The Verge - Nokia at MWC 2012https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/community_logos/52801/VER_Logomark_32x32..png2012-02-28T07:45:41-05:00http://www.theverge.com/rss/stream/25915382012-02-28T07:45:41-05:002012-02-28T07:45:41-05:00The Verge Interview: Stephen Elop 'more confident than ever' about Windows Phone
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<p>Nokia CEO Stephen Elop is on hand at MWC this week to help spread the company's message to business partners, carriers, and the press. Ever gregarious and approachable, Elop gave us a few minutes of his time today to discuss the first year of Nokia's transition, which got started with the announcement of a <a target="_blank" href="http://conversations.nokia.com/2011/02/11/open-letter-from-ceo-stephen-elop-nokia-and-ceo-steve-ballmer-microsoft/">strategic alliance with Microsoft</a> in February 2011. He was candid about the downsides of this fundamental change in strategy, noting the number of jobs Nokia has had to cut in an effort to streamline operations.</p>
<p>Today, Nokia remains very much in the middle of its transition, says Elop, but a lot has been accomplished in those short twelve months. His present assessment of the decision to move to Windows Phone is no less sanguine than...</p>
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https://www.theverge.com/2012/2/28/2830199/the-verge-interview-stephen-elop-nokia-mwc-2012Vlad Savov2012-02-27T05:45:29-05:002012-02-27T05:45:29-05:00The Verge Interview: Nokia's Damian Dinning on the 808 PureView's history and future
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<p>Nokia rather blew the doors off MWC 2012 this morning by announcing a <i>41-megapixel</i> camera sensor ensconced within the confines of a smartphone, <a href="http://www.theverge.com/2012/2/27/2827158/nokia-808-pureview-launch-pictures-video-preview">the 808 PureView</a>. The product of five years of development work, the collection of technologies under the PureView umbrella is only starting off with the Symbian-based 808 and should make its way to other devices and platforms over time. Nokia is promising amazing image quality from this camera thanks to some oversampling wizardry — taking data from seven pixels in order to fill just one — that uses the full 41-megapixel canvas to generate excellent 5-megapixel stills. At the same time, as a sort of creative mode, Nokia's also allowing users to capture images as large as 38 megapixels in size....</p>
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https://www.theverge.com/2012/2/27/2827531/nokia-808-pureview-damian-dinning-interview-mwc-2012Vlad Savov2012-02-27T03:08:08-05:002012-02-27T03:08:08-05:00Nokia launches 808 PureView with 41MP camera: hands-on pictures, video, and preview
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<p>It's rare that we have to put news about a smartphone in our photography hub, but that's just what Nokia has merited today with the introduction of the PureView 808. The headline spec is that the brand new camera sensor inside it is composed of 41 million pixels, however as you might have surmised, this handset doesn't take full 41-megapixel stills. Instead, it oversamples — taking the image data from seven neighboring pixels and consolidating it into one pixel's worth — and generates pictures roughly 5 megapixels in size. That's still plenty of dots for most uses, and the image quality you can obtain from such a system is frankly ridiculous. Nokia showed me poster-sized samples captured with the 808 PureView (printed entirely...</p>
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https://www.theverge.com/2012/2/27/2827158/nokia-808-pureview-launch-pictures-video-previewVlad Savov2012-02-27T03:05:54-05:002012-02-27T03:05:54-05:00Nokia Drive 2.0, Reading, and Transport apps coming to Lumia range
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<p>Nokia is announcing two new Windows Phone apps and a Nokia Drive 2.0 update for its range of Lumia devices today at <a href="http://www.theverge.com/mwc">Mobile World Congress 2012</a>. Nokia Drive 2.0 will be released on the Windows Phone Marketplace as a free update for existing Lumia devices and includes speed limit notifications, an advanced dashboard view, and offline capabilities. Windows Phone Nokia Drive users can now use the application offline, one of the biggest drawbacks to the original release, in the same way as existing Symbian users of Nokia Drive.</p>
<p>Nokia Reading, a brand new Windows Phone app for Lumia devices, will work as an integrated hub like the existing Nokia Music application. Reading will provide access to news, audiobooks, and ebooks in a digital...</p>
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https://www.theverge.com/2012/2/27/2826951/nokia-drive-2-nokia-reading-nokia-transport-lumiaTom Warren2012-02-27T03:03:51-05:002012-02-27T03:03:51-05:00Nokia Lumia 610 pictures, video, and hands-on preview
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<p>MWC 2012 isn't quite Nokia World, but the Finnish company has kept interest going with a number of important announcements. Chief among them, in terms of Nokia's long-term strategy, is the Lumia 610. This device drops the entry-level price for the Lumia range down to 189 euros before taxes and subsidies, which is precisely 70 percent of the launch price of the Lumia 710, Nokia's previous cheapest Windows Phone.</p>
<p>An upcoming update to the Windows Phone OS is what will make the 610 possible: a lighter version of the software will be capable of running on only 256MB of RAM and support slower processors than the 1GHz Snapdragon that has so far been standard issue on WP hardware. The Lumia 610 limits itself to that quarter of a gigabyte of...</p>
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https://www.theverge.com/2012/2/27/2827257/nokia-lumia-610-pictures-video-previewVlad Savov2012-02-27T03:02:35-05:002012-02-27T03:02:35-05:00Nokia Lumia 610 announced with 800MHz processor, 256MB RAM, Windows Phone 7.5
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<p>Nokia is announcing its latest Lumia device at Mobile World Congress 2012 today. The Nokia Lumia 610 is designed to be a low-end affordable Lumia Windows Phone, priced at just 189 euros. With a focus on China, the Lumia 610 introduces a new price point and markets for Microsoft's mobile operating system. The Lumia 610 includes an 800MHz processor, 256MB of RAM, and a 5-megapixel camera — pushing Microsoft's Windows Phone specifications to the lowest point in the platforms short history.</p>
<p>Nokia describes the Lumia 610 as "hugely important" for both itself and Microsoft in terms of scale and reach. Although features like Bing Local Scout and automatic SkyDrive uploads will not be available, due to a limit on the amount of background data...</p>
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https://www.theverge.com/2012/2/27/2826813/nokia-lumia-610-windows-phoneTom Warren2012-02-27T03:01:52-05:002012-02-27T03:01:52-05:00Windows Phone 7.5 update will support 256MB RAM and slower processors in April
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<p>Microsoft is planning to support a new minimum hardware specification for its Windows Phone platform from April. Codenamed Tango, the software giant has engineered its latest Windows Phone 7.5 update to target new price points and emerging markets like China. The update is the first significant change to the Windows Phone codebase as a result of the unique partnership between Microsoft and Nokia. Nokia is promising to bring a number of low-cost Lumia products to China thanks to lower specifications.</p>
<p>One of the first devices to demonstrate the Windows Phone 7.5 update in action is <a href="http://www.theverge.com/2012/2/27/2826813/nokia-lumia-610-windows-phone">Nokia's Lumia 610 device</a>. Announced today at Mobile World Congress 2012, the 610 includes an 800MHz processor and 256MB of RAM, <a href="http://www.theverge.com/microsoft/2012/1/20/2720784/windows-phone-tango-256MB-ram-folders">two key ways</a> to reduce the...</p>
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https://www.theverge.com/2012/2/27/2826832/windows-phone-256mb-ram-slow-processorsTom Warren2012-02-27T02:54:26-05:002012-02-27T02:54:26-05:00Nokia Lumia 900 coming to Canada with LTE, Europe with HSPA+, everywhere in white
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<p>Nokia's big CES debutant, <a href="http://www.theverge.com/2012/1/10/2697362/nokia-lumia-900-video-preview">the Lumia 900</a>, is making headlines again today with the company revealing it'll launch in Canada and Europe in the second quarter of this year. An AT&T exclusive in the US, the 900 is yet to be released anywhere, but now we know it'll enjoy a more international reach when it does show up. The Canadian version will offer LTE just like in the US, while the Euro variant will be equipped with 42Mbps HSPA+ connectivity. Either way, Nokia is showing a definite awareness of the need to compete with fast mobile broadband options. International pricing has been set at 480 euros before taxes and subsidies.</p>
<p>Otherwise, the Lumia 900 is said to be entirely unchanged from the phone already announced, although there is the...</p>
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https://www.theverge.com/2012/2/27/2827014/nokia-lumia-900-white-canada-europe-video-picturesVlad Savov