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Microsoft, Nokia, and AT&T are spending hundreds of millions of dollars pushing the Lumia 900 Windows Phone. They’ve held huge marketing events in New York, Chicago, and San Francisco, and signage for the Lumia 900 is blasted across AT&T stores. A report from CNET suggests that retail stores could ultimately be to blame if the Lumia…
Two articles were published today that everyone should read. The first, from Reuters, says that analysts have come to the conclusion that Nokia is no longer the leader of the mobile phone market in terms of volume. Yesterday the Finnish handset maker issued a press release saying they shipped 12 million smartphones and 71 feature…
It boggles the mind that 14 months ago the CEO of Nokia, Stephen Elop, got up on a stage in London and announced the death of Symbian, yet during these past 14 months we’ve seen more software updates issued to the dying OS than we’ve ever seen in Symbian’s history. Symbian Anna came out in…
Anyone who has ever picked up an iPhone knows how incredibly well built the device is compared to everything else on the market. Sure, the decision to make the back of the iPhone out of glass was a mistake, but barring that … the thing is built like a German tank. The same can be…
I love it when people mix Legos with technology in a fun and intriguing ways. Above is an example of a Nokia Lumia 900 dock that’s made from the classic building blocks. It’s not a child’s toy, the Lego dock has a sturdy design lets you charge your Lumia and dock/undock hundreds of times. There’s no block list or building diagram, but the creator of this Lego model does provide some close-up shots at different angles. With a little…
Nokia is going to announce their Q1 2012 financial results on April 19th, today though they issued a press release that gives investors and analysts a hint of what sort of numbers they should be expecting. Here are the important figures: 83 million mobile phones were sold during the quarter, of which 71 million were…
On August 12, 2009, Microsoft issued a press release saying that they’ll be “bringing Microsoft Office Mobile and Microsoft business communications, collaboration and device management software to Nokia’s Symbian devices.” Here we are, 28 months later, and it’s finally happened. If you own a Symbian Belle device then you should check for software updates. There’s…
Someone in Nokia’s marketing department is about to get into a lot of trouble. The company’s YouTube channel accidentally posted a video demoing a new product, the Lumia 610 NFC. Said video was pulled down immediately, but that didn’t stop the guys at Nokia Buff from downloading it to their local machine and then reuploading…
Nokia confirmed today on its Conversations blog that the Lumia 900 has a memory management problem which may cause the handset’s data connection to drop. There is a growing number of users who claim their handset loses its data connection and won’t reconnect even after a restart. Rather than ignore the problem, the Finnish company…
On April 19th, less than 10 days from now, Nokia is going to publish their Q1 2012 financial results. The question on everyone’s mind: How many Windows Phone did these guys sell? Just to recap where we are right now, Nokia started selling the Lumia 800 on November 15th in the UK. When the Finnish…