and sold more than 15 million smartphones this quarter. Nokia reported an operating profit of 439 million euros ($584 million) and net sales of 8.041 billion euros ($10.7 billion). This…
Nokia announced its quarterly earnings for the last three months of FY2012. In its earnings report, the Finnish company confirmed that it is done producing Symbian phones. As many people suspected, the PureView 808, with its groundbreaking camera technology, is the last Symbian phone that Nokia will produce. “During our transition to Windows Phone through 2012, we continued to ship…
Valentine’s Day is right around the corner, which means it is time for the pinkification of our mobile devices. Some of the first phones to get the pink (and red) treatment are the Droid Razr M and the Lumia 822 from Verizon Wireless. Verizon confirmed that, starting January 24, the Razr M will be painted…
European mobile market has been “blessed” with the addition of another Nokia smartphone – Lumia 620. As you probably already know, this is the entry-level Windows Phone 8 product with specs that include a 3.8-inch ClearBlack screen with WVGA (480×800 pixels) resolution, 1GHz dual-core processor, 512MB of RAM, 5-megapixel rear camera, VGA front-facing one, GPS…
Usually we have the unlocked devices getting the updates first and only then users who got the phone from a carrier get the same deal. With the Nokia Lumia 920 that wasn’t the case with AT&T customers first receiving the goodies. I can only speculate that the Finnish company took this road because it values…