November 23rd, 2012

Nokia’s Mobile Imaging And Camera Chief Leaving The Company November 30

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Nokia has recently made efforts to distinguish its smartphones with advanced photographic capabilities, introducing the PureView 808 with a 41MP rear camera. Now, Nokia’s long-time head of imaging and photography Damian Dinning, who has been with the company since 2004, is confirmed to be departing as of November 30. Dinning was also said to have had a key role in Windows Phone imaging software. → Read More

November 16th, 2012

Dear Google And Nokia: To Build An Accessory Ecosystem, You Have To Ship

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Apple devices benefit from a huge, rich accessory ecosystem that means device owners can get stuff for their gear anywhere. A similar ecosystem is beginning to build up around the top devices from Android OEMs, but it still has nowhere near the reach and depth of Apple’s, and the market for Windows Phone 8 accessories is just getting started. And neither Google nor Nokia are helping things much. → Read More

November 6th, 2012

AT&T To Launch $99 Nokia Lumia 920, $49 Lumia 820 On Nov. 9; HTC’s 8X To Arrive “Before Thanksgiving”

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Well, there we have it: after vaguely pointing to a November launch window for its first batch of Windows Phone 8 handsets, AT&T has finally decided to get a bit more specific.

Nokia’s long-awaited Lumia 820 and 920 will both launch on November 9 (that’s this Friday, in case you were curious), with pre-orders for the handsets beginning tomorrow. → Read More

October 4th, 2012

Nokia Lumia 920, Lumia 820 To Hit AT&T Shelves In November

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AT&T has just announced plans to carry Nokia’s new flagship Windows Phone 8 devices, the Lumia 920 and the Lumia 820.

Nokia fans have been excited about these for a while, considering that Windows Phone 8 brings a bit more capacity for impressive specs, and Nokia has added its Pureview imaging to the flagship 920. → Read More

October 2nd, 2012

Nokia Joins The iPhone 5 Bashing With This Clever Lumia 920 Video Ad

Samsung loves to bash the iPhone and its legions of dedicated fans. And now Nokia has thrown down, too.

Nokia announced the stunning Lumia 920 last month. In several ways, it’s an anti-iPhone with a large screen, forward-thinking hardware features, and, yes like this ad brags, multiple color options. → Read More

September 27th, 2012

Nokia’s Lumia 820 And 920 To Hit Italy And Germany In November, Russia In Q4

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Nokia was eager to talk up its new pair of Windows Phone 8-powered Lumia smartphones earlier this month, but the company left one weighty question on the table: when can we actually get our hands on them?

Well, here in the U.S. we still don’t have anything more than rumors to go on, but Nokia’s Russian, German, and Italian arms have begun to reveal their pricing and availability plans. → Read More

September 5th, 2012

Trackpad Maker Synaptics Behind Nokia’s Lumia 820 And 920 Glove and Fingernail-Sensing Touchscreens

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Nokia just revealed more details behind its new touchscreen tech being built into its 820 and 920 Lumia Windows Phone 8 devices. The technology is actually coming from Synaptics, a name anyone who’s ever owned a Windows PC with a trackpad will likely recognize. Dubbed “ClearPad Series 3,” the tech supports touch recognition not only of bare fingers, but also specifically of gloved fingers and… → Read More

September 5th, 2012

Nokia Lumia 920 Officially Revealed: PureView Camera, Wireless Charging, Snapdragon S4 Processor

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Nokia has finally put weeks of speculation to rest at its New York press conference today, as the Finnish phone company just pulled back the curtains on its newest flagship handset: the Windows Phone 8-powered Lumia 920.

As expected (thanks to plenty of pre-event leaks), the new Lumia sports a 4.5-inch 720p display, a 1.5 GHz Snapdragon S4 processor, a 2,000 mAh battery. Again, not exactly the… → Read More