Nokia, a Finnish smartphone company was founded in 1871. What started as a paper manufacturing company evolved into one of the worlds largest and well known names in the mobile device market. Nokia currently works mostly with smartphones and mobile software. In early 2011 the company's new CEO, Stephen Elop signed a strategic partnership with Microsoft where Microsoft will gain access to Nokia's mobile services such as Ovi Maps and Nokia would adopt Windows Phone 7 as an operating system for their new smartphones over the company's own Symbian OS. Read on for the latest Nokia related news, reviews and videos:
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by Adam Z. Lein | May 23, 2012 9:28 PMYou may have noticed recently that we've been exploring different reasons as to why people love specific smartphone operating systems such a Windows Phone, iOS, Android, and Palm's Web OS. So this time we're going to look at Symbian. Symbian's an interesting beast. For a long time it was the most popular smartphone operating system in the world. Symbian's market share surpassed everyone else up until recently. There are still plenty of Nokia fans who swear by Symbian even though Nokia has decided to move on to the more modern Windows Phone OS. Why was Symbian so popular during its hayd...
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by Stephen Schenck | May 23, 2012 1:30 PMNokia is now soundly invested in Windows Phone, but even with this new direction, we've seen some pretty substantial support for its erstwhile Symbian OS. Symbian Anna, and then Belle, arrived with new software features, and rumors looked to future Carla and Donna updates. Recently, Nokia started bringing Belle's Feature Pack 1 to certain models, which went so far as to raise phones' CPU clock speeds. All told, for a "dying" OS, Symbian seemed to be doing pretty darned well for itself. The tide may be about to turn, however, with reports that Nokia is about to put a stop to future updates like...
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by Stephen Schenck | May 22, 2012 4:18 PMWe all knew that lowering the bar on Windows Phone memory requirements would mean incompatibility with some apps, but so far the consequences haven't been overly jarring. Earlier this year, Skype finally came to Windows Phone, but did so along with caveat that the app wasn't compatible with 256MB handsets. Nokia didn't like the sound of how that would affect users of its Lumia 610, and announced that it would see what it could do about that, eventually making the app available for download. About a month later, and with the 610 now launched in China, Nokia's changing its tune, and deciding tha...
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by Michael Fisher | May 21, 2012 9:11 AMMost new-phone launches go the same way: usually the press gets review units before they're widely available, and we get to use them for a few days -or a week if we're lucky- as we work on our review. Then press day arrives. The embargo on media coverage lifts, and everyone posts their reviews and videos at the same time. It's a huge frenzy, commenters go nuts, and it's a giant explosion of frantic opinion-sharing activity. For about ... a day. And then it all goes away. Sure, there's followup coverage as people find bugs and hidden features, but after that initial blast, not many people...
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by Anton D. Nagy | May 20, 2012 2:55 AMSorry folks, it's not available in the U.S.! With that one now out of the way we will remind you that Nokia Reading is the Finnish manufacturer's digital reading app and library for Windows Phone with e-book reading feature as well as RSS reader functionality which even allows you to pin publications to the home screen. Russia, U.K., Germany, Italy, France and Spain were rumored to be among the first regions to get the application and it is now available in the Marketplace's Nokia Collection section on Lumia 900, 800, 710, and 610 Windows Phones. If you have one of the aforementioned phones...
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by Anton D. Nagy | May 19, 2012 9:36 AMNokia appears to be truly committed to Windows Phones and while the hardware capabilities are standardized over OEMs, the Finnish manufacturer is further differentiating itself from the others with the help of dedicated applications, like the Creative Studio from the end of March. Furthermore, a "Camera Extension" will be launched for the Lumia line-up which will integrate with the Camera application of Windows Phone, but with added features. These features will bring no less than four camera modes: Smart Group Shot, Action Shot (burst mode with about eight shots), Panoramic (stitching toge...
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by Stephen Schenck | May 16, 2012 9:14 PMOnce Windows Phone 8 "Apollo" makes its official debut, presumably this fall, we're hoping to see new WP8 hardware emerge from many of Microsoft's manufacturing partners. Presumably, most will aim for new hardware by the end of the year, so that they may capitalize on holiday season sales. For now, a lot of these plans are no more than rumors, but we continue to gather what info's available in hopes of forming a picture of what to expect in advance of any formal announcements. The latest addition concerns Nokia and its aspirations for Windows Phone 8, with a claim that the company will have so...
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by Michael Fisher | May 12, 2012 8:16 AMIf you haven't noticed, AT&T has really turned up the heat in advertising its latest smartphone heavyweights. Now feeling the pressure from two other iPhone-carrying competitors, it's working hard to maintain a diversified smartphone portfolio, and it's doing a pretty good job of it, too. In line with that goal, AT&T has been heavily marketing its version of the HTC One X, as well as the Nokia Lumia 900. Of course, those of us who make the mobile industry our occupation, hobby, or obsession know the differences between these two high-end devices, but most people don't. So if you're ...
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by Stephen Schenck | May 10, 2012 8:02 PMNokia's 808 PureView really impressed us with the news of its huge 41-megapixel image sensor, but there have been a few details about the smartphone and how it's being released that have left us wanting. The choice to go with Symbian isn't going to rub everyone the right way, and despite the operating system's merits, it's hard to convince users of other platforms to just abandon all they know and adopt a less popular one. The good news there was that Nokia's suggested that we'll eventually see the same tech in its Windows Phone hardware, although just when that might be is anyone's guess. The...
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by Stephen Schenck | May 10, 2012 1:14 PMWith as close as Nokia is to Microsoft, it's no surprise the company gets away with a little more than other Windows Phone partners. The latest example of that tight relationship is showing-up in the latest software to hit Nokia Lumia-series devices, featuring some re-branding for the Windows Phone Marketplace. Users with Lumia phones running Tango have discovered that their phones now feature a Nokia logo for the Marketplace tile. Earlier, the extent of Nokia's influence on the Marketplace was confined to the manufacturer's exclusive Nokia Collection app listing. For the moment, this ne...
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by Michael Fisher | May 9, 2012 5:35 PMThe mobile phone industry, like everything, goes through phases. For a while the dominating trend was the race to the smallest design possible, but recently that's been changing. The "big slab" is the new mainstream, and that poses a big problem for manufacturers: how to avoid blending in. In corporate-speak, it's called "differentiation," but really what we're talking about is the drive to stand out. That used to be a bit easier when there were more variables involved. There was the race to replace the extendable aerial with the nub antenna, then finally the advance to invisible "intennas...
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by Stephen Schenck | May 8, 2012 1:13 PMSay what you will about Nokia's recurring struggles to rid its Lumia series of Windows Phone handsets of some annoying bugs, but there's little denying the amount of effort the company's put in to raising the platform's profile and stirring-up interest from new users. Part of Nokia's plan to drive attention to its Lumia phones centers on bringing its users the latest and greatest apps; to that end, the company just announced a number of partnerships with developers, some bringing exclusive content to Lumia models. The apps Nokia discussed include a mix of new titles and updates to existing ...
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by Adam Z. Lein | May 8, 2012 8:52 AMWe've seen the Nokia City Lens app demo'd a while back at CES, but now you can actually try it out for yourself. Nokia City Lens Beta is now available on your Nokia Windows Phone if you know how to find it. The app's main feature is its augmented reality lens. After you start the app you'll see a list of subjects to explore such as food or shopping. Then once you select one, you can hold the phone up perpendicular to the ground (in landscape mode) like you would to take a picture. That will activate the augmented reality mode and as you turn it will point out different locations where the...
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by Adam Z. Lein | May 8, 2012 8:27 AMA tatoo artist company in the UK called "I Ain't No Saint" has started working on some custom paint jobs for the Nokia Lumia 800 and 900. They currently have custom painted battery covers available for the Nokia Lumia 710, but it looks like they're testing some designs for the Lumia 800 and 900 as well. Above you'll see a test of a custom painted Nokia Lumia 900 and below you'll see a Lumia 800. Both are just preliminary designs made as a test for training purposes, but if you really want a custom painted Nokia Windows Phone, you can contact "I Ain't No Saint Paint" through their website. ...
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by Anton D. Nagy | May 8, 2012 5:18 AMIf neither cyan or black is the color of your choice when it comes to the Lumia 900 on AT&T and you're interested in the white version you can go ahead and purchase one from AT&T for $99.99 on a two-year contract. However, if you want to grab the same phone in the same color for $49.99, you'll need to be a little patient. The device is indeed listed on Amazon with the price mentioned but it currently has a "backordered" status. This could either mean that it sold out like hot cookies or that the listing is already there but there are no phones in stock. If the lower price is important for y...
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