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Image of Windows RT tablet shows up at Nokia event

Image of Windows RT tablet shows up at Nokia event

13 February, 2013 | comments (49)

Rumors of a Windows RT powered Nokia tablet have been going around since at least March last year and a potential slip-up at a Nokia event in Pakistan will only fuel that fire. An image shown during the presentation featured a Windows RT tablet...


Nokia sells its Peltola campus in Oulu, Finland for $40.8M

Nokia sells its Peltola campus in Oulu, Finland for $40.8M

12 February, 2013 | comments (78)

After selling its headquarters in Espoo, now Nokia has decided to sell its campus in the Finnish town of Oulu. The company has sold the place to the domestic business space provider Technopolis for €30.5 million (roughly $40,8 million)....

Tags: Nokia, Misc


Nokia announced dual-SIM Asha 310

Nokia announced dual-SIM Asha 310

12 February, 2013 | comments (49)

Nokia has launched a new Asha phone, called the Asha 310. The phone slots in above the current Asha 309 and includes dual-SIM support lacking on the 309. Other specs remain identical, including a 3-inch, 400 x 240 LCD, 2 megapixel rear...


Android on 37% of all phones shipped in Q4, iOS on 11%

Android on 37% of all phones shipped in Q4, iOS on 11%

08 February, 2013 | comments (40)

Analysts at Canalys are done crunching the numbers and released a report on the state of mobile phones in the final quarter last year. Phone shipments (438.1 million units in total) were flat year on year, but that’s at the expense of feature...


Rumored 41 MP EOS from Nokia might be named as Lumia 1000

Rumored 41 MP EOS from Nokia might be named as Lumia 1000

08 February, 2013 | comments (93)

As reported earlier, Nokia is working on a Lumia range smartphone with a 41-megapixel camera sensor. The rumored smartphone might well be called the Lumia 1000, which was spotted on a registration page at China Mobile. Nokia Lumia 1000 was...

Tags: Nokia, Windows


Nokia to bring out a Lumia device with 41-megapixel sensor

Nokia to bring out a Lumia device with 41-megapixel sensor

05 February, 2013 | comments (195)

Nokia's 41-megapixel sensor, which was showcased for the first time at MWC 2012, bought a whole new dimension to the cameraphone game. After its recent success with the 808 PureView, Nokia will be bringing its class-leading 41-megapixel sensor to...

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Windows Phone 7.8 is now seeding to Nokia Lumia handsets

Windows Phone 7.8 is now seeding to Nokia Lumia handsets

30 January, 2013 | comments (170)

The long awaited, highly anticipated Windows Phone 7.8 update has made its way to the first generation Nokia Lumia smartphones. Users of the aforementioned devices should be receiving notification for the new OS version's availability in the coming...


Nokia schedules its MWC press event for February 25

Nokia schedules its MWC press event for February 25

29 January, 2013 | comments (93)

Nokia has just sent out press invites for its MWC 2013 event in Barcelona scheduled for February 25. As usual when they are present at the MWC, the Finns have scheduled their press conference for the first day of the expo, Monday, at...

Tags: Nokia, MWC 2013


Huawei now in top 3 smartphone makers as Samsung extends lead

Huawei now in top 3 smartphone makers as Samsung extends lead

25 January, 2013 | comments (73)

Samsung and Apple have posted strong Q4 numbers with smartphone shipments reaching tens of millions of units, but as IDC points out in its latest report they were the only winners in 2012. Two Chinese companies have now made it to the top 5 of the...


Nokia reports a profitable Q4, smartphone sales pick up

Nokia reports a profitable Q4, smartphone sales pick up

24 January, 2013 | comments (81)

Nokia has swung its way back into profits with its Q4 report showing healthy €439 million ($585 million) in profit. Nokia managed to generate revenues of €8.04 billion ($10.73 billion). Nokia's good performance was largely thanks to its Siemens...

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Symbian is officially dead, 808 PureView is the last of its kind

Symbian is officially dead, 808 PureView is the last of its kind

24 January, 2013 | comments (399)

We all knew this was eventually coming, but it's now official. Symbian on Nokia is dead. Nokia managed to send off the once might platform in style. The 808 PureView will go down in history as the last Symbian device by the Finnish...


Nokia Lumia 505 to land in Peru, Chile and Colombia

Nokia Lumia 505 to land in Peru, Chile and Colombia

24 January, 2013 | comments (11)

When Nokia officially announced the budget-minded Lumia 505, it was widely believed to be an exclusive to the launch exclusively at carrier Telcel in Mexico. However, those rumors have now been refuted as the Lumia 505 went available in a number of...


Nokia Drive+ Beta now available for all Windows Phone 8 users

Nokia Drive+ Beta now available for all Windows Phone 8 users

24 January, 2013 | comments (48)

Nokia's much awaited turn-by-turn navigation application, Drive+ is now available for free to all Windows Phone 8 users in United States, United Kingdom and Canada. The application is still technically a beta, but we have already had numerous...


Nokia to release a 38MP WP EOS phone this year

Nokia to release a 38MP WP EOS phone this year

23 January, 2013 | comments (202)

The Nokia 808 PureView was the company’s first PureView smartphone and it still holds the throne as the best cameraphone out there, despite the Lumia 920 challenge. It seems that this is about to change though as the company's Windows Phone camp is...


Windows Phone scores market share growth in the UK and Italy

Windows Phone scores market share growth in the UK and Italy

22 January, 2013 | comments (83)

A report from consumer research company Kantar Worldpanel ComTech shows that Windows Phone has gained a significant market share boost in Europe, specifically in Italy and the UK. In Italy alone, Microsoft’s mobile OS has scored a 13.9%...


Windows Phone 7.8 official rollout to start on January 31

Windows Phone 7.8 official rollout to start on January 31

21 January, 2013 | comments (98)

We already lost count of all the rumors, confirmations and denials of the Windows Phone 7.8 update. The update itself got so overhyped that we are sure some users will be left disappointed, when it arrives. Anyway, according to Windows phone...


Nokia Lumia 620 goes on sale, Russia gets it first

Nokia Lumia 620 goes on sale, Russia gets it first

18 January, 2013 | comments (98)

Nokia Lumia 620 is now available in Russia. It costs about €300 (11990 RUB) and, is the most affordable Windows Phone 8-powered smartphone by the Finnish company yet. It is available on the official Nokia Store for Russia in all of its color...


Windows Phone 8 'Portico' update rolls out to Lumia 920 and 820

Windows Phone 8 'Portico' update rolls out to Lumia 920 and 820

18 January, 2013 | comments (82)

The AT&T version of the Lumia 920 and Lumia 820 received the Windows Phone 'Portico' update back in December, along with the HTC 8X. The same update has now started rolling out to the international version of the Nokia handsets. The Portico...


Free Wireless Charging Plate for all AT&T Lumia 920s until Feb 21

Free Wireless Charging Plate for all AT&T Lumia 920s until Feb 21

14 January, 2013 | comments (88)

Ever since AT&T started exclusively selling the Nokia Lumia 920 in the US, the carrier has been kind enough to offer it bundled with Nokia's Wireless Charging Plate. Initially, the carrier said the promotion will go on until the end of January,...


Nokia Lumia 505 launched in Mexico, gets a hands-on

Nokia Lumia 505 launched in Mexico, gets a hands-on

13 January, 2013 | comments (57)

Nokia has been making some carrier specific versions of their Lumia smartphones in the past few months. We have already seen the Lumia 810 for T-Mobile and the Lumia 822 for Verizon, both of which are variants of the international Lumia...