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Nokia is still catching up in the smartphone market, but when it comes to feature phones, its Asha series is selling like crazy with some 9.3 million units shipping to customers in the last quarter of 2012. To make for an even sweeter deal, and prepare for the upcoming Valentine’s Day, the company is launching…
If you’re rocking a Nokia Lumia 820 and wish that the back cover had a little more pop to it, then you’re in luck. Sort of. The Finnish company has released official specs for the back cover of the 820, allowing users to print their very own custom 3D covers. While there’s a very good…
Nokia is getting another exclusive perk to its Lumia Windows Phone 8 handsets. The finnish-based manufacturer just released an Xbox game called Blobster for all its users on both Windows Phone 8 and Windows Phone 7.x devices. Here are the features included in the game: Levels like you’ve never seen before! Amazing level design will have players…
Nokia announced another small set of layoffs to help trim its operating costs and increase operational efficiency. This time round the Finnish manufacturer is targeting its IT department and reducing this division to meet the company’s “current size and scope.” Nokia is slashing 300 IT jobs from its ranks and transferring another 820 positions to HCL…
AT&T has been offering the Charging Plate for Nokia Lumia 920 ever since the Windows Phone device has been launched on its network. However, the carrier said it will eventually end giving away the Plate… That ain’t gonna happen any time soon. In fact, according to this page at AT&T’s website, the deal is extended…
Nokia confirmed to GigaOM that its XpressBrowser decrypts HTTPS traffic when these requests pass through their servers from an rom an Asha or Lumia handset. Despite a report pointing out the problems with this practice, Nokia claims there is no need for concern. According to GigaOM, Indian security researcher Gaurang Pandya of Unisys Global Services…
Earlier this week, both Verizon and AT&T released early Q4 2012 smartphone sales estimates. Today, Nokia joined the club and announced its own outlook for the quarter. Nokia has a reason to crow, as it did better than expected in the last few months of 2012. According to the press release, Nokia sold 15.9 million smartphones…
With Valentine’s Day fast-approaching, Verizon looks to help fellas get something for that special lady by releasing a red Nokia Lumia 822. The handset is set to go on sale for under 50 bucks on a new two-year agreement. Big Red has yet to drop any details on when folks can expect to see the…
El Pais interviewed Nokia CEO Stephen Elop and asked him about the possibility of the manufacturer releasing an Android phone. A loose translation of Elop’s response hinted that “anything is possible” and kicked off the rumor that Nokia could someday release an Android handset. This report about Nokia jumping to Android was debunked again by the Finnish…
Nokia is rolling out an update for its powerful camera-phone, Nokia 808 PureView. We don’t have all the details, but we’re hearing that the software version 113.010.1508 brings improved performance and new features to the table. The 420MB heavy download certainly sounds promising as that much data should include a ton of changes and software…