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Nokia’s Lumia 800 launched in the UK in mid-November 2011. Prospective buyers had three colors to pick from: black, blue, and “magenta”. Eight months later and American shoppers will now be given the option of owning a pink Lumia, but not the cute and tiny Lumia 800. Instead it’s the 4G LTE packing Lumia 900.…
Nokia has this really cool service for developers called “Remote Device Access”, RDA for short. Instead of making developers pay top dollar for smartphones to test their apps on, they can instead secure some time to remotely play with a handful of devices that sit in one of Nokia’s offices. According to GSM Arena and…
Richard Kerris, Nokia’s Global Head of Developer Relations, recently sat down with Neowin and told them a few things that are worth repeating here. First, he confirms what many of us already know, that Verizon Wireless will be carrying Nokia’s Windows Phones. When? “It wont be long,” which is about as vague of an answer…
With Nexus 7 getting all the attention these days, I decided to take a step back and rant about my next tablet purchase. First of all, let me say that I like Google’s new tablet as it offers an incredible bang for the buck. However, it has a darn small screen by today’s standards. I…
Microsoft knows its next version of Windows Phone must be rock solid in order to get more users on board. In that sense, the next iteration of the platform will pack a number of new features, including (here’s the news) a “one handed and next gen soft keyboard” — which will most definitely compliment the…
Sotiris Makrygiannis, who according to his LinkedIn profile is “Director of Applications, MeeGo” at Nokia, has just tweeted that after 12 years with the company it’s time to call it quits. He sent several additional tweets saying how he remembers the hard work his team put into the N9, that February 11th, 2011, was a…
Canada’s Koodo Mobile is about to get its first Windows Phone device – Nokia Lumia 610. The carrier turned to Facebook to spread the good news saying: FACEBOOK EXCLUSIVE: We’re launching the Nokia Lumia 610 this Friday! It’s sleek, it’s fast and it offers one touch access to all of your social networks. We do…
Natasha Lomas from C|Net UK recently had a chance to sit down and talk to Greg Sullivan, Microsoft’s Senior Product Manager for Windows Phone. During their conversation he dropped a nugget of knowledge that can not be ignored. He admitted that work on Windows Phone 8 started before Windows Phone 7 devices even hit the…
We’re really not sure why it took so long for Twitter to introduce support for notifications in its Windows Phone app. My guess is that they don’t think Microsoft’s platform has reached the tipping point yet, with a majority of smartphone users now owning an Android device or the Apple iPhone. Anyway, it’s good to…
U.S. Cellular has announced plans to embrace Windows Phone 8 as a viable third smartphone OS platform, according to a report from PC Mag. In a statement provided to PC Mag, the U.S. Cellular Public Relations Department announced that it is excited to offer Windows Phone 8 devices when the platform launches later this year. The…