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In a short but sweet press release, T-Mobile confirmed it will start selling the Lumia 521, a variant of the newly announced entry-level Lumia 520. It’s an affordable phone that’ll fit in nicely with T-Mobile’s budget plans and its no-contract approach to handset pricing and subsidies. Additional details, including device availability and specifics on pricing, will…
The Lumia 520 is a stylish phone that beefs up the entry-level part of Nokia’s smartphone lineup. It’s colorful, small and inexpensive. Three selling points that’ll appeal to the new smartphone buyer. Like all Lumia smartphones, the Lumia 520 has the typical boxy and colorful styling of Nokia’s Lumia phones. It’s more rounded than other…
The Lumia 720 is a stylish phone that lands firmly in the middle of Nokia’s smartphone lineup. It’s not as souped up as the Lumia 920, but it is a nice jump from the entry-level Nokia 520. In producing the affordable Lumia 720, Nokia focused on the camera and the colorful, sleek design. The Lumia…
Nokia’s always had a big showing at MWC and this year is no different. Though we didn’t see anything as astounding as the 2011 announcement that the company is trading Symbian for Windows phone, we did get a glimpse at several new handsets. At the top of the heap is the Lumia 720, a 4.3-inch…
Huawei just came out with two announcements at MWC, which include 2012’s full sales revenue numbers, as well as a new global branding campaign effort. Poised to kick some series ass in 2013, Huawei is looking to push its brand harder than ever. Huawei’s global sales revenue for 2012 reached to $7.5 billion (up 10%…
Mobile World Congress will kick-off on Monday and two of the upcoming Nokia devices have been leaked before being officially announced. We’ve already told you about the Lumia 520 and 720 and now we’re glad to show you how they’ll look like. The image above shows the former (Lumia 520), while the latter (Lumia 720)…
Strategy Analytics believes Nokia won’t unveil a long-time rumored tablet at this year’s Mobile World Congress, which starts next week. According to the research company’s channel checks (conducted by the Tablet & Touchscreen Strategies service), the Finnish company’s strategy will be “smartphones first” for MWC this year. And apparently that makes perfect sense. Nokia will…
Nokia owns Navteq and has incorporated some of that company’s core mapping technology into its Nokia Maps application. One distinguishing feature of Nokia Maps is its support for offline maps which download maps for those times when you drop your connection. To promote its Maps app, Nokia isn’t holding back in its latest navigation-themed advertising,…
Only days after launching in the UK, Nokia is bringing its premium music offering to the US soil. Yup, the Music+ service is now available for US-based Lumia owners for just $4 per month, which is a much better price than what British are paying (4 GBP per month). When compared to the free service,…
We’ve already heard that Nokia Lumia 520 and Lumia 720 will likely be unveiled at Mobile World Congress. But those two may not be the only Nokia devices announced at the big show. You see, Alan Mendelevich, who runs Windows Phone ad network AdDuplex, tweeted some interesting findings from a look at his logs. Apparently,…