Nokia Lumia 800 and Lumia 710 Windows Phones
Now that MeeGo is dead and Symbian has left to join Accenture, Nokia's revenue salvation is firmly in the hands of Microsoft and the duo's launch of the first Nokia handsets to run Windows Phone 7.5 Mango.
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European carriers: Lumia phones are 'not good enough' to compete with iPhone and Android
They say everyone's a critic these days, but here's a group whose critique matters: European carriers. Reuters has been asking questions at four major European telecom operators and reports that they're all dissatisfied with the company's current range of Lumia handsets. Describing the Windows Phone devices as overpriced due to their lack of real innovation, glitchy due to early battery life issues, and inadequately supported by Nokia's own marketing, the carriers seem to be in consensus...
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Nokia now world's largest Windows Phone manufacturer, according to Strategy Analytics
A new report out of Strategy Analytics today claims that Nokia took the title of world's largest Windows Phone vendor in the last full quarter from HTC, a remarkable feat — if accurate, that is — considering that it wasn't even in the Windows Phone business in the quarter prior. The market intelligence firm reports platform market share numbers throughout the year, and it says that Windows Phone shipped a total of 2.7 million units in Q4, of which some 33.1 percent were Nokia devices —...
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Nokia schedules white Lumia 800 for European release in February
The Lumia family is growing in number today, courtesy of Nokia's announcement that a glossy white variant of the Lumia 800 will be released later this month. Apart from its brighter case and glossy finish, this is the same handset that's been available in cyan, magenta and black already. That means a 3.7-inch ClearBlack AMOLED display, a 1.4GHz single-core processor, and Windows Phone 7.5 enhanced with a number of preloaded Nokia apps. We've also spotted a new Ministy of Sound application for...
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Nokia chairman warns of slow progress for 'a significant part' of 2012
Nokia's shift to Windows Phone kicked off with a quarter in which the company lost $1.2 billion and saw smartphone sales decline by 31 percent, and outgoing chairman Jorma Ollila is warning that it's going to take a while to see much improvement. In comments made to Finnish national broadcaster YLE, Ollila expects to see the effects of the transition "for a significant part of the year", though Nokia hasn't officially forecast beyond the first quarter. The company remains bullish on the...
Nokia Lumia 800 Dark Knight Rises hands-on pictures
The batphone, it's real. Alright, let's not exaggerate, this is just a Lumia 800 with an etched Batman logo on the back and some fancy packaging, but boy, does it stimulate one's inner superhero geek. The extremely limited (I've got number 16 of 40 around the globe) Lumia 800 Dark Knight Rises edition celebrates Christopher Nolan's reboot of the dark hero franchise with a set of preloaded wallpapers and a new DKR tile on the Windows Phone homescreen. Nokia promises that'll be the place where...
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Nokia Lumia 710 for T-Mobile hands-on photos and impressions
T-Mobile couldn't keep the Nokia Lumia 710 under wraps, but it doesn't have to any longer: today, the carrier announces that Nokia's first Windows Phone for the United States will arrive on January 11th for $49.99 on contract and after a mail-in rebate. It's no Lumia 800, but does seem like a fair price for what you're getting: a 3.7-inch display, a speedy 1.4GHz processor, 512MB of RAM and 8GB of flash storage in a comfortable-to-hold frame with grippy matte surfaces. As leaked earlier today,...
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T-Mobile's Nokia Lumia 710 is official, $49.99 on January 11th
Ahead of an event taking place later today in New York City, Nokia's press site has released a full data sheet and images for T-Mobile's upcoming Lumia 710. The device is largely stock — seeing how it's Windows Phone — but there's a T-Mobile logo silkscreened toward the bottom of the front and it'll come preloaded with Nokia Drive, The Weather Channel, ESPN, Netflix, App Highlights, T-Mobile TV, My Account, Slacker Radio, and TeleNav GPS. Color choices appear to be all white and all...
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Nokia Lumia 710 starts shipping
Nokia's Lumia 710, the understudy to the Lumia 800 Windows Phone flagship, is finally making its way out of the factories and onto store shelves today. It was announced alongside the 800 model at Nokia World in October, however its time to market has been a tiny bit longer. Sales begin in Taiwan today, with India, Singapore, Hong Kong, and Russia following within seven days. The global rollout of this Windows Phone 7.5 handset will then continue over the coming weeks. That will include the...
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T-Mobile launching Nokia Lumia 710, prepares accessories push
We've just received an image from a trusted source that suggests T-Mobile will be encouraging sales reps to push accessories when it launches the Nokia Lumia 710 in the coming days. Of course, none of this comes as a surprise — carriers almost always encourage high-margin accessory bundles with new phone purchases by their subscribers — but this would be the most official confirmation yet that the Lumia 710 is coming to T-Mobile after it announced a New York event next week and let a...
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Nokia planning two Lumia 800 software updates to address battery issues
The Lumia 800, much like the Galaxy Nexus, has had a bit of a bumpy ride in its first few days on sale. A seven-page thread on the Nokia Support forum details battery life issues that many have had with the new Windows Phone handset, which has prompted Nokia into action. The company has today announced it'll deliver two software updates, one in early December and one in early January, both of which will aim to improve power efficiency and battery life. Nokia's statement in full:
"A software...
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Nokia Windows Phone prices set low to attract customers, developers
Nokia might have only just produced its first two Windows Phone devices, but it sounds like CEO Stephen Elop knows they won't do any good unless people buy them and developers write apps: he told investors at a Morgan Stanley conference yesterday that the Lumia 800 and 710 are priced lower than usual so they'll move "a good volume." Elop also said that Nokia's primary competitors are "other ecosystems," and that his first goal is to demonstrate high volume shipments at low prices to...
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Nokia Lumia 800 on sale in UK today
It's November 16th, we're nine months removed from Stephen Elop's impassioned speech about Nokia and Microsoft placing big bets on one another, and today the first fruit of that partnership is hitting store shelves. The Lumia 800 is launching in the UK with what can be described as truly widespread availability. All the major carriers are on board and the usual hub stores like the Carphone Warehouse and Phones4U will also have the latest and greatest Nokia in stock. The Lumia 800 is a...
Nokia Lumia 800 review
Reviewing the Lumia 800 is a hard and, dare I say, unprecedented task. Never before have we seen a phone like Nokia's N9 — a benchmark setter in some design aspects, yet a complete dead end in terms of software ecosystem — and now the 800 arrives ensconced in a nearly identical physical body. How do you begin to grade a device that feels, superficially at least, like a cuckoo — a parasite occupying the shell that rightfully belongs to another? Well, you probably start by dispensing with...
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Lumia 800 arriving in UK on November 16th
Nokia told us that the Lumia 800 would hit Europe sometime this month, and the UK is the first with a hard release date: November 16th. The handset should be available on all the major UK carriers, which are running various promotions — Orange is even giving away an Xbox 360 with a Lumia upgrade — and you can always pony up €420 for an unlocked model. Any Brits out there queuing up for Elop's brave new platform?
Nokia Lumia 710 revealed by FCC to carry AT&T and T-Mobile compatibility
It looks like the Lumia 710, not the Lumia 800, will be the first US Nokia Windows Phone — it showed up on Nokia's USA site a few days ago, and now it's hit the FCC. A check of the FCC documents reveals this phone will offer pentaband 3G compatibility, making it a fit on either AT&T or T-Mobile's networks. However, many of Nokia's recent smartphones have been similarly equipped and have only been available to US customers unlocked and unsubsidized — and since the Lumia 710 doesn't...
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Nokia Lumia 710 headed stateside, according to Nokia US website
Yesterday, Nokia said it'd bring a portfolio of products to the United States in early 2012... but wouldn't promise any particular phones. Tonight, it looks like the Lumia 710 is coming home. As spotted by Techblitz, Nokia's US website now prominently shows the 3.7-inch Windows Phone Mango handset on its product page, and the way it's splashed across the whole website, plus a few discrepancies, make us think it's not a simple error in the company's database. Take a close look at the UK and US...
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Nokia Lumia 800's retail packaging turns up at Nokia World
Your average smartphone buyer likely rips the retail box to shreds and tosses it without giving it a second thought (after cutting out a proof of purchase for a mail-in rebate, perhaps). That's not stopping manufacturers from giving their flagship devices the luxurious cradles they deserve, though — and for Nokia, the trend continues with the Lumia 800. The new Windows Phone's box is quite a bit like the N9's — which makes sense, considering their shared heritage — but the Lumia kicks...
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Verizon staff spotted at Nokia World
Though today's announcements out of Nokia World lack an American focus, that doesn't mean American carriers aren't interested in what's going on here — but we were particularly intrigued to see a Verizon Wireless staffer hovering around the Lumia 800 demo area. This lines up nicely with Nokia CEO Stephen Elop's statement that CDMA Windows Phones are on the way. Is this a lock for new Nokia gear on Verizon? Of course not — but Verizon customers looking for something newer than HTC's old...
Nokia's new Windows Phones not coming to US until 'early 2012,' but LTE and CDMA promised
Although it was fully expected after all the rumors in recent weeks, it's still disappointing to hear that Nokia won't be launching its new Windows Phones in the United States until 2012. On stage at Nokia World, CEO Stephen Elop promised that Nokia would "introduce a portfolio of products into the US in early 2012 and into mainland China in the first half of 2012." Careful (and paranoid) readers may note that the statement isn't a promise to deliver the just-announced Nokia Lumia 800 to the...
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Nokia Lumia 710 first hands-on
After checking out its higher-end big brother, the Lumia 800, we've spent a little time with the Lumia 710. There's no question it feels like a lower-end device, dispensing of the 800's high-quality matte shell for a few glossy components and a chunkier body overall. The screen looks quite good even in the positively strange lighting we're seeing here in the expo center, so that's an encouraging sign.
Nokia is keen to show off the fact that the battery cover is interchangeable, and they've...
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Nokia Lumia 710 announced running Windows Phone
Did you think an N9 clone would bask in all the Windows Phone sunlight at Nokia World 2011? Not at all -- it's sharing the shine with the Nokia Lumia 710, a far more affordable smartphone. For €270 (about $375) unsubsidized, the 710 has a 3.7-inch 800 x 480 LCD, 1.4GHz processor, 512MB internal memory and GPU as its pricier cousin. It also features 8GB of storage, a 5-megapixel camera, a 1300mAh battery good for 6.9 hours of talk time, quad-band 14.4Mbps HSDPA, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 2.1, and...
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Nokia Lumia 800 announced: an 'evolved' N9 with Windows Phone
It's all come down to this. Nokia CEO Stephen Elop showed us his flagship Windows Phone over four months ago — a spitting image of our beloved Nokia N9 — and today we finally find out what's under the hood of the Sea Ray, and how Windows and Nokia combine. This is the Nokia Lumia 800, and according to Stephen Elop, it's the "first real Windows Phone."
There's a single-core 1.4GHz processor inside the Lumia 800 and 16GB of internal storage, you'll find its curved 3.7-inch ClearBlack...
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Nokia Asha family of colorful low-end phones announced: 200, 201, 300, and 303 (hands-on video)
While the focus is clearly on Nokia's Windows Phone announcements at Nokia World in London this morning, Espoo is also showing a selection of four lower-end feature phones that are designed with emerging markets in mind. The devices are all members of the so-called Asha family, Series 40 handsets that range from 60 to 115 euro ($84 to $160) off-contract before taxes and come in a pretty impressive array of colors from subdued to retina-searing. Follow the break for details, hands-on...
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Nokia 800 gets Bluetooth certification right before announcement, described as 'cost conscious' Windows Phone
The timing wasn't quite right, but close: the Bluetooth SIG's product database has just added an entry for the Nokia RM-801, better known in leaks as the Nokia 800. This had been believed to be the phone that Nokia CEO Stephen Elop briefly showed off earlier this year as the "Sea Ray," a Windows Phone that closely mirrors the stylings of the company's MeeGo-based N9, but that may not be the case: the Bluetooth filing describes the phone as "ideal for first time or cost conscious smartphone...
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White Nokia N9 running MeeGo 1.1 first hands-on
It’s white and it’s running the latest (but not released) PR1.1 update to an otherwise abandoned MeeGo operating system. The newly announced white N9 is the Nokia smartphone future that could have been. Instead, it’s relegated to a small booth here at Nokia World 2011, displayed as a novelty amongst Nokia’s chosen Windows Phone handsets. Ah well, it’s still beautiful to look at.
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Nokia Lumia family portrait: 800 and 710 side by side
Nokia's two new Windows Phones launched today, the Lumia 800 and Lumia 710, may share the same screen size, resolution, and some color options, but their design philosophy and user experience are more different than similar. The 800 model essentially squeezes Windows Phone-friendly hardware inside the N9's unibody polycarbonate shell, whereas the 710 was built with the express goal of offering a more affordable WP 7.5 option. That means it makes do with a 5-megapixel camera sensor and no...
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Nokia Lumia 800 vs. iPhone 4S and HTC Titan: comparison photos
Nokia introduced two new Windows Phones today, the Lumia 800 and 710, with the former sporting the N9's physical design, gorgeous curved screen, and "pillowy" shape. We had to put that slick new contender up against the modern competition and could think of nothing better than the previous headline grabber on the Windows Phone front, HTC's Titan, and Apple's ever-popular iPhone (the 4S model, of course). When getting to grips with the Lumia 800, we feel just as comfortable as we did with the...
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Nokia Lumia 800 pictures, video, and hands-on preview
We've just stumbled across the new Lumia 800 here at Nokia World, and yep, we can confirm: it feels a whole lot like an N9 running Windows Phone 7.5. For many, that'll be a good thing considering how stellar the N9 hardware is. Nokia Drive, Nokia Music with Mix radio, and a Nokia-exclusive ESPN app will all come preloaded on the Lumia 800, but otherwise you're looking at a bone stock Windows Phone Mango experience. That includes the typically swift responsiveness of the platform, with a...
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Nokia Lumia 800 and Lumia 710 images leak ahead of launch
Nokia's big Windows Phone launch is just hours away, but the Nokia Lumia 800 and the Lumia 710 seem have cropped up a bit early. What appear to be three screen shots depicting them leaked to WinRumors earlier today. Unfortunately, if previous rumors hold up, neither is likely to arrive in the US before 2012.
The Nokia Lumia 800 we've seen before and has been long expected after many leaks of the Nokia Sea Ray. Looking much like the N9, the image showing the Lumia 800 pegs its at 116.5 x 61.2...
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Nokia: first Windows Phone handsets won't differentiate much, working with CDMA carriers
In just under 24 hours, Stephen Elop will take the stage at Nokia World to reveal the company's first Windows Phone 7 device -- codenamed the Sea Ray. However, don't expect it to "differ greatly" from the other Windows Phone 7 phones on the market. Nokia's executive vice president of smart devices Jo Harlow told the Wall Street Journal that the company focused first and foremost on getting the new Windows Phone 7 devices out the door as quickly as possible. "Our focus has been on getting to...
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Nokia 800 Windows Phone spy shots leak ahead of Nokia World
One day ahead of Nokia World, The Next Web got its hands on two photos of a pink Nokia phone with Windows Phone onboard. The handset appears to be the Nokia 800, codenamed "Sea Ray," which Nokia hasn't exactly hidden from us: we've seen it in marketing material, spotted it in teaser ads on UK television, and even got a look at it back in June. There's nothing new to see in these shots, really, except that the 800 appears to be in production, and has a pink model. (And looks a lot like t...
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Nokia's Windows Phone devices get teased on UK TV
We've all seen those commercials where you just get a blip of one before going into another ad, as if the network played the wrong one for a moment; well, it looks like Nokia's doing that on purpose. A series of one-second teaser blips have started appearing on UK television, during shows like The X-Factor and Harry Hill's TV Burp, showing off what appear to be the Windows Phone-running Nokia 800, which we've seen before as both the Sea Ray and as the 800. My Nokia Blog stitched together...
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Nokia's Windows Phone devices to be Europe-only at launch, come to US in 2012?
Nokia is holding an event this Wednesday, where we expect to see the company's first round of Windows Phone handsets. Unfortunately, that might be the last we see of them for a while — AdAge is reporting that there won't be any significant marketing for the phones in the US until 2012, which could mean the handsets might not arrive stateside at all this year. The report is based on a leaked advertising brief, which shows that while Nokia is preparing for a big push around "Nokia with...
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Nokia 800 Windows Phone ads leak, evoke the Sea Ray
Two print ads for the Nokia 800 have leaked to PocketNow, showing a device that looks to be identical to the Sea Ray smartphone we've seen before. Assuming the ads turn out to be genuine, they still don't show much beyond Nokia's intention to brand Windows Phone as a platform that works well with photos and social media. It's also worth noting that there are subtle differences in the renders of the phones in the two ads we see here — specifically in the size and positioning of the bezel....
Nokia's Elop promises first 'Windows products' this quarter
It's pretty much a given that Nokia will introduce its first Windows Phone device at Nokia World later this month. But could there be more? CEO Stephen Elop is quoted by Reuters saying that Nokia will introduce its first "products based on Windows" this quarter. Ruling out a Windows 7 tablet or update to the Nokia Booklet, Elop's statement would seem to indicate two or more Nokia handsets running the newly minted Windows Phone 7.5 Mango operating system -- presumably the same pair leaked in...
Nokia Sabre, Samsung Wembley, and Samsung Yukon Windows Phone codenames leak
Microsoft is holding an app contest in Canada to get developers to create apps for the latest version of Windows Phone, Mango. Like any contest, this one has a set of "Terms and conditions," but unlike most contests, those terms included a few codenames for upcoming Windows Phone devices:
The estimated retail value of the phone is $600.00. The type of Windows Phone 7.5 will vary and will be selected at Microsoft’s choosing (examples include Samsung Yukon, Samsung Wembley, NOKIA Searay and...
